Youtube comments of Wandering Existence (@WanderingExistence).

  1. Norfolk Southern approved a $10 billion share buyback program and a 9% dividend increase just before they told their employees that they couldn't afford to give them any sick days and 10 months before they had a giant accident that poisoned a whole town because they wouldn't invest in maintenance and pursued understaffing to save money.
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  2. I blame the DNC for choose such a bad candidate
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  3. I think Warren Buffett said it in a little bit more relatable way that "if a woman can have a baby in 9 months, nine women should be able to have a baby in 1 month."
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  4. Just Walmart has stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from its employees and gets merely a monetary fine that does not affect their business in any way (sued $224M in 2016 and $102M in 2021)... But if a normal person steals even 100,000th of what Walmart steals then they go to prison and face a much more proportional fine. I say that not necessarily as a justification for shoplifting, but as an acknowledgment that there is a two-tiered justice system for normal people and corporate 'persons'.
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  5. I don't care if they left Trump because the NFTs. If it took them this long they're still fascist and they'll go support Ron DeFascist.
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  6. BREAKING NEWS: Dianne Feinstein's family STILL wants her to be Sentor
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  7. As somebody who feels lonely and constantly disempowered. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  8. I bet you the Republicans won't care how scathing it is. Midas Touch has such a click baity title format... Super tired of that. No matter how many times they put the word "humiliated" in front of MTG, she is not gonna feel embarrassed.
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  9. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". Then they try to use tactics like management classification to deny people overtime. This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  10. This is the problem with the dehumanization and commodification of people and the planet under capitalism. Capitalism doesn't care about people, it treats them like objects. In fact, wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership" as if you were a piece of property. Employment is literally renting out another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  11. Henry George was also in favor of taxing all types of natural resources. Alaska has been doing a UBI since 1982. It is funded by charging oil companies fees to extract oil from their land. We shouldn't let corporations be extracting and excluding natural resources for free, they should be paying for value that the citizens are entitled to! Divvy up the revenues into a citizen's dividend and pay people for being a part of a country that generates economic value.
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  12. Even wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own enough capital goods to make enough income other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  13.  @badluck5647  Capitalism makes people complicit with the exploitative relationship by making owning stock, real estate, bonds, and other financial assets as one of the few ways to be secure in their older years or when they fall too ill to work. A deceptive part of capitalism is that allows people to own equity on a market basis unlike feudalism but it is in such vast inequality and alienation that the Bossism and Landlordism starts to look a lot like a form of neo- (commercialized) feudalism.
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  14. "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." - Dom Helder Camara
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  15. I like being in this threeway with Krystal and Kyle...
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  16. Nordic countries don't even need a minimum wage because they have unions that actually represent them properly. Minimum wage is a Band-Aid, representation is a solution!
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  17. "The rent of land, therefore, considered as the price paid for the use of the land, is naturally a monopoly price. It is not at all proportioned to what the landlord may have laid out upon the improvement of the land, or to what he can afford to take; but to what the farmer can afford to give." — Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI "Of the Rent of Land"
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  18. "The rent of land, therefore, considered as the price paid for the use of the land, is naturally a monopoly price. It is not at all proportioned to what the landlord may have laid out upon the improvement of the land, or to what he can afford to take; but to what the farmer can afford to give." — Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI "Of the Rent of Land"
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  19. Lmao, convert to Islam just for the business project and then turn back. What a loophole! Just goes to show you how ridiculous their ideas are.
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  20. ​ @badluck5647  I assume you blame serfs for their involvement in feudalism?
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  21. Alaska has been doing a UBI since 1982. It is funded by charging oil companies fees to extract oil from their land. We shouldn't let corporations be extracting and excluding natural resources for free, they should be paying for value that the citizens are entitled to! Divvy up the revenues into a citizen's dividend and pay people for being a part of a country that generates economic value. P.S. in terms of the study referenced in Denver they found that people who received $5,500 up front and $500 a month increase the ability to get housed over the $1,000 per month option, still 12k but it shows how money can be utilized more efficiently to start programs off. It makes sense when they're security deposits and other upfront costs to get an apartment.
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  22. I signed up for weekly emails on Hawaiian cooking recipes... It's all Spam!
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  23. Lauren Bobert is always humiliating herself... What's new? E: I live in Colorado and visited Rifle last summer (yes, the city where her restaurant got evicted from is named Rifle). Just for giggles I wanted to walk by her campaign office which is right next to her restaurant... In the glass door of the restaurant had a sign that said "The Second Amendment is there to protect the First", the heartbreaking irony of such a saying is that this was just after she came out saying that the separation of church and state needed to be ended. These people idolize guns, say they want to protect the Constitution, but in reality want to enact fascist violence. The irony palpably hurts, as people (some literally kids!!!) die and guns are idolized by these sickos. They don't even care about the First Amendment that they say they love so much and they sure as hell don't care about fellow Americans dying. No exaggeration; It makes my stomach churn.
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  24. People still talk about how he's a "good businessman".... It's like they think scamming people is good business.
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  25. CEO got Deposed 🤙
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  26. Don't get fried by these corporate goons. We have to work together because wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  27. It's wrong because capitalism ideologically biases Capital over families and communities. Child rearing is a very important task within society and it is punished by capitalist economics by decreasing the value that women are paid and not covering the massive benefits of healthy and proper child care. The gender pay Gap is literally due to the fact that women have to take time off work to do their biological thing and create another human being which economists really need to create a growing economy but they don't seem to give any economic stimulus towards... 🤔🤔 They talked about how money is a incentive and then they talk about how they need more people to create a growing economy but they don't want to incentivize creating more people by creating healthy spaces for child rearing. But you know, why would that logic sense?
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  28. 0:59 Isn't that ironic that Trump wants people to demonstrate an understanding of federalism when he was the one who said he could order the governors around in 2020... Then his lawyers had to quickly remind him he's not a dictator.
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  29. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own enough capital goods to make enough income other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  30.  @badluck5647  It is better than feudalism, yes, but you're just continuing landlordism. Capitalism creates massive inequality and companies, like BlackRock and mortgage banks, that basically become neo-feudal lords. Shareholders are put before workers and communities. Yes it's better than feudalism... So that begs the question, if we improved then why can't we create a more improved system than what we have now?
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  31. 😅😂😅😂 Working Trumpanzees literally think they will have no taxes on tips and OT... What a bunch of knuckle draggers.
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  32. Let's be honest, it's just rebranded Fascism.
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  33. When I tell people we don't live in a democracy they don't believe me.
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  34. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  35. Setting up and protecting regions that use the US dollar also helps protect the demand/ strength of the dollar.
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  36. Two tiers of "Justice".... He , as a Citizen, can do this but anyone else would be instantly jailed.
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  37. "The rent of land, therefore, considered as the price paid for the use of the land, is naturally a monopoly price. It is not at all proportioned to what the landlord may have laid out upon the improvement of the land, or to what he can afford to take; but to what the farmer can afford to give." — Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI "Of the Rent of Land"
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  38. Jêwîsh Privilege
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  39. This was honestly the most disgusting part of the debate the amount of similar hawkishness and disregard for civilian human life was not unexpected, but just disappointing.
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  40. Just so people are aware the leading cause of homelessness is the high rate of housing prices. It is not a function of mental health instability nor drug addiction, it is mainly the unaffordability of housing, which needs to be addressed on a systemic level.
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  41. Free Americans from AIPAC!
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  42. How is this company not nationalozed yet? Now we have astronauts stuck.
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  43. "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  44. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  45. We need more work co-ops. Cooperatives are run by and for members, and so they take care of their members better. Worker cooperatives also share profits so money is distributed more equally throughout society instead of having to be so heavily redistributed through government welfare and programs. Worker cooperatives don't want to sit around and wait for governments to raise the minimum wage they want to raise their own wages, and they often put a pay ratio cap in place.
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  46. Why do you feel like a rented mule in capitalism? Short answer: capitalism rents you by the hour and works you like a rented mule! E: Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  47. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism...." - George Orwell
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  48. Who would have thought capitalists would be against competition 😅
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  49. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  50. "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." - Martin Niemöller
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  51. Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other as human beings.
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  52. This is a problem with neoliberal thinking that maximizing profit and GDP is necessarily good. They will destroy democratic institutions so large shareholders can make more money.
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  53. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  54. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
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  55. Just because Donald is the big show let's not forget Ron DeFascist is also a real threat.
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  56. They have never cared about the Innocent... "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  57. At this point, it's honestly just hilarious how broken our justice system is for how much this dude is not in shackles. The justice system is a joke.
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  58. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is the neoliberal lens that capitalism fuse humans through, they are simply chattel property to be rented and moved about wherever profitable. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  59. "The leopards, there eating my face!" ("There" because our state didn't invest enough in education 😅)
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  60. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  61. The concentration of productive capacity under artificial intelligence increases the bargaining power and political power of capital. Under capitalism there is an inherent bias towards the profitability of capital at the expense of labor, local communities, global communities, and the planet. We must create unions and cooperatives to stop this bias toward the wealthy.
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  62. "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  63. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  64. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  65. "Its a radical act".... I mean, when everybody freaks out about taking care of each other Kindness becomes a radical act. "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." - Dom Helder Camara
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  66. We need single-payer healthcare and medical institutions run in a Cooperative manner. Cooperatives are run by and for members, and so they take care of their members better. Both workers and members deserve a vote.
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  67. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  68. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  69. But how many sl_ves did it take?
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  70. I mean... He is not wrong! "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  71. Joe Rogan is politically confused, he can only decide whether he is right or left depending on the guest.
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  72.  @badluck5647  False Dichotomy. Try Again.
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  73. Two words: negative externalities Basically, shifting private costs onto the community (Norfolk increased dividends and bought back $10B worth of their stock last year instead of responsibly spend money to upgrade their technology and bring back their workforce to increase safety standards). Isn't it ironic how Republicans talk about responsibility and then hate to be responsible for internalizing the cost of their business?
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  74. Even Adam Smith new landlords were parasites that extracted as much as they could by doing as little as possible. "The rent of land, therefore, considered as the price paid for the use of the land, is naturally a monopoly price. It is not at all proportioned to what the landlord may have laid out upon the improvement of the land, or to what he can afford to take; but to what the farmer can afford to give." — Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI "Of the Rent of Land" We need community land trusts, or some sort of land value taxation. Apartments need to be cooperatively owned by their tenants rather than by absentee landlords. The rent is, simply, too damn high!
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  75. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  76. Jesse is right, and to be honest capitalism is just based on renting human beings as if they are property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  77. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  78. Even Trump is comenting "#Trump4prison2024"
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  79. "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." - Dom Helder Camara
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  80. This is the lady that said there was a ceasefire on October 6th.... Um... "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  81. You got to give Lauren Gropert credit for reaching across the aisle to get a handle on the hard issues, but in doing so she just vaporizes arguments against being Pro-Life. Admittedly, her behavior was a good snapshot of how flashy she is. #BoobGate
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  82. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  83. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  84. First day I received my ballot I PROUDLY voted for Marianne! ❤❤❤
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  85. Sneaker CON... As in fraud.
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  86.  @luisfilipe2023  Personally, I like cooperative economic systems. It's not private and it's not state managed, it's economic democracy at the level of workers and the community. The Preston and Cleveland models are both very successful!
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  87. Why is the media acting like Brian Thompson is the victim?
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  88. If you like democracy check out the Laura Flanders show! Her progressive motto is "where the people who say it can't be done take a back seat to the ones who are actually doing it".
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  89.  @luisfilipe2023  I provided two example of working models that have been exported to other communities. Research before you make prejudices.
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  90. This administration literally has brainworms.
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  91. You only consume anti-capitalism on a weekly basis? You got to slip in some normie professor Wolff, wacky Zizek throughout the week too!
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  92. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  93. ​ @Elimbi1  Yep, it's called "rent seeking" and it means the landlord can extract a large amount of money for adding no value. Like how it's become a growing trend with airbnbs to charge a cleaning fee and then also request the guests to do their own cleaning- a charge for no value added.
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  94. Woah, let's not insult the real libertarians; the libertarian socialists, lmao
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  95. They're called landLORDs for a reason. Historically feudalism transitioned into having more rights for the Lord's due to their power and prestige, like with the Magna Carta. This type of power change established fee simple private land ownership, creating more legal rights for landlords.
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  96. Corporations view people has objects, and they push down wages as if we don't have lives and a families to take care of. People are rented by the hour and given no say in the space they spend 1/3 of their life. We need democracy in the workplace, unions and cooperative together can empower workers.
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  97. "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." - Martin Niemöller
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  98. The sycophantic hawkishness was absolutely gross. The amount of support for a country that has no regard for civilian life and has internationally stolen land since 1967 is absolutely disappointing.
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  99. There's no honor among propagandists
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  100. Make Attorneys Get Attorneys
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  101. Colorado is one of the states leading the court trials to hold him accountable to the 14th amendment.
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  102. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism..." - George Orwell
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  103. "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." - Dom Helder Camara
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  104. It was really sad to see Walz regurgitate the line I've heard KH use multiple times "Let remember how this all started Oct7th yada yada yada"... Yes, we all remember Oct7th and, No, that's not how it "started".
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  105.  @badluck5647  Nope, it's a cooperative model that helps communities build back after corporations export their jobs. It is built on worker and community goals rather than just maximizing profit.
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  106. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  107. "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela E: lmao, what's with all the scammers in the replies. Nvm them, focus on human rights.
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  108. Would recommend the book Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber it explains the history of money/ credit and why the US debt is functionally never going to be fully repaid. E: I just finished the book, so feel free to ask any questions 😝
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  109. ​ @THETRIVIALTHINGS  Bain Capital is a private equity group closely associated with Mitt Romney.
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  110. I would start supporting capital punishment 😅😅😅 No pun intended 😅
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  111. Doesn't he know that Fox doesn't like facts... That's basically their mission statement.
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  112. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  113. Trump is going to have a bad week...
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  114. The employer-employee relationship is an actually a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at least capitalism needs safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class.
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  115. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  116. Remember the Rochdale consumer cooperative! The Rochdale Principles help give people a say in their economy. Remove the greedy capitalists and collectively buy things. Co-ops bring democracy to the economy.
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  117. I'm starting to think Jeffrey Epstein didn't off himself 🤔😅
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  118. Bimbobert lost her political sugar daddy.
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  119. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  120. Totally not a cult 😅
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  121. I don't know if 80 feet would be able to pick up an airport, sounds like you would need a whole army of boots on the ground.
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  122. "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  123. “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  124. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
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  125. I'll be a lemming and say what's on everybody's mind, even though YouTube comments don't do very much: "LOCK HIM UP"
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  126. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  127. You're talking about the talking heads on Fox "News", right?
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  128. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  129. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  130. For all my democracy lovers, don't forget about economic democracy; “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” –MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  131. Some people are above the law, Clarence Thomas is one of those people
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  132. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  133. I remember seeing a daily show clip where couple women were asked when was America the greatest and they said "when it was founded"... And then the reporter had to ask "except for all the slavery stuff, right?". I was wondering if they actually wanted to take away their own right to vote... Sounds like it!
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  134. Can somebody explain why he isn't going to be held? Seems like espionage charges are pretty heavy? If Justice is blind shouldn't he face the same process as everybody else??
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  135. Twitter, it's Twitter. It will always be Twitter I don't care what some billionaire wants me to call it 😝
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  136. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  137. They love it even more now... It makes them happy.
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  138. Israel offensive... No, Israel IS Offensive.
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  139. She makes my portfolio rise
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  140. You mean the guy that's worth 1/3 of a TRILLION is a Bond villain?
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  141. "You will own nothing, and you'll be happy"...
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  142. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  143. It been happening for 76yrs... "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  144. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  145. I watched the documentary on PBS about the hidden history of US socialism. Lots of stuff out of Michigan (*or Minnesota), like some of the first socialist public officials, public spaces on river banks, a higher focus on leisure time, and even the first workers compensation laws!
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  146. Or you just don't call it "corruption" and label it "lobbying"... Now there's much less corruption, problem solved.
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  147. Yes, call it what it is FASCISM!
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  148. ​​ @DJKokaKola Shoplifting from corporate business is moral. Jeff Bezos bought me two cups of Whole Foods soup this week ;)
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  149. I like presidents that haven't been indicted...
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  150. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  151. SHillary said there was a ceasefire on October 6... This is what she thinks of ceasefire looks like; "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  152. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  153. Does anybody have any info on whether Trump will actually have to stay in jail for espionage charges come Tuesday??? This dude really just needs to be off the streets with no direct access to his social media.
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  154. A democratic economy is just as important as a democratic government!
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  155. The problem with the MAGA appeal of Trump is that he sometimes does call out the real problems that effect Americans... And then he gives horrible fascist solutions. We need Democratic Socialism not fascism, George Orwell and Albert Einstein knew that! "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell (Orwell volunteered in a Spanish militia to fight Franco fascists in 1936-37)
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  156. I think it would be important for people to learn more about the historical dialectic of Marxism and how it helps explain our current situation. Democratic socialism (basically just means political democracy and economic democracy, working together) is definitely something we the people need- unfortunately, fascism is too often seen as the other alternative.
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  157. Land is a monopoly price because it has an inelastic supply, basically you can't just make more space. In fact a lot of the price of land is dependent on the surrounding amenities, like closeness to downtown, schools, parks and scenic areas. Increased rental prices go to landlords who didn't even make the amenities that increased the value. "The rent of land, therefore, considered as the price paid for the use of the land, is naturally a monopoly price. It is not at all proportioned to what the landlord may have laid out upon the improvement of the land, or to what he can afford to take; but to what the farmer can afford to give." — Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI "Of the Rent of Land"
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  158. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  159. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  160. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  161. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  162. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  163. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  164. Don't forget journalists and med workers...
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  165. BREAKING: Schmuck mad at Schmuck
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  166. Maybe we need to reevaluate the structure of the corporation. Maybe cooperation needs to be explored, like worker and consumer co-ops, community land trusts, and credit unions.
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  167. We need Single-Payer
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  168. "I'm a straight shooter"... Proceeds to weasel around for the next 5 minutes
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  169. "Capitalism works", yes, it works for Capital and leaves Labor, Community, and Ecology to pick up the pieces after profit is extracted into private financial assets. E: Just to clear things up for people in the replys; governments created money system to supply armies and to make people need this stamped money they had them pay taxes with it- it's really quite a racket, forcing demand and charging people for the supply. Governments create legal systems for property rights, using tax money to increase the strength of capitalism institutions. This is from the anthropologist David Graeber's book Debt: The First 5000 Years So please, can we stop arguing whether it's "True Capitalism"... go read some Kant or Hegel or just something less basic.
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  170. Automation and AI isn't necessarily a bad thing. The problem is is that it's controlled by, and for, the rich to get richer. If these means of production were owned by workers they would be controlled by and for the purposes of the workers instead of an absentee ruling class that increase their dividend and capital growth faster than wages will ever keep up.
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  171. Capitalism doesn't care about "humanity". Capitalism commodifies people as human capital to be rented by the hour, and to be squeezed by rents and interest rates. Capitalism is made for capital, not humanity.
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  172. Don't ask all of us.... ask the third congressional district
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  173. "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." - Dom Helder Camara
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  174. "I have the best classified documents." - Donald Jack*ss Trump
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  175. "There are three kinds of violence. The first, mother of all the others, is institutional violence, that which legalizes and perpetuates domination, oppression and exploitation, that which crushes and laminates millions of men in its silent and well-oiled wheels. The second is revolutionary violence, which arises from the desire to abolish the first. The third is repressive violence, the object of which is to stifle the second by making itself the auxiliary and the accomplice of the first violence, that which engenders all the others. There is no worse hypocrisy to call violence only the second, while pretending to forget the first, which gives birth to it, and the third which kills it." - Dom Helder Camara.
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  176. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The insidious dynamic of employment is that it's a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own enough capital goods to make enough income other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system into more of a cooperative system if we wish to value each other.
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  177. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  178. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  179. Abby has done wonderful work. There's another women by the name of Caoimhe Butterly that visited the West Bank in 2002, literally stood in front of a tank to stop it Tiananmen Square style and was also shot by the IDF for trying to protect kids. That documentary is called 'Visit Palestine' and it's free on the channel Journeyman Pictures. Much Love and Free Palestine.
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  180.  @undeadblizzard  In a perfect world, I'd agree, but doesn't it suck to hand over your money to corrupt politicians that give subsidies and breaks to corporations that don't don't care about you? I'm tired of hearing about $100M-500M subsidies for football stadiums. Henry David Thoreau famously refused to pay his taxes because he did not believe in conscription. So when I'm trying to say is, it's more complicated than just providing education and fire services, which we all agree are important.
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  181. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  182. Worker Cooperatives usually have a bylaw that doesn't allow head management to make 20-30x more than the lowest employee. Cooperatives can do this because their bylaws are voted for by the workers themselves. They can even participate in profit sharing.
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  183.  @monkemode8128  As much as I understand the "push towards Denmark" and I think that it is a preferable situation of capitalism, but it still pushes negative externalities onto developing or undeveloped country. It's not about the jealousy of somebody earning more money than somebody else, it's the power imbalance that creates unfavorable cost-shifting due to the authority of private property and incentives of profitability. Cooperatives that cooperate with other cooperatives allow people to arrange production and distribution in ways that allow for people to take care of each other without the underlying need to maximize profit for a few capitalists. As a Democratic Socialist I am not opposed to social democracy as a form of transitional change that could last a while, but I think eventually we will need to reduce alienation by allowing labor to control capital. Not about jealousy it's about liberation.
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  184. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  185. ​ @HowMoneyWorks  That's a great quote. It shows how wealth inequality isn't just about money, it's about a severe inequality of the quality of life. Where people are exploited into toiling their body into dust while billionaires extract the leisure power of wealth from these hard-working people. I love the channel. I would like to request a video on cooperative economics, the Evergreen cooperative in Cleveland or the city of Preston might be two real world examples to look into ✌️
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  186. We don't just need unions we need cooperatives for profit sharing and co-ownership by the workers themselves! Here's how a cooperative has helped wages for its members in Cleveland, Ohio; "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong Cooperatives also make sure to take care of their members during economic downturns, they get creative and find other jobs and will often cut upper management salaries to keep more people employed.
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  187. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  188. Instead of just listing industries, why don't we have socialism? E: Do people still realize that we can modify humans like objects... No not slavery but give me second here; Employment is literally renting another human being as if their property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  189. They purchased billions of their own stock while telling you that they don't have enough money for raises!! Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  190. “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  191. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  192. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system.
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  193. Neutrality, except for breaking human rights...
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  194. "Fiscally conservative"
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  195. Please: Stop using the word HUMILIATED for these people who don't feel embarrassed. Tired of these anti-maga channels constantly using this word because it means nothing to these people. It's seriously become so cliche and forced.... Stop trying to make "humiliated" happen It's not happening.
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  196. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  197. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  198. I bought some of this White Powder off the street a couple weeks ago. The dealer said it was some of that "White Supreme", he added "Pure, not mixed".... Not going to lie, It did make me feel like an Ubermensch for a few hours.
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  199. The problem shouldn't be the word, it is the fact that they don't want these people around
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  200. Sounds about right... Remember GW Bush?
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  201. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference
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  202. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  203. The US keeps vetoing peace
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  204.  @SpicyBoba7431  😂🤣 wait you're criticizing me for not understanding financial independence through capitalism even though you're calling me a hypocrite for understanding how to be financially independent through capitalism??? WAT? 😅 I'm literally telling you that I understand finance... That's how I knew to look over NFS to see what shady things they did, like buybacks instead of investing in health and safety. I understand the concept of Discount Cash Flow analysis and understand how it promotes short-sided thinking as it literally discounts long term outcomes. Fiduciary responsibility and voting rights creates a bias towards Capital. That's how capitalism works. This isn't new or a crazy concept, this is just how business works in America. This is what they teach you in finance courses.
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  205. "We are number one! We are number one"..... Oh wait that's just the amount of money that we spend on the military, our incarcerated prison population, and the amount of billionaires in a country where 60% live paycheck to paycheck. Woooo! Number 1!! 'Murica!!!
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  206. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  207. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  208. Selection bias, but you missed that.
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  209. LET'S GO! Fkn LIT! No last show sign off 🤣😂
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  210. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  211. The English Lords Proprietors of Carolina was basically North American feudalism. The brief history of feudalism in the Americas is kinda interesting, Canada had some too. Would love a video on it!
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  212. I remember the first time I saw 'Hotel Rwanda' when I was 15... I cried so hard I had to stop the movie, but I knew it was an important story so I had to watch the rest the next night. Truly heartbreaking what people do to each other. P.S. It's also sad that I'm afraid to use the "G" word because I'm afraid of my message being purged.
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  213. This is why we need a democratic economy, with unions and cooperatives, so we can have a democratic say in our lives rather than suffer and be controlled by the rich. We need economic democracy fornthe same reason we need political democracy; freedom through self determination.
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  214. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  215.  @SpicyBoba7431  Lmao. How would I live congruent with my ideals when there aren't institutions available to live by those ideals??? You cant call me a hypocrite and unable to manage capital. I use your system to point out how bad your system is.
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  216. AmeriKKKan Fascism is a real treat. Don't stand idle while they hate; hug someone, give a kind compliment, be a little more patient with others, ask a homeless person what kind of sandwich they want and feed another Human Being... Just do something to cultivate kindness and empathy into the world. Love is how you fight hate, be the change you want to see.
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  217. So what? "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  218. Ron DeFascist
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  219.  @SpicyBoba7431  You know absolutely nothing about me, I do live below my means. Telling you I understand intermediate level finance and you're literally acting like I need personal finance 101??? Lmao. I've read so many books on personal finance and economics, don't come at me with that basic.
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  220.  @paulb8030  Taxing the rich and providing social services is one start, collective bargaining through unions is another, but for me I see worker cooperative as a foundational aspect of building a new economy. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  221. Politicians in the state only seem to care if a fetus gets hurt, they don't care about instituting policies that are pro-life to protect the kids that are already born.
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  222. It's not dumb if you're above the law...
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  223. It's actually a stolen idea from the "landlords game", which was created to show why land value taxation helps decrease exploitation by the inherent Monopoly of private ownership of land. "The rent of land, therefore, considered as the price paid for the use of the land, is naturally a monopoly price. It is not at all proportioned to what the landlord may have laid out upon the improvement of the land, or to what he can afford to take; but to what the farmer can afford to give." — Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI "Of the Rent of Land"
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  224. This is only going to lead to increased atomization and emotional alienation. Part of therapy is connecting and talking with a real human. But first capitalism seeks to increase profit no matter how detrimental it is to the human psyche.
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  225. Peace be with you
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  226. I'm actually trying to share something rather novel with you. I'm dyslexic, if I could have made it shorter, I would have. It's hard to condense over a decade of studying political philosophy, sociology, economy, and finance into a small piece of text.
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  227. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  228. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  229. How did somebody rise through the ranks of the Navy and never be able to swim? Seems like such a rudimentary skill for the profession that he had.
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  230. I didn't know what to do either, this sh!t is so crazy. So I eventually figured I had to make a sign and stand out on a busy corner like a crazy person to raise awareness about this looming fascism. "Calls 2 end the Constitution is fascist! Love > Hate" Fascists hate Love! Go out and do a good deed; give a compliment/ hug, ask a homeless person what kind of sandwich they want, or volunteer for a cause that gives meaning in your life! Do something to spread kindness and empathy... Fascists hate kindness and empathy!
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  231. Oh don't even get me started, they make it so you can't buy cannabis in Colorado in a see-through container... Because they don't want the kids to be exposed to it. Yet there can be walls of liquor where you can see the color just fine. If you take a kid into a liquor store You just have to keep a good eye on them and make sure they don't tip over a display... You try to take your kid into a medical dispensary, you'll get CPS called on you. Regulate it like alcohol, my ass. MED is a bunch of morons- it took them 6 years to start testing for heavy metals.
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  232. Factory farming is truly a sad event.... We all need to eat, but unfortunately our society has become so psychopathic that we machine down living beings as if they feel nothing. I cannot say I'm morally righteous, because I participate- but it truly does churn my soul (perhaps I've seen so much seemingly insurmountable exploitation that I've become accustomed to such morally nauseating churn... Or maybe I'm just "bad", content with my own disharmony).
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  233. I mean he's kind of right, no other state has a complete power outage with a little snow storm.... 'No other place like Texas' 💪💪
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  234. The 8th largest economy that can't handle a small snow strom... Then the representatives run off to Cancún.
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  235. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism..." - George Orwell
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  236. "Very sexy things like marijuana and abortion" - Rick Santorum
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  237. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  238. The funny irony is that everybody was saying Ron DeSantis is scarier than Trump because he's "more competent".... Lmao
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  239. Shapiro = Hámàs
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  240. Masterson is great he has a good eye for irony. His J6 video coverage was CRAZY!
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  241. Lol, it's like watching Fox; make mountains out of mole hills and then call for the hanging of the VP 😂🤣
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  242. Electric Cooperatives have helped light up the plains states... Electricity was under provided in the wide open West due to the lower profits because of the higher cost to lay more line. Coops help their members get what they need, not because it's super profitable, but because the need it.
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  243. My favorite "genuine troll" is reminding neoliberals that use Animal Farm and 1984 as illustrations of why socialism is bad that Orwell was a democratic socialist. Literally has a quote saying his "whole work has been against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism". It's funny how plainly he states it but neoliberals get worked up over the idea that a freedom fighter can also be a socialist. I guess they didn't know Martin Luther King and Gandhi were both socialists.
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  244. 2:48 Death Valley has 14.9 psi of pressure due to being a 280 ft below sea level
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  245. Mahr is a hack
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  246. Watt are you talking about? Are you amped or are you going to re-volt?
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  247. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  248. Jill Stein 💚
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  249. Where is FedEx going to ship it, to your IP address?
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  250. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  251. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  252.  @samiraperi467  So you're saying if we don't continue our protectionism, US ship building could be Finnished?!
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  253. 21 soldiers die every single day, not from combat, but from suicide.
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  254.  @luchain771  This concept of being small government against taxes is interesting when governments literally hand out deeds- do you remember what Manifest Destiny was? Nobody created natural resources. According to Locke's theory of capitalist acquisition things are acquired through Labor. Locke created the Lockean Proviso to discourage over usage, but you have to realize he was writing in the 1600s... 190 years before Henry George. Capitalism has always had this idea baked into it, but capitalists have this interesting tendency to ignore capitalist morality in favor of capitalist profit... Who would have thought that would have been the case from a system dictated by the profit motive.
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  255. Cooperatives are run by and for members, and so they take care of their members better. Worker cooperatives also share profits so money is distributed more equally throughout society instead of having to be so heavily redistributed through government welfare and programs. Worker cooperatives don't want to sit around and wait for governments to raise the minimum wage they want to raise their own wages, and they often put a pay ratio cap in place.
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  256. *Bigger Fund your reading programs better.
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  257. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  258. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  259. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  260. $44Billion dollars triggered
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  261. Could it just be that she is unlikable? Nahhhhhh 😅
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  262. Plutocracy wasn't good enough for MTG, she wanted to go full Fascist.
