The Sheer Incompetence of Progressives

[Nuthin' Fancy]

I’m not the one whining like a triggered, loser bitch every day. That would be you, Nutbag.

Yes you are.
Defending your dear leader's STUPIDITY.

 

[Hollie]

“My mother used to—she would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, ‘I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?’” Harris laughed heartily. “You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.”

Part of her family is from Jamaica.

Did you bump your head falling out of the coconut tree?

"You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.”

"Unburdened by what am and what be".

 

[Orangecat]

Yes you are.
Defending your dear leader's STUPIDITY.

Keep spinning your lies, little ballerina.

 

[DBA]

You don't have to be indoctrinated to want the working class to own the means of production collectively and make the workplace democratic, nor do you need any indoctrination to see that when advanced automation and AI eliminate most jobs, socialism becomes a necessity.

Democracy won't just be in our government but in the workplace as well. No masters, only accountable leaders, elected by the people (both in government and at work where most people spend most of their waking hours).

SAY NO TO TECHNO-FEUDALISM​

You're just pearl-clutching because you see yourself as a member of the wealthy ruling class and you don't want "the peasants" (who BTW, work just as hard, if not more so, than you), to take over. Well, boohoo.

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When did I ever say everyone is going to live in the same houses and drive the same cars? You obviously have a reading comprehension deficiency. Nonetheless, if the houses and cars are modern and comfortable and the cars (or whatever other mode of transportation there is in the future), efficiently takes people from point A to point B, then who are you to think that you can selfishly deprive everybody else of that? You were never entitled to enjoy comfort and security at the expense of others. You never existed in a vacuum or in isolation but in a community of other people. If you don't like that...

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TOO BAD.​

Isn't that what you tell the "peasants" you consider inferior and less worthy than you? Too bad.



Most countries are third-world, developing countries. I lived in Costa Rica for a few years and despite it being a third-world country, I had much better healthcare coverage (it's free of charge for "Ticos") and my wife was able to get an advanced degree in its university, as a foreigner, for under $2000, which is recognized here in the United States. If she had been Costa Rican (a "Tica"), she wouldn't have had to pay a penny. Costa Rica ranks 30th in the world for life expectancy (the US ranks 49th) and has lower infant and maternal mortality rates than the US. That's a form of WEALTH, that assholes like you ignore.

The problem with you is that your values are shit. Your concept of "wealth" is warped and just STUPID. Shallow, selfish, and sociopathic. Your claim that the working class has it "good" here in the US underscores your delusional state. In other words, you're a piece of shit, just like I said earlier.

What do you consider working class? If you are talking about those working at McDonald's flipping burgers, no, they don't live in McMansions, nor should they. What you seem to be missing is that there is far, far, far more opportunity here in the US to have a much better standard of living than the vast majority of other countries offer.

You sound like the type that would be in favor of charging people for goods and services based on a percentage of their income. A Big Mac may cost you $2 and may cost me $10. That is "fair" in your mind. That sort of levels the playing field doesn't it? It would also dissuade me from performing a job that requires more education and more talent and is much more stressful. I would prefer to scoop ice cream and pay $2 for my Big Mac.

 

[TruthNotBS]

What do you consider working class? If you are talking about those working at McDonald's flipping burgers, no, they don't live in McMansions, nor should they. What you seem to be missing is that there is far, far, far more opportunity here in the US to have a much better standard of living than the vast majority of other countries offer.

You sound like the type that would be in favor of charging people for goods and services based on a percentage of their income. A Big Mac may cost you $2 and may cost me $10. That is "fair" in your mind. That sort of levels the playing field doesn't it? It would also dissuade me from performing a job that requires more education and more talent and is much more stressful. I would prefer to scoop ice cream and pay $2 for my Big Mac.

You're not worth another pixel on my monitor but for the sake of others, I'll respond to your cynical, ignorant claptrap. You driveled:

What do you consider working class?

