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I do not.
August 26, 2020 at 14:06
The identity politics, the government bailouts, the tax-raising, the “diversity and inclusion” (racism), the free tuition, the “enforcement mechanism”...
August 26, 2020 at 06:45
An “inquiry into truth”? Is that the euphemism we’re using these days?
August 25, 2020 at 21:39
https://joebiden.com/
August 25, 2020 at 21:38
I’m not on board with that. More taxpayer dollars wasted on frivolous conspiracy theories. Have you read Biden’s policies?
August 25, 2020 at 20:21
Right off the top of the dome. I got more where that came from.
August 25, 2020 at 20:18
That’s a lie, I have said plenty on all of the above topics. Unfortunately you’re blinded by your hatred, as are most, and you all will tear down this...
August 25, 2020 at 17:24
I hate to generalize, but yes, pretty much. I have seen little that isn’t gossip, conspiracy theory, or political correctness, all of it compounded by...
August 25, 2020 at 16:27
Not the same barbarities, just the same bad ideas. Besides, capitalists shouldn’t defend communists lest they lose ther capitalism membership, right? ...
August 25, 2020 at 16:19
The RNC was a huge disappointment because, unlike the DNC, it didn’t have great performances like Billy Porter. https://youtu.be/c9nTxOMtbEI
August 25, 2020 at 12:01
There is a point that trade and capital have been a part of the human experience since prehistoric times. On these grounds I would argue that trade an...
August 24, 2020 at 20:25
That’s fair if it was sarcastic. The word “socialism” is often used wrong in the US. This is not only true of anti-socialists, but of self-proclaimed ...
August 24, 2020 at 16:42
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The irony is the only way to “remove white privilege” is to believe the same as the racist, except to discriminate “positively”. First you must believ...
August 24, 2020 at 16:06
Yet you said the “the greatest socialist country that has ever existed on the face of the earth”, which is the biggest load of shite anyone has ever w...
August 24, 2020 at 15:45
Trying to draw a circle around who is or isn’t a Marxist or communist is a fools errand. If people call themselves Marxists or communists, however, it...
August 24, 2020 at 15:40
It’s just not true that the US is a socialist country. The vast bulk of the means of production is privately owned.
August 24, 2020 at 00:39
Trump dismisses secret audio of sister calling him ‘cruel': ‘Who cares?’ Gossip-mongers and their readers care, but that’s about it.
August 23, 2020 at 15:08
That’s nonsense. They may benefit from the current economic hegemony, like Marx and everyone here, but they spread the gospel of Marx wherever they go...
August 23, 2020 at 14:48
There are plenty of communists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communist_parties The history speaks for itself. So why would we shy away from c...
August 23, 2020 at 08:13
I never said it was a democratic movement. In fact I said the opposite. My point was that the nationalization of property didn’t result in the conditi...
August 22, 2020 at 17:32
Like I already said, it was given to the peasantry. No, they were not “democratic nationalizations”, which I think is a nonsense phrase. Since we’re a...
August 21, 2020 at 21:43
Mao was a Marxist-Leninist communist by his own admission. Article one of the Chinese constitution clearly states that “The People’s Republic of China...
August 21, 2020 at 20:58
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/politics/paterson-new-jersey-city-council-voter-fraud/index.html https://youtu.be/X-KwYX2u8e4
August 21, 2020 at 20:07
I’ll take him at his word. I think it’s better to bring people up than to pull people down. Perhaps it’s not the bourgeoisie that needs our attention.
August 21, 2020 at 15:28
Mao was a devout Marxist who sought to bring about communism. It’s right there in everything he wrote. No need for the revisionism. He and his revolut...
August 21, 2020 at 08:12
I was more so speaking about Marx’s idea of the nationalization of land. Mao saw such a necessity, nationalized the land—a euphemism for the confiscat...
August 21, 2020 at 04:13
We can review past situations where the nationalization of property has occurred, for instance in Mao’s land reforms, and find that these types of “in...
August 20, 2020 at 21:31
I really like your thinking here. Nicely said. I will just say, though, that inspiration is followed by a choice, some sort of follow-through, which b...
August 20, 2020 at 05:08
Trump pardoned Susan B Anthony on the 100th year anniversary of the 19th amendment. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53825403
August 19, 2020 at 15:39
I’m just telling you what I believe, not what you ought to believe. What do you believe? Sure, one must change his conduct to align with his morality....
August 19, 2020 at 15:34
That’s fair. I apologize for pooh-poohing your argument.
August 18, 2020 at 19:27
I got out of it a bad argument for antinatalism, or “never being born being optimal”, which you stated before you started playing “would you rather” w...
August 18, 2020 at 19:06
I did really read it. I figured the gist of it, beyond the jargon and labelling, was that if you prefer sleep to being awake you would probably prefer...
August 18, 2020 at 18:36
I love sleep, but sleep is so much better after a fulfilling day. So I do not think trading being awake for being asleep is very wise, because one req...
August 18, 2020 at 18:30
I believe you can choose your own morality. One can be convinced of the value of certain moral principles, the danger of others, and can alter his bel...
August 18, 2020 at 18:13
Someone hasn’t heard of a joke.
August 18, 2020 at 07:08
Yes if you afford someone rights you thereby have a duty not to break them. Your right to free speech is my duty not to censor you, and so on. I accep...
August 18, 2020 at 06:53
I don’t believe some legislator knows how to run my business better than I do. Likewise, I don’t need nor want the state to step in where my own emplo...
August 17, 2020 at 20:07
You got me all wrong, Tim. And yes, I can say Lejoy.
August 17, 2020 at 18:11
People can leave their jobs as countless people have proven. Whether they have the confidence to do so is another question. Either way, no policy can ...
August 17, 2020 at 18:08
If you cannot find the strength and courage to alter your situation, I can understand why you wish you were never born to begin with. But things can c...
August 17, 2020 at 17:19
And you show your susceptibility to the basest of propaganda. The only ones seeking to alter the USPS and the election are the democrats, and this is ...
August 17, 2020 at 17:14
Neither you or I can tell another how to seek his own well-being, for how to live one’s life is best left for him to decide. That is why one must be a...
August 17, 2020 at 16:46
I think the opposite is the case: the overvalued (and abstract) notions of community are acted out at the expense of individual freedom and liberty. A...
August 17, 2020 at 08:44
Spread the word of liberty and break through the Great Firewall. As the Hong Kong protesters and the ‘89 democracy movement showed, people want it and...
August 17, 2020 at 06:31
What else beyond oneself determines the belief? If nothing else determines the belief, oneself has determined it.
August 15, 2020 at 17:48
A story you won’t see on CNN, who doesn’t even mention it, is the election fraud in NJ. https://www.njherald.com/news/20200630/its-mess-paterson-voter...
August 15, 2020 at 16:58
They agreed to a 10 billion dollar loan just a couple weeks ago. Is that circumstantial evidence included in this theory?
August 15, 2020 at 16:41
The USPS gives the reason why they’re removing the boxes, but these reasons are dismissed in favor of a trite conspiracy theory, Very thoughtful.
August 15, 2020 at 15:46
Nope. It’s just a conspiracy theory.
August 15, 2020 at 15:20