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  263. MK7.5 looked so much better
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  264. She Failed the GED 3 TIMES! "Fourth times the charm, as they say." - Lauren Bimbobert
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  265. What has 10 toes but are not your legs?? My legs!
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  266. Yeah.... I think we're all on board. Are we just going to scream this at our choir again and again? E: lol, 874 likes! What did it accomplish other than patting yourselves on the back?
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  267. Kyle knows his gardening tools
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  268. You're not Slim Shady! I've been hoodwinked!!!
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  269.  @Bobobobobob741  Thanks. I'm very much for trans rights, because they're humans that should be respected just like you and me- Zooey definitely should not have been silenced. Although I will say trans athletics definitely does have some problematic areas due to how hormones affect body structure.
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  270. Getting rid of Trump and DeSantis isn't enough, we have to get money out of politics and create a democratic economy!
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  271. It's not just private equity it's capitalism in general! Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  272.  @kevinlue4756  So you missed the point then? Cool.
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  273. Wage labor for a CEO/ boss is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  274.  @MacMan2152  Look at this rent seeker
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  275. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  276. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  277. The Onion is amazing, some of their 2008 to 2016 Obama era is amazing. It's more relevant now than it was then. Their recent skits have been getting good too so please go help them.
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  278. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  279.  @audreyw115  Trump literally thought he had control over the governors during lockdown.... They don't even understand federalism 🤦🏼 It's an embarrassment.
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  280. Sarah Palin once said she could "see Russia from her house", Joe Biden was also just recorded saying that he could "see Nile from his house". It's amazing the global perspective these leaders get.
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  281. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  282. ​ @bjjblue  Do you condemn the IDF blowing kids up?
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  283. Lock em up *Obligatory MT post, even though we all agree P.S. First
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  284. I had to personally screenshot Trump calling for the termination of the US Constitution because I just needed that to live on in infamy.
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  285. I did nazi that coming.
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  286. We all know "slurs his way through" means he used lots derogatory language 😅
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  287.  @narwhalsincorporated1181  How does that help the lack of sick days when you could be fired for not coming into work?
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  288.  @strayedarticle2838  Yes, a much larger presence of worker co-ops, consumer co-ops, but often hybrids of the two. Unions could also be a large aspect. Essentially more economic democracy.
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  289. This is why I'm a cynical a$$... Very little hope for this world.
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  290. Why does debt have to be repaid? Short answer: IT DOESN'T. If modern Christians read the Bible they would remember there was the religious Jubilee. We should Jubilee Student Debt. I would recommend the book Debt: First 5,000 Years by David Graeber for more on this topic on how debt is used to subjugate the poor.
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  291. Let's not forget how this started, having naked short positions is supposed to be illegal. But large hedge funds have found loopholes in order to keep making money and driving businesses into the ground with their predatory speculation and misinformation.
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  292. B-b-but it's not a free market if government officials can't be corrupt
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  293. So liberal she made the Supreme Court majority conservative. But let's also not forget the fact that (R)'s wouldn't let Obama appoint a SC judge halfway through his term because they said it was too soon to the end... Then they helped Trump put in somebody with less than a year to go. Smh. The absurd world we live in.
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  294. Big black mic's are hot 🔥
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  295. Don't forget anti-Semitic Kayne...
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  296. I thought it was kind of a soft joke.
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  297. American Fascism incarnated
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  298. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  299. The cool thing about land value taxation is it doesn't charge you more for adding more value in construction... You can add so much more value and just pay the same amount of tax on the land.
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  300. Yes, because civil boundaries exist... 😮😮 Im14andthisisdeep
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  301. The West keeps ignoring this simple fact.
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  302. While they let pedophiles go free and reoffend.
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  303. ​ @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231  64% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck unable to afford a $500 emergency without restructuring their financial situation. And you're trying to act like people are well if weren't for the drugs??? Oh, please.
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  304. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  305. ♥️🖤🖤🖤🖤 ♥️♥️🤍🤍🤍 ♥️💚💚💚💚
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  306. "P*rn is bad, mmm'kay.... So we'll send explicit material to every home in the state." - Virginia GOP
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  307. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  308. It's almost like owning the means of production is important... 😅
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  309. 🤦🏼 Don't ask me, I'm not in the congressional third district. One of the biggest disappointments is that there was no debate between her and Frish because one of the news stations didn't think it would be so close. I'm sure her yapping would have cost her those 500 votes...
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  310. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other. Save democracy, create economic democracy!
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  311. If Trump thinks he's going to win, I don't think he knows Jack.
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  312. ​ @hassan2868-u7q  9/11 was the Saudis going over the top ... This, on the other hand, is just silly.
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  313. Austrian economics has added a lot of value to economic thinking, but calling it, the end all be all of economics, like this guest did; Is dangerously shortsighted and dogmatic. Thorstein Veblen was not an Austrian economist, but does that mean the concept of Veblen goods is not an economic fact of human society? Richard Thaler is not an Austrian economist should we toss out behavioral economics too? Economics is a really interesting subject, sad how it's dominated by all these dogmatist
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  314. I love when people don't actually name the incident 🙄
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  315.  @self_improvement_d  Free market capitalism in ancient Rome? Yeah, with slavery and empire to make it so fREEEEE. Smdh.
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  316. Dude was so nice... Ryan Dan got pranked so hard by his civility.
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  317. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  318. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  319. You're included, bud. ​ @ownthelibs 
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  320.  @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231  Thanks for proving my point, you're living on the edge of homelessness without either condition. A couple bad months and you could be on the street or couch surfing. Economics affects everyone, that's the point.
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  321. That's too much credit. JG was a mastermind, TC is a puppet.
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  322. Yeah, it is kind of annoying how they're calling it new when they just didn't want to believe that it was a medicine in the first place. Damn Puritans.
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  323. They're dedicated to serving their donors have you forgot that bribery lobbying is legal?
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  324. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  325. No! It's not about taking a 25% pay cut it's about getting 32 hours FOR THE SAME PAY! Stop acting like companies that make billions of dollars a year can't afford it.
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  326. Lmao 😂🤣 "FTX is the safest place"... Few months later "we wrote off our FTX"
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  327. Lol, you thought this was a "new" capitalism?
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  328.  @gameofender4463  Dude, I can't imagine having a just billion dollars. Capitalism is wack.
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  329. GenoJoe
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  330. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  331.  @apoc5000  The US is the world's largest oil producer. Colorado is filled with oil wells. Not to mention there are so many other natural resources that could be taxed.
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  332. I don't know what else you would expect from these "Patriots".
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  333. Is nobody going to mention Kyle's personalized advertising @2:58? I always knew Krystal was a strong woman.
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  334. People should watch the free documentary 'Visit Palestine', it's about a humanitarians visit to the West Bank in 2002 during the second intifada. She literally stands in front of an IDF tank, she walks girls to school to keep them safe, even at one point getting shot in the leg by the IDF for protecting the Palestinians. She talks about how one of the best ways to delegitimize the 0ccupation is to show the humanity of the Palestinians.
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  335. Your explanation of how gravitational force is inversely proportional to inertia was a revelation. That makes so much sense. Thank you for your channel and sharing the secrets of the universe with us!
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  336. "There are three kinds of violence. The first, mother of all the others, is institutional violence, that which legalizes and perpetuates domination, oppression and exploitation, that which crushes and laminates millions of men in its silent and well-oiled wheels. The second is revolutionary violence, which arises from the desire to abolish the first. The third is repressive violence, the object of which is to stifle the second by making itself the auxiliary and the accomplice of the first violence, that which engenders all the others. There is no worse hypocrisy to call violence only the second, while pretending to forget the first, which gives birth to it, and the third which kills it." - Dom Helder Camara.
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  337.  @hughjanus5518  It's conservative hate that made them feel unwelcomed.... Why can't you just love your neighbor, like Jesus told you?
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  338. Yes! Tax the land! Georgism makes sense economically and ethically.
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  339. Yes, land taxes and negative externality taxes! Let's make taxes directly change society for the better.
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  340. You think insurance companies and banks have good values?? Lmfao. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder, but don't act like he has better values than the rest of corporate America.
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  341.  @thelabs7128  We should value people for what they bring to society... But that isn't always encapsulated in a monetary profit. A sick person can bring happiness to their family, friends, and community without being able to work a job. One specific example that comes to mind is Rhonda. She is a disabled woman who has been featured on the channel Travis Doodles, who is a Good Samaritan that helps people out. She is a bundle of sweetness that humanity can benefit from, but she's disabled and can't make an employer a competitive economic return on investment. But just because capitalism doesn't want to value her doesn't mean humanity shouldn't. We need to realign the values of how we produce our society with humanity.
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  342.  @darkgardener9577  Why, because socialist reforms aren't socialist enough for you? We know what socialism is... But Bud, it takes socialists to work to build socialism. Socialists will be working within a framework that is not necessarily socialism for a while. Get over it.
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  343. I roll it up into balls and play basketskeet ball. We still need a small forward if anybody's interested.
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  344. Employment is just renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property, a wage is basically just a dividend on human capital. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other as human beings.
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  345. Ah yes because capitalism punishes treating humans like human beings.
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  346. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  347.  @MThomasB  Don't get me wrong, I support the Right of Return for the Palestinians, but I was born in Utah... I'm not itchin' to go back, but I wasn't forced out of my home.
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  348. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  349. This needs to be understood by more people. Society criticizes shoplifting because it's stealing... But encourages you to work overtime for the brownie points. Capitalism is sick in the head.
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  350. Brandon should deleted him ... Legally!
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  351.  @Steamandstream  This was after the IDF was supposed to be out of Gaza under international law. They started the 1947 Nakba, don't lie.
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  352. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  353. ​ @tyler0506  Many Nordic countries subsidize the exploration of the oil and charge companies to extract their oil. They then put these revenues into sovereign wealth funds that invest into companies across the world and this investment strategy helps provide a social safety net for the population. I'd be very much in favor of sovereign wealth funds if they invested in cooperative enterprises instead of investing in the current harms of capitalism, but that's a long thread to unravel.
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  354.  @e1han03  Extreme inequality is terrible for society, and it allows the rich to corrupt politics. Currently, "we the people" refers to corporate "Persons", but you see nothing wrong with that.
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  355. Accountability they're not going to hold themselves accountable; "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  356. Who would think a D.I.N.O. would be for fossil fuels.
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  357. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  358. The only respectable response...
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  359. Capitalism will commoditize everything! You thought your data was bad, wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  360. Capitalism creates a gender wage gap by not valuing domestic work because it does not hit a market nexus. Domestic work is fundamental to all other types of work. Women still do most of the domestic work in households and it is fundamental to a thriving society that we acknowledge that this work is important to the ability to go out and work a job and come home to a functioning household. We must find a new system of economy that does not automatically value cash over work. We need a Cooperative economy.
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  361. I tried copying and pasting it as a comment but YT takes it down .... Probably because it's filled with lies
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  362. Bernie Sanders knows the truth; Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  363. As much as you say it, there are people that are above the law. It's just easier to stay above the law when you aren't in the public view all the time- and that's the way Donald Trump would have stayed if he wasn't so narcissistic and needed to have the attention on him. In doing so, he proved the idiom "all publicity is good publicity" is also false.
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  364. Oathy-Smoathy the law doesn't matter. At least that's what I'm getting the sense of.
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  365. ♥️🖤🖤🖤🖤 ♥️♥️🤍🤍🤍 ♥️💚💚💚💚
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  366. Uppers, downers, all arounders... Just get him some shrooms.
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  367. $100M a year is a bargain to buy the biggest superpower E: context, Google pays Apple $10B/yr to be the main search engine on iPhone.
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  368.  @Steamandstream  That's a weird way to justify stealing over half of their land in 1948... And now over 75% with the internationally illegal settlements.
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  369. Management needs to be elected and accountable to a democratic electorate of the workers underneath them. We have democratic governments because we know the disparity of power and wealth that will accumulate when given the chance. We need a system of checks and balances on management by making workers a majority owners stake in the companies that they work for.
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  370. I call Milton Friedman Evil... Sometimes I even go as far as to say, he's a Real Jerk!
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  371. Barely scratches the surface and then leaves you with an answer full of nothing....
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  372.  @shadow344bh  Fair point, but back then I would amuse lots of military roles in a colonist army would include being aboard ships to at least get them to other countries. The guy could probably design a sea worthy vessel with his understanding of the physics of buoyancy and weight distribution but could not swim, which is the irony that keeps tickling my brain.
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  373. Taxes doesn't really destroy money, it shifts it. Repaying loans decreases the money supply though by decreasing the fractional reserve system.
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  374. What Mexican wall? That never really got built....
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  375. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  376. A study in 2009 found that 45,000 people died each year because of a lack of access to affordable health care.
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  377. ​​​ @darkdan3379 It's always a transfer of wealth. Everyday capitalism is a plutocratic transfer of wealth. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other. The disenfranchisement of individuals ability to make decisions about the institutions that they live their lives in, through the legal separation of power of absentee ownership from its users/members. Building socially equitable democratic institutions that empower individuals at local levels, are opposed to far off absentee orders, decreasing inequality while increasing freedom.
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  378. You don't get it man I'm going to jail for the Trump Steaks, I don't care about this NFT stuff. I know the steaks are real high, but I got beef with these leftists!
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  379. ​​ @HsbsbshsBebsbsjs  I caught that. He said nukes are our best line of defense, imagine thinking that destroying the world is the best form of defense... I call that holding the planet hostage.
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  380. ​ @joshquayle1603  Denver, CO is doing a privately funded UBI study ($50/mo, vs $1000/mo, vs $6500 upfront and $500/mo for 1yr) and that statistic was cited from the article reporting on the issue... Sorry cant remember the publication.
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  381. It's so annoying when these people who say they are "free thinkers" get "synaptically-cleansed" by the most authoritarian and ignorant people.
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  382. We can't just break them up, we have to change the way they are structured; we need economic democracy. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  383. Alcohol saves lives.
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  384. Fascism on both sides. E: to clarify, 🇮🇱 is a hypernationalistic and hypermilitaristic state with a strongman who's trying to avoid democratic elections. That's literally the playbook. E2: lots of my replies are not showing up
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  385.  @sim1manson1  I applaud your Christmas generosity by calling him a "comedian".
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  386. It's honestly just sad how easily they fall into the trap.... I don't even feel bad for them- I want to because I want to care about people- they asked for it. Reminds me of the 60 minutes episode where they interviewed some Kansas residents who lost their local Hispanic diner chef to ICE... "We thought he [Trump] was going to get rid of only the bad hombres".... Literally a quote straight from these Trump supporters mouths. They don't even understand the fascism that they're beckoning in, they just see the flag and the cross that is draped over the fascism. RvW, and the prayer verdict, is just another example of how we are taking the horrifying baby steps towards regressive fascism.
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  387. Sometimes he just lets the hypocrisy hang in the air and they don't even catch on. I remember the clip where he talks about respecting women and how this man wouldn't say misogynistic things in front of his daughter... His daughter's right there and he keeps saying "Trump that B****" in reference to Hillary. I don't like Hillary but that's not a civil or non-misogynistic way of showing disagreement with somebody's policies. These people are oblivious, they deserve the country they get. It'll be hilarious when a Republican senator can't get his mistress an abortion because he outlawed it, then it's a scandal and he loses reelection. I hope they get the right comeuppance.
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  388. ​ @ChrMuslimThor  Georgists Represent! Community land trusts are also an acceptable solution.
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  389. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The insidious dynamic of employment is that it's a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own enough capital goods to make enough income other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  390.  @kcnl2522  You're basically saying you don't understand the value of friends and family if they can't provide you an economic return.
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  391. She shook... That's the quiver in her voice, but that doesn't mean she wasn't courageous as hell. It's okay to be scared while being brave.
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  392. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  393. ​ @ChillAssTurtle  Dude, I'm just eating bamboo... You want some?
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  394. Ahh, the libertarian that has a government contracting company
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  395. Your money doesn't go to marketing, your money goes to shareholders through dividends and stock buybacks. This is just the last 3yrs of buybacks to increase share values. "$77.55 billion in stock in fiscal 2023 compared to $89.4 billion in fiscal 2022 and $86 billion in fiscal 2021."
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  396. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  397. That was literally the concept. They tried to make it even more loosely connected through the Articles Of Confederation but realized they needed more financial support (taxes to fund an army) to bind the states together. Think about the wordage, United States they're a bunch of individual states, united through federation.
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  398. Doesn't she know snowflakes melt in Arizona 🌞 ❄️ 💦
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  399. "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." - Martin Niemöller
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  400. I'm hijacking my own comment to post my three favorite MLK quotes. Why? Because I'm such a strong believer in political democracy I feel the need to advocate for economic democracy. "Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  401.  @2bRealist https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/infographic-preston-model Oh no how dare I support economic systems that actually help support communities that create the wealth in the first place... You can thank the unions and socialists for your 8-hour workday, without them you'd be working 12 hours a day 6 days a week in dangerous work conditions with no workers compensation. but please go ahead and trash the people who gave you your labor rights. You ungrateful McCarthyist hack.
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  402. Bro... It's called sarcasm... duh. 😂
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  403. Ikr. I agree with him on a lot of points, but he is turned right wing asf in spite of claiming to be centrist. He doesn't necessarily espouse completely fascist beliefs but backing Ron DeSantis is basically rooting for that team.
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  404. Comparing market cap to GDP is a very naive move. The value of a company is based on its projected future earnings, the GDP number is just one years economic revenues.
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  405. 37 x $250,000 (max) is only $9.25M (max).... I'm sure his supporters would be happy to pay for that.
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  406. YouTube is a horrible organization, they've ruined a great community.
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  407. It was happening before...
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  408. Probably. Research Rachel Corrie.
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  409. I don't want to post them monologue, but if anybody would like to have a conversation about democratic socialism. Let's talk! Did you know cooperatives, labor unions, and land collectives are some of the basic building blocks of democratic socialism?
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  410. "DeFascist 2024 - Make America Fly Immigrants Around for $12K a Seat Again" .... Do you think that's too long for a bumper sticker?
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  411. The IDF is buying a lot of hand restraint zip ties... Does that count as an 🇮🇱 government bond?
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  412. Two groups coming from opposite sides, people just keep entering the alley but people cant go thru cuz there are people walking the other way.
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  413. Capitalism is holding us back. - Sincerely a Shareholder
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  414. ​ @HowMoneyWorks  still waiting, amiright?
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  415. I don't think it's a good thing; Wage Labor Is Renting Yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  416.  @jonathanjones3126  Lol, why would we listen you when you don't understand marginal tax brackets. Ffs.
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  417.  @hughjanus5518  I mean everybody deserves health care physical and mental. Their right to live, their right to be respected, their right to mental health care, their right to be who they want to be. I lost a family member 2006 most likely because they felt misunderstood due to their trans personality. I don't know if my uncle fully identified as a woman or if it was just a part of their identity- either way they should have been respected enough to feel comfortable living in the world.... Unfortunately, they are no longer with us.
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  418. Capitalism is about the growth of capital at all costs. The prioritization of material Capital above human needs tears communities apart. E: to people saying "actually no"... Remember that the largest corporation, Apple, uses Chinese reeducation through labor camps for cheap workers.
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  419. @@tdog1445 Have you seen who donates to his campaigns? He works for big tech and other Wall Street behemoths.
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  420. ♥️🖤🖤🖤🖤 ♥️♥️🤍🤍🤍 ♥️💚💚💚💚
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  421. ​ @kellymulderino7156  Then why wouldn't Israel let 100s of truck thru the Rafa crossing???? There has been a 16 year blockade.
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  422. Ms. "I can't last longer than a Watermelon"
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  423. We got those 7 bad guys named Sunday, Monday, Tuesday...
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  424. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  425. Hell yeah! *First!!! (i verified before I screamed it)
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  426. ​ @georgesheffield1580  Above, everybody wants to get moralistic with it and act like just saying "Nobody is above the law" will make it true- it's not true. Cops are protected by qualified immunity, diplomats are covered by diplomatic immunity. Billionaires are in a legal class of their own. I'm just injecting a little bit of realism into the conversation.
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  427. This isnt off script It's the new chatGPT script....
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  428.  @phillybornandbred2867  Orwell was explicitly a democratic socialist, not a Marxist. In fact he criticizes the Marxist militia in the Spanish civil war for their tactics and antics, he has called the Soviet Union just another type of fascism. I don't think he ever accepted Marxism once throughout his life.
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  429.  @vidiveniviciDCLXVI  Wrong- socialism doesn't mean "muh government". Plenty of socialists from George Orwell and Martin Luther King jr both talk about the evils of capitalism and how it needs to be supplanted by socialism to create equality for workers. Both George Orwell and Martin Luther King jr were democratic socialist, by that I mean a reformist view to get rid of private property and allow workers to control the means of production. You can see in these quotes MLK Jr was against communism and against capitalism, but supported democratic socialist ideals, which is more in the vein of Robert Owen rather than Marx. “Capitalism forgets that life is social. And the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism, but in a higher synthesis.” – Speech to Southern Christian Leadership Conference Atlanta, Georgia, August 16, 1967. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. As a Democratic socialist I find it pretty annoying that you think you can tell me what my ideology is. I've done a lot of research on the philosophical background of the idea, and it sure as hell isn't Nordic social democracy. Thanks for trying, maybe actually research things before you start arguing about them; "Democratic socialism is a political philosophy that supports political democracy and some form of a socially owned economy,[1] with a particular emphasis on economic democracy, workplace democracy, and workers' self-management[2] within a market socialist economy, or an alternative form of decentralised planned socialist economy.[3] Democratic socialists argue that capitalism is inherently incompatible with the values of freedom, equality, and solidarity and that these ideals can only be achieved through the realisation of a socialist society.[4] Although most democratic socialists seek a gradual transition to socialism,[5] democratic socialism can support either revolutionary or reformist politics as means to establish socialism.[6] Democratic socialism was popularized by socialists who were opposed to the backsliding towards a one-party state in the Soviet Union and other nations during the 20th century.[7]"
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  430.  @2bRealist  Are you saying UPS doesn't exist or is not profitable? Cuz they have unions.
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  431. It gives you more time to spend alone refining your sensibilities of art politics and philosophy, or maybe just relaxing in a park. More time with friends, more time for romance, more time to be a human. Long days of toil so the rich can live the lives they want, it is time for us to live how we want.
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  432. OH THE PERSECUTION!!!!!!!
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  433. This quote, but now it's about murdering puppies... "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  434. All my shirts are tank tops, because in America sleevery is abolished. But seriously, isn't it crazy that my comment can get deleted for talking about the other thing.
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  435. You say that as if the Democratic party doesn't play a role in being at fault.
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  436.  @mvmlego1212  And even "long term" shareholders (10-50yrs) still don't always have the health of a 3 billion year old ecosystem in mind. The problem is capitalism's focus on profit maximization, discounting the future is a part of valuing future profits. It's an inherent part of how we price modern financial assets. You're basing your reasoning on the presumption that humans will act rationally if they know something can harm them. People suffer from many biases, then capitalism adds more capital bias to the mix and that makes things a lot more messy.
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  437. They earn that $$$. It's a strenuous job.
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  438. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  439. Regulations won't help. Capitalism needs abolishment.
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  440.  @markgoodwin4500  Cooperatives are voluntary associations where each person has ownership equity and a vote; it's Democratic because the access to a vote is based on the fact that you're a human being rather than being able to be disproportionate based on the amount of capital.
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  441. YouTube needs to become a cooperative that balances platformer workers, content creators, and viewers. All of these social media monopolies need to have democratic management to combat their anti-consumer and anti-worker practices.
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  442. Taxes fundamentally serve the purpose of making the money worth anything at all. Taxation creates money's value by creating a demand for a type of metal or paper with a special stamp on it. Money is a debt, because it has to be paid back to the government at some time via taxation. Source: Debt, by David Graeber
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  443. ​ @AKguru762  If the itching decreases with hydrocortisone, it's a bug bite, but if not just use some lotion to hydrate your skin ✌️
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  444.  @sunphoenix1231  Power imbalances will always form, but the insidious thing about capitalism is the regularity that it creates capital bias even with union bargaining. It biases capital profits over workers, local communities, global communities, and the planet itself.
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  445. It actually is when they are occupying an area... They are acquired under international law to provide water and aid to the civilian population. Please educate yourself.
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  446. Why do so many of the MT titles say "humiliate" when they can't feel embarrassment....?
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  447. My first reply is only visible if you search in 'newest'... Looks like yt's way of blocking without pulling it.
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  448. That'd be awesome. I think the double woman ticket could be really leveraged for news coverage, which Marianne can't get.
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  449. Woof woof 👍
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  450. Scott Galloway is like me, understands capitalism and investor dynamics, and then tries to warn everybody about it 😅
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  451. ♥️🖤🖤🖤🖤 ♥️♥️🤍🤍🤍 ♥️💚💚💚💚
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  452.  @rchot84  Compliance is not the issue. Compliancy to environmental regulations is to decrease negative externalities, this is an entirely different concept that relates to the extraction of natural resources.
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  453. Hotdog and chicken breasts, neither are sold at concessions...
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  454. As a DemSoc, I absolutely dislike this quote. I like a lot of other MLK quotes, but socialism is a movement about Labor and the People. I think it's disingenuous to say that it's "socialism for the rich", because socialism is not for the rich! It leads to a lot of people misunderstanding the term, thinking that it just means "government doing something".
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  455. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  456. "I love Bibles and Bible accessories"
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  457. Nuclear emits less radiation than coal power plants, and obviously less carbon and smog.
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  458. It's so annoying to hear her agenda latent questions and rarely ever a thoughtful understanding of what he's saying before she retorts with her pearls clutched about trying to be provocative when making a subtle but deep point.
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  459. Horse 🐎 vs Human 💪
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  460. You mean the starving people want food? 🤦
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  461.  @ImYourHuckleberry_29  That's debatable, especially if you get offended at such a small slight meanwhile Trump regularly insults people.
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  462. It's been t3®®0®1$m for decades... "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  463. #OligarchyThings
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  464. Bernie: The Blunder Years
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  465. It's crazy to see my local news channel on international internet coverage 😅 LowRentBimbobert is an icon!
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  466. ​ @666marquis  Nah, her family and staff; the people that used her power after she was cognitively unfit.
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  467. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  468.  @mvmlego1212  So? You make the mistake of acting like management is incentivized to care about long-term gains of long term shareholders. Yes, financial sustainability does happen in some companies, but oftentimes C-suite management is incentivized off of quarterly or annual performance. Which sounds good when they sell it to you as "we're performance-based, we are a meritocracy", but it's performance of the recent net income metrics.
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  469. There is no childhood in Gaza
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  470.  @hughjanus5518  "Worried" is that why you bully them to death? What if I 'like' your comments?
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  471. I like that he's chosen house arrest for now.
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  472. Get dat money, like Engels
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  473. Cant make it illegal if you can't define it 😅
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  474. That was my first thought when I saw the picture... It's either hot arid or cold arid. Either way, I don't want to grow there and neither do the plants!
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  475. ♥️🖤🖤🖤🖤 ♥️♥️🤍🤍🤍 ♥️💚💚💚💚
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  476. You love stealing people's land
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  477. ♥️🖤🖤🖤🖤 ♥️♥️🤍🤍🤍 ♥️💚💚💚💚
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  478. Because that's accountable to the federal government, the state guard is accountable to the governor.... It's not really hard to understand that he wants more control.
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  479. Okay so I'm super happy that people have jobs to be able to put food on the table.... But are these good paying jobs? Cynical me says "some but not enough".... What do you guys think?
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  480. Trump literally talked about nullifying parts of the Constitution with executive order.... This is literally fascism. How is this grifting fascist not behind bars?
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  481. Wait till you hear about diplomatic immunity.... Or money in politics E: My point is that it's a nice thing to think and say, but it's just not a true statement.
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  482. Donnie can melt and seeth ❄️❄️❄️ He really did just brag about deregulation.... He literally thinks the Ohio train disaster is something to brag about 🤦🏼🤦🏼 He hates Americans.
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  483. We need an economic democracy to preserve our political democracy. E: If anybody's interested in learning about community wealth building there's one type called the Preston model that some of you might find interesting. Look it up or feel free to ask me about it.
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  484. "Donnie and Hersh go to Disneyland".... Can we just get them high and make a new Harold and Kumar movie? What kind of crazy things do you think they'd say? Werewolves > Vampires #TeamJacob
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  485. This is the WWE Trump v Fox smackdown that I was hoping for.... Little did I know Trump was going for the kamikaze move.
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  486. Same. Scoliosis and depression. Cannabis has been a life saver. Medical. Recreational. Spiritual.
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  487. Shaq is back at the Carnival!
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  488.  @2bRealist  You see it's not a company problem... It's a capitalism problem O_o When big companies make regs necessary, their bad acting hurts small business, don't blame workers for trying to make a living wage. Capitalism necessarily dehumanizes and commodizes your labor.
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  489. F A M I L Y V A L U E S
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  490. Republicans...
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  491. If anyone wants to see more (under)ground footy, Electronic Intifada is a great channel 🇵🇸✊
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  492. The war on drugs is psychotic.
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  493. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  494. Ikr, I really don't understand why all these left-wing channels (BTC, Farron, Midas, Luke Beasley, etc) keep using the word "humiliate".... I mean they're really trying to make 'humiliate' happen, but it's not happening.
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  495. The guy is politically confused.
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  496. ​ @marilyngardner2332 Too much click bait.... Everything's a "MASSIVE TAKEDOWN" or "HUMILIATED"
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  497. He also said he could stand on 5th avenue and shoot somebody and people would still vote for him. "He says a lot of things" and they condone every bit of it. They don't care about the Constitution or being pro-life. I honestly don't know how anybody can say they support America or Americans, this is shameful.
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  498. I thought something hit the uncanny valley.
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  499. ​ @RavenMyBoat  While I definitely tout the benefits of George's prescribed Land Value Tax, it's certainly not full the answer to our crisis of democracy. Political democracy can only be kept alive when there is economic to fund it; this means a cooperative economy. Cooperatives are run by and for members, and so they take care of their members better. Worker cooperatives also share profits so money is distributed more equally throughout society instead of having to be so heavily redistributed through government welfare and programs. Worker cooperatives don't want to sit around and wait for governments to raise the minimum wage they want to raise their own wages, and they often put a pay ratio cap in place. From worker co-ops to consumer and housing co-ops, they help people have a say in the institutions that govern their lives.
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  500.  @Jim-m3z  There are areas of development going up around me and I see the still vacant lots and I just think about how their value is increasing due to the work of other people. Land value tax is an important way of allowing the community to capitalize on the spillover value (positive externalities) that the community creates... But I'm sure you knew this already 😜
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  501. ​ @SantinoDeluxe  Sounds like a cash crop 🤑
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  502.  @Leftistattheparty  Thank you, it definitely is a another way of summarizing Marx's concepts of alienation, although I've come to this reformulation by piecing together other philosophers and by doing so was able to tweak the vocabulary but say what Marx wrote about. Marx definitely drew upon a lot of English enlightenment philosophy, but unfortunately when you start talking about 'alienation' and 'commodity fetishism' some people start to dismiss legitimate aspects of theory due to the historical atrocities. Being able to summarize the same ideas with other words and piecing together seemingly contradictory philosophies to better describe concepts, like capitalism, is quite reinforcing. Marx's ideas that they can be easily restated in capitalist lingo gives all the more confirmation to his ideas. Terms like "human capital" lay bare the alienating, commodifying, and dehumanizingly corrupt way that capitalism incentivizes people to treat each other. I feel if we can explain things in different ways they can catch on with more people, sometimes people just need a different way of having something presented. Have a good day!