The working class (i.e. the proletariat class - approximately 94% of the American population) is made up of all individuals who don’t own the means of production and therefore must “rent out” their labor (their lives/time/energy/presence) for a wage, generally to a capitalist (a member of the bourgeoisie class - wealthy ruling elites - aristocracy - oligarchs) who owns the means of production and exploits human labor for a profit.

In other words, if you have to depend on a wage or salary from someone who controls the resources (the land/mine/farm, facilities, machinery..etc that are used to produce all of the goods and services people need to live), you’re part of the working class, whether you wear a hard hat, coveralls, and sturdy, steel-toed work boots or a suit and tie.

Within that broad working class, there are subclasses. The traditional proletariat includes factory workers, service employees, nurses, teachers, and basically anyone whose labor directly produces goods and services. There's also the “lumpenproletariat,” often referring to people who’ve been pushed out of stable employment, like the homeless, the long-term unemployed, or those caught in illegal economies (black markets). They may not be actively in wage-labor relationships, but they still exist under the same oppressive economic structure.

You also have a “labor aristocracy", sometimes higher-paid management, specialized workers who enjoy marginal benefits but are still subject to the whims of capitalists.

Lastly, it should also be noted, although not members of the working class, the petty bourgeoisie (small business owners, independent professionals) might seem “better off,” but they rely on the capitalist market and hence can easily be knocked back into the working class if they lose their footing.

The bottom line is that, however you slice it, the vast majority of us live by selling our capacity to work to capitalists, while a small minority lives off owning the means of production. That’s why socialism puts the focus on democratic control of the means of production: to prevent a tiny group of capitalists from profiting off everyone else’s labor. The working class, in all its variety, is the true engine of the economy.

If you are talking about those working at McDonald's flipping burgers, no, they don't live in McMansions, nor should they.

If advanced production technology (automation, AI..etc) allows everyone to live a high standard of living, including residing in a mansion, then why shouldn't they? However, that was never my contention or proposal so you're again, like always, pulling false strawman arguments out of your ass. I never asserted that anyone should live in a mansion, whether it's someone working in a fast-food establishment or a high-rise office building in downtown as an attorney.

What I did say is that all workers, regardless of where they're employed or what they do for a living, should be afforded by society a social safety net, namely, a right to certain basic goods and services, to mitigate the endemic inequalities and injustices of our capitalist-run economy.

What you seem to be missing is that there is far, far, far more opportunity here in the US to have a much better standard of living than the vast majority of other countries offer.

I haven't missed anything, what you're missing is that here in the US, like in all other modern, industrialized nations, we should also offer our workforce, a robust social safety net. We're at the bottom of the list on many different metrics when compared to other modern, industrialized countries, as I've already shown in previous posts. The fact that we can live better here in the US than in Haiti, is completely irrelevant to the aforementioned points.

You sound like the type that would be in favor of charging people for goods and services based on a percentage of their income.

What utter nonsense.

A Big Mac may cost you $2 and may cost me $10. That is "fair" in your mind. That sort of levels the playing field doesn't it? It would also dissuade me from performing a job that requires more education and more talent and is much more stressful. I would prefer to scoop ice cream and pay $2 for my Big Mac.

This stupidity is only in your mind, don't ascribe your gobbledygook to me. I never suggested that in a mixed, market economy, everyone should get paid the same. Even in a non-profit, marketless, completely socialist economy, where money as a mode of exchange is no longer needed, there are rewards and incentives for people who commit themselves to serving the community in a field of work that requires extensive training and risk. Such people are uniquely rewarded and honored by society, with more resources, privileges, authority..etc.

Your motivation to enter into your current field of work is much more money-oriented due to your capitalist-led conditioning and environment than it would have been if you were born and raised in a socialist society, where people become skilled in complex, technically challenging, intellectually oriented and important disciplines, not so much for the money but rather because they find that field of work personally rewarding, challenging, and a way to serve their community.

