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Collective bargaining, I think, has superseded socialism. It can meet the needs of workers without having to violently overthrow this or that “class” ...
May 18, 2020 at 18:00
Freedom is freedom for those who think differently, to quote a socialist. Unless 100% of the community is in agreement, some sort of injustice or coer...
May 18, 2020 at 17:30
That’s an important question. The most common practices as far as I can tell are gulag, re-education, murder and genocide. The threat of these punishm...
May 18, 2020 at 17:10
I see Mondragon and collectives brought up in conversation about socialism all the time, so I assumed that you were holding them up as exemplars. My a...
May 18, 2020 at 16:28
One of the great things about starting a business is that you can apply any business model you like and run it how you see fit, even starting a collec...
May 18, 2020 at 15:20
It’s fiction for a reason.
May 16, 2020 at 19:16
Translated by a moron. Just perfect.
May 16, 2020 at 18:56
I think that people would rather face life on their own terms than on the whim of some politician and state health official.
May 16, 2020 at 18:37
Here’s a little red meat for anti-trumpists. The Lancet, a medical journal, is getting into American politics, telling that because of the weakening o...
May 16, 2020 at 17:59
Who is they? If you mean business owners, they are private citizens like us. Workers have, will and do run businesses.
May 16, 2020 at 17:48
Sure, some jobs will go the way of the dodo bird as technology advances, but that has been the case throughout history and production has only increas...
May 15, 2020 at 19:26
It does not have to be that way. One can only live off others for so long.
May 15, 2020 at 19:19
Why not?
May 15, 2020 at 19:15
Believe it or not many people want to work, not just out of necessity, but because it provides purpose, dignity, and fulfillment. So I don't see why w...
May 15, 2020 at 19:10
It’s nice to see this distinction. Modern liberalism is still liberal. Democratic socialism is still socialist. The relationship between socialism and...
May 15, 2020 at 18:53
Guys! The president called me a warrior! https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1261126114799468549?s=21
May 15, 2020 at 17:31
Piddle around with the words all you want.
May 14, 2020 at 21:47
Of course the media class is fixated on the term Obamagate, and not on the reasons for applying that term. Nothing could be more predictable. But it’s...
May 14, 2020 at 18:35
But why should they be legal rights? I’m reminded of Bastiat’s argument: “ Life, faculties, production — in other words, individuality, liberty, prope...
May 14, 2020 at 17:18
Governments have created a good little racket. Shut down the economy, eliminate any means for citizens to provide for themselves, then act as the solu...
May 14, 2020 at 17:11
Not every vote is strategic or instrumental. Many votes are “expressive”, perhaps a matter of ethics or moral obligation.
May 14, 2020 at 03:45
https://twitter.com/barackobama/status/302560295958749184?s=21
May 13, 2020 at 21:42
I guess it’s a good thing that I don’t care what you think.
May 13, 2020 at 21:34
You think I’m lying about making that assumption? I love how you convince yourself of nonsense. It seems so easy.
May 13, 2020 at 21:28
Wow. Acting Director of National Intelligence, Grenell, just declassified the list of officials who “unmasked” Michael Flynn. Included are ambassador ...
May 13, 2020 at 21:12
That’s true, I’ve never heard it before. I don’t know why anyone would bother saying it.
May 13, 2020 at 06:09
Oh dear. You’re going to wag your finger because I posted a tweet and asked a question? What an odd waste of effort.
May 13, 2020 at 06:07
It’s not out of the question to suspect that the most powerful man in the universe is privy to more information than you or I.
May 12, 2020 at 22:39
I think it revolves around what you think the Self is. What is at the center of this universe? Who or what perceives it? Where does the Self end and w...
May 12, 2020 at 19:52
I cannot for the life of me see how solipsism is even tenable. The solipsist must make the silly assumption that he, The Self, is the center of the un...
May 12, 2020 at 19:17
I wasn’t aware the second amendment gave anyone the right to shoot whatever they want. Either way it just isn’t true that the second amendment infring...
May 12, 2020 at 18:48
How did I display sensitivity?
May 12, 2020 at 17:56
I believe in "natural rights", but only as moral reminders or as easily digestible concepts for every day conversation, not as a features of the natur...
May 12, 2020 at 16:35
Yes, you guys are over-sensitive to whatever phrases the media sensationalizes for you, and utterly forgetful or blind to anything else he says. I am ...
May 12, 2020 at 15:50
It is a clam of separation, sure, but not an act of constituting a government. It is a statement of ideals, not law. It’s not just attorneys who say t...
May 11, 2020 at 21:19
Sounds plausible to me.
May 11, 2020 at 17:45
No, I just have no clue what you’re talking about.
May 11, 2020 at 17:34
It would be under the guise of impeaching a former officer.
May 11, 2020 at 17:01
I’m not sure.
May 11, 2020 at 16:48
Sure they can.
May 11, 2020 at 16:37
I mean, I agree. I believe in natural rights. But the problem is governments can and do limit these rights. So perhaps grounding rights on some solid ...
May 11, 2020 at 16:28
Wouldn’t that be something? If trump can be impeached for next to nothing, something of a watergate magnitude would warrant Obama’s impeachment.
May 11, 2020 at 16:07
The Declaration of Independence is not a legally binding document, so I think it had less to do with law and more to do with refuting the power of the...
May 11, 2020 at 15:59
I agree. He did nothing wrong. I was just saying how his actions could be construed as worthy of investigation, which could account for the length of ...
May 11, 2020 at 15:33
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1259849944216846337?s=21 Trump knows something. More info soon?
May 11, 2020 at 15:14
I don’t know. She was one of the shooter’s boss. But the DA rightfully recused herself. The other DA who recused himself thought the father/son were i...
May 11, 2020 at 15:00
Yeah the father worked as a DA investigator for over 20 years and retired in 2019. Conflict of interest.
May 11, 2020 at 14:44
I suspect that it just takes a while to investigate these things, for instance the video of Aubrey snooping around a construction site, which is odd f...
May 11, 2020 at 14:35
Though there may have been “missed opportunities”, unlike some countries, these volunteers didn’t sign bad contracts or purchase any crap. What year d...
May 10, 2020 at 16:43
Only human beings can shut down such services. I think it’s a grave error to blame a virus for the choices only human beings can make.
May 08, 2020 at 19:44