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  503. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  504. I doubt any of you understand why it exists in the first place.... 😅😅😅
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  505. Modded Fiesta's are my favorite!
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  506. You mean concentration into super high qualities companies that keep growing rapidly? Sounds more like an opportunity than a risk. The United States has a strong tendency to have its upwards stock market volatility far surpass its downside volatility.
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  507. FASCISTS
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  508.  @reggie69.  Zizek often refers to conceding to Fukuyama that capitalism has been successful in its ubiquitous predominance, but he jokingly reminds us that some of the best managers of capital were the "Communists". There was no real workers control of the means of production, it was top-down bureaucracy like a capitalist corporation but with the powers of the state. That's what state capitalism is. How can you blame Zizek for not being super fond of going to the store and asking if "Is this the store that has no butter?", and being told "No we are the store that has no meat, the store that has no butter is across the street".
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  509.  @self_improvement_d  The dehumanization comes from creating institutions that alienate other people. The little examples you just described have nothing to do with capitalistic employment specifically.
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  510. Ecologically and sociologically undignified.
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  511. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  512. 40% of the country? No. Half the country doesn't vote.
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  513. I'd say he has judgment... He has bad judgment.
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  514. What makes me really nervous about this environment is we have a bunch of fascist candidates, it's not just one anymore. It will be interesting to see the 'fascist-on-fascist' fascism... E: Did these numbskulls really just say they thought DeSantis was for free speech as he's attacking Disney for their free speech.... Lmao 😂🤣 Republicans; they only understand their own hypocrisy when it affects them
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  515. Leave Slim Shady alone
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  516. You're so soft.​ @ImYourHuckleberry_29 
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  517. ​ @alfredvalrie5541  Yes, it's akin to universal profit sharing. It's 1-3k annually, not monthly, but I think it sets up a very good standard for entitling citizens to the value of their public property.
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  518. Funny but Id vomit.
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  519. "Sir, this is a doctor's office, not a comedy club."
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  520. Don't worry Kyle, when you said "hell yes" I said something close to that.... We'll swear for you buddy ✊
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  521. Paid family leave is very important. Economies need to promote the importance of domestic work/ childcare as it has a MASSIVE productive output of creating healthier future citizens. Capitalism doesn't value the hard work of parenting since it isn't a marketed skill.
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  522. What are you talking about? "GAZA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - A Greek Orthodox church in the Gaza Strip which was sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians was hit overnight by an Israeli air strike, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem said, and Palestinian health officials said 16 people were killed."
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  523. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  524.  @natalieharless1715  Even though I agree with them, my main critiques are; Ben uses too many clickbait hyperboles and Michael Cohen is emotionally involved and so he uses too many ad homs for his former employer... Which I understand but also I'd like to have a straightforward presentation without name calling every single chance he gets "Maro-Lard-O" (meanwhile the left also condemns fat shaming, lol)
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  525. Are they going to overthrow our country and set up fracking wells in the Midwest under the guise of stabilization and democratization?
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  526. It works, for the state and for capitalists... But not for most people.
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  527. Each individual is susceptible to incentives that cultivate their legitimacy and in aggregate the net legitimacy perpetuates the system. Ideologies that sustain themselves create incentives that are able to perpetuate themselves through both the proverbial stick and carrot (not either/or but both at the same time).
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  528.  @kevinh5983  In what world? Cuz certainly that's not the real world. My ancestors settled in Kansas during the 1850s while Manifest Destiny was genocidally pushing natives off their land. Factually, speaking my ancestors received land because the native Americans could not decline the transaction. I don't know why You have this mystical idea that capitalism arose voluntarily... It didn't. In England they were large governmental land enclosure movements that created private property alienating workers from there previous land tenure forcing them to leave their lands and go to the city in search of employment. Capitalism has always been founded on violence, It is fallacious to say that capitalism is just "this mix of voluntary interactions". You're talking about some Lockean fantasy. Why don't we talk about the real history of capitalism? Or is that too "not true capitalism" for you?
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  529. Unfortunately the admin doesn't care about the innocent lives of Palestinians 🥲
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  530.  @OgdenM  With a move to a more democratic and cooperative society, one where labor and community controls the economy, values need to shift from being purely monetary to including other considerations. It is true sometimes cooperatives cost more but this often is because they don't cut as many ethical corners; they're more likely to pay their workers better wages, less likely to have mass layoffs, and community needs are invested in. It's also important to remember that a lot of the western states have electricity co-ops for power lines, corporations find it not as profitable to hang line across large stretches of the west but cooperatives are built for members. With capitalism things are only addressed if it's profitable but with cooperatives needs are addressed because they are needs of the community. Profitability is still important to stay afloat, but profit maximization is not goal. In my view it is probable that things will most likely cost more in a cooperative society but I believe if more people have worker cooperatives and other forms of democratic representation they can command a higher wage to be able to afford to buy products with less negative externalities.
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  531. If you're confused perhaps try decreasing the amount of partisan media you consume. If you just label all of the democratic party bad you miss that there are members that don't tow the party line.
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  532. 2023, the year of the reaffirmation of Ukrainian Independence 💪🇺🇦🕊️
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  533. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  534.  @JS-mc3ik  your thinking is completely backwards... Markets are based on private property and private property wouldn't exist without state protection. It sure is ironic that you think China a country where you they punish people based on social credit score is "freer that the US". You're dopey asf.
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  535. ​ @j3kfd9j  Thank you for helping the channel. You and many others benefit from your generosity.
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  536. America isn't in a bubble, we have some of the highest quality companies growing at some of the highest rates. You can't uniformly compare the current markets to past markets because there's a completely different sector composition. Buffett investment style was to buy companies below a fair market value and sell them for at or just above his believed fair value. This is completely different to growth investing which is dependent on the company being able to compound fcf at a high rate. Most of the companies that dominate the US indexes are high growth tech companies and this is a very logical reason as to why valuations are higher then other parts of the world. The US sector exposure is just more shifted towards technology and growth. This is largely due to the fact that we have tax and regulatory laws that are favorable to corporate interests, along with a deep culture dedicated to ideas of capitalism... Oh, and we also let corporate lobbyists bribe our politicians.
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  537. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  538. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  539. Netanyahu approved of the funding! “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  540. Thanks for the good news, Amy! Unfortunately all wage labor to a boss is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The insidious dynamic of employment is that it's a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own enough capital goods to make enough income other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  541. So you support ëthnïc clëänsing? Ironic!
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  542. Brian Thompson can eat cake in the great beyond.
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  543. Bahahabba!
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  544. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  545.  kcuf elgoog  Capitalism inherently dehumanizes people as merely cogs in a machine, and gives control of the production of common goods as well as the production of media and politics to the rich. Capitalism inherently takes control of the government in order to get itself more profit- This is why you only get $600 and corporations get big subsidies and tax breaks.
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  546.  @davidarchibald50  Those aren't his words that's what the campaign fed him. But yeah, and it was social studies too.
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  547.  @Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper  Okay, that out of pocket. Leave Slim Shady alone! 😭
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  548. Is this 1933, watdafk?!?
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  549. Rent free? Aren't they spending millions of dollars to put his name into people's heads? I don't think you understand what that term means.
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  550. I honestly think this is the more offensive aspect. Yeah you can go after her for being a hypocrite, and that's fair. But what about being pro-life and then vaping in front of a pregnant mother... I don't think that hypocrisy being lambasted. It's just the catchy stuff that catches... Who would have thought, lol
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  551. The family and her staff literally propped her up while she was medically unfit.... She didn't know what was going on half the time. The family and staff are to blame.
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  552. Cenk ad goes hard in paint ♥️🖤🖤🖤🖤 ♥️♥️🤍🤍🤍 ♥️💚💚💚💚
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  553. Yeah, she needs to make a lawsuit. Defamation of character and emotional damage, I doubt they'd pay for therapy or time off work without a lawsuit but say they're sorry. Smh.
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  554.  @bartdoo5757  That's called rentier capitalism and it still alienates you from being able to control your own workplace. I have a stock portfolio, I get both sides of the coin.
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  555. You got to give Lauren Gropert credit for reaching across the aisle to get a handle on the hard issues, but in doing so she just vaporizes arguments against being Pro-Life. Admittedly, her behavior was a good snapshot of how flashy she is. #BoobGate
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  556. We need to internalize these negative externalities! Creating institutions that decrease negative externalities and give communities autonomy is incredibly important. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  557. 🤦🏼 It's literally a pro-union channel. Unions are one form of actionable solution- so don't act like there aren't solutions provided within the context of this channel. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  558. Not really, capitalists want to increase their profits so why not utilize the public coffer? It's about ROI.
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  559. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  560.  @zzzxxzzz3248  Don't forget that Republican and Democrat senators sold a bunch of stock right before Coronavirus information was released to the public back in late Jan early Feb 2020.
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  561.  @ecmarquez2508  Putin? Why cuz she doesn't want a war in Syria? JFC, you brainwashed mooks believe anything.
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  562. They could actually get their civilians back... But civilians don't really matter to 🇮🇱
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  563.  @mrs.w5145  I have sent multiple feedback messages and even complained to a person and their manager about censorship of both videos and comments. We should all- respectfully- let them know that we're unhappy with this.
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  564.  @-Monad-  The guys: "What kinda Muslim are you?" Immigrant neighbor: "I'm not a Muslim, I'm Sikh." The guys: "What do you seek?"
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  565.  @nopeMate  Ummm... Why is Iz mad about 40 kids when they delete 1,434.... 🤔🫠
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  566. "ULTRA MAGA"
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  567. If you love democracy vote for Rank Choice Voting so you have more than just two parties (corporate liberalism or fascism) to vote for!
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  568. You can hear the glee in Ben's voice even before the story starts, lol
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  569. Thanks Cpt. Obvious. We all agree.
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  570.  @vidiveniviciDCLXVI  we don't have socialism plus capitalism that makes no sense. It's one thing to be a mixed economy if private ownership and government regulation. Socialism that's about the abolishment of private property for worker or community led institutions like trade unions, cooperatives, municipalities, and land trusts. I'm not talking about Nordic countries socialism is the step further by getting rid of private ownership of capital.
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  571. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  572. Capitalism is psychotic The solution: https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/infographic-preston-model
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  573. ​ @robynrobison4050  I'm just talking statistics, it in no way invalidates your view around your town, but let's be honest, housing is wayyyyyyyyyyyy too expensive. Who wants to work in an economic system that treats them like expendable capital resources... Who can blame someone for wanting drugs over being yelled at by an Amazon Warehouse middle manager? The economy is terrible, I can't blame people for dropping out.
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  574. ​ @MoneyMattersMoreThanYourVotes  Poverty is a function of wages and costs... If the cost is too high than that causes poverty. Not saying you're wrong, just that there's more to thw story.
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  575.  @insightfulhistorian1861  He didn't have a shaved head, but he did have an oddly small mustache... I went to shake his hand, but he psyched me out and threw his arm up at a 45. Before I could leave, he tried selling me a city painting... he looked even more sad when I just said I was here for the coke. Broken artists, man, sometimes they turn to the worst professions.
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  576. ​ @BaithNa  Yt is normally just wack
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  577. The Js said "Never again"... Then they did it. It's painfully ironic
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  578. I've always wanted a 4-day work week. Whenever I mention it to people they say, Well you can work 4-10's 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Some people need their Overton windows smashed.
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  579. So Oct7 is actually working?
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  580. To be fair, JD had a baby to deal with. Fyi... The punchline is 'Trump'.
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  581. Oof. The woman that said there was a ceasefire before the on the 6th... "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  582. Wow... Welcome to the club.
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  583.  @sandyr1789  So do you take issue with all scientific studies that sample a portion of the population but not the whole population??
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  584. Lmao... Yeah, we all agree. Say it again, maybe it will happen quicker.
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  585. I don't know about that.... "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  586. @Joe Troll No. She's basically ceremonial ambassador. Prime ministers can get advice from the monarch, but she doesn't control them. She did control the vast riches that colonialist genocide afforded her, so there's that.
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  587.  @anscelottydelucien741  Puerto Rico will be throwing paper towels our way.
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  588. Because it's like feudalism... People don't have control over their lives. Democracy to the workplace.
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  589.  @BC-vv3ot  Doesn't your boss and the politicians bought by billionaires already have that power of you? At least I want to give you more of a voice.
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  590.  @Dillon-117  Read some basic capitalistic philosophy, John Locke talks about self-ownership. If you own something but sell the time to it... That is renting. Like if you own a house and are selling out time access to it by the month, that's called renting. It's the same exact thing for labor, if you own yourself and sell out your time by the hour that's called renting yourself. Seriously, I'm confused why so many capitalists don't understand what leasing/renting is 🤔
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  591. Hamas urging civilians to stay put is gross. More deaths, from both sides.
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  592. And yet the right wing wanted a sweep the Aubrey murder under the rug..... Yeah but go on about the violent left when they start retaliating against your violent GOP dehumanization.
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  593.  @travishamlin7106  Play along in what regard... In normal life, yeah you have to play along and be respectful. In athletics trans visibility leads to a more complicated assessment of how we break down competition based on gender. Instead of throwing so much hate at people just being who are who they are, the more compassionate solution would be to find a way to integrate people in a fair and non-intrusive manner (no creepy genital checks).
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  594. I'm hungover and very gay, there's an important economic significance for our group.
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  595. This is the part that makes me smile, his personality is squirming right now.
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  596. This is an amazing interview. Scott is a great reflective thinker. Thank you, David.
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  597. I agree with the caller.... But even I'm having a hard time listening to him pieces thoughts together. Part of me is sympathetic cuz I understand that sometimes being on a public call can cause some verbal anxiety.
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  598.  @talitek  An omelette with a mix of culinary vegetables, like spinach, peppers, mushrooms, and avocado, with a side of fresh fruits 💪
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  599. Cooperatives are the way ✌️
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  600. Never said that, just dont act like Oct 7th was unprovoked. 56years of military rule is provocation.​  @BritishTeaLover 
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  601. ♥️🖤🖤🖤🖤 ♥️♥️🤍🤍🤍 ♥️💚💚💚💚
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  602. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  603. You support ethno state apartheid?? 😢
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  604. "It's disappointing that those with partisan political interests would turn helping at-risk [Supreme Court judges] with [luxury vacations and abnormal property transactions] into something nefarious or political." - Justice Uncle Thomas
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  605.  @M.J.212  Never called them equal, GOP is obviously worse. That's why I, an independent (democratic socialist), vote Blue. Thanks for asauming 👍
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  606. 3:28 I really doubt this dude's a farmer, probably a farmer owner ... Big difference, he employs farmers
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  607. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  608. "... and that's just the least of his failings." You put it very kindly, lmao. I'm still trying to figure out if I'm more scared that he put a gun to his ex-wife's head or that he's a werewolf.
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  609. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  610. Woah, really? Thanks James for reminding us what we all were thinking 👍
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  611. Scam artist a fascist and a rapist walk into a bar. The bartender says "Hi Mr President"... What a vulgar world we live in.
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  612.  @billmurray7473  Ron DeFascist
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  613.  @DodZz666  They literally merc kids because they're mad that kids were keeled. Sorry for the censorship, I never know if yt will delete my comments.
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  614. I tried to make an edit to add additional information about the West Bank but YouTube pulled my comment for some reason (this is the 2nd time I post this info)... Why is there literally no way to figure out why your comments get deleted? What community guideline did I violate by trying to add more information about geopolitics? It's honestly disturbing how much control corporations over the speech that we are allowed to project and we have this idea that we have free speech just because the government won't shut us down.
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  615. I know we all want to laugh and point out the Republican being silly... But this honestly looks like a medical problem and shouldn't be laughed at. I hope the Left can lend its compassion in this instance.
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  616. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  617. Western media still calls it an unprovoked attäck even though there's been 75 years of conflict... 😅
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  618. Halliburton, the company Dick Cheney was CEO of just before he became VP, received over a billion dollars in no-bid contracts and more in bidded work. Basically money the military-industrial complex and the oil industry by securing and setting up Kuwaiti oil fields.
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  619. Should have asked him why he has so many big corporate donors... And how we know that he's not going to let that corporate money corrupt him.
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  620. The next FIFA World Cup Iran might be calling us the dictatorial morality police.... Fascism is here in America.
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  621.  aapesos  Don't I know it. I always find it hilarious when they say "I know Jesus loves me".... But how do you know Jesus exists? "You have to have faith" . They "know" and have "faith", ironically they wouldn't have to have faith if they knew, lol. Mental gymnastics so deep it effs with their understanding of basic words. I could go on all day about the dumb things I've heard religiots say.
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  622.  @DevoutSkeptic  What do you think capitalism already is?
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  623. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  624. "FINANCIAL ENGINEERING"
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  625.  @josephd2383  You're crying about Trump taking classified documents about nuclear weapons home, saying this is as low as the Democrats can go when Trump appointed the FBI director? The amount of mental gymnastics that you perform is Olympic podium level.
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  626. I agree they need to be held accountable, give them all metals and raises. BACK THE BLUE!
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  627. Lordship is authoritarian
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  628. What about the loss that Palestinians have suffered for decades? "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023 E: Netanyahu is to blame; “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  629. The grossest thing about this isn't even the trash, it's the society that creates this trash eating poverty in the shadows cast by Billionaires skyscrapers. Never believe the capitalist mindset of hard work pays off. These are hard-working people. I know this man is thankful for what he has, because it could always be worse, but we all know they deserve better. This is certainly humbling and makes you realize some of what what we take for granted.
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  630.  @littlebitofhope1489  🤦🏼🤦🏼 Is that all you got out of it? Lol, okay, let's unpack. The economic hardship and political disenfranchisement that we find ourselves in, just as the people felt in the '30s, synthesizes either a turn toward fascist totalitarianism or towards democracy. As people look for a strongman to fix their woes or they demand enfranchisement to fix it themselves- one is based on division and the other is inclusive. Being politically and economically conscious of our biases to these two possible 'solutions' helps us act more true to ourselves. People are constantly talking about these two roads, whether they say the 'f' word or the 's' word or neither at all, it still is impossible to talk about change without invoking their ideas. Currently we have more MAGA-esque candidates and more socially conscious democrats (as opposed to corp dems) than anytime in the past few decades. Why? Because, like Orwell said, no one can avoid these two options. Let's remember that the hardship of the '30s produced Euro-fascism and US Social Security, which again, is just a choice between division and inclusion. Hope that helps.
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  631. Converting from pound feet to newton meters would have also been a better comparison
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  632. Apartheid ethnostate 🤮
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  633.  @MaxMax-nb1lm  What do you want instead of democracy? Fascism? We're fighting to keep democratic values alive so we dont get fascism.
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  634. "There are three kinds of violence. The first, mother of all the others, is institutional violence, that which legalizes and perpetuates domination, oppression and exploitation, that which crushes and laminates millions of men in its silent and well-oiled wheels. The second is revolutionary violence, which arises from the desire to abolish the first. The third is repressive violence, the object of which is to stifle the second by making itself the auxiliary and the accomplice of the first violence, that which engenders all the others. There is no worse hypocrisy to call violence only the second, while pretending to forget the first, which gives birth to it, and the third which kills it." - Dom Helder Camara.
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  635. It's not all about size. It's also about how fast and how hard you press. Are you a two stroke or a four stroke?
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  636. He'd blame the person for not pulling up on their broken leg bootstraps hard enough.
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  637. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  638.  Johnny G  Of course, there are racists on the left..... But you are forgetting Malcom embraced many leftist/ anti-capitalist views, and even saying he would be for socialism if it benefited black people- much like how the BP organized community action. Malcom wasn't anti-Left, he was anti-Black subjugation.
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  639. The idiots that call Obama a commie are that dim
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  640. ​​ @causticgastrap2835 Thank you very much! If you don't mind me sharing one possible solution that I found, I don't mean to monologue but I've thought a lot about this stuff. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  641. DID YOU KNOW: there were more Confederate flags (5) than years that there was a Confederacy (4)?!
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  642. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  643. Normalize four day work weeks and working from home where possible... Those two things would have massive systemic benefits for the atmosphere.
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  644. The mental stress of talking to MAGAts would cause Kyle to bleach his hair 'til it falls out.
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  645. Based on what? I don't like the GOP either ... But what charge? E: no actual charges, just people mad about the gop... It's like all of you forgot Bush and Cheney are all still alive. Good grief.
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  646. Socialism with moderate government. Cooperatives and other democratic non-governmental institutions can help build the economic backbone without everything being government-owned. Workers should control the means of production, not unelected government bureaucrats. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  647. Nice strawman, Eddie
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  648. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  649. Elon, people have the free speech to tell advertisers to stop working with you. E: It's amazing how salty people are over me reminding people that everybody has free speech... Including you.
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  650.  @alanbrookes6637  This is how fascists always act when they are voted out of power.
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  651.  @MrHeavy466  A democratic economy, where people have the right to vote on things that affect them instead of rich people deciding how the economy works.
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  652.  @me-myself-i787  Except because of the capitalistic economy many elderly people have to return to work because they can't afford their rising rents on a fixed income. Not everybody gets sick or becomes disabled after they've had the luxury of saving up. Let's just address this for what it really is, You're happy to have people have a quarter trillion dollars... But you don't want there to be an institutional mechanism to help take care of sick people that can afford care? Inability to pay medical expenses is the largest reason for bankruptcy at over half a million people annually, and 40-50,000 people die in this country every year because they totally can't afford their treatment. But you think Zuck or Musk or Besos need another billion.
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  653. Negative externalities: when private costs are shifted to the public, e.g. air car exhaust, toxic rail hazards, traffic congestion, etc. It's something that many free market economists like to ignore because they are literally outside of the market... And 'free-marketers' are ideologically obsessed with the market and ignore things outside of it.
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  654. They say "performance" but that's performance for shareholders not workers. This is Capital Bias, capitalism only values return to capital rather than taking care of the people that make the economy happen.
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  655.  @oscarwindham6016  I'm not Dom, that's a socialist I was quoting. Are you just saying we use quantitative easing money to pay for the poor instead of buying US Treasuries?
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  656. Not just no bailouts, THEY NEED JAIL TIME. Naked short selling is illegal, but only small time naked short sellers face any consequences- the American economy is rigged asf. Can't wait until enough people realize and start building guillotines for these neofuedal lords and ladies.
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  657. Definitely don't explain why you didn't like though.... That would be too informative.
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  658. @chrrycola2717 Being a human isn't "all that" 😂🤣 It doesn't matter what gender you are.... Doesn't mean they can't be who they are ✌️
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  659. ​ @TiberionMarivallis  Idk what country you're in or how the Central Bank works there, but in the United States the IRS takes in tax revenue and only destroys the money when it pays off US bonds. If the government spends the tax dollars, the money is just recirculated.
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  660. Did this guy just use "brushing against somebody in the supermarket as bizarre" as a pun for Middle Eastern markets being called bazaars??? Lmao.
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  661. Still with the whataboutisms? Lol. Not defence for Griftin' Trump
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  662. YouTube deleted my comment... The amount of cens0rship on this issue is gross.
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  663. Iz doesn't care about people, it cares about land.
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  664. Iz doesn't care
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  665.  @JimPlebeian  How is it stupid? The land was taken away from the native population in 1947-1948, that was internationally recognized without the consent of the local people.
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  666. I am! But maybe you like authoritarianism with no repercussions. You would have happily kept the French monarchy instead of having some justice. @superbwater78 
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  667. Thanks for reminding me what I was thinking.... I forgot I was thinking it. Thank you very much, my friend.
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  668. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  669.  @SamiAlSharabi  I choose "strains" or cultivars that produce uplifting effects. I have a moderately high tolerance and so I have an easier time of regulating between medical and inebriating dosages. I like to stay educated and so I enjoy to learning even when I'm high. At a certain point you just get used to working and functioning with THC.
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  670. You're right, a sense of connection and community inhibits private shareholders to maximize capital growth and dividend payments.
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  671. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  672. I heard those heels are for ammunition 😅
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  673. DeFascist
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  674.  @RubyRose23328  “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference
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  675. Racial bias
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  676. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  677. Vote Blue... Even if it's literally gēnöçîdé 😅😢
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  678.  @tiagodagostini  It's not everything in the economy the example of software that you used is because of intellectual property, which the whole goal of IP is to give somebody a legal monopoly over an idea and that's why monopolistic rents on software are charged. But yes, IP does inflate profits for corporations by creating imperfect or monopolistic markets. Open source/ use software doesn't have the same issue.
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  679.  @its9333  Lol. What? This isn't really a saying I use too much.
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  680.  @Kabodanki  And we have laws that can differentiate between the two. It could easily be made a law that if you make over a billion dollars in net income you have to have 32hr be the OT starting point. Stop acting like there isn't a way to address severe inequality.
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  681. This is true. For instance, Credit Unions are a type of consumer cooperative that need hybridization. Credit Unions are vital to building economic institutions that support common values of economic democracy, but they need protections for the workers, not just their finance members.
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  682. "Thriving wage" I love it 🤩
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  683.  @oliviao2238  Wat? Spreading info about the humanitarian crisis in Palestine is for every platform!!
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  684. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  685. Did the sky really just say "Jon Stewart living out of his car" 😆😂🤣 They will say the most petty things to try to defame somebody. How do people actually watch this and not realize its propaganda???
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  686. I don't understand why you hate pronouns when it's prepositions that are the real enemy!
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  687. He makes $500,000/yr from a coal company
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  688. She looks at me and says "It's a Mini?" 🤨😅 So I have to tell her that "It's not about displacement it's all about the handling." Sometimes I feel like I should just start compensating and get a Ram 2500.
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  689. I already heard your mom say that last night 😂😅😢
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  690. Joe Biden's inauguration wasn't at the White House.... Because they do them at the Capitol in front of the Mall 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼D E L U S I O N A L
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  691. He is as old as Biden was when he said Biden was too old to be President.
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  692. ​ @hydromic2518  First of all capitalism is a terrible system. "Why?" You may ask, well wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership" and employing someone is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other. Which is where socialism comes in. Socialism creates worker and community control of the means production which empowers workers to control the full product of their labor. For this reason capitalism cannot coexist with socialism because socialism is the abolishment of private property and the exploitation of people through wage labor.
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  693. I guess violence never one world war 2.... This guy is second in command of the world's largest military and he is tell you violence never wins....
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  694.  @taylormajors5677  lol, the irony... I literally just tried replying to you but it got removed in under 10s
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  695. 2:40 she know it's a separate rights for separate races. "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela
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  696. We are all against the Republicans... But how many of us are satisfied with the corporate Democrats? I really wish there was a better group of politicians fighting for us.
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  697. What about the thousands of corporations that basically run lawless? If you're focused on Trump and not capitalism you're focused on the symptom not the cause.
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  698. This is a civil case... But yeah, we all agree
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  699. And there are people that actually think he is honest and has their best interests at heart.... It's insane
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  700. Is burning at the stake allowed under the seventh Amendment?
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  701. Shitheads never learn!
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  702.  @GreenBeanGreenBean  🤦🏼 You literally can't plead the fifth when it comes to your name because your name is not an incriminary resource of evidence. It is the only question that you can't plead the fifth to. Ironically have watched enough Midas touch to know that; Have you guys watched enough Midas touch?
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  703. I'm fucking tired of hearing "this time could be different".... Such a fasle hope
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  704. Donald Trump for prison 2016.... Build a time machine and stop it from even happening once.
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  705.  @toddwilliams5905  I just made it up, and Ive decided to keep using it because it's actually pretty clever, if I do say so myself- best drunk/ high thought of the day.
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  706.  @willnitschke  Then why is it that Noam Chomsky is a socialist and an anarchist (he is a anarcho-syndicalist)? I'm no anarchist, but it should be clear that socialist ideas are economic concepts and not tied to the presupposition of government. Socialism is a collectivist ideology, which some do advocate/ utilize the government to enact collectivist ideas, but it is not a necessity. Socialism is worker control of the means of production; It is inherently democratic as each worker gets a say in their own work place, as well as replacing landlords with resident or collective controlled housing. No one said an advocacy of democratic socialism was voting out democracy, like fascism does. In fact, it is completely the opposite, democratic socialism is the voting in of political and economic democracy. It operates on a political landscape of democratic lawmaking, as well as the means of production being controlled democratically. This is in contrast to Marxist-leninist vanguardist socialism, which believes a small group of authoritarians can force the change to democratic economics- But the authoritarians usually don't want to let go of power and let democracy take hold. Democratic socialism is a bottom up structuring of socialism, not by a group of strongmen, but democratic populism. Most of the democratic community-minded institutions that I believe democratic socialism would utilize are non-government groups, like modern capitalism uses for-profit shareholder corporations. Some of which are co-ops/ credit unions, collectives, trade unions, and community land trusts. Of course, democratic socialists also believe in utilizing municipalities as well as federal agencies when it is necessary... Kind of similar to today's economy where there are a mixture of largely non-government groups with governmental regulations and agencies, except people get more of a say in how the world works. Capitalism is inherently anti-democratic as it gives those with more wealth more "votes" than those with less wealth. You need to look no further than how most corporate shareholders receive not one vote per person, but one vote per share. More shares you own, the more votes you have- some share classes don't even have votes. Socialism, in an ideological sense, is bringing democracy to the economy, not to shareholders but to the people who work and live in these spaces.
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  707. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  708. But notice how public opinion doesn't change public policy... That's because public policy is really changed by monied elites. We live in a plutocracy. You can find the data that backs up what common knowledge tells us, copy paste to google; "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page"
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  709.  N Ch  So you'd rather work a 12-hour day 6 days a week in dangerous work conditions without workers compensation? I hope you realize that unions and socialists fought very hard for labor rights that gave you an 8-hour workday and basic standards of living. Greed is not good, nor is the plutocracy it empowers- you're defending an oligarchy that even disenfranchises you... Lol.
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  710. Nikki 'War Monger' Haley
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  711.  @justsomeguy6336  You can't just judge somebody based off of something as basic as crackhead vs doctor. There's so much more to a personality than just a few labels. What if the crackhead is actually a fairly decent guy and only got on crack because of certain bad life circumstances? Does the goodness of being a doctor get out shadowed if the doctor is a Nazi? I feel like you need a little bit more information than just a few labels because life is a lot more complicated than you're making it. Besides none of that justifies the fact that capitalism gives billions of dollars to shareholders and then makes workers scrounge around for pennies. But I digress.
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  712. Lol, aid that just sits at the board... Ok 🙄
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  713. Yes, I'd love to hear more of her views of this important issue.
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  714. They'll literally overthrow a democratically elected government and install a dictator just to have access to more bananas.... bananas ffs!
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  715. Gavin "The Panera Panderer" Newsom
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  716.  @ColinFox  You're joking, right? Please be a joke... Firstly, selling arms is highly profitable because buy Capital goods with money and turn it into profit, literally money making off of money... All you have to do is buy Raytheon or Lockheed Martin stock to realize this. Secondly, anthropologically speaking capitalist debt and absentee equity is protected by the state and its use of force. David Graeber's Debt: The First 5000 Years explains this in detail.