What creates people like that? Conditioning, education, culture, the values people are taught from childhood. In a completely socialist or communist society, people think and see the world differently than people born and raised in a capitalist, individualistic (dog eat dog, me, myself and I), money-oriented, pop-culture. It takes a good, socialist education, upbringing, to inculcate values like human solidarity, empathy, a sense of social responsibility, egalitarianism..etc.

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[elektra]

Then prove fire hydrants are NOT tied to the municipal water systems, that also provide drinking water.

In most sane red states we don't drink from the fire hydrants but as unhealthy as it sounds I have to remember that democrats don't give a fuck about the people

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

In most sane red states we don't drink from the fire hydrants but as unhealthy as it sounds I have to remember that democrats don't give a fuck about the people

USMB really needs to add a projection icon.

Trump and his cult don't care about people.

www.bbc.com · news · world-us-canada-51225604Trump rolls back US water pollution controls - BBC​

Jan 23, 2020 · Under the new regulations, landowners and property developers will be able to pour pesticides, fertilisers and other pollutants directly into millions of miles of the nation's nation's waterways for the first time in decades.

 

[BluesLegend]

USMB really needs to add a projection icon.

Trump and his cult don't care about people.

Fortunately we have this one for your posts

 

[elektra]

USMB really needs to add a projection icon.

Trump and his cult don't care about people

Yet, just a couple years after the camp fire destroyed the town of paradise California, killing 78 people, costing $420 billion dollars! The democrats still won't spend a dime to prevent another fire. Now we have the fires of 2025 killing another 24 people and costing another $420 billion!

The only other place that can equal the democrat created fires in California is Hell.

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

Fortunately we have this one for your posts

And this one for yours.........

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

Yet, just a couple years after the camp fire destroyed the town of paradise California, killing 78 people, costing $420 billion dollars! The democrats still won't spend a dime to prevent another fire.

You're FOS, as usual.

www.capradio.org · articles · 2021/09/10Budget Package Guarantees $1B In Fire Prevention ... - CapRadio​

Sep 10, 2021 · Wildfire prevention has taken a front-seat this budget season, after California saw a record 4.3 million acres burned last year. The state is on track to match that total this year.

The funding this year would be nearly triple what Gov. Gavin Newsom approved for wildfire prevention and resource management in his first year in office.
The budget package comes after months of long and contentious negotiations between lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, and between lawmakers and the Newsom administration.
Wildfire prevention has taken a front-seat this budget season, after California saw a record 4.3 million acres burn last year. The state is on track to match that total this year.

www.gov.ca.gov · 2023/07/27 · california-ramps-upCalifornia Ramps Up Wildfire Prevention Work​

Jul 27, 2023 · The Wildfire Prevention Grants Program is funded as part of California’s Wildfire & Forest Resilience efforts with a portion of the program funded through California Climate

The only other place that can equal the democrat created fires in California is Hell.

 

[BluesLegend]

And this one for yours.........View attachment 1066133

(yawn) that's it, that's all you got?

 

[JohnDB]

 

[DBA]

The working class (i.e. the proletariat class - approximately 94% of the American population) is made up of all individuals who don’t own the means of production and therefore must “rent out” their labor (their lives/time/energy/presence) for a wage, generally to a capitalist (a member of the bourgeoisie class - wealthy ruling elites - aristocracy - oligarchs) who owns the means of production and exploits human labor for a profit.

Thank you. A heart surgeon is in the working class. A highly compensated experienced engineer is in the working class. The very highly paid athlete is in the working class. All of their compensation is made possible by an entrepreneur who takes risks to start a business. The risk paid off. If they don't treat their employees well, they go somewhere else. My wife and I are both members of the working class. We do own a small rental business, but that is not a major source of income. You seem to believe that under Socialism and Communism, government officials are not only more competent than entrepreneurs, but also less prone to corruption. That is an ignorant, childish and idealistic pipe dream.

If advanced production technology (automation, AI..etc) allows everyone to live a high standard of living, including residing in a mansion, then why shouldn't they? However, that was never my contention or proposal so you're again, like always, pulling false strawman arguments out of your ass. I never asserted that anyone should live in a mansion, whether it's someone working in a fast-food establishment or a high-rise office building in downtown as an attorney.

What I did say is that all workers, regardless of where they're employed or what they do for a living, should be afforded by society a social safety net, namely, a right to certain basic goods and services, to mitigate the endemic inequalities and injustices of our capitalist-run economy.

There are plenty of social safety nets in the US, in fact, too many.

Just an FYI, I waited tables when I was just out of college. I made very little money which motivated me not to rest on my laurels. I got a job and went above and beyond. If something needed to be done and it was after 5:00, I stayed as late as needed to make it happen. There is a reason why the US absolutely dominates the world with the most successful and powerful countries in the world. There is no Tesla in Finland. No Meta. No Google. No JPMorganChase, etc.

What creates people like that? Conditioning, education, culture, the values people are taught from childhood. In a completely socialist or communist society, people think and see the world differently than people born and raised in a capitalist, individualistic (dog eat dog, me, myself and I), money-oriented, pop-culture. It takes a good, socialist education, upbringing, to inculcate values like human solidarity, empathy, a sense of social responsibility, egalitarianism..etc.

Spoken like a person who has no clue and no experience. My wife and her family would beg to differ. They left a Communist country for the United States. They would laugh in your face.

You are victim of an idealist education. The proof is in the pudding as far as the US goes. We are the most powerful nation in the world by a LOT. That is precisely because we are not Socialists or Communists. Move if you don't like it, but you may find it is difficult to go to some of these countries because they don't allow just anybody to walk in. In that regard, they are much smarter than the Democrats in our country.

 

[elektra]

You're FOS, as usual.

www.capradio.org · articles · 2021/09/10Budget Package Guarantees $1B In Fire Prevention ... - CapRadio​

Sep 10, 2021 · Wildfire prevention has taken a front-seat this budget season, after California saw a record 4.3 million acres burned last year. The state is on track to match that total this year.

The funding this year would be nearly triple what Gov. Gavin Newsom approved for wildfire prevention and resource management in his first year in office.
The budget package comes after months of long and contentious negotiations between lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, and between lawmakers and the Newsom administration.
Wildfire prevention has taken a front-seat this budget season, after California saw a record 4.3 million acres burn last year. The state is on track to match that total this year.

www.gov.ca.gov · 2023/07/27 · california-ramps-upCalifornia Ramps Up Wildfire Prevention Work​

Jul 27, 2023 · The Wildfire Prevention Grants Program is funded as part of California’s Wildfire & Forest Resilience efforts with a portion of the program funded through California Climate

That is right, not a dime went to prevent this fire yet California spent billions.

Part of the money spent went towards an electric fire truck.
Part of the money spent sent fires trucks and equipment to the Ukraine.
Part of the money is spent making it so green energy does not start another deadly fire.

But not a dime spent on diesel fuel for one lousy bulldozer to make a fire break to save lives.

That is all that is needed, bulldozers making fire breaks.

 

[TruthNotBS]

Thank you. A heart surgeon is in the working class. A highly compensated experienced engineer is in the working class. The very highly paid athlete is in the working class. All of their compensation is made possible by an entrepreneur who takes risks to start a business. The risk paid off. If they don't treat their employees well, they go somewhere else. My wife and I are both members of the working class. We do own a small rental business, but that is not a major source of income. You seem to believe that under Socialism and Communism, government officials are not only more competent than entrepreneurs, but also less prone to corruption. That is an ignorant, childish and idealistic pipe dream.



There are plenty of social safety nets in the US, in fact, too many.

Just an FYI, I waited tables when I was just out of college. I made very little money which motivated me not to rest on my laurels. I got a job and went above and beyond. If something needed to be done and it was after 5:00, I stayed as late as needed to make it happen. There is a reason why the US absolutely dominates the world with the most successful and powerful countries in the world. There is no Tesla in Finland. No Meta. No Google. No JPMorganChase, etc.