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  717.  @RubyRose23328  The same UN that Israel uses for their numbers...
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  718. ​ @waltergrace565  One still recognizes other people as human beings and doesn't literally call them rats to be purged.
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  719. 🤦🤦🤦 Why do you expect the Palestinians to leave their Homeland???
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  720. You say that as if the political establishment isn't already a joke. KH is a joke. DJT is a joke. The whole thing is absurd.
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  721. ​ @lemmyhead8578  Please educate me and the people around us. Tell me what I got wrong instead of just being vague.
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  722. Especially rent! UBI has to be paired with land value tax and other progressive regulations.
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  723. @aaronhelvig9444  That's really your hard hitting take? One guy is senile and the other guy has a knack for eating roadkill. Neither have impeccable intellectual competency at the moment, but I think it's kind of apples and oranges.
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  724. Her first name is constant gaslighting.
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  725. I heard it's releasing the same time as Half-Life 3
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  726. Straight up from the beginning when they said it was "a land without a people" that was a massive lie!
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  727. But you should be an inconvenience to people who have more power. This just makes people frustrated with the movement. Go block a senator's route or paint a complicit corporate office, but this just seems counterproductive.
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  728. The first question is what does this mean for gas prices... While we destroy the environment of our country 🤦🏼🤦🏼
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  729. The irony! B b but muh faith.
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  730. "When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled 'made in Germany'; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, 'Americanism.'" Harrison Evans Salisbury
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  731.  @SonOfNone  As pro2A as I am, that's ridiculous. A 13yr old shouldn't have a full auto rule with an undermount grenade launcher 🤦 Of course, some kids can responsibly handle firearms, but that doesn't mean kids should be able to just buy a gun, especially of NFA quality.
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  732. Too many puns on this joke train. This is against regulations, you might derail the seriousness of this topic.
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  733.  @AbBc-w4q  "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  734.  @silverXnoise  Don't you realize they wouldn't farm it out if they were cooperative? Don't tell me it doesn't work in this context... You're literally just saying Disney is a corporation so it can't be a cooperative 🤦🏼 I was literally saying you wouldn't have the same problems if it was a cooperative. You need to stop thinking within the capitalist system and start thinking above the capitalist system. PS cooperatives aren't anti-union, cooperatives can coexist with unions
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  735. This is why the good Christian Herschel Walker paid for an abortion. Vote Hypocrisy for GA Senate!
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  736. Childish is throwing ketchup at the walls
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  737.  @DustinRacy20  Whoooosh. Didn't get it, eh? It's okay, Sport, maybe next time.
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  738. Ikr, this notion that the US is a Democracy is looney. From slavery/ Jim Crow and lack of women's suffrage to corporate domination... America have never been a Democracy. The Republic has always supported the well to do at the cost of the many.
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  739.  @JS-mc3ik  We we're talking about taxes... I made the logical statement that the state protects private property, which you need for markets, which you need to make your asset gains, thus paying tax on it is legitimate. 🤦No one said free markets had no laws, jeez you're dense.
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  740. Are you going to ignore the fact that both Democrats and Republicans love spending $8 trillion on war? But yeah, it's JUST the Democrats, LMAO
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  741. While I largely agree, I immediately want to play devil's advocate; what about corruption of a bad government to facilitate humanitarian efforts? Is paying off an SS guard not to out the family living in the attic wrong because it corrupts military order??
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  742. He was a sociologist and economist, which is what makes his descriptions good. Unfortunately he took the Hegelian dialectic away from its "undetermined determinancies" and acted like he could chart a course of history with philosophical divination.
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  743. I "liked" your comment, that's not enough for me just wanted to comment that, as another American male, I stand by this comment. It's very refreshing. We need rational adults. Watching her I realized I've been watching too much crazy.
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  744. I guarantee you that Buffett's not regularly eating cheap pizza and drinking beers like a college student... And most college students don't get a occasionally have a wagyu at a fancy event. He definitely lives below his means, often eats McDonald's, but I think there's a disconnect between his view of his life and a college students. Lets also remember that Charlie Munger wanted to create a dorm room with no windows... I'm pretty sure Warren Buffett's house has windows even if it's not a giant mansion.
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  745.  @realgabrielflandes  Hardly. Capitalism is authoritarian even if there is an equal defense of property rights, as there is an inequality of property that one class uses to dominate another. You see the capitalist notion of equality only is of equality among property, this does not pose as libertarian to man, but it is only libertarian to property- it means capital is free to reproduce and multiply at the expense of labor. The employer-employee relationship is actually a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at least capitalism needs safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class.
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  746.  @helpanimals-  I was just offering a resource for a more through academic explanation of the social fiction of debt and money, from a well respected anthropologist and socialist. Doesn't hurt to have multiple sources.
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  747.  @therobotjesterz  The Magic 8 Ball says "Better not tell you now" ... that's probably something you only learn when you die 💀
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  748.  @jbturtle  The economic exploitation under capitalism is twofold, firstly they alienate decision making from the people who are doing the tasks. This division of decision making from material consequence is a prime factor in negative externalities associated with authority. But the primary economic extraction of value comes from renting people out and then pocketing the change. Profit sharing is a way that workers collectively share the full product of their labor. They can earn a wage and then collectively they decide whether to reinvest in certain aspects of production or to share the added value. In downturns less people are laid off and jobs are rearranged to make sure people have the ability to stay afloat and not be discarded and alienated by the institutions they depend on most. Personally I am a fan of cooperatives and their ability to subtly shift the mindset of people to think more in terms of community wealth building. Here is an example of how profit sharing has decreased exploitation by allowing people the full benefit of their product. "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  749.  @sunphoenix1231  No worries, man. Philosophically speaking, I would agree if we're talking about a pure form of liberalism. Although I would add some specificity, acknowledging that capitalism has historically utilized other forms of production too, like indentured servitude and slavery, as was the case in 17-1800's. In the book Debt: the First 5,000 years by David Graeber talks a bit about how it's rather odd that there's not much written history on the development of wage labor as compared to slavery, but that one of the key formations of wage labor was that of renting slaves. Where the slave would be rented and their owner would collect the whole sum or a large portion of the slave's wages. Ideologically and through the material conditions of the industrial revolution capitalism has incentivized wage labor into a normalized pattern, but as seen in the young American colonies and states that capitalism's drive for profit sometimes mixed wage labor, indentures, and slavery into the capital owners algebraic equation of the factors of production. This is not static, but changes historically so I don't know how "fundamental" it truly is, but I completely agree that wage employment is a deep function of modern capitalism.
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  750. Thank you, I've been hoping East Palestine, Ohio and corporate greed hasn't been forgetten. Did You Know: 10 months before the derailment the $NFS board approved $10 BILLION in stock buybacks and a 9% dividend raise. Let me remind you that 2 weeks paid vacation is just a 4% raise and there was only $3B of rail work needed. Instead of responsibly spreading the cost out they decided to risk community health for larger shareholders profit. The capitalists concept of shareholder primacy is fundamentally flawed, labor and community need to be important elements of decision making or else the cost shifting of capitalist negative externalities violently (legally enforced) harms people.
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  751. Lol, two men in a half naked dance over a hammer
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  752. He never wanted to be in Russia... He was on a lay over to Ecuador when his passport got revoked.
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  753. Lol, Hannibal helped them.
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  754. Some go to jail. "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  755. "I am the Law" - 'Murica
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  756.  @normalbehaviour476  You like āpārthēīd??
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  757. Should not? 😅😂😂 Let me guess, you're also against the French and American Revolutions that stopped authoritarian monarchy. Learn some history.
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  758. "Don't count the votes here... but count the votes there" "Only count the votes that I hold dear!"
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  759. Did you just forget Jared, Don Jr, Eric, and friends.... C'mon, I expect the MT audience to list every single person they want locked up... because we have to keep preaching to the choir 👍
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  760.  @mikejones8866  Ahhh, nothing like "fiscal conservativeism"... Smdh
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  761. ​ @charlesasmith7836 Uh... Talk to the Third congressional district.
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  762. You shouldve come to my house....
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  763.  @jimmyrecard5056  if youre requesting a pardon that necessarily means that you were found guilty in a court of law 🤦🏼 probabilistically somebody could still be innocent, but legally they are denoted as guilty.
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  764. On what charges? E: Oh I'm sorry... We don't need legal reasons if we don't like them. 🤦🏼 I'm not a Republican.... MT watchers think if you ask too many questions you must be against them, lol
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  765. Okay real question; How many of you would want to not work with the Westboro Baptist Church if they asked you to make a website for them that included all of their hate messaging? Remember this is being framed as a freedom of speech issue, not freedom of religion- Obviously this lady is bigoted but equality under the law requires that we form a legal opinion that we can apply equally in both scenarios.
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  766.  @helenaHandbasqet  I know somebody who could sell you a hat, and a bridge, for real cheap.
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  767.  @MrShaun1011  U mad?
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  768. Nah, don't retire him. Let his inflated ego be a punching bag.
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  769.  @SamiAlSharabi  If you're asking either of us, I personally use use throughout the day. It's 5:40am, I just put my bagel in the toaster then took a hash oil dab to calm some back pain and a headache. For myself I find THC works a lot better for mitigating chronic pain than CBD, so yes I am high regularly.
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  770.  @dynamicworlds1  I found it awfully ironic after the Capitol riots, all these congress members that have voted for literal wars and rallied against compassionate policies telling me that "violence is never the answer". I believe the sheer elitist hypocrisy was lost on most people. Morals are all made up, but as the saying goes "don't say that too loudly, lest my servants overhear". Such fairy tales of society are constructed so we don't start building guillotines, even if we probably should ;) "The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime." - Max Stirner
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  771. Pop out those babies so they can start making widgets! THE PROTESTANT WORK ETHIC NEEDS AN ARMY!
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  772.  @upgrade1015  I'm edumacated, write or rhong?
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  773. ​Agreed. I personally like cooperative economics systems like the Preston Model. Democratic representation should not just be for politics- we need democracy in the workplace!​ @godonlyknows13 
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  774. I put it at 1.25... and it sounds almost normal. Fuuuqqq, lmao 😂🤣 I love what Norm has to say, but you're so right.
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  775.  @stefan4159  Yes, and I'm not even completely anti-nuke, but while deterrents are great, threatening using nukes should never be seen as the best defense strategy. This was a Hawkish panel that showed they didn't care about civilian casualties and viewed diplomacy as weak. Out of this gaggle of GOP stooges, I actually think Christie would be the best with diplomatic talks, but I'd like to see a different view than glorifying the threat of cold war. Like, I'm not saying diplomacy with China would always be possible, but what about diplomacy with other regional powers to increase security in the region and potentially we could leverage diplomatic ties with those other nations with friendlier trade policies. Jumping to nukes is simply unhinged, but that is the state of the GOP today.
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  776.  @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231  There's obviously a clear difference between couch surfing and living at home with one's parents on a continual basis... And that difference is the fact that one doesn't have a permanent residence. The stability of one's housing situation is the issue. Don't you dare equate living on 4 different couches in 6 weeks to living at home for a decade.
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  777. "Joe"-ver
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  778. Wat?
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  779. $800 million hasn't been enough
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  780. An activist... Watch the video.
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  781. "The War of Northern Aggression was about State's Rights and economics!" E: 🙄🙄😂 did people really have to respond with the implied joke here?? Lol, whatever.
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  782. ​ @leftoflibra  Blame me? Blame the establishment for having an oligarchic candidate that can't stand up against literal segregation and a Jen O'Side. You guys just casually put up with the worst things while calling other people bad.
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  783. Watch me burn my vote for Jill just because biracial KH can't stop supporting a segregationist state. That's all she needed to do was one thing to not lose my vote. Don't blame me when the DNC wants to back corporate oligarchy instead of popular policy. E: lol, everybody's calling me the "spoiler vote" when the only thing that spoiled my vote was supporting a Jen O'Side. Blame the Dems, not me.
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  784. That and Ohio... Ohio is just real.
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  785. That's one celebrity I would actually vote for
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  786. 100% of the executive, legislative, and judicial branch should be detained. 99% should be arrested. 98.4% should be convicted.
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  787. There are ways to improve cities without creating gentrification that pushes people out. Creating community wealth through cooperatives, community land trusts, unions, and Credit Union / public banking. It's a model that has actually helped cities start to rebuild after losing lots of jobs, cities like Cleveland, Ohio, US and Preston, Lancashire, UK.
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  788. I'm surprised he's not in Cancún right now...
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  789. ​ @thespecialist3608  I voted for Biden 🤦
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  790. He deserves to be President for life. Terminate the Constitution and tell the governors what to do! /s
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  791. I just want to thank whoever formats the description portion for actually writing a relevant description with hyperlinks to the full video... You have no idea how helpful that is for people who actually want more information. It's a small thing but I really appreciate it. Thank you for doing the work to help increase the access to information about economic democracy.
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  792. I have become interested in Zizek, who reevaluates Marx by returning to Hegel and introducing the psychoanalysis of Lacan. Zizek turns some Marxist views on their head in light of our modern cynical culture, for instance in relation to commodification Marx says "They do not know it, but they do it", whereas Zizek points out that "They know what they are doing and they do it anyways". His notion's of The Sublime Objective Ideology is a very thought-provoking critique on ideology itself and how we can never escape from ideology. Summary for those out of the know; He basically uses Lacan to introduce a Hegelian dialectic between the conscious and subconscious (the Real vs the Symbolic / Imaginary), which manifests itself into ideology. Ideology is the natural state of how we interact with the world. This critiques come from a historical position of coming out of the Cold War in a so-called "post-ideological" society where capitalism was seen as De Facto better because it won.
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  793. UBI has to be paired with a land value taxation or else all additional Universal Basic Income will be assumed by land rents. "The rent of land, therefore, considered as the price paid for the use of the land, is naturally a monopoly price. It is not at all proportioned to what the landlord may have laid out upon the improvement of the land, or to what he can afford to take; but to what the farmer can afford to give." — Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI "Of the Rent of Land"
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  794.  @ViaConDias  The US is basically an oligarchy. You get preselected choices to vote for that are approved by the wealth donor class.
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  795. DoorDash got people thinking they're entrepreneurs, when they're just 1040 wage slaves.
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  796.  @piku5637  Yep! One successful example is the Cleveland Model/ Preston Model, which is a system of anchoring democratically managed worker co-operatives into communities by securing stable contracts with local institutions, like hospitals, universities, and municipalities. This helps jobs and wealth stay in the community rather than work being outsourced and profits being shipped to Wall St. It's a great benefit to the people that have been involved in such a type of community wealth building... Because that's the thing, the main goal is about building wealth not government redistribution.
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  797.  @badluck5647  I offered an alternative, you had no real argument.
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  798. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  799.  @RapiBurrito  Land is not just like everything else, it has inelastic supply and therefore has a different supply and demand function than other products. The insight is that landlords extract "economic rent" due this inelastic supply.
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  800.  @kevinyonan9666  You're giving your time and skills in exchange for money... Umm, so you're renting human capital. You do realize if you're giving somebody use of a lawn mower for a set amount of time in exchange for money, that's called a 'rental'. Sorry you don't understand the basic neoliberal concept of human capital. You want to lecture me about capitalism but you don't even understand what chattel renting is 🤡
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  801. Universal basic income! In a study run in Denver, they found that people who received $6,500 up front and $500 a month increase the ability to get housed over the $1,000 per month option, still 12k but it shows how money can be utilized more efficiently to start programs off. It makes sense when they have security deposits and other upfront costs to get an apartment.
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  802. ​ @CharlieKellyEsq  Massive inequality says differently. Some of the hardest working people are the lowest paid which is absolutely ridiculous.
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  803.  @d33pblu3  You know it's ironic, I'm not currently working right now but I still receive an income, and I'm not on government cash assistance. It's called dividend and interest. You see it's really capitalist that can sit around and do nothing while they watch their money grow. I've been paid dividends recently for doing nothing, my GOOGL is using $70 billion to buy back stock after it laid off 7,000 workers, and my NVDA is up 26% just this week because AI will start taking more jobs. To add to the irony it's the capitalists who are firing people and taking their jobs with automation and then blaming them for not working. Do you realize people can still do work and retain the full value of their labor without giving it a way to shareholders who literally just sit around the house and talk about socialist ideology (me, lol)? It's called a Cooperative, and the Evergreen Cooperative in Cleveland Ohio has helped people increase their wages as well as share in the profits that they help create. Here's a snippet from an article; "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  804. "It's not the same thing: coffee without cream or coffee without milk. What you don't get is part of the identity of what you get." - Slavoj Žižek
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  805.  @TheFactsMan  Employer owe employees wages... What are you talking about? Society is filled with duties. Go back to sociology 101.
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  806.  @SonOfNone  Does it take a rocket scientist to realize that a child does not have the responsibility of pulling the pin on a grenade? Do you think kids that were doing the Tide pod challenge should have full autos? Yes, the scenario was a little hyperbolic, but it's still an area that you deem legal, and seem to have no worries about, and I find quite problematic. Full autos have been restricted since 1934, bringing up the 50's misses the boat, buddy.
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  807.  @Pantsinabucket  "Human rental" is a novel term. The common leftist term "wage slave" always seemed hyperbolic, except in pure subsistence wage labor or child labor, so I felt like a better idea needed to be coined. The ideas are really actually a mixture of Benjamin Tucker's 'Trinity of Usury', John Locke's idea of 'self-ownership', Marx and Engels 'commodified labor', and nods to Austrian and neoliberal economics. I really had the idea of calling employment a 'human rental' while reading Benjamin Tucker's State Socialism and Anarchism, in which he extends the idea of usury not just to the leasing of money but of wages and rent as well, in what he calls the Trinity of Usury. I liked the idea and thought about the interchangeability of the terms of rent, wage, and interest as just time-based payments for different factors of production. I thought I could emphasize the moral aspect of capitalism's dehumanization by labeling employment as rent, especially, if neoliberals are going to come up with terms like human capital. So if you're going to blame me for parroting, at least get the text right, lmao.
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  808. Socialized costs and privatized profits, while holding sick people hostage. E: can we list Big Pharma as te®®orist groups?
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  809.  @MegaLokopo  So you admit every economic system is built on violence? So capitalism isn't voluntary 🤙 Solid. That's the based answer; all property systems enforced with physical force are violent... That's just kinda a tautology. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives. Here's the coop the Preston model is based on; "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  810.  @kevinh5983  I never said that.... 🙄 We have capitalism and it's not voluntary. We need to move away from it. I'm unsure of what you're not getting here.
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  811. As a democratic socialist, I feel the exact same way... It's weirdly ambivalent. But maybe that's the way reality really is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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  812.  @Ziegfried82  So you think "feudalism is socialism"? Why even have different names for economic systems if you're just going to call everything socialism. Socialism is about social ownership of the means of production.
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  813. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  814. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  815. Good job, enjoy your retirement!
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  816.  @Jhop273  Lmao, You complain about Democratic spending but don't bat an eye about Republicans trying to deregulate oil companies so they spew toxic chemicals into your drinking water and pollute the air you breathe 👍
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  817.  @peterdragon6367  Ummm, employers still have to respect the Civil Rights Act and other nondiscrimination clauses. So yeah they kind of do have rights to be respected....
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  818. So you think the life of a 10-year-old being sexually assaulted and then having to carry the baby for 9 months is going to make her life better?? She's 10 years old, she was sexually assaulted, and she doesn't know what's happening to her body. Forcing a 10-year-old to give birth is unconscionable.
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  819.  @befeleme  Same with capitalism. Do you think the government seizures of monastic estates and village commons to parcel out under the English Land Enclosure Acts was non-violent? How about the genocide of indigenous Americans for the US Homestead Act?
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  820. Since we like quotes from smart people... "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  821.  @insightfulhistorian1861  Why don't you look up who donates to his campaigns.... It's literally big tech, telecom, insurance, Disney, and a couple universities. When push comes to shove do you think Pete is going to have your interests at heart or Big Tech? You're fooling yourself if you think he isn't compromised by corporate bri-.... i mean, "lobbying".
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  822.  @jnmedina8989  So nobody can give me an example of his apparent "racism"... 🙄🙄
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  823. It literally went through the Colorado supreme Court that was literally the trial... 🤦🙄 The amount of stoopid here is mind numbing.
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  824.  @fernandomota669  individual Chinese municipalities actually have quite a bit of autonomy over their territory. They are occasionally checked in on, to see if they meet the national standards- there are documentaries about how they literally paint their grass green with spray paint in order to create a facade for the authorities. China is a weird system.
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  825.  @markn866  You missed the part where the bargaining power is extremely differential. Those with more capital goods have more market leverage. They can take on more risk and they can defer opportunities... Like holding out on strikers that are trying to make a few cents more. Look at the Colorado Coalfield War, as if Rockefeller didn't have enough money to increase wages a bit. Capitalism is violent.
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  826. "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini If you're falling for Hitler's 'national socialism' propaganda you probably think the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea is actually a democracy.... 😅😂😂 Who did Hitler come for first, oh- yeah; "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." - Martin Niemöller
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  827. @kellywright5282  You realize that radioactive particles are released in the emissions of coal... Nuclear power plants don't regularly release any nuclear material it's all packaged into concrete and metal containers. There are some instances of nuclear material being released, but it's only in rare circumstances; in the same way that a car is more dangerous than flying even though flying can seem scarier.
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  828.  @seamusoreilly804  Lol, the US doesn't really have 5nm capacity, let alone in the volume that Apple would need. Not to mention Apple's trying to move to 3 nanometer soon. TSMC has the largest number of the most sophisticated machines because they are so capital intensive with huge contracts from Apple, Nvidia, AMD and many many others.
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  829.  @taylormajors5677  2/2, I have respectful comments about economics that just get deleted meanwhile bots are everywhere. I'm not being paranoid or weird it's called Google being "advertiser-friendly".
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  830. Progressive capitalism is still exploitative capitalism.
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  831. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  832. ... And partly because of her.
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  833. As if self defense isn't a right...
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  834. Basically verbal slapstick
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  835. As much as we all love CoffeeZilla we should always remind ourselves that we need to keep him in check too.... I think he'd actually like that 😜
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  836. Cassidy Hutchinson: hott hero
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  837. Maybe when Midas Touch finally covers Diane Feinstein's dementia ass.... Until then we need Bernie Sanders standing up to corporations
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  838. Yeah... We all hope.
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  839. Probably? Uh... Definitely. Did you see Josh Hawley? Lauren Bobert talking about how it's going to be 1776?
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  840. I'm honestly surprised you posted this... It's so out of character for you 😜
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  841. Which is why bolding "HUMILIATES" is unnecessary clickbait.... You just have to put her name in a sentence and you know it's going to be perverse.
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  842. If you like democracy check out the Laura Flanders show! Her progressive motto is "where the people who say it can't be done take a back seat to the ones who are actually doing it".
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  843. Evangelicals love grifters like Pastor Joel "private jet, mega mansion" Osteen and Donald 'The US Constitution doesn't Apply Anymore' Trump.
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  844. Lies and divisiveness thrive in politics.... This isn't new and this isn't going to change 😅
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  845.  @sr2291  I'm literally trying to sign up for Social security disability right now for PTSD and I don't even want to try to apply for a job basic hall monitor position because it would affect my benefits. They literally disincentivize me from even trying 🤦🏼 America hates Americans. I have a dream that one day America will care for its people and not just its capital.
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  846. ​ @oldsesalt8496 Um, no. It obviously spells "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".
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  847. Dedicated socialists are socialist because they understand economics and finance.
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  848. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  849. Very thorough coverage, thank you!
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  850.  @2bRealist  Community wealth building is not deadly. In fact it is actually helping revitalize communities that have been left to suffer by capital flight. Placing like Preston in the UK, or in Buffalo, NY communities can build self-empowerd economies through institutions like cooperatives, community land trust, public banking, and other ways of collective ownership. https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/infographic-preston-model https://community-wealth.org/content/buffalo-new-york https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/infographic-preston-model
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  851. My chest, my heart, aches in sadness. My throat feels closed up, but it wouldn't matter if I could speak out ... Our cries for humanity fall on deaf ears.
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  852.  @X2LR8  Then explain the inflammatory action of moving the US embassy to Jerusalem or this; "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  853. You're right, it's obviously the Ministry of Peace. Don't speak I'll of it or the Ministry of Love will come after you.
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  854. We are still in the Middle East... Wtf are you talking about?
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  855. Your mom.
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  856.  @markhill3858  It's ridiculous, free speech should be a right in the bylaws of the enterprise, like a bill of rights for a company. Yt should be run as a cooperative, with content creators, platform workers, and members getting a vote in how things are run.
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  857. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  858. ​@Smalltown_Man You're joking, right? Nothing they say makes sense... They want law & order so they elect a convict? Lol, ok
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  859.  @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231  It kinda is random who gets the short stick even with a high emphasis on personal responsibility. Personal responsibility has no bearing on what type of household or national situation you get born into. Some people are born into poor families some people are born into rich families... Personal responsibility has no bearing on such a luck (or risk) of the draw.
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  860. "Never again"? 😞
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  861. Slim Shady doesn't care, bruh
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  862. Definitely don't discount, most of the philosophy that I've learned about I was mainly high asf...
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  863. Lot's of very small Colorado border towns sell way more than their population would ever consume... 😅
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  864. I mean mayor Johnston has been spending $150 million on reducing homelessness.... So that might be a part of it, lol
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  865. The channel Electronic Intifada has cool (under)ground footage of the things going on over there that most media won't show.
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  866. ​ @Airith4  It's not the reason, it's the method that's the issue.
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  867. @lifesbutastumble The British Mandate of Palestine... Almost like the British colonialism of the Balfour Declaration and Zïönïsm pushed the native population out. It's Middle Eastern Manifest Destiny.
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  868. Why should I pay for grade school education? Because it helps foster skills that help society. You benefit from more doctors. But yes, debt relief won't fix the broken system, which is why it needs to be revamped.
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  869. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  870. We still crying about Trump... But Glen Krishner knows he's going to prison. Okay, whatever.
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  871. James Fadiman has written extensively about using psychedelics for problem solving. Psychedelics don't just have recreational or medicinal or spiritual uses... You can use them to think outside of the box in so many different ways.
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  872. "God save the queen 'Cause tourists are money And our figurehead Is not what she seems Oh God save history God save your mad parade Oh Lord God have mercy All crimes are paid"
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  873. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  874. So you're saying it wasn't what it was cracked up to be?
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  875. Apparently not for Congress though.....
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  876.  @luchain771  What rights? I literally just said that people were entitled to the equal right to natural resources🤦🤦🤦 Let me guess you have no concept of Rights outside of private property rights, civil rights be damned.
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  877.  @christianmoore7932  🤦🤦 Natural resources rents don't easily get past onto consumers because the burden of taxation is more on the supplier with inelastic supply. Because oil production can be sort of elastic I will say that some taxation will be born by the consumer, but not most of it. This taxation doesn't stop corporations from extracting over 160 million barrels of oil annually from Alaska.
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  878.  @agodelianshock9422  Ownership of the equity is not an hourly fee 🤦 Don't start with those disingenuous lines of "reasoning".
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  879.  @Justforfun-ek7et  Lol 😂 So I'm not pro2A because I think kids, that aren't even old enough to vote or join the military, shouldn't legally own a machine gun? You're the type of person that thinks libel and falsely yelling fire in a theater are protected by the 1A. You're right, common sense isn't too common, you're off your rocker.
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  880. So no age limits?
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  881. You don't like $35 insulin for seniors on Medicare? You don't like gas being below $3.40? Lol
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  882. Lol, as if DeSantis hasn't already politicized it. He complained about hurricane Sandy relief funds and then asked for Ian funds. The guy is hypocritical for political gain 🤦
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  883.  @mitziewheeler8517  What did you get out of it?
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  884.  @MegaLokopo  The person said, "In capitalism, people are free to say no to a transaction if it's not right for them." Then, I provided historical examples for why that is not the case. Seems pretty simple- capitalism is not voluntary- case closed.
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  885. Did you buy one of the SuperTrump NFTs? Or maybe you're more of a fan of cowboy Trump, or football Trump. Maybe you like Trump posing in an apocalyptic wasteland. Show how much you love and support Trump It's only $99!
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  886. From slavery, suppression of women, genocide of the natives, and capitalist domination through financial powers and sheer military force.... Americans have been brainwashed into thinking they have "democracy".
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  887. Wait... Do you think this started on the 7th?? Palestinians have been under ōccūpåtīōn for 75 years, 1947 was the beginning of what's called the Nakba basically a Trail of Tears for native Palestinians. H** was started in 1987 to defend against Israeli forces- so obviously they didn't start it if they only formed in reaction to the IDF. In 2018 and 2019 Gazans literally had dozens of peaceful MLK-style marches called The Great March Of The Return... The IDF deleted over 220 marchers and literally placed bets on kneecapping marchers. You thought 40 kids was bad... How about 1,434? "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  888. No, now they're forcing him to testify under oath. He could have come to defend himself at any point. Don't act like Trump's the victim.
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  889. I'm literally a socialist (abolish private capital in favor of worker and consumer cooperatives), and even I think it's a bad idea!
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  890. Put your money where your mouth is buy some puts
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  891.  @THEREALZENFORCE  Well, calling things that aren't communist "commie" is pretty fucking McCarthyist. It's obvious you don't understand basic economics, like the Economic Law of Rent, because you're clueless ;)
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  892.  @THEREALZENFORCE  Communism? Jfc, you are one dumb McCarthyist. Georgism isn't communism, even Adam Smith believed in a land value tax.
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  893. You can't reasonably say "it's the only system that has positively impacted society." Massive innovations occurred in other systems and capitalism has also had massive negative social and environmental consequences. You can't just say it's the only one that is positively impacted society and then forget that it's admitting massive amounts of pollution that make people sick. Norfolk Southern literally did a $10 BILLION stock buyback program instead of improving their rail safety and properly staffing their over worked employees...10 months later we all saw the toxic smoke cloud of Ohio. That's capitalism maximizing shareholders wealth over the health and well being of their workers and community.
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  894. I hope you realize that Benjamin Netanyahu supported Qataris funding them... “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening Hamas.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference
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  895.  @toddmarshall416  Dude, seek some mental healthcare... Youre not well.
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  896.  @RobiBue  Do four letter words scare you? Personally, I'd be more afraid of the handgun. This is rather tame for an adrenaline activating police event, I've heard much worse in other bodycam footage. Tell me about how cool and calm you'd be if you were worried you might get shot at any second. "Good job getting meth dealers off the street but I didn't like how you cussed" Do you know how wimpy that sounds??
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  897. Pete seems like your common establishment Democrat who is better than the Republicans, but won't move the overton window too much.... he's not progressive. I'm really not sure why so many people have fanfare over him, I don't see him as very "inspiring" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ E: If anybody is skeptical look up who donates to his campaign on Open Secrets.... It's big tech, insurance, telecom, banks. Ask yourself in whose interest is he working for.
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  898. He's not on Twitter! He's on truth social.... It's still on his truth social account 🤦🏼 He thinks the fraud that never happened- and we know that because he's lost nearly 70 court cases- He thinks calls for "the termination of all laws regulations and articles even those found in the Constitution." Direct quote
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  899. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  900. Of course the Mises Institute would do something like that.
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  901.  @tonywalters7298  One big aspect is that capital wealth allows you to weather longer holdouts during negotiations.... Workers on the other hand risk starvation or losing their house. Having wealth just gives you more power/ market freedom in capitalism. There are also a lot of laws that shift this balance of power, like the Taft Hartley Act. I'm sure there's a lot more to it but those are just the few things that come to my mind right off hand.
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  902. 😂🤣😂🤣 Next you're going to tell me the people in the Civil Rights marches had no power. Rosa Parks was just some belligerent lass that got some people riled up.
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  903. The FBI planted them!.... Wait actually, I declassified them with my mind 🤣😂🤣😂 The people who actually believe all these lies and then turn around and have the gall to say that they hate liars, lol
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  904. ​ @palaceofwisdom9448 I'm so old I can remember when the rainbow had a Skittles connotation... Now, I'm really confused and I'll just eat either "rainbow" behind the convenience store. You have to eat one rainbow to pay for the other rainbow ;)
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  905. Do you have to get arrested in order to be taken to a criminal court... Once you get into court then you can plead your guilt/innocence. Then after that it goes to trial.
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  906. Just another day in America 😅😅 Did you know America's number one?? America is the best country in the world!
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  907. Nope, he was fired for putting a human life over property, his boss gave him the job of decreasing liabilities on the boss's property. The title of "lifeguard" makes one think of a caring fraternity, even though it's a deep hierarchy that puts money above people.
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  908. Believe all women!
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  909. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  910.  @taylormajors5677  1/2, You do realize that they have a neural network system that checks comments based on parameters of the comment, other comments you've posted, channel you're commenting on, etc, etc. If you describe the horrors in detail they will definitely delete more comments... And then that leads to lesser comments also being deleted.
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  911.  CeeceeGillis-mj8es  Personally, I think a single state solution where all Jews, Muslims, and Christians all hold the same equal rights is the only solution.
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  912. "Oh, my gosh, he's the President of the United States, you know, he -- I can't even keep up with him," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
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  913. Both violently attacked... Why would they lose that word?
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  914. @Hugsnkisses You're crying over a corrupt businessman? I'd cry if he wasn't a bad person. For instance, I didn't cry when David Koch died and when Dick Cheney kicks the bucket I'mma have a party.
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  915. And they're actually going to use a humane method...??? "Oh no!"
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  916. ♥️🖤🖤🖤🖤 ♥️♥️🤍🤍🤍 ♥️💚💚💚💚
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  917. ​ @elliotcohen2286 Isr@eli occupation and apartheid.
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  918. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  919.  @Dan-yf2df  You trust the US? LOL 😆😂
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  920.  @dkoda840  People don't do that... which is why externalities exist, which is why markets fail.
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  921.  @RM-gm9fs  so you dont understand Citizen United? Ive had Dem congressmen, like Bennett and Udall (I'm from CO), say explicitly that they spend nearly HALF of their days looking for "donors". If you can't admit American politics as a whole is corrupted by money, then you dont understand American politics..... Maybe you're not American -_-
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  922. ( E: The amount of "Russian" calling is sick, you can't even disagree with another American without deAmericanizimg them "your not a real American". Wtf is wrong with you people? 🤦🏼 ffs you cant have non-partisan idea on this channel) Anyone that considers the Dems fighting for the working class is beyond pathetic. Fight the fascist GOP. Fight the Corporate-oligarchic Democratics.
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  923. ​ @sandyd3686  You're both bots
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  924.  @joshuabrady6182  Oh, look, I gained a follower. Did you get tired of getting bashed for supporting Herschel Walker so you came over here?
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  925. If Adam and Eve get divorced, she's still his rib.
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  926.  @Pbav8tor  Hey man, I didn't do it, the corporation (that I own and directed) did it! I'm not liable, Mr. LLC is!
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  927. Why are you advocating for thought crimes? Speaking and inciting is one thing, but merely thinking of such is another.
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  928. ​​​ @p.j.m.d.1948  I mean it's totally possible... But I'm also comfortable being agnostic on issues. I don't feel the need to disparage people based on hearsay when I have plain facts that are damning enough. As a leftist, I think it's important to be critical of leftist rhetoric that can sometimes get out of hand... Self critique is a good check on oneself and one's group. As I get older, I find myself far more leftist, but I criticize the left more... Skepticism is healthy.
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  929. Thank you my friend
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  930. Taco pina colada... Off in his own fantasy world.
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  931.  @brianfirlie3693  maybe to change her mind but not for justice, lol
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  932. Eh- It's funny cuz that statement is agreed upon by both sides, they just have different interpretations of what people should wake up to.
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  933. I just looked at TSMCs executive biography... 20 PhDs among their top executives.
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  934. 2.2M people... In an apartheid poverty. "Just leave, bro"
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  935. No way, it starts with beans and then people will start doing the hard stuff, like kale. Just say 'No' to beans!
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  936. Who's Kyle? All I see is Slim Shady.
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  937. "The War of Northern Aggression was about economics!"
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  938. Lol, ok, bud
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  939. She recently held many speeches recently with Arab American voters in places like Michigan.... What are you talking about?
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  940. Democratic socialism is not social democracy (capitalist welfare). Democratic socialism pushes for economic democracy in the workplace. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  941. But Republicans will still watch Fox "News" unironically 🤦🏼 You can lead a horse to water...
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  942. The type of couple that tries to capture that special moment by walking through a hospice center and searching for the loving sound of a buzzing flatline.
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  943.  @David-bh1rn  It's been a system of laws for the few since 1789.
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  944. Cancer = bad Royalty = basically cancer
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  945. The 1947-1948 Nakba and the displacement after the 1967 War led to a million people force out of their home. The IDF continues to run demolition campaigns on Palestinian homes throughout the West Bank to create more settlements.
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  946.  @leftoflibra  You're the one co-signing a segregationist country. That was my only stipulation for not voting for her... She couldn't even do that. Blame the Dems for not doing better, not me. Oh, and I voted for Hillary and Joe... It makes me feel gross, not proud.
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  947.  @yttri9876  Why is that my issue? Why don't you ask the DNC to be better... No you just walked down the road of lesser of two evils until you get to literally supporting a country that has racial segregation and an on going Jen O'Side. Stop looking at me, why don't you expect your representatives to do better? Why didn't you ask what the DNC's game plan is to do better?
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  948. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” –Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  949. That's how she do. She's a weasely one.
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  950.  @ASGelly  We don't have time for any malarkey, we need to cancel the student debt.
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  951.  @RubyRose23328  What are you talking about? Trump has bragged about lobbying both sides of the aisle... Trump's corporate behavior is a part of the problem. You seem very confused 😕
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  952.  @Nopicrandom  Im gonna be the centrist here; he'll last 2 minutes
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  953. I'd vote for that. Is there a referendum petition ballot that I could sign?
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  954. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  955.  @stevecampbell9670  Katie Porter doesn't take corporate money like Pete 'the sellout'. Katie Porter would never be able to speak so much truth to power if her campaigns were funded by the big tech insurance companies banks and law firms that Corporate Pete loves.
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  956. We need more people like Katie Race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, etc don't matter it's the character that counts. Representation and inclusion is important, but if the left wants to succeed we need to choose the best, not just fill quotas.
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  957. And yet my veteran, Catholic grandfather will still vote for him... Lmao, great family values too!
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  958. ​ @sheilaboston7051 True. Matt Gaetz definitely exposed himself.
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  959. Hilarious that BTC is actually trying to tell people that Trump winning the primary with 50% is actually a bad thing for him...
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  960. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  961. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  962.  @wodenbyers2793  EVERY other word is CAPITALIZED so they can grab your attention. It's just EMBARRASSING!
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  963. So? Seems to make sense. "Bone chilling" lmao, you'll be long dead and your bones will be dust.
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  964. These are acts of God for southerners not supporting gay marriage. You're lucky he's not flooding you all.
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  965.  Broken System  Probably another Trump University "graduate"
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  966. ​ @JokeswithMitochondria  2 wars say differently.
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  967.  @badluck5647  Like I had mentioned before one of the main falsehood of feudalism is largely based on the divine right of kings, and one of the paramount falsehoods of capitalism is the idea that people are rational actors and that markets work in people's best interests (behavioral economics has proven that's an obvious lie). Both use violence to reinforce their unequal bargaining power. (5/5 Cuz it's being pulled)
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  968.  @badluck5647  I'm not saying people don't get anything out of capitalism or feudalism, they did, the problem is that it's a structure based on falsehoods and unequal bargaining power. (4/5 Cuz it's being pulled)
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  969.  @badluck5647  Serfs benefited from more socio-political stability than in the centuries before. It's a benefit for which they gave social legitimacy too, just like capitalism. (1/5 Cuz it's being pulled)
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  970.  @mvmlego1212  Firstly you're missing the difference between private marginal value and social marginal value that leads to negative externalities. How do you expect me to believe this notion that "shareholders will value future consequences" when this post is literally about how Norfolk Southern did NOT do enough to prevent the accident... And the Obama era regulations to improve the braking system were repealed under Trump and not reinstated by the Biden administration. So this is just one of many examples about how you're just wrong. You're assuming people are rational actors- even for private marginal utility people still have "bounded rationality". You know we have behavioral economics now, right? Discount Cash Flow models place a heavier value on the short term. And don't deny that CEO have quarterly and annual incentives to raise the short term stock price rather than think long term.
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  971.  @MondoChow777  Why do I have to prove this to you? When it comes to finances I'm not sure I care what some rando on the interwebs thinks, I care what my bills are and what my portfolio does... And we okay 🤪 But thanks for your concern skepticism, lol.
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  972.  @EMan-cu5zo  You say "merged together" like they haven't always mediate each others power. Manifest Destiny created thousands of 160 acre private farms for settlers. The creation of all those private property plots was good for the material interests of the nation state, the ideology of capitalism, and at the time the settlers, who were made small capital owners at the expropriation of the indigenous population.
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  973.  @AndNowWeDrinkCuts  After we cut the DOE, you have to pay for that non-public elementary school education somehow!
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  974.  @georgegeorge4560  The Cleveland Model/ Preston Model, which is a system of anchoring democratically managed worker cooperatives into communities by securing stable contracts with local institutions, like hospitals, universities, and municipalities. This helps jobs and wealth stay in the community rather than work being outsourced and profits being shipped to Wall St. It's a great benefit to the people that have been involved in such a type of community wealth building... Because that's the thing, the main goal is about building wealth not government redistribution.
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  975. ​ @DangRenBo  That doesn't change the fact that it's renting another human being as chattel property. Political democracy without economic democracy is still oligarchic.
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  976. 🤦🤦🤦 There are more peopleless homes than homeless people. Creating more government-funded construction is just going to lead to more rich people owning homes if you don't create progressive taxation, or disincentive, on excessive utilization of the housing supply. You're just inflating the landlord/ bank ownership market.
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  977. 🤦 It's a different concept. Property tax includes the value of built structures, land tax only taxes the value of land. It allows structures to be invested in and built without being taxed, this incentivizes construction while disincentivizing use of land. As such it helps create higher density housing, which helps increase the amount of supply on the market, leading to decrease prices.
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  978. ​ @JosiahTaschuk  I understand and agree, I was just offering an alternative solution.
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  979. ​ @Pomeray8  I would prefer not to read Bartleby, the Scrivener
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  980.  @IndigiAutisi  Solidarity 💪✊🏿
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  981. I liked your comment for the alg ✊
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  982. ​@@criticalstrikeforge471Isn't central planning under monopolistic capital horrible... I mean who wants Facebook and Google to decide everything they see. Oh, I'm sorry.... Were you trying to stick up for capitalism? Lol. It's hilarious that people think that complete government control is the only other option than capitalism 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 It is true; "people are more able to imagine the death of the world than the death of capitalism"
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  983. It's interesting that so many people are commenting that they can't hear, the audio worked for me Probably an audio problem on YTs end not MPU
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  984.  @MegaLokopo  Did you really just say I can't blame the history of private property on capitalism.... which is based on private property?? Oh, c'mon. I'm not blaming slavery on capitalism... I'm literally just saying the way private property was created in this country was not in situations where "people could freely decline the offer". This isn't even just America, either. English Land Enclosure. The Opium Wars. Bruh, this is just the modern history of capitalism. Seriously, what point are you trying to prove? Because saying signing a landlord lease is "voluntary" after I tell you that people literally were genocided for the land that my ancestors were able to lease out.... Kind of makes your point a little sus.
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  985.  @MegaLokopo  I don't think you're understanding my point; I'm not against violence, I'm a against capitalists acting like their system isn't massively violent.
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  986.  @silverXnoise  I'm glad that my thinking has been helpful.That means a lot.
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  987. The better way to think about capitalism is just assume every business does terrible things to make more money. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
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  988. 🤦🏼 It's both! We have a constitutional republic, whose constitution institutes a democratic process. It's a constitution that institutes a Democratic Republic. Kids, stay in school and pay attention to civics. E: somebody had the audacity to say that the reason why nobody cares about civics anymore is the leftist agenda 🤦🏼 I am a leftist, and yes, I love the Constitution.... I can't respond because free speech loving Faux 'news' banned me adding new comments. Thanks, freedom lovers 👍
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  989. You should buy Trump Steaks.... Oh wait that went out of business in 2007
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  990.  @billythomas4851  Are you denying that Fox agreed to pay a settlement 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 You guys won't even believe the truth if it stares you in the eyes. Very pathetic.
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  991.  @wickedhenderson4497  I mix it up, I never fully trust anyone news source and I know that I'm never going to fully get the truth. BUT, we can make educated and informed decisions about what content we consume in order to get the least biased outlook. I like outlets that are critical of both government and corporations, because power should be critiqued no matter who holds it. I also like to watch international news, find it a lot less sensationalist and gives me an informed view of around the world.
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  992. "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - James Waterman Wise
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  993. You guys didn't seem to care about Trump golfing every other day
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  994. Literally lied to the public about how serious this disease was, and also didn't make American PPE even though they knew how bad it was.... Remember "Gone by April"? Trump's ego > your life
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  995. A whataboutism isn't a comeback, It's a piece of rhetoric used to distract and change the subject. Jfc, people are dumb asf and drinking the Kool-Aid.... I wish you people would just Jim Jones yourselves with a new conspiracy theory.
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  996. This guest literally started off saying that his version of economics is the only correct version out there...... I'm not sure how that squares with not presuming he's right?
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  997. For small government constitutionalist you'd think they'd really be more outraged by the fact that he went after a 4th amendment whistleblower.... Oh that's right Republicans started those Fourth amendment violating policies. But people think Obama is so left-wing because he instituted Mitt Romney's health care plan, lol. Politicians on both sides of the aisle will happily sell you out for a few campaign donations and a book deal.
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  998. And high demand.... Which is in a major secular growth trend.
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  999. Uber will raise rates because there's a low supply of drivers but they won't raise wages.
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  1000. Do you always take people at their word?
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  1001. I'd believe it.
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  1002. ​ @rossmanngroup THIS JUST IN: a company that uses slave labor to assemble their devices does other things that aren't very nice.... Who woulda thought?! Lmao
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  1003. ​ @chico9805  Women should be free to enter the workforce but it is unfair that capitalism has demanded that two people must work to sustain a household. Stocks soar and wages barely keep up with inflation, capitalism's Capital Bias puts profit above workers, households, and communities.
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  1004. Government spending only works until consumer capacity is fulfilled, and no more, then it becomes inflationary.
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  1005. @t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334  Please don't laugh, we statistically drink 3 times as much and use 7x the rubbers as the largest road tire manufacturer.
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  1006.  @manoftruth0935  On the contrary, I was raped by my father when I was 4. So yes I do take the violation of children personally.... Do you not? Do you think sexually assaulting a 10-year-old is something to joke about? The way you're talking about this has no tactfulness. It really doesn't seem like you care about this poor girl who's been sexually assaulted by somebody she trusted. She has a life too!
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  1007.  @thorc4167  Not like he wrote a giant book on how capital sociologically functions... Totally not economics 👍
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  1008.  @KanielD  I'm not sure what your point is, that's as meaningful as "no true communism". Pure capitalism doesn't/ won't ever exist; ideologies are always a dialectical reconciliation of the ideal and material facts. The world has too many variables to ever neatly match any human created ideology, and there will always be a dialectical process of wrestling with such contradictions between our subjective view and objective reality. Where is this "truer" capitalism that gives you hope?
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  1009. Yep. There very little social presence on the left for fatherless men like myself.... Lots of support for the women and LGBT community and I'm happy for them- they need the love (my non-binary uncle took his/her life). I don't know the statistics exactly but I would assume loneliness is killing more people than LGBT bullying just based on the relative demographic sizes. The United States life expectancy is decreasing because of suicide and heroin addiction.... Those are symptoms of loneliness, purposelessness, and poverty with a lack of dignity. The misogynistic disrespect of women is because it makes them feel elevated when they're in a position of feeling low. While it's hard to have compassion it's necessary to provide something else for these people that will benefit them and others- more respectful management with better pay, better mental health care, and increasing social bonds in a society that so often alienates for the "glory" of the individual. Instead, most of the social media left just mock them.
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  1010. Yeah ... This guy has never heard of an embargo (basically a divestment and boycott on a national level) of foreign products and investments. Then there divestment from American companies that make the hardware and software for the conflict. He really does seem confused.
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  1011.  @alexd.6376  socialism is about reconciling the discrepancy between labor and capital. It is an acknowledgment that labor creates capital and that labor is the fundamental function of capital. Socialism is very much about the ownership of Labor, because that dictates the metaphysical legitimacy of property rights.
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  1012. ​ @FunctionalityOverFeelings  You could read my reply, lol. I have to break up the grievance and the solution or else it's a giant wall of text that nobody's going to read.
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  1013. ​@@MemeMemeson Good meme, Memeson. Admittedly, my main comment is just a rewording of Marxist alienation and commodity fetishism.
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  1014. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  1015.  @kloovers  That's called "state-capitalism" and isn't the best, I'd prefer for the government morph it into a worker coop that manages itself.
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  1016. Didn't you Republicans say that we're a republic and not a democracy for so long. Read the Constitution, read the 14th amendment. It's REPUBLIC, not a democracy. Lmao.
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  1017. I mean, global dominance of the $USD does help taxpayers by increasing the strength of the dollar. So there is that too.
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  1018. A hard truth about the military budget is that the US uses war to protect areas that use the $USD in order to increase demand/ the value of a dollar. Our military increases the strength of the economy by the indirect force of increasing the strength of the monetary system.
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  1019.  @tazepatates4805  Why is it that every single news report says that "Hámàs, that has been classified as a te__orist organization by the UK, US, and EU..." BUT it's never "Israel the country that has been classified as gënö_ïdäl et_nöstäte by South Africa..."????
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  1020. I shoplift from Whole Foods.... Negative buying
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  1021. Can I get four weather quarters for this climate dollar? I just need some climate change.
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  1022. Are you seriously using a Malcolm X quote to defend Trump? Lmao
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  1023.  @xavierjackson6779  in your first comment you're blaming the daughter in your second comment you're blaming the parent.... Where's the blame for the bullies and the school?
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  1024. I can appreciate an interactive hands-on learning approach.
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  1025. They let them in after they were beaten with flagpoles and rioters smashed through the windows?? 🤦🏼
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  1026.  @death-disco  You know who one of my favorite socialists is, Martin Luther King Jr. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” –Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967. In addition to civil rights socialist also gave you labor rights, like the 40-hour work week, workers compensation, and safer working conditions. If you think Lenin and Stalin are the only types of socialists you really need to read more books.
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  1027.  @almighty3946  Yes, they would.... They just saw the evidence and called him the best. This is deeply unfortunate.
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  1028.  @taylormajors5677  It's also really weird how you cant post one thing but if you just take time to split it up into two different comments then you can post the whole thing.... Their moderation system makes absolutely zero sense. I've often taken to copying my texts just to make sure that it doesn't get removed and if it does I just split it into multiple comments.
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  1029.  @stophoaxing345  Smh. Get a life.
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  1030. ​ @user-ja47aukn2  🤦🤦🤦 there are no statute of limitations for WCs.... It's literally massmurder.
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  1031. Colorado on the map! Gandby/ Grand Lake is a beautiful area.
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  1032.  @mankz789  He doesn't know.
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  1033. ​​ @captain_bretzel  Not to be mean, but that's bad thinking. Before capitalism there was feudalism. Capitalism is as disposable as feudalism, change just took a while. Feudalism "worked" for the monarchy for a thousand years- what the heck does "it worked" even mean. Seriously, slavery worked, it wasn't ethically good but it worked for thousands of years... but maybe you think that's a justification for slavery. Capitalism "works" if you mean it benefits investors, unfortunately you don't understand that objectively Capitalism benefits capital owners disproportionately, because get this; capitalism has a bias toward capital. You can't get rid of empathy for the human spirit either... Why should 'greed' be the prime factor of the economy???
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  1034. Unfortunately Iz has no empathy for other races...
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  1035. So? He uses that wealth to control society, like the fact that he working on monopolization and also hires people to crush unions . Rich people control society but that doesn't seem to concern you.
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  1036. What about the male civilians?? No love for the guys digging through the rubble and carrying the wounded kids?? Kinda sexist, lmao
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  1037.  @adria89  Yeah I'll cry about actually supporting democracy... Considering you guys don't actually care about democracy. You're fine with a corporate oligarchy!
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  1038. You're probably the same person
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  1039.  @johnmcgrath6192  Social democracy is still capitalism; it still alienates workers, renters, and debtors. In contrast, through co-ops, collectives, Community Land Trusts, Credit Unions, public banks, and other types of democratic institutions allow people to have in-put on how they want to run their lives. People can be empowered to be the change they want to see in their communities. Having a social democracy doesn't mean companies can't still outsource to countries with cheap labor and minimal worker rights. We see democracy as fundamental to self-determination in our political lives, and it rings just as true in our economic lives.
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  1040. Didn't you guys have Roman Polanski? Lol, "as a European".... As if there isn't major corruption and legal skirting throughout Europe. France really likes their Russian oligarchs too...
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  1041.  @kyle_c936  That's only true in civil cases, pleading the fifth cannot be used against you in a criminal court of law. We're railing against Donald Trump for talking about terminating the Constitution; It would be good if we understood the Constitution.
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  1042. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
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  1043. Lol, same comment within seconds of the video posting... And you try to tell people that you're not a bot?? I'm anti-Trump, but at least I'm not an NPC.
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  1044. @@seanembry6438 As much as I agree with the intent of your rhetoric, that being to disparage Bobert, acting like the whole third district is to blame is very sus when she won by 500 votes. I visited a few places in the 3rd district, some of them are more liberal than you'd think. Rifle has many yoga studios and new age shops- traveling can be an enlightening experience. Also, sex work isn't something that should be socially shamed, especially under capitalism where we all rent out our bodies for a wage.
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  1045. I'm pretty sure that violates the 7th Amendment. We're better than the fascist, fon't let the anger bring you to their level.
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  1046. Lock em' all up- but in order to continue to protect democracy in our government, I believe we need to create democracy in our economy. I've been interested in a grassroots groups called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  1047.  @sonjamurphy3505  Thank you my friend
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  1048.  @jamesvelez2508  Thank you my friend
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  1049. I don't think he could afford another case...
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  1050. Fat shaming is good now.... 🤔
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  1051.  crap cutter  "Your money is mine" was the only part of your sentence that was in quotation, so I'm going to assume that was the only part that you wanted on your bumper sticker. As such, I believe that short statement will, in fact, fit on a bumper sticker. Lol, nice try... Maybe next time the dyslexic, high school dropout (Me) won't have to help you with your grammar. Bless your heart.
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  1052. "The chair! Give 'em the chair" - old lady Shrek wrestling fan
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  1053.  @toneloc7910  🤦🤦 They're not they're often rounded up out of bed in the middle of the night. 🇮🇱 was supposed to be out of Gh_z_ after 2006 so why are they invading a foreign country??? Maybe you shouldn't set up a colonialist state and push out the native population then maybe you won't get to 10/7.
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  1054. Or morons could understand that it's "free at the point of service", which doesn't mean completely free because your tax dollars pay for it.
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  1055. If you think $15/hr supports a family, go back to school, Junior.
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  1056.  @kanedNunable  Many Nordic Social Democracies still shift negative externalities onto developing and undeveloped countries. We need Democratic Socialism to normalize social ownership of capital
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  1057. I listened to 'Why Socialism' today, good book. Only a 21 min listen.
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  1058. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  1059. Its all a PSYOP!
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  1060.  @lilben4184  ??? Did I argue that I wasn't? I am a human aren't I?
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  1061.  @tafadzwamanzini5463  Does nothing? Lmao, you act like they have to illegally occupy Palestine with military law. Maybe give Palestinian the same rights as jewish people ... But no, that would harm the entho-state. You act like they haven't been committing war crimes for decades. Learn some history.
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  1062.  @brennenestes657  lmao, how many times you gonna post?
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  1063.  @FaceSilence  Yep, and mental illness and addiction are a higher percentage of the "visible homeless" population. That's something I learned from the article on the Denver UBI study, a large majority of the homeless population couch surf or have various ambiguous living situations, and are not living on the streets. The less healthy/ unlucky individuals can't maintain social ties to stay off the streets. The disproportionate visibility can cause prejudice. I just remembered a Ross/ VlogCreations prank where he tried to give homeless people beer because "he didn't trust what they'd do with the money" (lol), but literally 3 out of 3 said they were sober. 1 guy took it to be nice, but said he didn't want alcohol just food- probably bartered it out. I thought that was a good candid reminder that not all homeless people are searching for a fix.
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  1064. 💗Kyrie
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  1065. He's clearly too old and the DNC is still going to try to push him as the number one candidate 🙄 Left Right Left Right the system is really rigged from top to bottom!
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  1066. I think he should just go the full nine yards shave it all off and have it professionally drawn back on with Sharpie
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  1067. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  1068. Says you, I get daily x-rays to make sure that I'm not developing cancer...
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  1069. These are necessary. It's been ignored for 76 years!
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  1070.  @gaetano5669  You think I don't criticize Obama... So many large constitutional violations.
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  1071. I might be in the minority here, but I always knew Peterson was a baller even though he's kinda nuts.
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  1072. Shhh... Eat your veggies
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  1073. Fed policy, corporate profits, institutional and personal debt, consumers spending, etc. It's not so simple.
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  1074. Slim shady wouldn't do me like that, Signed Stan
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  1075. Bbbut he is a billionaire... Oh that's how he became a billionaire, by being scummy.
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  1076.  @RubyRose23328  lmao, yes it does you troll. Hard to have representation when they don't actually represent you.
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  1077.  @RubyRose23328  It's sure not representation of the public if they represent primarily represent corporations.
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  1078. How is it that Kyle can't even let a 53 second video play before pausing it and going on a rant.... I like the points that he makes but can we just hear the video first before you jump into it.
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  1079.  @sarelvanderwalt5219  Sometimes that type of comedy the only way to get through the tragedy 🎭 😂😭 (Both are tears)
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  1080.  @ratbaby86  No Nvidia insider is having a meltdown, that's just wall street. Learn the difference.
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  1081. Eh, I mean, do you think the state department has ever selected based on empathy?
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  1082. ♥️🖤🖤🖤🖤 ♥️♥️🤍🤍🤍 ♥️💚💚💚💚
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  1083.  @ericw2229  She didn't die and she won a place in Time's Europeans of the Year 2003. She is an amazingly humble woman that puts others before her self- she even hates the term hero, but she definitely is heroic. And for the IDF to shoot humanitarian workers walking kids to school exemplifies the lack of humanity the IDF have towards anyone standing up Palestinians.
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  1084. The Electronic Intifada has good reporting on this. Qassam has been very skilled at undermining tānk defenses by getting close and getting the "softer spots". Sometimes literally popping out of tunnels and placing ordinances directly on top of tānks.
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  1085. @porter9276 Do you know much about the Israeli occupation/ colonialism of Palestine? It's literally an apartheid ethno-state as bad as South Africa. "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  1086. Trump is worse on 🇮🇱🇵🇸... Makes no sense.
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  1087. Republicans yell "Back the Blue' as they beat up a cop with a Thin Blue Line flag
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  1088. I voted for Marianne Williamson. She is way more progressive and actually cares about human rights. Sure, she'll lose- but I feel better on an ethical level not supporting the guy helping deny human rights to a nation while pretending to care.
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  1089. Then don't click on the video... 🤦🏼
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  1090. Smdh... As a Progressive, it's sad to see so many people suck up to the mouthpiece of the establishment. E: corporations lobby your government and you guys think the WH spokesperson isn't going to push their agenda? CNN is mainly funded by pharmaceutical companies that price gouge and get you needlessly addicted.
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  1091. Gënöcïdëñ Bïdëñ 2024
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  1092. Unfortunately, he's still going to win whether you like it or not... :/ E: I voted for Biden... You guys probably celebrated early in 2016, lol. What a bunch of trolls.
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  1093. Fetterman the GOAT!
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  1094. As much as I'm in favor of economic democracy, the structure of a republic is very important; Socrates helped prove that with his execution. We don't want to protect the plutocratic minority, but I'm sure most people here would want to protect ethnic and LGBT+ minorities. Creating an unrestrained democracy that can more easily alienate already alienated minorities is definitely a real problem. I think even democratically managed cooperatives should have bylaws to protect individuals.
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  1095. In my state, it's about $39/hr to afford the states average rent. Meaning that to be in the financially suggested bracket of 25% of your income, someone needs to make at least $39 an hour. So a living wage is a start.... But capitalists are still arguing against $15 an hour, because shareholders are more important than everyone else.
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  1096.  @bluewater454  So? There were capitalists funded by feudalism... Are you going to totally denounce capitalism because there were some feudalists at the start? Ridiculous.
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  1097. ​ @patsygroves3812  "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023 So very Christian of you.
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  1098. Asia needs how to learn how to deal with their large population. Look at the Japanese trains at rush hour.... Insanity.
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  1099.  @arlenehenry1097  $54.20 was a joke... He tried to back out but then he legally couldnt. It's not some "moral conviction" if youre court ordered to follow through with a contract, lmao. Musk lives for 420 and 69 jokes.
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  1100. If 420 jokes are your conviction then lmao
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  1101.  @Skyblade12  Leftism and liberalism are not the same. It's relative. Liberalism is left of some ideologies, there are other ideologies that make liberalism look right wing... I'm talking about socialism and communism. Did you know both Democrats and Republicans are technically under the large ideological umbrella called liberalism? Or do we forget that classical liberals, FDR liberals, neoliberals, and 21st century liberals... Are all liberals 😲
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  1102.  @jerryjansen5325  Pretty sure you can bring culture and technology to people without violently occupying it. Do you know how empires were built... By violently occupying new places and subjugating new people. Lol, way to make my point. Yeah we all know Britain was a powerful empire... Pretty sure that's why they used to say "the sun never sets on the British Empire". Gotta love them opium wars, amiright? The first was so cool that you had to have a sequel! "We brought you culture and an opiate addiction!" - British imperialists, probably (as if the Chinese didn't have culture)
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  1103.  @pubmeatman  Can I ask why you assume this is a defensive the lazy? Why couldn't it be a defense for better pay for the people who do work? A defense of better benefits for those who are sick and disabled? Some of those who work the hardest are also struggling the hardest.