Spoken like a person who has no clue and no experience. My wife and her family would beg to differ. They left a Communist country for the United States. They would laugh in your face.

You are victim of an idealist education. The proof is in the pudding as far as the US goes. We are the most powerful nation in the world by a LOT. That is precisely because we are not Socialists or Communists. Move if you don't like it, but you may find it is difficult to go to some of these countries because they don't allow just anybody to walk in. In that regard, they are much smarter than the Democrats in our country.

Look, your entire “anyone can rise from waiting tables to running the show” mantra ignores how stacked the deck is from birth. Sure, some surgeons and engineers make good money, but they’re still selling their labor for a paycheck and can be tossed aside by any boss or hospital admin if they don’t toe the line. And let’s not pretend that switching jobs is risk-free, people have kids, mortgages, and obligations, hence can’t just pack up on a whim because the “free market” promises them infinite mobility (Everyone is taking "risks"). The reality is that the overwhelming majority of Americans, no matter how skilled or educated, are still beholden to a tiny class that holds the purse strings and reaps most of the rewards.

You also love to boast that the U.S. is the “most powerful nation on Earth,” as though that automatically means the working majority here is thriving. It’s not. We lead the world in military spending, sure, but that doesn’t help people drowning in student debt, living one medical emergency away from bankruptcy, or one paycheck away from living under a bridge. Meanwhile, the very corporations you idolize gobble up taxpayer-funded subsidies and bailouts:

Rank	Parent	Subsidy Value	Number of Awards
1	Boeing	$15,499,739,531	963
2	Intel	$8,423,581,056	139
3	Ford Motor	$7,746,892,959	704
4	General Motors	$7,533,646,692	793
5	Micron Technology	$6,790,131,915	21
6	Amazon.com	$5,887,660,428	480
7	Alcoa	$5,727,691,764	134
8	Cheniere Energy	$5,617,152,523	43
9	Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry Company)	$4,820,780,112	75
10	Venture Global LNG	$4,338,702,441	8
11	Texas Instruments	$4,286,716,512	75
12	Volkswagen	$4,103,804,970	225
13	Sempra Energy	$3,828,022,782	51
14	NRG Energy	$3,415,751,518	266
15	NextEra Energy	$3,392,737,237	119
16	Sasol	$2,836,049,845	72
17	Tesla Inc.	$2,829,855,494	116
18	Stellantis	$2,795,436,436	213
19	Walt Disney	$2,626,608,041	272
20	Nucor	$2,575,858,691	202
21	Iberdrola	$2,380,558,984	111
22	Rivian Automotive Inc.	$2,366,022,712	8
23	Hyundai Motor	$2,349,743,470	18
24	Oracle	$2,272,418,288	96
25	Shell PLC	$2,214,461,311	133
26	Alphabet Inc.	$2,140,082,221	134
27	Mubadala Investment Company	$2,124,035,097	62
28	Nike	$2,104,917,829	153
29	Meta Platforms Inc.	$2,103,574,428	83
30	Toyota	$2,071,134,513	244
31	Paramount Global	$1,986,772,523	348
32	Brookfield Corporation	$1,984,319,869	293
33	Comcast	$1,982,844,868	409
34	OGE Energy	$1,971,748,595	19
35	Exxon Mobil	$1,917,119,478	241
36	Apple Inc.	$1,912,457,519	70
37	Samsung Electronics	$1,891,262,898	44
38	Nissan	$1,842,814,165	98
39	Berkshire Hathaway	$1,834,939,931	1,221
40	Summit Power	$1,783,593,414	6
41	JPMorgan Chase	$1,740,972,699	1,151
42	Energy Transfer	$1,736,836,843	175
43	Southern Company	$1,735,931,348	45
44	Cleveland-Cliffs	$1,705,295,415	129
45	General Electric	$1,650,460,706	961
46	Duke Energy	$1,635,172,669	95
47	Vornado Realty Trust	$1,623,857,336	33
48	Eli Lilly	$1,587,988,100	82
49	Wolfspeed Inc.	$1,564,076,731	66
50	General Atomics	$1,556,475,083	113
51	IBM Corp.	$1,498,690,934	370
52	Lockheed Martin	$1,462,674,082	327
53	SCS Energy	$1,419,011,796	5
54	Corning Inc.	$1,391,611,133	403
55	Panasonic	$1,384,147,584	61
56	Microsoft	$1,368,493,159	115
57	Sagamore Development	$1,320,000,000	2
58	Northrop Grumman	$1,284,299,594	288
59	Vingroup	$1,254,021,021	2
60	Continental AG	$1,244,875,478	111
61	RTX Corporation	$1,216,214,555	805
62	CF Industries	$1,189,688,351	150
63	Valero Energy	$1,058,366,895	209
64	Dow Inc.	$1,049,400,498	642
65	AES Corp.	$1,039,510,135	136
66	Air Products & Chemicals	$1,026,557,482	89
67	SkyWest	$1,010,125,798	339
68	Exelon	$986,892,877	98
69	Pyramid Companies	$973,565,278	93
70	SK Holdings	$960,550,283	8
71	Centene	$916,959,104	67
72	Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc.	$900,000,000	1
73	Apollo Global Management	$899,742,274	614
74	Delta Air Lines	$871,485,833	13
75	Jefferies Financial Group	$871,137,335	16
76	SK Hynix	$866,700,000	2
77	Honda	$854,285,026	98
78	Bayer	$852,475,226	217
79	Shin-Etsu Chemical	$828,683,936	106
80	Enterprise Products Partners	$826,988,371	89
81	SunEdison	$821,563,157	124
82	Goldman Sachs	$800,873,386	253
83	Bank of America	$798,465,317	957
84	Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.	$787,468,003	220
85	E.ON	$786,865,473	40
86	EDF-Electricite de France	$781,143,574	36
87	Triple Five Worldwide	$748,000,000	4
88	EDP-Energias de Portugal	$733,674,868	14
89	Related Companies	$714,675,504	8
90	Koch Industries	$698,421,970	518
91	Caithness Energy	$672,688,888	30
92	Dell Technologies	$658,417,951	185
93	Wells Fargo	$657,333,216	543
94	FedEx	$649,583,890	637
95	Entergy	$638,533,387	235
96	OCI N.V.	$627,879,406	5
97	Chevron Phillips Chemical	$619,839,444	20
98	Bedrock Detroit	$618,000,000	1
99	Dominion Energy	$615,465,134	80