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  1104. Okay I think you should stop speaking in such blanket terms, there are many reasons to take governmental documents home just not TS/SCI that legally can only be viewed in a SCIF.
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  1105. It's obviously a bunch of angels holding up the roof. I'm going to stop watching the video now because factual knowledge would impede my religious beliefs.
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  1106. No hate like Christian "love". Christ: "Love your neighbor" Christians: "YOURE SICK IN THE HEAD!"
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  1107.  @civildiscourse2000  Very true. Every religious person has their own religion, two Catholics can be pro- and anti- gay marriage. They've even gone so far to say the Pope isn't a Catholic because he said homosexuality isn't a sin. Now apply this to every position, some are pro-life some are pro-choice... They pick and choose like it's a moral buffet of whatever they want draped self righteousness. "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony
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  1108.  @O_Tade  You mean rioting against violent fascists and neofascistic trends? Lmfao. By that logic the US and Allies shouldn't have fought Hitler... Cuz "muh violence". "I don't fight fascists because I think I'll win, I fight fascists because they're fascists" - Chris Hedges
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  1109.  @dr.mund0339  He wants to deny the wedding celebration that he "proudly" attended.
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  1110.  @MondoChow777  Lmao! You're the one being accusatory. Since a young age I've had a good cents about money... And Dad jokes that make you go "Oof". Seriously, though, I'm curious; Why would you assume I'm bad with money? Is this just a prejudice against Leftists, where you don't think people who disagree with capitalism ackually understand capitalism? Really now, where does this assumption come from?
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  1111. ​ @HowMoneyWorks  "How do you do, fellow kids?"
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  1112.  @Shisha2025  Worker and community share holders. They're called "stakeholders".
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  1113. Democratic accountability. Democracy in the workplace!
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  1114.  @EMan-cu5zo  I know that's what you mean, but that's just one way in which they coordinate power. I'm talking about something more fundamental to both the state and capitalism. The state does a lot of subsidizing capitalism, like the inherent creation of private property and debt markets, the way you phrase it makes it seem like capitalism and the state haven't always worked together. My original comment was about how money is a shared tool that helps governments and large capital owners expand their influence over others. Coinage was invented by the state to pay soldiers and to easily tax resources, in fact a currency is valued/needed because someone has to have it to pay their taxes. Coinage can also be leveraged (power and debt puns intended) by capitalists to make money off of money. Capitalism has always had a long list of merged interests with the state, largely because capitalism is a product of state violence, even though many people think of the two institutions as antithetical.
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  1115.  @ChampagneandWaffles  You've completely missed the point, nobody created natural resources and therefore nobody should have private claim to their value. It should be every citizens value.
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  1116. MAGA = Make America Georgist Already
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  1117. NMBY
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  1118. ​​​ @TheMysteryDriver  I mean, they could, but it's not necessary for the extraction of economic rents. Besides, petitioning (lol, you mean plutocratic lobbying??? 😅) the government to use tax dollars to say, build a stadium, meaning landlords would be again socializing costs to privatized gains. Not to mention other landlords that didn't lobby the government would also be able to capture increased rents due to the creation of amenities that they had no part in.
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  1119. And you believe a guy who created a fraudulent college... Lol 😆🤣
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  1120.  @johnaustin6673  So you find libel suits unconstitutional, cuz "muh reeeeeeee speech"? Do you think I should be able to have surface to air missiles and a predator drone with hellfire missiles? Can I have an A10 Warthog? How about an ICBM? All of those are considered "arms", if you think those are fit for civilian use, you have lost your marbles. Get a grip.
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  1121.  @nuclearmusic77  I have the right to nuclear ICBMs for self defense, lol
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  1122. You got to give Lauren Gropert credit for reaching across the aisle to get a handle on the hard issues, but in doing so she just vaporizes arguments against being Pro-Life. Admittedly, her behavior was a good snapshot of how flashy she is. #BoobGate
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  1123.  @BigTrees4ever  Dude, you literally called Hitler a "socialist" in one of your other posts... I'm not taking you seriously.
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  1124.  @BigTrees4ever  🤦🏼 Money is a key aspect of capitalism. M->C->M' (Money, Capital, Money at the rate of monied interest)
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  1125. ​ @TheAmericanAmerican It's often a fixture of history that it's not the most exploited that win a revolution but those with material conditions in the middled classes. With the exaltation of representative democracy through constitutionalism, the feudal Lord's became, and sometimes genealogically, the landlords of the capitalist era. They both extract land rent, both at monopolistic prices (even Adam Smith agrees that land rent is always monopolistic).
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  1126.  @ryno4ever433  Well, I'm not saying it will happen overnight. But personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  1127. Problems that bosses won't pay a living wage.... Why don't we just institute wage laws and/ or worker cooperatives? Capitalism is not consensual.
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  1128.  @me-myself-i787  You're the worst.
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  1129. The more salty they get, the tastier they are.
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  1130. For all the capitalist-lovers who want to argue that this is not capitalism, I must make the point that capitalism corrupts itself by emphasizing the profit motive to the extreme. This is what Marx meant by inherent contradictions that will tear the system apart. Capitalist free market ideologues may not like it, but real world capital owners don't care what the ideologues think because they're making bank.
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  1131.  @AwesomeBlackDude  The solution was in the first sentence 🤦🏼 Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives. "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  1132.  @highcouncil1302  Labor.... Over a period of time, which is a rental. You're not selling ownership of all of your labor, this isnt slavery. Employment is pay on a time based, aka rental payment for human capital.
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  1133.  @laurenpinschannels  Thank you, I tried to make it as boiled down as possible for such a complex issue. I try not to use jargon without creating a relatable way to understand it so it isn't so disorienting. Do you have any constructive criticisms of my writing?
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  1134.  @frankd.506  Wow, do you realize that I can criticize Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden all at the same time or is that confusing to your partisan politics? I vote Blue, but I'm an independent that doesn't tow your party line. Biden is better than Trump, wowwie... Still funding ethnic cleansing. But you're so caught up in your Party politics that you'll gloss over literal ethnic cleansing just because you need to assert your guy above the other guy. Smh. Wow.
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  1135.  @grimaffiliations3671  Agreed. People just need to not forget about the suffering of the Palestinians with the help of the US... even Obama.
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  1136.  @ashlibabbitt8609  Yumm, that sounds digitally delicious! "Trump NFT Steaks: raising the gambling stakes on pictures of steaks"
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  1137.  @PopJacare  So you lack the ability to communicate your difference of opinion and so just ramble on about insults and nothings 🤔😆🤣 Use your words, make a logical point.
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  1138. It's a little thing called planning....
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  1139.  @_birdie  Oh no you lost 20,000 jobs... And green energy creates 200,000. Innovation doesn't stop for you... Let me guess you own a horse and buggy because you're sad that the horse and buggy people are struggling now. Oh wait...
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  1140. Republicans always defend capitalism and then when capitalistic creative destruction occurs they get all bent out of shape.... You can't have the innovation that goes along with capitalism and cling to the jobs of the last century. Typical rubes.
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  1141. Sing it! ✊✊🏿🕊️✌️
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  1142. $3-4 isn't that much, you loons. I had that much when I was 18....
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  1143. You love fascism
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  1144. As if Republicans care about rail workers 🤦🏼🤦🏼 You guys have been fighting against labor for decades
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  1145. Back the Blue!
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  1146. Someone doesn't understand the difference between a balance sheet and an income statement 😅
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  1147. "Same club they beat you over the head with..."
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  1148.  @ELMAGNIFICO101  I first was going to agree with you, but after a second I thought about it... Obama told people that he would not retaliate against whistleblowers, and then he sold out the Constitution and retaliated against whistleblowers. Sure he didn't create a fraudulent college, but he did take power as the hope and change guy whose big claim to fame is Mitt Romney's health care plan. If that doesn't exemplify how Democrats have moved to basically being moderate Republicans, I don't know what does.
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  1149. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  1150. You think Republican politicians want to prosecute her for this? They do it too, so why would they want to rat on themselves as well.
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  1151. "Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses"
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  1152. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  1153. "Don't blame it on the guy that ran a fraudulent college" 🤡🤡🤡
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  1154. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own enough capital goods to make enough income other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to cooperate and change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  1155. Have you looked at their forwardPE?? It's called growth.
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  1156. Do you honestly think like that this a lot and that this is just Bidens issue? Democrats and Republicans are happy to spend 8 trillion dollars on war... But 3.5 for average Americans is too much? Just admit it you like killing other people more than you like providing for your own countrymen/women. Smfh.
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  1157.  @davidletasi3322  Yeah a symptom of low IQ would not realizing that 8 is larger than 3.5.... lmao. Learn basic counting skills, man.
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  1158.  @Jhop273  Cute whataboutism. Like I said both Democrats AND Republicans like spending your money... I think your comment is stupid because you made it partisan. As if Republicans also don't like using your money.
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  1159. I feel ya. Sad to see so much waste
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  1160.  @THEREALZENFORCE  Luxembourg taxes it's giant CAPITALIST wealth to provide public housing?? "mUsT bE cOmMuNiSt" Lmao.
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  1161. Based. It's basically two sides of the same coin. Especially since economies rely on property norms that are enforced via the political.
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  1162. You act as if regulation can't aid the price mechanism. What do you think a carbon tax is? It's accounting for the social marginal cost and applying those to the private marginal cost to affect the demand curve. Not instituting such a regulation, you are in fact allowing the exploitation of people to have costs shifted upon them unvoluntarily. Amazes me how free market people want to say they "understand economics" yet they don't even understand the concept of a negative externality.
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  1163. We're number one... In military spending, billionaires, and incarcerated population :/ 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
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  1164. Oh, I was looking for a face sitter... Hope that wasn't too on the nose for you, but I like the cut of your jib, if you know what I mean.
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  1165. Um, humans aren't rational actors... We have behavioral economics now. Welcome to the 21st century, economics has come a long way in the past 247 years. Speaking of long ago History, you should also read Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber so you can see that capitalism anthropologically developed with governments.
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  1166. This isn't an idea that is exclusive to Sowell. Sowell may be correct in this regard, but his economics is truly lacking.
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  1167. Wrong
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  1168. ​ @AbuAyyub23  The ethnostate of Israel values the lives of three Israelis more than 10,000 Palestinian kids
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  1169.  @rapscallion9333  feminist? It's been used by trade unionists for over a century.... You might want to take some time to learn some history. You also might want to take some time to read the Bible; Numbers 5: 26 - 31
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  1170.  @wtice4632  That's why it's called 'state-capitalism', bud 🤦🏼 Feudalism was based on personal homage, not commodified/ monied labor relations 🙄 i was a self-employed landscaper, I've touched enough grass in a capitalistic context.
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  1171. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  1172. 19 minutes and 17 seconds... I see you
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  1173.  @johnjacobjinglehimerschmid3555  I know Intel is utilizing a water reclamation system in the mid-90% efficiency range. But you're right the high intensity water demand is a negative externality on an already strained water supply of the CO river.
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  1174. He is pretty disingenuous/ willfully ignorant. I mean capitalism is how he became a millionaire so I guess he has millions of reasons why capitalism is better.... Unless you're able to strike a moral sentiment, it's pretty hard to change that view. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
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  1175. Granted- isn't that something innately human? To punish the bad, bad things are often justified. I'm not saying all of us relish in it, but there is a tendency no matter which aisle one stands on. Many people on the left would be quite amused to see Donald Trump come down with a painful ailment.
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  1176. Thank you for your work. For equality to happen we need to be able to empathize equally.
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  1177.  @frogger1580  Judge Uncle Thomas
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  1178. Sometimes you take a chance on people and hope you dont get burned
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  1179. "A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution." Trump says he doesn't think the US Constitution should apply anymore... And this is just a few days after meeting with literal neo-Nazis. You're beckoning in fascism, and you don't even care.
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  1180. It's literally still up on his truth social account 🤦🏼
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  1181.  @SecondThought  Hey, ST have you ever looked into the Next System Project? Theyre a think tank that helps build co-ops and community wealth building institutions to help bring socialism into the real world.
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  1182.  @whutcat682  I'm sorry, I hear and understand your frustrations. I hope the best for your family.
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  1183.  @Salsmachev  I agreed all the way up to the part about the Soviet system. Where was the worker democracy for the Ukrainian farmers that were starved to death in the 1930s? Looks more like state-capitalism, tbh.
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  1184. There are people working to build connections for community wealth, like the Evergreen Cooperative in Cleveland, Ohio; "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  1185.  @silentmajority8365  Nice selection bias 👍
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  1186. Praying hard.... Why isn't it working? Why does Jesus answer prayers about helping people past tests but not stop mass shootings? Jesus, take the AR (away)
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  1187. ​ @theguy9208  There's a big difference between owning your own labor, and renting it out to a capitalist or pledging it to a feudal lord. Cooperative ownership is economic democracy, democracy because people have the right to have a say in the institutions that control their lives. P.S. idk why "alternative econ" has to be regressive... Something has to come after capitalism.
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  1188. ​ @natekidwell  Sniffle... And so on.
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  1189. I was on hungry strike too, but then I was a little peckish. I still consider myself an activist though because I posted my solidarity on IG before ordered DoorDash.
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  1190. He didn't, he's just the head advisor to a government program that doesn't have a leader 😅😅😅
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  1191.  @B86432  Per household? My house missed this... Probably cuz we don't make 400 grand. Raising taxes on the rich doesn't mean everybody's affected.
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  1192. 🤦🏼🤦🏼 you'd have a lot more accidents without the computers.
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  1193. They don't understand the concept of shame... You can't humiliate them
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  1194. Are you acting like this is a new thing?
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  1195.  @serpentines6356  I mean, if you love violent colonialism...
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  1196.  @heavymetalpermaculture  Do you not understand baseload power demand? The sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow and batteries are in demand, have environmental costs mining, and have geopolitical constraints. E: there are only two sources of energy that can provide constant base load power that is geothermal and nuclear.
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  1197.  @akjordan1680  So stop coal, natural gas, and biomass and move to nuclear? 👍
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  1198. Ashli Babbitt got karma. Truth hurts.
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  1199. It's the heat... It slowly sous vides their brain over the years.
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  1200.  @yallabarca321  Blockades aren't freedom. It's an open air prison.
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  1201. Thank you!
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  1202. THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS That's all we have with people who will stand by and do nothing.
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  1203. ​ @leonskum7705  You didn't mow the lawn yesterday, that's fake news.
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  1204.  @williamabbott9437  Nah, bruh. You misspelled "Thank you for correcting me, I didn't understand the racial conflict in the Middle East, nor the class conflict domestically". I'm not judging spelling mistakes, but I understand the jist of what you're trying to say. That's very humble of you.
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  1205. The Drug War is terror.
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  1206.  @on2thenextthing  So you don't have any sources, because I did research and it looks like you're wrong. Why don't you cite a source and I'll judge the credibility for my own?
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  1207. "For every time a gun in the home was used in a self-defense or legally justifiable shooting, there were four unintentional shootings, seven criminal assaults or homicides, and 11 attempted or completed suicides. Conclusions: Guns kept in homes are more likely to be involved in a fatal or nonfatal accidental shooting, criminal assault, or suicide attempt than to be used to injure or kill in self-defense." - Injuries and deaths due to firearms in the home, A L Kellermann et al. J Trauma. 1998 Aug
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  1208. @SteamedBunX So we're just throwing whataboutisms in the ring? You just admitted that slander does damage.... So by that logic you should think that Alex Jones if convicted of slander he should pay 🤔
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  1209. ​​ @TheStockwell  It might be a whataboutism... But it is very topical when they said "Never again" and then they did it 2 years later (1947-48)... and now are currently being taken to International court on gênôcîdê charges.
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  1210. 75 years of occupation and you don't understand why Palestinians want revenge... that's kind of ironic 😅
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  1211.  @tobyihli9470  Palestine is the land that is being occupied, do you even know the history of the 1947 48 Nakba? The past 16 years Gaza has been besieged and unable to get enough food and water for the citizens because Israel limits aid and trade. There are thousands of internationally illegal settlements in the West Bank and the IDF literally protects settlers that shoot innocent Palestinians just trying to live. There are over 600 illegal checkpoints that discriminate against Palestinians. There's even two sets of roads for Jews and Arabs... It's literally Apartheid.
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  1212. ​ @PineApple-bs8rt  Funding is from consumers, just like any business, except that workers and consumers have more autonomy and their money isn't exacted by corporate shareholders. Right now, shareholders are ENTITLED to profits, but under cooperativism the people that use the institution are entitled to the full value of the institution. The members that use the institution are the owners, co-ops are built for members needs, not corporate profit. By utilizing more cooperative economics there can be better incentives to put people before profits. Capitalism's adherence to shareholder primacy is one of the systematic reasons for its rise (as it created capital growth) and it will also be its downfall (because it puts capital growth before life itself).
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  1213. ​ @PineApple-bs8rt  Cooperative economics is WAYYYY better. The Preston Model has helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. I'd post a link to show how exactly it works, but the corporate monopoly would take it down.
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  1214.  @karengarson5715  When humanitarian Caoimhe Butterly visited the West Bank Jenin camps, the Palestinians welcomed her with open arms. They feed her and let her sleep in their homes. One grandma gave her like 20 cheek kisses because she is one of the few to treat them like humans. The documentary 'Visit Palestine' is free and very important to seeing the real humanity of these people. You should watch it before you dehumanize millions of people.
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  1215. Capitalism 👍 Can't have proper brakes, cuz thatd cut into profits
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  1216. Learned about him due to FTX
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  1217.  @MG-ih7mg  So I have to be Russian? Ffs, I can't be an American with a different view from you? So much for a pluralistic America. I love my First Amendment to criticize my government!
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  1218. This is obviously a bot that just writes "[insert Republican name here] for prison 2023". I don't think this "James" is a real person.
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  1219. Now if only we could build a Democratic economy. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  1220.  @ericmaclaurin8525  A proper tax system does nothing to address the systematic exploitation done by the wage-subject relationship. The employer-employee relationship is an actually a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at least capitalism needs safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class.
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  1221. ​ @TheSandman. Is that what you call Giuliani's house?
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  1222.  @asleepawake3645  That's unfortunately pretty true. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  1223.  @angiebear8727  Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  1224. How are you going to prosecute on that? I mean, there are so many "alternative facts" that dispute this claim. Why won't you just believe the alternative facts?
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  1225.  @cynthiawhite9830  Every time I ask him for his thoughts on how he would spread economic democracy he has absolutely no contribution. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives. James certainly does not provide detailed comments on how we should increase democracy. The bot simply rehashes the same meme over and over.
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  1226. A rapist and a fascist. "I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything." - Donald J. Trump
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  1227.  @xmas4203  You're reply to Tami was "no, you!" 🤦🏼🤦🏼 No wonder you have a hard time reading more than two sentences, youre 9.
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  1228.  @FngrsXd-n25  🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 So you want to commit voter fraud to silence the dude who played up voter fraud. Come on, you could have thought of a better quip than that. (We all get that it's sarcasm.... 🤦🏼, I just said that it was a bad usage- lol) Find it hilarious how the left is so pro body positivity and then calls people lardo.... Like just find better insults. This is embarrassing. (Great now I'm a shadow banned because you guys can't handle a slight bit of disagreement 🤦🏼🤦🏼 truly embarrassing.)
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  1229.  @roberttaylor7064  Did you read the comment that you commented under? 🤦🏼 He clearly said "for even thinking" such. And you're getting mad for no reason considering I said that charging her based on her words of incitement and actions is different (aka legitimate). Robert- take a breath- we're on the same side...
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  1230.  @ceegee3471  Oof, Florida... you have a swamp of your own right-wing problems to deal with, why you lookin' over here for 😝😜
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  1231. @@seanembry6438 Yeah people go off on these rumors because they emotionally dislike the person. Yes they're both terrible people but I don't find the rumor to hold much water.
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  1232. Which is why it's annoying that Midas Touch always bolds "HUMILIATES" as If the notion of embarrassment has any effect on her consciousness.
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  1233.  @biz0unc3  Thank you my friend
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  1234.  @letthefunbegin24  Thank you my friend
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  1235.  @faradigiorgio6019  Thank you my friend
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  1236.  @theresabazemore8580  Thank you my friend
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  1237.  @sandyd3686  Thank you my friend
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  1238.  @EduardoOliveira-e8c  Thank you my friend
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  1239. it's the insta reply bot
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  1240. Vote Blue... vote for Joe Manchin! 🤡 Do you guys even care about the quality of Blue candidates or do you just say "Blue no matter who"?
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  1241. Trump is a fascist, but Trump is just a symptom. Ron DeSantis and Kari Lake are two other fascists gaining traction.... Fascism is gaining traction in America. Be aware and inform others. The slow steps are what lead us to a bad place; Don't be complacent with the small steps.
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  1242.  @APissedOffVeteran  The Fifth Amendment isn't he right for the jury to go looking for context clues 🤦🏼 take that to civil court, that's where pleading the fifth is admissible and formation. So much time defending the Constitution from Trumptards that you fell into just writing off the Constitution too- the irony.
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  1243.  @tmcd5049 🤦🏼 No, taking the 5th does not necessarily mean somebody is guilty. Stop speaking in absolutes like Trump it's pathetic to defend the Constitution and then have you say the using your 5th just implies that you're guilty- That's the whole point of it: It doesn't. Only in Civil court does that work E: People here are literally telling me to ignore the fact the Constitution tells you that you can't use pleading the fifth as contextual evidence of guilt in criminal cases. What the heck is going on here?! You guys realize that using pleading the fifth as evidence is only admissible in civil court? Stop ignoring the Constitution because you want to go after the guy who wanted to determinate the Constitution- the irony is glaring. Lol, oh well, cant fix stupid, especially when it's angry.
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  1244. It's great that Trump's getting his comeuppance, but what kind of society would make better life for all of us? Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  1245.  @TheSandman.  Thank you my friend
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  1246.  @alexandersupertramp7353  Thank you my friend
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  1247.  @DAMON409  "You don't know Jack" - Joe Biden
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  1248. Sick burn, Debra 😂😂 But seriously, most of you guys are far too nice to try to insult people... I mean, that in the best possible way.
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  1249. He needs an Ayahuasca trip
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  1250. Woah ..... You're saying we, like, agree- on this channel of all places.... Duuuude, far out!
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  1251. A polite request to not use "humiliated" so much in your titles It gets repetitive and tiring. Thanks
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  1252. I mean it is true you can buy them on Target, I just looked. Butt idk why she needs to rail on it.
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  1253.  @bobcob3362  My dad sexual abused me.... I guess if this is what you mean by family values, ugh, okay
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  1254. ​ @waynereynolds7598  🤦🏼🤦🏼 More taxes on the Rich? NO! ABOLISH THE RICH! We want economic democracy not just taxation and welfare within a plutocratic economy.
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  1255. ​ @anneguetschow3932 Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  1256. Lol, I clicked the video to see if your choir preaching pulpit would be present. Thanks friend, for reminding us exactly what we were all thinking!
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  1257. And it is so easy with their base. These are people that look at Trump many fraud cases and his many instances of not understanding the Constitution, and they just shrug unironically ignoring the fact that the things they talk a lot about (fraud and the sanctity of the Constitution) they just let their representatives victimize them. They project reflexively and get grifted on while they are distracted by the "culture war". How do you even go about helping these pathetic shmucks? Because I'm at a loss.
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  1258.  @kimobrien.  "Declining real profit rate".... Um, corporate America is just as profitable as ever. Google and Apple both get an easy 30% margin on app store purchases.
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  1259. Grocery stores are still price gouging....
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  1260. If you think AMZN raising prices is cuz of unions and not their monopolistic power.... Your off your rocker.
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  1261.  @KokoFixed  Glad to meet a like minded person :) It's unfortunate people write off communities thriving through peaceful self-empowerment as "deadly Leninism" . This is why change is so hard.
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  1262.  @danield8528  One word: Honda
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  1263. Did you just say that Jason was a non-car guy? Lolololol
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  1264.  @PapaTrike  You're right, like the metaverse, everything nowadays is meta-ironic. There are so many levels of interweaved satire and seriousness that I don't even know what I'm saying 🫨
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  1265. "cruel and unusual punishment" I've also heard that some lethal injection drugs cause extreme pain over the many minutes it takes to kill them.
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  1266.  @ljt3084  lmao, good history lesson, but lighten up. Take a joke- is 160 years too soon for ya?
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  1267. Newsom isn't the guy
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  1268.  @peterschancel7223  Capitalism doesn't utilize free markets, that's like saying native American gen0cide to give settlers 160 acres is "free market". It's insane. Capitalism always prefers uncompetitive markets, just take it from legendary investor Peter Lynch; "In business, competition is never healthy as total domination."
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  1269. With winter here It will be darker sooner, the vampires can still get out to the polls more easily! Boy, he really messed up.
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  1270. How is pakman a sellout?
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  1271. I thought Borders was bought buy Barnes and Noble
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  1272. It's problematic if there's a veil of opportunity as if he's going to call on a different reporter but it's already set up that he's going to call on a specific one and answer a very specific question. Colluding with the media can be used to make him look better for his candidacy especially when his age and ability to answer questions on the fly are under harsh criticism. It's sad that you don't think we deserve a decent leader.
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  1273. @Chris G You're right slavery is where somebody owns somebody else as property, in capitalism you have self ownership, but you have to rent yourself out by the hour or a year. Capitalistic wage employment is a human rental.
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  1274. ​ @CarlGerhardt1  "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  1275. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  1276.  @1monki  Precisely
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  1277. Where were you when the Israelis were having a 16-year illegal blockade on Gaza?? Lol.
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  1278. ​ @Arbaaltheundefeated  bbbbbut Glenn Krischner told me "justice matters"... I'm just beginning to think that it doesn't matter.....
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  1279. ​ @daylanhammer4551  They're talking about the cringe phase of atheism. You know, skepticism that just takes an ironically holier than now attitude and separates itself from any type of concept of empathetic Humanism. Conversely, if you remember The Friendly Atheist, he was maybe the best at portraying skepticism with kindness.
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  1280. "A country of laws." Sure, depending on your class status. Even after Bush and Cheney weren't in office we still never prosecuted them for lying to the American public in order to get us into w_r.
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  1281. I don't feel like channels use the description for citations as much as they should. I watched a documentary tonight about NORAD, It was put on YouTube 3 years ago but based on context clues it was from the '90s.... I wish they would have just put in the description when it was published- smh.
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  1282.  @ELTEAESS  "Disagrees with me" how much is such a polite way to say somebody is committing a genocide. My next move is to say "Hitler was a real jerk".
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  1283. ​ @Scarecrowwx  Government DOESN'T need to own everything. There are non-government democratic institutions that can work in the economy, co-ops, unions, community land trusts, credit unions, and CSA's. One of the biggest problems people have is not being able to see anything other than government or big business.... I'm trying to provide a solution for that.
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  1284. I've always told people that I want to work 4 days a week... They tell me "Well you can work four 10s" These numbnuts think I actually meant 40 hours a week? You're stuck in an Overton window. I say 32Hrs WITH a pay raise!
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  1285. Lol, you think he has original thoughts
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  1286.  @christopherweise438  So you would support Germany in the early 40's? Thank you, Ferdinand Porsche.
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  1287.  @derekrequiem4359  Why are you asking me what my next move is? Why don't you ask what the DNC's next move is if they lose? Just face it, it's not my fault if she loses... She made the choice to support Jen O'Side and lose my vote.
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  1288.  @christopherweise438  Ill be dissenting until the Dems to stop supporting Jen O'Side... It's weird how easily you guys just gloss over one of the worst actions possible.
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  1289. I'm not voting Biden... But surely, never Trump
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  1290. I'm an atheist and I thank God that my Medicaid was renewed this year. Republicans will give 14 billion dollars to Israel but God forbid we pay to keep American lives well. Pro-lifers, lmao.
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  1291.  @hellfish2309  An argument I can respect.
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  1292. Fitting. Makes me want to vomit just as much....
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  1293. In case anyone was wondering I am a strong advocate for people with lower incomes to start investing as much as reasonably possible after having an emergency fund, use a Roth for the long term, and I write pieces on leftist philosophy. I think understanding the concepts of efficiency, and individual excellence, that make capitalism so advantageous needs to be paired with an understanding that workers and community are very important the direction of the economy.
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  1294.  @bolognivm  It's a good one, I felt it went well with my existential username.
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  1295. This is why I have Leaf Alert, "Help, my leaves have fallen and I can't rake them up!" Fall is a dangerous time of year.
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  1296. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  1297. Kyle Clark is a great Journalist
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  1298. That's why it has to be legislated. Just like the 40-hour work week before it!
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  1299. Socialist: "We could afford a nicer life and afford to work less if the rich didn't take everything" Yeah let's just ignore the fact that six people own as much wealth as the lower 4 billion people.
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  1300.  @unstoppable_balrog748  Grim? Why cuz I understand how bubbles burst??? Lol, that's just Realism. I bought AMC and BB, I'm down to fuck with some hedge funds. For me it's the amount of funds that I would go to a casino with, because that's the risk level involved. There are no fundamentals to understand the underlying value, it's a hype train- and that cool, but You just have to understand what your getting into- sorry I understand risk. ARK invest gets me optimistic for the long term even though it also is risky, but Cathie makes good points about the many new trillion dollar industries emerging.
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  1301. Doubtful yt moderation has gone down hill
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  1302.  @DontDoxMe9  I think it's cute that you think he's my dear leader... Dude being a good investor means not necessarily always being ideological. Just because I didn't think the market was going to crash doesn't mean that I like the dude. Not sure how you got to that conclusion, must be something to do with how ideological you are. I'm literally a DemSoc, but that doesn't remove my material conditions for needing to understand the market.
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  1303. Slim shady dont care
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  1304. Same! Heard of Kyle via the podcast... Sad how things have changed 😢
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  1305.  @hildapirzad4794  You sound like you're paid by the IDF
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  1306. ​ @Airith4  that's the thing people want to say that the citizens aren't responsible for this... But they totally give it the green light. They're just mad about 130 of their own because that means more to them than 30,000 other people
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  1307. "Six...6, $6 6-inch" ​ @birdmanrising 
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  1308. No this video isn't about Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend
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  1309. But I was told he was against w_r!
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  1310. Forced removal... Like the trail of tears?
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  1311.  @ericw2229  🤦🏼 Yasser Arafat of the PLO was in power in the West Bank, dafaq u on boi?
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  1312.  @ericw2229  Hamas wasn't in the West Bank in 2002... Learn some geopolitics :/
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  1313. Twitter still the url and posts are still called 'tweets'. Not to mention "X" is literally synonymous with being the letter for a substitutable variable, which is just asking for people to use the old name considering few people actually like the new name.
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  1314. ​ @callmescar9609 Holy Smokes!
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  1315. Deviancy in its most literal sense is literally just deviating from the norm
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  1316.  @AndyLee-xm2lo  Capitalism is always dehumanizing. There is no such thing as "humanae capitalism". What is a wage if not a rental price paid for it segment of a human's time.... A wage is the rental of human capital by one human over another. In other words it's the commoditization of humanity, to be bought and sold and rearranged like cogs in a machine with little to no care of humans beings, rather care is directed to shareholder profits. I respect yang because he has ideas greater than the current establishment but I do not believe he goes far enough, and I especially dislike his idea of funding UBI through regressive VAT.