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Then these same capitalists, who are constantly getting plenty of "love" from Uncle Sam, turn around and scream “socialism!” anytime someone mentions universal healthcare or decent social programs for the working class (94% of the population). You can’t crow about “innovation” if the government, i.e. the public, foots half the bill while CEOs pocket the profits.

Elon has built his business empire on public funded contracts and continues to own everything that is produced with those tax dollars, like his "StarLink" satellite WIFI network, which heavily relied and continues to rely on government resources (the American public). Why don't the American people own the StarLink satellite network? Capitalism, that's why. Well, fuck your capitalism. How about that asshole?

If your big “gotcha” for what I said about socialism, is that someone’s family escaped from a socialist country, spare me your anecdotal bullshit parade. Who are these people? Are they the same people who were once exploiting the working class in those countries? Are they the aristocracy? Are they the paid saboteurs and minions of the former ruling class? Your personal anecdotes amount to nothing.

Every nation, capitalist, socialist, or otherwise, comes with its own set of challenges. But the question is, which system prioritizes people’s well-being over obscene private profit? Under capitalism, we’re watching billionaires beg for UBI and automation subsidies because they know the jig is up once robots do the bulk of production. Then what’s the point of a class of privileged capitalist "owners"? If we’re going to rely on government safety nets anyway, we might as well democratize production and let the people who actually create value: THE WORKING CLASS, call the shots. That’s not “childish” or “idealistic” thinking; it’s the logical evolution of an economic system that has milked the public for far too long. You're the one who needs to grow up.