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  1317.  @Tjb4538  lmao, yes, and we'll just convince ice not to melt over a fire.
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  1318. Preach to the Choir more
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  1319. MuriKKKa's Mayor
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  1320. Two Trump attorneys walk into a bar, they both lose their licenses
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  1321. And yet she never feels embarrassed...... So much for your "embarrassment". Smh.
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  1322. And you screaming about it is gonna do something? Lol
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  1323. They actually ordered pizza for Don. It showed up in 40 minutes so he said it was "too old and dry".
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  1324. Lmao! Show me the money 🤑🤑
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  1325. "Hey, laaaady!"
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  1326.  @chuckleaf8027  You've clearly never heard of the term 'democratic republic' before.... Congratulations on failing middle school social studies
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  1327. 🇮🇱 is a Tearer-ists state "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  1328. I thought you didn't like being woken up. PICK A SIDE!
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  1329. I bet you're the same type of person who yells about wanting to keep American tax dollars in America....
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  1330. "She was love"
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  1331. They are behaving exactly like Americans... Are they acting Italian? No. This is America, people. Wacky ol' America.
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  1332. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  1333. It's not really that easy to fix that kind of environmental damage.... But I'm sure if an oil pipeline bursts in your backyard you'd probably just shrug your shoulders, say "fix it", and move on, huh?
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  1334. They'll say sorry but I doubt they'll pay for any therapy or time off work without a lawsuit. Theyre as sorry as they are heroic.
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  1335. Cant beat the bots 😅
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  1336. Where's Joe Rogan encouraging people to eat cockroaches?
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  1337. Now? We've been lecturing countries about the virtues of democracy so since the second world war.... A few years later in 1954 The United States government overthrew the democratically elected government of Guatemala to install a dictatorship that was friendly to the United Fruit Corporation in order to set up cheap banana plantations. That is literally what a banana republic is.
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  1338.  @tiagodagostini  I don't think you understand what 'economic rent-seeking' is, not all profit is based on rent seeking behavior. Rent seeking surplus is not from adding value but just gate keeping (like IP is a legal way to gate keep ideas) it is usually derived from an economic market with an inelastic supply curve or an inelastic demand curve (IP creates a supply curve controlled by the IP owner). Profit/ surplus is not the same as rent seeking. Both Apple and Google rent seek with their software and app store, the fact that they can take 30% and over is definitely rent seeking- a common feudal mill would only take 1/7, not 1/3. I encourage you to look at other academic sources better get a sense of the difference between normal profits and rent seeking.
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  1339.  @badluck5647  While I am an atheist I do believe that religion gives a sense of subjective value in various different ways to its believers. The church reinforced the political power of feudalism by its endorsement. (3/5 Cuz it's being pulled)
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  1340.  @badluck5647  The concept of the divine right of kings was a very large impact on why people gave legitimacy to the monarchies of feudal realms. (2/5 Cuz it's being pulled)
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  1341.  @adamrussell9389  A bunch of diesel spilled... SMH. I was doing some more research and I guess the CEO got a giant raise just a few months after the accident in Ohio.
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  1342.  @RapiBurrito  Go away? You're on my post... You may leave anytime you wish.
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  1343.  @rdln4313  🤦🏼 You just said they're not evil for trying to maximize profits and then call them evil for the exact things that they do to maximize profits... ESG is a failed attempt to make capitalism less exploitative, because capitalism is inherently exploiting.
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  1344.  @DrivingGod04  Working is inevitable, but working for a capitalist is not. Just like working for a feudal lord is not the same as just working, one is a process of creating another is an oppressive social system.
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  1345. @jazzxgray  What about expanding self-determination and freedom is funny to you? I love comedy, but I don't see how any of this is a joke.
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  1346. Land is priced lower where there is less demand. An acre of land in Manhattan would be taxed way more than an acre of land in Kansas.
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  1347.  @ChampagneandWaffles  You just explained how it is, you didn't explain why it should be that way. There are economic and moral reasons for sharing the earth. You didn't create natural resources. "I own it, so it's mine" 🤦🤦 Ok, and the government charges you property and income taxes ... So that tax money is theirs not yours. I bet you love your taxes.
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  1348. Land value tax basically makes Land stewardship private and land ownership public.
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  1349. ​ @clintholmes2061  I appreciate that very much. If you are interested in learning about possible solutions you might think about 'cooperativism' or the general practice of economic' democracy'.
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  1350.  @TheFactsMan  And the contract is based on unequal bargaining power... what don't you understand?
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  1351. ​​ @me-myself-i787  Move somewhere else?🤦🏼 Yeah, that's why ritzy ski resort areas, like Vail and JHole, have a hard time finding staff to serve the billionaire class because billionaires have pushed everyone out. This type of inequality breaks down the economy and it breaks down society. You keep justifying the system that is literally a plutocracy, as evidenced in the 2014 Princeton study 'Testing Theories Of American Politics' by Page and Gilens.
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  1352. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  1353. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  1354. "Leftists", you know there are pro2A leftists, right? "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary." - Karl Marx
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  1355. You sound like you have a mature communication style.
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  1356. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  1357.  @Voluntarists  Rail isn't nationalized 🤦🏼 If you dont understand why there is a lack of competition in PRIVATE rail, you probably don't understand economics very well, you probably want 17 different power lines hung in parallel because you see nothing business prohibitive about excessive CapEx spending.
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  1358. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children. They feel like they need to do this because they want to abolish public education, and have kids pay for their own elementary school tuition, cuz BOOTSTRAPS. (This is only kind of a joke- it's the absurdity that's funny, but this is probably really what they're trying to do.)
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  1359.  @DellikkilleD  You simpin' for Bezos? You like rich people that would happily treat you terribly? Lol, big flex, brah.
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  1360.  @BearKat9  Agreed. I think the 3 best economic changes are a move towards more Social Enterprises (like co-ops, credit unions, and community land trusts), Single-Payer Healthcare, and Universal Basic Income. All three together would be a trifecta to allow people more the freedom to access the resources they need to improve their lives.
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  1361. Leviticus 11:9-12
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  1362. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  1363.  @ahwell123  Nope, I actually agree that there are instances in sports where trans competitors have an unfair advantage over their cis rivals. MMA and other contact sports definitely pose an increased risk, as physical damage to other participants can be increased disproportionately to the gender/weight class. Unfortunately, the average Fox propaganda and viewer goes over the top and turns this into vitriolic hatred... Which is, imho, disgusting. The common through line between the defamation settlement and this clip is the propagandic divisiveness and undertones of hatred. Orwell warned of the "2 minutes hate"... But today you can turn on Fox "news" and be inundated with hate 24/7. My mother's family was a conservative Catholic upbringing, one of my mother's siblings was different- no, it wasn't a phase. It was through the ostrichization and lack of understanding that led my mother sibling to "depart" from us, they were their late '40s. It is okay to have calm views on the fairness of sports, but to dehumanize and intentionally ostracize these people breaks hearts and society. I still remembered the day in 2006 when I saw my stoic, conservative, Catholic grandpa was scared and cried as he got the news that one of his children was no longer alive. I care about trans rights because I care about my family, I miss my uncle, and I wish they were around today to be able to freely explore who they were. I know my grandpa loved his child, but I believe the conservative ideology alienated them from understanding their child for who they were. The reason why the $787 MILLION defamation suit is pertinent to every single Fox "news" clip, is because it should remind you that they will tell you lies, no matter how big or detrimental they are. They will incite divisive hate based on false conjecture. They eroded confidence in the American electoral system, which is an attack on every American with a vote. If you vote or care about the truth in the slightest, you should only watch Fox as a critique of corporate propaganda.
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  1364. Of course he's a narcissistic sociopath. I mean he told you it would be gone by April when while also telling Woodward that it was going to be a bad pandemic.
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  1365. These are the people who complain about Democrats trying to tear apart the Constitution 🤦🏼 They hypocritically beckoning fascism with their authoritarian behavior.
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  1366. Complains about parents not being there to properly raise kids... Yet forces these people to become parents..... The lack of self-awareness is just sad. Women who have a child with a domestic abuser are more likely to see that abuser in the future, an abortion can help a woman not be legally held captive to an abusive father that might teach their kid to be abusive as well.
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  1367.  Danger Bear  Yeah we had the pledge of allegiance in the 2010's in grades 1-12.... I really don't know why we have to bring up what decade it was 🤦 I'll just remind you that your team is number one in incarcerated population, amount of money spent on the military, and the number of mass shootings. I was a conscientious objector to the pledge of allegiance, because while I do appreciate the liberties that I have I am not ignorant to the oppression and irony of "The Free World" leading the incarceration statistic.
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  1368.  @organicmagic8822  You realize it was Trump era deregulation that caused this problem, right? That deregulation helps the rail companies save money so last year NSC did a $10 billion stock buyback program.
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  1369. I didn't see you guys cry this much about no knock warrants in the drug war. People got flashbanged for some pot plants, but you cry that they executed a warrant, physically hurt nobody, and left with classified documents that they were looking for. You're a bunch of crybabies.
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  1370.  @paulgreen6980  Lol, I'm an independent, but thanks for asking ;)
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  1371.  @timthomson7532  Good point, that's a fair assessment 😂✌️
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  1372. Orwell, one of my favorite democratic socialists!
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  1373. Double down on the hypocrisy!!
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  1374.  @THEBUTCHER1911  He's yelling because he worships Trump. It's like One of those religious nuts with a megaphone.
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  1375.  @charwest9449  Wasn't it Trump that took documents? Wasn't it Trump that made it more punishable to take documents? Lol, He kneecapped himself.
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  1376. ​ @Drilla81  something something don't throw stones if you live in a glass house..... Lmao
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  1377.  @elliemae8025  Explain.... I see a lot of people say this but nobody explains what is misunderstood and why Republicans really felt like they needed to vote against it
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  1378. Trump, Truth Social: "termination of all laws, regulations and articles even those found in the constitution" Fascist
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  1379. Nah, he is privileged. Like Ash said, anyone else would have been given less leeway.
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  1380. Criticizing corporate corruption while watching Fox News 🤡
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  1381. Apparently saying that we should take this threat seriously that is killing people is bad, mmm'kay
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  1382. The critique of the media sounds rational, until you remember that her and Trump big play a role in getting their base to hate. Trump is a bully, from childish name calling to retweeting white power videos.
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  1383.  @mammocas  So basically it's illegal to be a responsible person and think about future water usage 🤦🏼🤦🏼 This world is eff-ed.
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  1384. "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." - Martin Niemöller No matter what? 🤔
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  1385.  @TWN321  "a consumer ELECTRONICS company that happens to use good tech"..... Ummm, electronics are tech. Apple has been a technology innovator for decades. Smh. Buffett doesn't invest in tech because he doesn't understand tech.... He barely even uses a computer. He would have bought Microsoft if he didn't think it had a conflict of interest with his friend Gates. You can't tell me that technology is a bad field in an increasingly digitalized world. Are Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe, Nvidia, AMD "bad" companies? Lol, big difference between speculative tech and entrenched tech.
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  1386.  @agrota21  Do you not care about the 1,434 CHILDREN in the 15yrs before the 7th, do you not care about the 10,000+ CHILDREN after the 7th? 🤦
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  1387. Got to love how you think ESG is globalism but you haven't complained about the corporate interest that gives endless sums of money to Republican politicians to persuade their policies. It's like you're right and completely off base at the same time. ESG didn't start this, corporations did, but you're too propagandized to even understand that 🤦🏼
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  1388. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  1389. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  1390.  @neutralsportsfan17  lmao 😂🤣
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  1391. Everybody here is worried about the Pelosi's but said nothing about the many conflicts of interest that Trump had with his businesses dealings and his international relations as president. Rules for thee, not for me!
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  1392. You mean like people actually get to say in the representation of the organization that they work in..... Democracy is scary /s
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  1393. "Not one rule for criminals" 🤔 They wouldn't be criminals if they weren't breaking rules set out for them. The amount of stupid in just half a sentence is sad.
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  1394. PPgurl walked so HawkTuah could run.
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  1395. Heavy Hitlers
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  1396.  @Future-Classic-Cars  Lol, the cool thing about having freedom of speech is we don't care what the British want us to say (the UK and Her territories don't even have legal free speech, what a joke).
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  1397.  @funkysack288  "Probably" lol, you don't know that. I don't even like Biden, but you guys are tools. I just hope you say the same to Con Artist Trump
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  1398. Kinda sad, telling someone "Merry Christmas... Jk, eff you"
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  1399. I mean, I don't know why you would take a known con man's word at face value.... You hear how Trump supporters are getting charged extra payments for trying to donate to the Trump fund? Lol
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  1400. This just in, some people still care about preserving a peaceful transition of power in this country 🤦🏼 You guys yell back the blue but then you turn your backs on the blue when 140 of them get beaten up outside the Capitol, what a piece of work.
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  1401. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch, Republican
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  1402.  @augustus331  If you run a DCF at their 10yr 30% growth rate and a 8% discount, NVDA is fairly valued.... Intel is still a giant with a sub 10 PE, but they don't have the leading hardware or AI software, both of which command large premiums for paying customers, as well as shareholders purchasing the company. We can agreed to disagree in terms of valuation, because that is legitimately subjective, but I raise an eyebrow when you say the quality of Nvidia's business isn't there.... They grew profits over 100% last year.
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  1403.  @ascensionblade  I'm trying to build my CCP Social Credit Score
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  1404. Normal profit taking after big run. This is just a show and tell, Wall St will teally care when Blackwell makes profits.
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  1405.  @jeffhoya542  If you don't read the paper you're uninformed, if you read the paper you're misinformed - Mark Twain
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  1406. Shhhhhhhh.... It's like fight club, we don't talk about it
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  1407. Yep, "natural herd immunity"... that's how we stopped Polio, but for some reason tHeY nEVer tAlK aBoUt iT Jfc, you people are dimmer than a incandescent with a broken filament
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  1408.  @viviangall1786  Oh, Grace Young is terrible! She lost 82% of my wife and I's $300,000 investment. BUYER BEWARE! Don't trust this fraud.
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  1409. Oh, get over yourself.
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  1410. You don't seem to be that concerned about the 8 trillion dollar military plan that will spend $10,000 on a desk that never gets used in an Afghanistan base.
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  1411. Buy that dip!
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  1412. Hi Google!
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  1413.  @jacob2359  I literally said total free markets can't exist- of course you have to have certain regulations to have a functioning market, and you have to have taxes to pay for those regulations to be enforced. And notice how the quotes also said "little" regulation so even with classical liberalist regulation (small government) I still believe that capitalists like to concentrate their capital to increase profits in lieu of regulations, and so inherently push markets away from free markets due to perverse incentives to use their concentrated wealth to control the government in ways that benefit them. I'd say it's pretty brain damaged to not even read my writing and then respond like you understand what I said, lmao! I just find it hilarious how people try to call every type of market a free market just because it's not communism. P.S. I'm not a commie, you half baked dimwit
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  1414.  @jacob2359  Good, I was beginning to think you were brain damaged and was kind of concerned about you. I was beginning to feel bad about how hard I was laughing at you. You still tried to defend the concept that regulated markets are free markets at first which is this fucking hilarious cuz it's the opposite of what it is.
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  1415.  @jacob2359  Free market ideology is also called "laissez faire"... french for "Hands off". Meaning the government is hands off... Meaning no regulations. Duh.
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  1416. I hate Trump, but large corporations shouldn't be controlling what society can say. Social media companies need to be democratically accountable as well as preserving the rights of the individual. Free speeches imperative in a democracy.
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  1417. They're just going to walk in circles... Around your house
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  1418. Fighting for civil liberties is more important than making profit for a corporation.
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  1419. ​ @yakivpopavich  Trumpies will love it, they love when the rich get off the hook
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  1420. That's the thing about dialectic materialism.... You don't turn back. You can continue moving forward into a new synthesis.
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  1421. Except consumerism would still run rampant and it would continue to cause pollution.
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  1422.  @unktzor  How does that limit on an individual shareholder wealth translate to limiting endless consumption that is pushed by the corporations? One of the big problems here is limiting the negative value that comes out of capitalism, how do we curtail consumerism that increasingly contributes to the pile of negative value building up?
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  1423. Wow this comment was painfully ignorant. You think private property rights isnt a system? They are considered legal rights within a legal system 🤦🏼🤦🏼 There's obviously also a system of morality that determines that 'might doesn't necessarily make right'. A basic look at human history will show many examples of collective control. From communal farming to cooperatives to the family structure 🤦🏼
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  1424.  @theadorebagwell7187  The capitalist economy is based on growth... If you don't want breeders dont have capitalism, duh
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  1425. Cooperatives are run by and for members, and so they take care of their members better. Worker cooperatives also share profits so money is distributed more equally throughout society instead of having to be so heavily redistributed through government welfare and programs. Worker cooperatives don't want to sit around and wait for governments to raise the minimum wage they want to raise their own wages, and they often put a pay ratio cap in place. Consumer co-ops, like credit unions or electricity coops, have also been important for serving communities. 42 million Americans living in the Western states get their electricity from power co-ops, because corporations don't find hanging line across the west as profitable. But people still need power; co-ops are built for members needs, not corporate profit. By utilizing more cooperative economics there can be better incentives to put people before profits. Capitalism's adherence to shareholder primacy is one of the systematic reasons for its rise (as it created capital growth) and it will also be its downfall (because it puts capital growth before life itself).
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  1426.  @algardaus  And feudalism helped decrease tribal riffs... Doesn't mean it's the best system.
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  1427. These guys were mistaken for being unarmed Palestinian civilians.
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  1428. All the time, god is good; God is good, All the time Numbers 5: 26 - 31 Respect the commandments of God.
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  1429. A fetus is not a person yet, and abortion in the case of a mothers health does save a real life, it also helps that women that already has kids, so she can live to raise them. Pro-lifers want to talk about saving lives, but then pump smog in the air leading to shorter life spans and more health complications.
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  1430. That was sad.
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  1431. Is that your reasoning for making alcohol illegal and creating a violent underground market for booze? How did that 18th Amendment turn out? Hmmmm 🤔🤔
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  1432.  @michaelmappin1830  Will is a low wattage troll... Unless you want to spend your time arguing with a troll, you're really not going to win over anybody. Just sayin'.
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  1433. Yeah... That's like 26 potatoes
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  1434.  @wtice4632  As if Capitalism doesn't try to commodify everything 🙄🤣 Sure thing, bud.
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  1435.  @befeleme  You're forgetting about imperialism aren't you? 1 million Iraqi civilians died post-2003 invasion... A country not even involved in 9/11, but Halliburton got billions of dollars in contracts after Dick Cheney left being the CEO with a $60 million exit package. I'm not pro-Ba'athist, but capitalistic demand for regime change was very violent. As Gen. Butler said, 'War is a racket'... Capitalism will destabilize countries for some bananas. Go visit Iraq, Guatemala, or the Amazonian tribal lands. Stop acting like capitalism doesn't thrive on negative externalities, i.e. moving the cost onto someone else. As insane as justifying British imperialism of India because the quality of life in Britain was better... Well of course it was better they were exploiting another geographic region. It's easy to say there's less violence when you can't see it regularly.
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  1436. Work-free life for who? Large shareholders. Wow, a gentry class that has the privilege of not working by violently setting up systems to "carrot and stick" the working class into providing resources for them. It's like feudalism, BUT WITH MORE MARKETS 😎
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  1437. Marx didn't have great prescriptions, but his description of capitalism is spot on. Marx is basic Adam Smith + GWF Hegel.
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  1438. Nah. Zizek revived Marxist material dialectics with Hegel and Lacan. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  1439. ​ @seanwieland9763  Lmao! I'll air on the satirical side of Poe's law, if only for the sake of my own sanity.
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  1440. Also begs the question how is private property protected? Involuntary, of course, by force... But they never get that far.
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  1441. I'm just going to say it the Apple vision pro needs cellular connectivity so you can manage phone calls and messages while in AR/VR and needs shared AR/VR space. If you could pin a virtual TV to the wall and anybody who has a Vision Pro can watch it or have virtual lounges where you can all watch the same content from different places. As MB said, it's too isolated of an experience.
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  1442. I was amazed to hear that France has made recycling nuclear waste a commonplace thing. They don't just dispose of it, use it a second time, and after that they can treat it so its only radioactive for a few hundred years.
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  1443. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch This is the Republican Party
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  1444.  @danieldickson8591  Ain't that right! Remember his first lie in office? His inauguration was bigger than the black guy's inaugural. It's literally just the "tiny hands" insecurity.
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  1445. Lol, "ya boy" is just used as a way to say somebody supports the guy.... Don't read too far into it
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  1446. Sir, this is politics. That's what we do here ;)
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  1447.  @michaelterrell5061  They are very few and far between.... And you know what; they're usually the ones that don't accept corporate money. Bernie, Porter, Fetterman, etc.
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  1448. Except the nature of capitalism pushes capitalist to make more profit... Capitalists found an easy way to do that is to lobby the government to help them out. So really it's an inherent nature of capitalism to undermine the free market. It would really help to understand Hegelian contradictions.
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  1449.  @jnmedina8989  lol, nice cap. Try again.
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  1450. Cunk on Capital
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  1451. Capitalism is biased towards creating more Capital... Workers, communities, the environment are all passing thought and only relevant if something is hinding more profits.
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  1452. Is it really a deficit though when violence props up the monetary system?
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  1453.  @jbturtle  Thank you for reading and responding to my post. I appreciate people who can make legitimate criticisms. I hear your skepticism to complexity and decision making quickness, I understand that this is one of the reasons why autocracy can be appealing due to its concisiveness, but this leads to many other problems and negative externalities found throughout capitalism. Democratic representation is needed for basic legitimacy of the economy, although not a perfect solution representatives should be elected and tasked with fulfilling the objectives of their constituents with proper channels of accountability. Size definitely has its limitations, but that's why people can be voted in to be tasked with certain objectives. As we see with modern political democratic representation it is not a foolproof plan and comes with many difficulties, but democratic legitimacy is necessary for political and economic self-determination and self-sovereignty. Not to mention one of the main difficulties with modern political democracy is that it's been perverted by capitalistic lobbying intentions. Political democracy in the United States has been twisted into a facaded oligarchy by the corporate elite, the solution to root out the problem is to create new institutions to replace the corporate elite so politics can better work for the people.
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  1454.    Interesting point. I like it, but I still stand by my perspective while respectfully including your perspective. Values do need a change before we change the economic system, I completely agree with you. My words were more pointing out the incentives that the economic system values, which is a different layer and adds to the complexity of the situation. I completely agree with your interpretation and I think our thoughts can be easily collaborated. Much solidarity ✌️
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  1455. I will eat from JT's trash can; "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  1456.  @jamesgizasson  I think it would probably be good it changed into a hybrid cooperative where workers and their consumers participate on a board and have more equal access to information.
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  1457.  @jamesgizasson  Dismantling
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  1458.  @jamesgizasson  I actually agree with that more
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  1459.  @ilfyf  "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  1460. ​ @wgsmit02  You'd happily vote for a Confederate, if this was 150 yrs ago. Smh.
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  1461.  @juliusxeno6537  I never said that. That's what the US says when its winning...
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  1462. Did he really use that word pejoratively? I thought calling one a dictator was a sign of admiration by him.
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  1463.  @andyman8630  What they didn't tell you is that how green your electric car is also depends on your local energy source. Owning an electric car in Idaho where they have a lot of hydroelectric power is a lot more green than owning an electric car in West Virginia, where coal is more often used. Adding greener energy production not only adds energy to the grid, but also makes going electric make more sense from a carbon externality standpoint.
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  1464. Got to love the irony of quoting Ronald Reagan here, who not only lied about not raising taxes, but also framed the drug war as 'helping' protect communities.
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  1465. And yet none of you are concerned about nasty ass corporate weed. Many, many companies would happily sell you bud rot and eagle 20 if there weren't some testing regulations.
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  1466. Yeah life in those countries just doesn't seem as fun after a US authoritarian capitalist installed coup d'etat... Got to love how you guys just ignore the fact that capitalist America has overthrown over 50 democratically elected governments.
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  1467. It used to be easy to find new videos on the topic you were looking for just by scrolling/clicking through the search pages, but now feels like the only way they want you to find new content as if it's recommended to you. It feels dystopian, like "You don't need to think about what to search for the almighty algorithm will provide it for you just when you need it".... That seems to be a disturbing trend these days.
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  1468. That's why he had to close off a whole public beach, just so his big buns could get a toasting
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  1469. You take art seriously... Next you're going to try to lock up Stephen King.
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  1470.  @paleocon777  I wish I was paid. It doesn't take money to figure out how ridiculous your quote is. Let me guess, you unironically quote George Orwell even though he was a socialist, lol.
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  1471. She probably felt powerless.... What's the dad going to do? Talk to the school... And the school is going to do nothing.
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  1472. Last year they did $10 billion of stock buybacks instead of investing in making their infrastructure more safe and paying their workers a dignified wage. This is just a legal way to steal from communities and workers while enriching shareholders.
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  1473. But you're forgetting that 1 American is the value of 50,000 Iraqis.... So I think 20 Americans are about equal to the one million civilians killed during the invasion of Iraq.
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  1474.  @JakeKoenig  You're telling me the definition of a desert means low precipitation... And that deserts and farming have nothing in common other than the lack of precipitation and the need for precipitation 👍👍 almost like being in a desert decreases the cost efficiency and market viability of sustaining a farm, lmao
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  1475.  @idktbh.2421  I was molested at 4. Currently I have PTSD and can't work because it's still messing with my head.... Somehow I managed to chuckle.
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  1476.  @poncholarpez6233  Of course. Fighting against fascist means spreading kindness, humility, and empathy- things that authoritarianism seeks to end.
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  1477. Hopefully she remembers not to talk on the phone next time she's driving
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  1478. Exactly... This is a situation where everybody is the perpetrator.
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  1479.  @michaelkrick3818  Oh god, you're joking, right? I hope you realize George Orwell was a democratic socialist AND hated authoritarianism/ Stalinism..... Martin Luther King was also a demsoc, so I'd bet that you probably think MLK advocated for state backed slavery because "sOciAliSm"- honestly ridiculous. Ive listen to those Oxford debates before and so understand the jist of them, but you failed to even click on the Preston Model link.... Which is nothing like Stalinism. It's honestly pretty pathetic that you cant even use basic critical thinking to see the difference- it's just brainwashed McCarthyist laziness.
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  1480.  @heru-deshet359  Your response to the fact that it puts a bunch of innocent people at risk is the fact that you'll pay $2 more at the pump? Jfc, You people will go on about personal responsibility but are happy to expose innocent people to risks that you aren't willing to fully insure.... You honestly are an irresponsible pos. Go invest in some other dying technology like the horse and buggy, chump.
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  1481.  @kalamay  You understand that owning equities, like stock, allow you to do much more nefarious things than just dive into a pile of money. They allow you to control supply lines and dominate industries. Equities give control over large productive capacities of society, which bleeds into politics, so in essence you don't think there's anything wrong with a rich minority controlling society. Just admit it, you're okay with plutocracy.
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  1482.  @JimPlebeian  You can see his other comments... He supports Iz. He's mad that the news is covering this tragedy 76yrs in the making.
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  1483.  @es-rh8oo  You really don't understand the concept of not invading another country. I suggest you look up the tactics of them raiding homes in the middle of the night and putting 5-10yrs up against walls to be photographic for identification. They openfire on kids ... Then their siblings for trying to help them. But hey; Let's ask the real questions what kind of things did those kids on the 7th do that made them targets?
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  1484. This is barbaric. Now they're shelling the South after they told people to go there... This is planned terror.
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  1485.  @MileHile  Eh, fruits and vegetables, the only time I use them is when comparing them to politicians heads...
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  1486. You're just glossing over the decades of ethnic cleansing by Israel; "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  1487. They allowed funding... “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  1488. “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  1489. “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference
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  1490. Ummm... Have you read the Book of Job? Heck, the Bible even has specific listed ways to treat your slaves. God condones slavery.
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  1491. I see you post this everywhere, and I'm curious what informs your prediction?
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  1492. We can all hate him as much as we want... He still made a bunch of money off the NFTs
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  1493.  @JC-tp5lz  Oh, just sayin I gotta a point for her. She's quite beautiful.
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  1494. The best way to fight the hate is to just foster kindness.
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  1495.  @ak5659  Good point, I think this is part of the reason why so many people want the ability to work from home.... Also you can throw in a load of laundry between meetings and double your productivity (but your boss doesn't make money from that doubling in productivity so they don't like that, lol)
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  1496.  @jeffjones5591  Okay... Just 1,700,000 more subs, should come soon-ish. Where's the humility?
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  1497. Sorry, but LegalEagle kinda has that #1 on lock. Maybe a close second.
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  1498.  @doviebarton417  So.... Are you just going to run with his lies and act like they're true? Of course you are
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  1499.  @scottcoolum  who tf is Captain corn chip? What context does that even make sense?
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  1500. Does anybody have ideas on what we should do for democratic socialism?
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  1501. ​ @catherineenglish9542  Things have changed, some things for the better and some things for the worse. But we do continue to dehumanize each other in various ways and our economic system is literally based on it. Employment is literally renting another human being as if their property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  1502. It's a civil case...
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  1503. ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
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  1504.  @xmas4203  No, u. I win, times infinity. Haha, cant bet that.
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  1505.  @xmas4203  No, u crying. I win.
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  1506. But I thought Trump drained the swamp!?!?!
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  1507. James for prison 2023
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  1508. James for prison 2023
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  1509. James for prison 2023
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  1510. James for prison 2023
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  1511. James for prison 2023
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  1512. James for prison 2023
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  1513. James for prison 2023
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  1514. James for prison 2023
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  1515. James for prison 2023
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  1516. James for prison 2023
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  1517. James for prison 2023
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  1518. James for prison 2023
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  1519. Look, I can do it too! .... Cuz, it's basic asf
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  1520. ​ @CandyCarbonnier Thank you- Your comment that it's accessible means a lot. We can have grand and insightful ideas but if we can't share them in order to bring them into existence, they are all for not. If we can share these ideas and help people understand there is a possibility for change. I remember just 5 years ago I would tell people we need a four-day work week, and people would happily tell me I could work 4-10s.... Which completely misses the point and exposes how people are just so conditioned to the capitalist mentality; It's fish in water. But now there's studies being shown that 4-day work week can keep productivity similar, while burnout is decreased and overall happiness is increased. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  1521. Rachel maddow has been a voice for the corporate media for years.... "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
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  1522.  @grwonderwonderful4541  I never said it made it right... Why would you assume that? I'm speaking about reality, not about morals. Acting like all bad people "get their day" is childish, plenty of horrible people have lived out there days and comfort while living off the exploitation of others- and it's honestly disgusting that you think you can just pave over all this injustice with a single moralistic chant. As Nietzsche would say, you're holding on to a 'slave morality'.