 

[elektra]

What utter nonsense.
This stupidity is only in your mind, don't ascribe your gobbledygook to me...

Your motivation to enter into your current field of work is much more money-oriented due to your capitalist-led conditioning and environment than it would have been if you were born and raised in a socialist society, where people become skilled in complex, technically challenging, intellectually oriented and important disciplines, not so much for the money but rather because they find that field of work personally rewarding, challenging, and a way to serve their community.

Yes, stupidity, nonsense and goobely gook, as you state.

Where is that Marxist country you speak of that developed these advanced technologies?

They don't exist.

 

[elektra]

The working class ... is made up of all individuals who don’t own the means of production and therefore must “rent out” their labor for a wage, generally to a capitalist ... who owns the means of production and exploits human labor for a profit.

BSNotTruth, the working class, includes the boss, the owner, in many cases works alongside his employees and for many hours with much more risk and stress.

BSNitTruth, I just easily showed you have no understanding of the capitalist economy.

The worker does not, "rent out" ones labor. We get paid money for our labor. Money represents the work we did. Money is our private property.

That is the 2nd time BSNotTruth is wrong in one paragraph.

Exploiting human labor? Offering jobs a person can say no to, is not exploitation.

3 times BSNotTruth is wrong in one paragraph

Marxists, looking at the world through glasses from they year 1850

 

[elektra]

Capitalism, that's why. Well, fuck your capitalism. How about that asshole

Yes fuck our capitalism. I am with you.

That is right usmb, I am with BSNotTruth.

BSNotTruth, will be leaving the capitalist usmb site, fuck capitalism
BSNOTTRUTH, will be disconnecting from the capitalist created internet
BSNotTruth will be throwing away the capitalist computer, smart phone, house.

Uh. Maybe I won't join BSNotTruth's crusade against the great life created by capitalism.

Marxism, has proven throughout history they will kill people like me. The skilled intelligent working class.

 

[TruthNotBS]

Yes fuck our capitalism. I am with you.

That is right usmb, I am with BSNotTruth.

BSNotTruth, will be leaving the capitalist usmb site, fuck capitalism
BSNOTTRUTH, will be disconnecting from the capitalist created internet
BSNotTruth will be throwing away the capitalist computer, smart phone, house.

Uh. Maybe I won't join BSNotTruth's crusade against the great life created by capitalism.

Marxism, has proven throughout history they will kill people like me. The skilled intelligent working class.

You’re clinging to this fantasy that capitalism singlehandedly birthed the modern world and that we owe every technological breakthrough, Wi-Fi, the internet, smartphones, you name it, to some heroic entrepreneur tinkering in a free-market vacuum. Sorry, but the facts say otherwise. If “capitalism” was so brilliant at funding big, risky ideas, then why was the original internet developed by DARPA (the U.S. military’s research arm), and why did every major underlying technology of the smartphone (GPS, touchscreen interfaces, lithium-ion batteries) emerge from publicly funded research labs and universities?

Private companies like AT&T, IBM, and Xerox actually turned down or defunded many of these research projects initially because they didn’t see an immediate profit. That’s your “innovative” capitalism in action: they show up after the public sector does the heavy lifting.

Equally laughable is the idea that socialism or Marxism is about murdering “skilled, intelligent working-class” people. If anything, socialists want to empower and protect all workers, yes, including the highly educated and well-paid ones, by ensuring they have a democratic say in the systems they create and keep running. Meanwhile, the capitalist class reaps the lion’s share of profits thanks to centuries of public subsidies and a legal framework that enshrines private accumulation.

That’s why, in the 21st century, an age of advanced automation and AI, it’s becoming obvious that we no longer need a small group of owners siphoning off wealth. We could have the same innovation, minus the parasitic profiteers, by putting control back in the hands of the people who actually do the work. If you’re so terrified of “government,” maybe start by realizing how much of your beloved technology wouldn’t exist without it. Then you’ll see why the rest of us are done pretending that a handful of billionaires are the gods of progress.

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