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  1523. L
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  1524. It would also encourage people to look into the book Manufacturing Consent, co-authored by Noam Chomsky. It isn't just right wing propaganda, more liberal/centrist propaganda has many deteriorating effects on society. The corporate Media machine is bipartisan.
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  1525. Whoop whoop 💪💪
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  1526. That's exactly what that term means, lol. It's downplayed, but still means the same
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  1527.  @audreyricci6383  Nah, bro... This is the rise of the Fire Nation, he definitely meant 'heat'.
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  1528.  @riparianlife97701  old enough to know that pleading the fifth in criminal court doesn't signify guilt 🤦🏼 I think I learned that in middle school..... How old are you? 10?
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  1529.  @gregc.5684  You have free speech but you also completely took out of context what I was saying. You failed. Try again.
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  1530.  @joeljoss1916  Unfortunately, that's still legal.... What legal reason are you arresting people for? I get there's a bunch of jokes here (and irony with the whole 'lock him up'), but if you guys are going to call for locking people up all the time you might want to have a legal reason.... Just sayin'
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  1531. The people of East Palestine, Ohio definitely are having a good day :/
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  1532. Can Midas touch network please cover the catastrophe in Ohio? This has all the markings of corruption from the deregulation during the Trump administration and they continued lack of regulation by Pete Buttigiege
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  1533.  @catherinewhitman8333  Thank you my friend
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  1534.  @vaughndolland  Thank you my friend
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  1535.  @sandyd3686  Thank you my friend
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  1536.  @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648  It's a biblical theme and I'm an atheist... Big whoop
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  1537. Mike Pence is a "Christian conservative, and Republican" notice how he did not ever say an "American". Here I thought the conservative tag line was "god, family, country", but no, family value and American values don't factor into Mike Pence's identity.
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  1538. "The best golf swing" E: jokes while Trump swings, a little short... https://youtube.com/shorts/NZ_DtGu5TTg?feature=share
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  1539. Lol, ikr. Midas Touch really working on the clickbait titles so you don't actually click when the big news does come....
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  1540.  @alexbotsama7086  Lol, he is obviously of his rocker. I purposely chose not to engage with this person just because you can't reason with faith. I'm an atheist and find religion quite oppressive, but I have no problem using Reverend King Jr.'s quotes with God in it because I believe that the goal of freedom and equality is much more important. Besides it's easy to just replace the concept with god with another similar idea. Unfortunately, sometimes it brings wackos that just want to post quotes from a 1700-year-old book that was only written down after 300 years of playing telephone.
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  1541.  @BernardGreenberg  I try- it usually decreases my IQ, but I feel like I can empathize a little bit more. Please donate to the Special Olympics.
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  1542. Of course it isn't It does, there's a lot of dumb people out there, and there's a lot of people who bought these to make money off of dumb people who bought these.
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  1543. Thank you, my choir-preeching friend
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  1544.  @nelliekenny9630  I'm glad you have access to affordable medicine :) If by chance you know, what kind of footprint do labor unionization and cooperatives have in Australia?
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  1545.  @rickkeeton9246  Could you be a little bit more NPC for me?
    3
  1546. Hey, it's NPC JamesBot! I really wonder if you can have a unique thought other than "[X person] for prison 2023"... That's probably out of your coded programming.
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  1547.  @raymondg7565  Lol, I was really trying to get it something deeper than something as basic as reform versus revolution. Both your comments just state the obvious and broad truths. It seems you're partial to reform but what exactly does that mean to you? What policies?
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  1548. "DeFascist"
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  1549.  @1michelemichele1  It's natural to feel angry about such vitriol being spread. We should be intolerant of such intolerance, but I realized today that I can't be feeding the rage- it's unhealthy to stew in such anger. We can't build a garden by only weeding out the invasive plants, we must plant seeds to fruit and flower- the power of your kindness will pollinate more kindness. Together we can care for each other stronger than they can hate and divide us ❤️💚💜
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  1550. Thanks bot.... I wouldn't have been able to have that thought without you here
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  1551.  @dirtfarmer7472  I can't remember, did Trump say that he declassified the TS/SCI docs with his mind and that is why they were in his house OR did the FBI plant them there? 🤔
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  1552.  @w.reidripley1968  Lmao! Hayek ain't got shit on Behavioral finance/ econ... I mean, praxis rejects empirical evidence, so it's not like you're working with something that accepts "proof' in the first place. Behavioral finance/ econ are literally just using science to see how humans make decisions. I could go into other things, but if you think Hayek's anti-empirical stance is more proof-able than the scientific method.... We should probably start with the easy stuff 😜
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  1553. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  1554. Was it the Congo or the Democratic Republic of the Congo.... They're two different countries.
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  1555.  @tookitogo  Lol, never hear anyone expand on what that even means.
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  1556. I'm sorry, that's unfair. I'm guessing they don't fire all their alcohol consuming employees?
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  1557. He started the drug war in order to lash out by proxy against the anti-war movement and the civil rights movement.... Damn pot smoking free thinkers.
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  1558. While they allow corporations to sell synthetic THC for hundreds of dollars a prescription.... It's a sham.
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  1559. Dabbin' daily
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  1560. It is funny how people think that by not paying taxes corporations are taking money from them ... As if that money wasn't going to be spent on the military and corporate subsidies. They actually believe the government works for them!! 😆😂🤣
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  1561. People make investing seem so much harder than it has to be, dollar cost averaging into a low cost S&P 500 fund and basic bond fund is very simple. If that's too hard they make target date funds. I like to make life hard for myself, so I invest not only in SP1500 and NASDAQ indexes I also use individual stocks, industry specific indexes, crypto trusts, and employ leverage.... But that's because I'm an f'ing nerd.
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  1562. Ironically if you had regulations on private equity buying single-family homes, then this wouldn't happen. You guys complain about regulation but you don't realize we have the wrong regulation, we need regulation that prioritizes families not corporations.
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  1563. Oh no, not the the poor Ol' trillion dollar company.
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  1564.  @crackthecode1578  I agree with your acknowledgment that infinite growth is an unrealistic underlying assumption, especially as it affects climate change- which in turn affects oceans level and acidity, as well as storms and the intensity of disease. That being said I do have to critique the underlying notion that people can be more entrepreneurial and make money from this "new economy"... An economy that is still controlled by tech giants... If YouTubers and users actually control YouTube or TikTok creator and users actually controlled TikTok that would be a different story and that would be automation serving the community that it is meant to serve as a product rather than serving a plutocratic (power via wealth) few that can sensor speech and direct information qurstionable ways- like Facebook increasing depression via targeted posts. As for including stock trading in you're analysis, does that still allow stock trading of companies that violate human rights? I have to be honest... When I first replied I thought I was replying to a different thread. My first comment is completely irrelevant to the conversation... Sorry bout dat. Lol.
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  1565.  @crackthecode1578  Honestly, at this point I'm not even talking about automation, I'm talking about labor rights- and yes I know with an increase in labor rights there's usually an increase in cost which increases the justification for switching to automation, and I fully understand that connection. But I am talking about current labor rights, keeping up with labor rights in the United States cost too much so you know what corporations like Apple and Nike do, they contract with the Chinese government to have the CCP utilize the slave labor of ethnic Uighurs that the Chinese government use as re-education through labor camps to strip Uighurs of their cultural identity in order to make products for US and European companies. Capitalism soul focus is to make money for shareholders, and when that is the value system changes will be made to benefit shareholders even at the cost of others liberty or life. Automation is a great thing but it has to be controlled by workers and community members in order to benefit workers and community members rather than a plutocratic few that control society and what it produces through their money.
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  1566.  Corn Pop  BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, you think Blue states just value money less than Red states? Cost of living is higher in cities because more people are bidding up the price of resources, cities are also more correlated with being Democratic. It's comments like that that make me think your grandpa is also your father.
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  1567.  @2bRealist  A referendum... you mean democracy.... I hope you realize that unions are literally forms of economic democracy. Smdh- but please keep defending an economy that's controlled by the wealthy. And yes the whole reason why May Day and Labor Day are a holidays is because of unions fighting for your labor rights.
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  1568. Two great car channels for the community. Thanks to both of you for providing the interesting content that you do.
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  1569. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  1570. At least he didn't make comments about doing his own kid. We all think Ivanka is hot, even Donald.
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  1571. His pronouns are Ahh/Umm
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  1572.  @vicfontaine5130  No it's not. Being a billionaire in the context of so much inequality is tantamount to standing on the skulls of others.
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  1573. On March 22nd 2024, the Israeli Government seized 1,977 acres of Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley
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  1574. YouTube should be a cooperative that balances power between platform workers, content creators, and viewers.
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  1575. Who knew "an"caps were just authoritarians that want sovereign rich people.
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  1576. Lol. The Palestinian comedian Sammy Obeid has a joke about how he's trying to help repair tensions in the Middle East by dating an Israeli woman. He knows she's out of his league and he feels self conscious that she's settling. It really has his mind occupied. But I guess they're close enough that they have a shared bank account at the Bank of Wes-, I mean the West Bank. Good comic.
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  1577. Neoliberalism is a scam, and is more psychologically and sociologically bankrupt than SVB is actually bankrupt.
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  1578. I'm sorry. This corporate censorship is terrible for the liberation that is being able to have free expression on topics that you care about.
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  1579. @barbiquearea  Without labor you capital sits idle... Do you understand that? I own stocks, I know about capital ownership; I honestly don't understand why I can get 10percent annual dividend increases with HomeDepot, but their employees only get 2-4percent (dividends/ interest are basically wages/ income, from capital)... Not to mention capital appreciation.
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  1580. And yet a senile old man that falls upstairs is still better than a fascist... It's amazing how low of a bar fascism is.
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  1581. Guys stop making fun of his cancer. Leave Kyle Alone!!!
    3
  1582.  @harryroadman1089  You're saying he has an ability to defy object permanence? Dafuq? What a shitty superpower.
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  1583. Thanks, I'll get my bottle ready E: 7, pretty decent, I was scared it was gonna be 23 and I'd have to get my stomach pumped because I already promised strangers on the internet that I'd drink to every "normie" uttered.
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  1584. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  1585. No, it was created to shake off Iz and get their homeland back
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  1586. All hail the algorithm. The second coming of Christ.
    3
  1587.  @gameofender4463  It's the longest current Occ- you- pation. It's a high priority.
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  1588. Kyle Clark of 9News is the best!
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  1589. Don't worry Kyle's attitude is still childish enough for her 😅 I like what he reports on but a lot of the time, but the style of his commentary can be very immature...
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  1590.  @robertoacevedo3805  That young idealistic Nelson Mandela. Growing old made him realize helping to ending apartheid was just too Idealistic. I love how you think that having evidence makes me an "idealist", truly hilarious.
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  1591. "'Movement'... my ass cheeks" Excuse me Kyle I'm just going to stand over here, away from you....
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  1592. Rent me by the hour, bro. I like to be economically cucked.
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  1593. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  1594.  @briang3152  I'm in the middle, Kyle is in front... 👀
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  1595. To be fair Kyle also messed up the definition. Not the one that he read, but after he read it he said owned by the "public". Public property is different from Common property. Public property implies state adjudication/ management; communism is specifically stateless moneyless and classless, which would mean that it uses the free association of the Commons, ie communism
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  1596. You guys never complain about ridiculous asset price inflation...
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  1597. 1 mill for Leftist Slim Shady
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  1598.  @Me-ne5uu  The government wouldn't be paying for it, corporations would be. Corporations did NOT work to create the oil... So I find it ironic that you want to act like they're entitled to it.
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  1599. Lol, that's like a cheer chant... That might be the gayest way to call somebody gay.
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  1600. It's the math inherent in First Past the Post voting. Rank Choice and Approval voting don't have the same problem.
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  1601.  @meanderinoranges  I really love your defensive capitalism and hard work... Where large shareholders don't have to work. SEE THE IRONY??? I've never worked at Home Depot, I don't even have a job right now... yet $HD pays me to sit on my ass AND they give me a raise annually. Where's your scorn of the lazy shareholder? Lmao, why should my dividends get bigger raises than the hard working employees- HINT: they shouldn't. Google laid off 7,000 workers and then gave $100B to shareholders through buybacks- they laid off workers to give me value, me someone with no job. But yeah, keep telling people they need to work while ignoring the rentier gentry. You're a sucker for the shareholder propaganda, and I say that as a shareholder.
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  1602. ​ @thephildiamond  I'm not against UBI, but it's an idea that's kinda a bandaid over an inherently broken system. Instead when should democratize the workplace. Cooperatives are run by and for members, and so they take care of their members better. Worker cooperatives also share profits so money is distributed more equally throughout society instead of having to be so heavily redistributed through government welfare and programs. Worker cooperatives don't want to sit around and wait for governments to raise the minimum wage they want to raise their own wages, and they often put a pay ratio cap in place. UBI might be a good thing in a cooperative economy, but it's more important that the ownership of capital is democratized- and not in the capitalist way of making more exploited workers small investors to exploit other workers to make up for their own exploitation.
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  1603.  @ELTEAESS  I love how you missed the implication that you don't have a sense of humor. "Gallows humor, huh..... First time?" - Dave Franco
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  1604. Trump University, the best real estate college 😅
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  1605. To be fair, I probably couldn't pay that amount either... 😅
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  1606. Kyle Clark is the best
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  1607. Somebody else mentioned this point, and they said that stimulants can keep this manic episode up for a while. Who knows what else Kanye is doing and what his "friends" are surrounding him with. I wish you and your family the best health, mental and physical ✌️
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  1608. ​ @ELTEAESS  You don't support a 25% pay raise but you believe in supporting people with over $100,000,000,000.... Dude, just say you love Plutocracy.
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  1609.  @bb-yo1hs  Dont make my brain pop, lmao 🤯
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  1610. What podcast was he on with Bernie?
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  1611.  @saltyp123  So you don't think there's anything wrong with feudalism or slave societies, because it's "just a system"... Bruh? If a system incentivizes people to act on bad behaviors, like putting greed before all else, that is a bad system that creates bad incentives for people! The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  1612. You don't blame the system that systematically dehumanizes people? 😅 Well, there's your problem....
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  1613. Lol, Yang needs to give up on capitalism
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  1614. Because it's legal to take out a loan. A short is just getting a loan of a security then selling the asset. If it's legal to buy the stock and bet for it to go up, shorting is just the opposite and is important for price discovery. But when there is naked short selling, i.e. over 100% of market value, then it becomes very risky as there aren't enough securities to cover all the loans. It's illegal but big hedge funds still do it and get bailed out after losing it all to their risky risky risky bets. Meanwhile the average family is just trying to live.... Short selling is a legitimate practice but it can be abused.
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  1615. I hope you realize when this bubble pops they're going to be a lot of people holding the bag.... A lot of people that buy in it $350 are going to be left with a $3.50 share.... The Loch Ness monster is going to want to take that. Right now is the euphoria stage, but the withdrawal will happen. It's when is the question.
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  1616. And I'm over here wondering "Why them? Why not me?"
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  1617. I found this 2018 article from the Orlando Sentinel; "Private schools' curriculum downplays slavery, says humans and dinosaurs lived together Some private schools in Florida that rely on public funding teach students that dinosaurs and humans lived together, that God's intervention prevented Catholics from dominating North America and that slaves who "knew Christ" were better off than free men who did not."
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  1618. No, we'll just add debt!
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  1619. "Shrinkage, Jerry! Shirnkage!"
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  1620. I don't think you guys know anything about the markets. I was saying the DS news and tariff news was overhype. E: why was Kyle crying about a crash when the market was down 2%, does he even know what a crash is?
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  1621. The Church has more predators than any Drag convention
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  1622. Liberals that support Liz Cheney are hilarious. She's still terrible. Same liberals that are mad at Trump but think War Criminal Bush looks nice on Late Night with his horse paintings.
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  1623. I mean, we should love them to because they're people... But Trump loves them because they're people he can take advantage of.
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  1624. ​ @pseudonayme7717  Lmao, "intelligence" was already mentioned. Top irony 👌
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  1625. Like Florian said, he wouldnt sell the stocks, he would just use them to secure a loan. If Tesla's stock drops more though he might be asked to put up more as collateral.
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  1626.  @gregmattson2238  This is Michelle Bauchman, dude, she called all Gazans te®®o®ists. She definitely meant it that way. For what it's worth, Kyle has debated on shows like PBD. As far as Midas touch I unsubscribed because all their titles were CAPS LOCKED and over sensationalized the smallest developments.
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  1627. ​ @IshtarNike  The intro is powerful, agreed. Learning about Haiti being poor because they had to repay France for freeing themselves from slavery was heartbreaking. Capital Bias kills just like racism kills.
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  1628. What's insane is that people can buy medical debt for pennies on the dollar to forgive as charity... But the people who owe the medical debt have to pay the whole amount.
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  1629. Capitalist dystopia. Caused the problem, so they sell the solution at a higher price, while exploiting indigenous populations... Oh, and the world's on fire! Capitalism in a nutshell
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  1630. Lmao! Too true.
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  1631. Why were we risking lives there?
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  1632. Yes, but Allah... Don't you want your 72 virgins?
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  1633. Do you still think calling for the termination of the US Constitution is fun?
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  1634. I thought I disagreed with Romney on everything, but I was wrong. He did warn this country about this fascist who would inevitably call for the termination of the US Constitution.
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  1635. America will lose, when either win. JB support of a right wing fascist state is sickening.
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  1636. Lmao
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  1637.  @kenwhite6449  It really is... But that's none of my business.
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  1638. 32,000 civilians....
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  1639. That's why I'm absolutely sick and tired of seeing Brian Tyler Cohen, Midas touch, and The Ring of Fire channels keep using the words humiliated for these people. At this point the word is just cheesy in such a context- It's like they're trying to make things more sensationalist... Which means I take them less seriously.
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  1640. Keep making excuses
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  1641.  @trailrunner925  This wasn't a poll... this was literally the primary election. If you're not content with the actual election, then are you even for elections?
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  1642. Lauren Boebert literally wants to terminate the First Amendment so she can implement Christian Nationalism and she sees nothing unAmerican about that. Let that sink in.
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  1643. Yes, with corporate democrats that make disgusting stock trades. But let's just ignore all types of corruption on the Democratic side because that seems to be what this channel and audience likes to do.
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  1644. His lawyers already did...
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  1645. Then why doesn't he talk about corporate lobbyists that bribe Democratic politicians.... He is biased as hell.
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  1646. It can be a mix. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  1647. "socialism for the rich" I hate this dumb trope.... Do you think socialism means "help from the government"?? Literally just using the same definition of socialism as Republicans.
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  1648.  @chuckleaf8027  You do realize that a republic is just a government of laws for the public... There has to be a way of establishing those laws- constitution is the main law that then dictates other laws are created through representative democracy 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Those terms aren't mutually exclusive. P.S. I believe in a republican form of government and democratic socialism.... Lol, but of course that's probably going to confuse the hell out of you because you don't know basic political and economic terms.
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  1649. ​ @chuckleaf8027 🤦🏼 It's a constitutional republic that established a democratic electoral process. Get over it. The Constitution doesn't use the word "separation of church and state" but it uses different words to convey the same meaning.
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  1650. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  1651. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." - George Orwell
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  1652.  @bluewater454  "minimum wage is not something you're supposed to live on".... Then why do some employers act like it is? When more and more people are being squeezed into the lower quartile raising the minimum wage becomes more and more important. I don't know if you've ever looked in the drive-thru window at a fast food joint, but it's not just kids in there... Those are people with families. Meanwhile CEOs are taking tens of millions of dollars in salaries, bonuses, and stock options. The fact that our economy doesn't respect the working class, is a prime set up for social unrest. That unrest lends itself for fascists to redirect the blame and take power for themselves, just like what happened 90 years ago today. But maybe you like the working class hurting to the point that they look for any hope they can even the most evil of ideologies.
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  1653.  @bluewater454  Yes, the problem was the braking system that didn't have the ability to inform operators as well as modern systems, not the brake specifically at the point of frictional contact. in addition, maintenance of sensors was glossed over due to precision scheduled railroading.... Thanks, BlueWater for just reformulating my words and sending them right back to me. Peak vapidness.
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  1654. BlueWater still gaslighting. There is camera footage of large sparks coming from the train wheels miles outside of East Palestine. The brakes being used were out of date technology, and upgrading the brakes would have alerted operators to the high heat. In addition striking workers have called out 'precision scheduled railroading' for its lack of time given to safety checks. These are both relatively basic answers that you should know if you've spent any amount of time learning about the Ohio disaster. In addition, it doesn't take much to find out that they spent $10 billion dollars last April to buy back their stock instead of investing in their business.... Which is massive corporate negligence.
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  1655.  @noway905  The Nakba is a bad as the Trail of Tears.
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  1656.  @dorandacolbert5973  Is that how you justify the forced removal of over a million people? Let's be real, does it really matter if they have a national identity? They still shouldn't have been driven out in 1947-48. They just want the right to return to their homeland.
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  1657. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference
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  1658. Hate begets hate.... I wonder if the Christian community was more loving if there'd be less violence like this. Club Q same thing.
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  1659. Is the Christian community going to stop demonizing trans people to the point that they hate the world or themselves so they either kill other people or they kill themselves? Just remember that your ostrichization causes this hate. My mother's sibling was transgendered, they didn't have an ounce of hate in their body. Tom/ Brenda loved to laugh and watch football, but felt hate due to ostracization caused them to kill themselves in 2006. It's your hate that does this, just remember that.
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  1660. Lol, but it's not racist when you guys say it....😅😅😅😅😅
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  1661. Just extreme drought and fires, lol
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  1662. Imagine that... Being biased against murder.
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  1663. This is what they voted for..... This is a success! This is their idea of MAGA
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  1664.  @arlenehenry1097  Dude, I'm fully aware of the business side of things and do my own investing, I know what it means to take on risk. What I'm saying is that Elon got mouthy, like he does, and he ended up paying for it. Remember when he said he was going to take TSLA private at 420 a share, he's lucky he didn't get popped by the SEC then. Elon is a complex character, if you just look at him as a good or bad person you're never going to understand him, or humans in general. But for people to S his D that he had some conviction even though it was the law that forced him to go through with it is hilarious. People either hate his guts or gargle on his balls, it's weird...
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  1665.  @jkc1553  I was saying that you were inflating his voters and so I suppose that you would also inflate the attendance at the inauguration- obviously you didn't say the last part, dumbass. JFC, you people are dim.
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  1666. She literally doesn't know where she's from in Africa.... Ya know, because they were taken 🤦🏼🤦🏼 So what is she supposed to say?
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  1667. I hope you realize decriminalization is been shown to decrease drug usage and addiction. Look at this Patriot who hates freedom.
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  1668.  @antoniostorcke  You think heavy industrial is rare??? 4.6 million people die every year because of bad air quality millions and more suffer respiratory illnesses. Honestly, you're typically uneducated. Sad when the stoner knows more science than you. https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/air_pollution.htm#:~:text=The%20World%20Health%20Organization%20estimates,attributable%20to%20indoor%20air%20pollution.
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  1669. *gasp
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  1670. ​ @ViaConDias  Democracy? I didn't realize corporate and special interest lobbying was democratic.
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  1671. Kari lake thinking Democratic socialist Martin Luther King Jr would be a Republican speaks volumes
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  1672. ​ @tonynunez6539  Thanks for speaking the truth. I hate these feel-good platitudes of karmic justice. Victims are often silenced and truths are often lost.
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  1673. Glad you think the destruction of American is fun to watch....
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  1674. 🤡🤡🤡
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  1675. For falling off his bike.... That's an impeachable offense, right?
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  1676. I think this quote sums up the Republican Party circa 2022 pretty well; "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  1677.  @narrogers1571  Lol, what a hilarious fallacy. Especially, since they hate Trump the TV star 🤦🏼
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  1678. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  1679. You're right decreasing cost of renewable energy will stop the US from using oil..... And that's happening currently.
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  1680.  @0815Snickersboy  What part of corporate lobbying is democratic???
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  1681.  @nothereandthereanywhere  what are you talking about?
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  1682.  @TunaIRL  It's ironic that you think I was never talking about non-profit work and then you have the audacity accuse me of not reading your reply, that's not what I was talking about. That's literally you not reading my comment. I was talking about how government force creates capitalism... That has nothing to do with non-profit work. So I honestly have no clue what you're even talking about and it seems like you didn't read my comment, if I'm wrong please correct me. If you're going to respond I would ask the courtesy of you reading what's being written. And it's weird of you to assume that I've never been outside of the country, I've been to five different countries besides America. If you tell me your country of origin I could probably tell you how capitalism evolved through government force in your area. But you know what that's kind of beside the point, America is a perfect example of government coercion to create private land tenure. So you're kind of just using a logical fallacy to get out from under the point. But hey, you're the one who didn't read my comment properly. You don't get it just put some artificial boundary on what type of sustainable profit motive private interests get to use to denote themselves as capitalists... That's literally half the point of capitalism is that private parties determine what type of prices to set. You don't get to come in and just say "you're not capitalist because you're maximizing profit to an unsustainable level". You're trying to justify a system that doesn't care about sustainability by trying to delude yourself that it does. Sorry, not buying it.
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  1683.  @TunaIRL  oh I also think it's hilarious that you think capitalism cares about sustainability... Lmao, that's cerebral comedy.
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  1684.  @TunaIRL  It's always funny when people try to tell me "what capitalism really is" and it's painfully obvious that they've never done any political science or economic research.
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  1685.  @TunaIRL  Max Weber's The Spirit Of Capitalism: The Protestant Work Ethic describes how reinvestment for further profit-seeking that was a fundamental piece of what kick-started capitalist conceptions of increasing capital wealth to beget more capital wealth, as opposed to many mercantilist or feudalist conceptions of value taking rather than entrepreneuring. Not to mention Milton Friedman literally talked about how the main responsibility of a business is to return profit to shareholders.
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  1686.  @addmix  Because I'm a capital owner; We get to take the product of your labor and turn it into our dividends. Don't like it? Advocate for labor based ownership models if you want the full product of your labor. I'm the capitalist telling you that social ownership is better if you're concerned about your wages... And they literally do profit sharing among workers, so you would get dividends instead of capital owners taking it from you.
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  1687.  @addmix  Ironically you never asked who's depriving me of Social security insurance. You're the type of person to toss a disabled person out of their wheelchair.
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  1688.  @addmix  It's really ironic that you never say that to billionaire capital investors... I'm a capital owner and you're going to say that to me? I fully understand that it seems ironic that I'm a socialist investor, but in the same vein you can surely recognize that it's very ironic for you to be a capitalist criticizing somebody that uses capital instead of labor. P.S. I'm disabled and living off of my high return portfolio. But yes, criticize the disabled person and praise the billionaires. How noble of you.
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  1689.  @Zander10102  "You don't know what it's like to walk in the shoes of somebody that has to choose corporate profit over the lives of innocent people" 🤦😂🤣 Wow, great comeback, kiddo. So how many people do you think have walked in the shoes of a corporate board member? You seem to think that private marginal value is the only way to have an opinion on things. If we aren't corporate board members how could we know how difficult it is to choose between 3 billion in maintenance costs versus enriching shareholders by funneling 10 billion dollars of buying pressure into the stock. Might as well just say "you don't know how it is to be an oligarch if you haven't walked in an oligarch shoes".... the processes that they're utilizing are illegitimate and destructive to society. There is a social marginal cost that others are entitled to advocate on behalf of and that has been violated by Norfolk Southern. Zander, you don't get to talk because you've never walked a mile in the shoes of a former East Palestine resident. Walk a mile in their shoes.
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  1690.  @Zander10102  What a non-response. What makes you qualified?
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  1691.  @Zander10102  😂🤣😂🤣 Is that what you think? Lol, because negative externalities don't exist, right? Maybe rich owners should stop shifting their costs onto innocent people.
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  1692.  @Jim-m3z  I mean, to be fair... Adam Smith is rather outdated. I posted this quote because it is factual, but a lot of Smith is really basic. The years of economic thought have culminated in an understanding of behavioral economics that shows the "invisible hand" is not always that smart. There are lots of psychological biases that prevent the free market from being 'rational'. I also love Henry George, but he was also wrong in his adherence to "free markets". The primary false assumption is that humans can be rational actors.
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  1693.  @ano_nym  Imagine believing that capitalism doesn't just pursue profit, lmao. Next you're gonna tell me Wall St. loves you.
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  1694. Exactly, they are the key perpetuators of a system that simply seeks to make money off of resources that people need to live... If they price people out of living, "oh well, not our problem". These are the people that cause houses to inflate faster than inflation, and have large influence to suppress wages so they barely keep pace with inflation.
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  1695. A bad "joke" ​ @appleratpipe 
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  1696. If you love that, you'll love this... Did you know that wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  1697.  @Shisha2025  🤦🏼 Shareholders aren't democratic, they vote but money buys vote. Stakeholders are democratic, 1 vote per person. Cooperatives are run by and for members, and so they take care of their members better. Worker cooperatives also share profits so money is distributed more equally throughout society instead of having to be so heavily redistributed through government welfare and programs. Worker cooperatives don't want to sit around and wait for governments to raise the minimum wage they want to raise their own wages, and they often put a pay ratio cap in place.
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  1698. It's complicated, but companies leverage their mktcap to raise funds
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  1699. Not as insane as capitalism
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  1700.  @Dark_Souls_3  I see it.
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  1701.  @TheLocalStandard  Thank you very much, your words mean a lot to me. Tbh, I actually have it saved on my phone as a quick conversation starter, lol. If you actually did want to copy and paste it somewhere, you could probably do that by taking a screenshot with your phone and using Google lens to grab the text. Feel free to use it ✌️ P.S. I watched one of your videos, and damn, you're jacked 💪
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  1702.  @MrHeavy466  Preston, Lancashire was voted most improved city in the UK after an economic democracy rejuvenation.
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  1703.  @siradjesia  Your welcome. Thank you for the compliment.
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  1704. Jokes on you 😅😂
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  1705.  @DeltaGreenA  You guys realize there are other ways, right?? Cooperatives are economic democracy, if you want more money you can't just rent yourself you deserve to own the profits as well; "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  1706. Please tell me you're joking 😅
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  1707.  @thetapheonix  Ok, so we're moving the goal posts from "money printing"? I just want to be clear, this isn't money printing and this money would just be economic rent retained by shareholders if not taxed. Shareholders didn't do anything for the natural resource either, because it's a natural resource... Nobody created it. That's why it's taxed and given to the citizens of the jurisdiction as a Social Dividend. You're perfectly fine with the inflationary effects of oil revenues being pushed out as private dividends, because that's the system you're defending. You're prioritizing one singular aspect of the economy, inflation, over everything else including the marginal impact of money to make people's lives better. You haven't really said how you would address asset inflation that creates wealth inequality when you're arguing that corporations should retain economic rent. Rent seeking is monopolistic. Nobody said you had to adopt the whole Nordic system, I was simply talking about Sovereign Wealth Funds as an alternative way to manage natural resource revenues. Personally, my favorite cooperative system and believe that a UBI would help people buy equity in worker cooperatives and start small businesses. Or if it was retained in a sovereign wealth fund type investment portfolio to provide capital into cooperatives (that are often under capitalized) by purchasing non-voting shares that would help build economic development. Incentivizing saving and investment with the funds that would help decrease consumer price inflation by diverting that purchasing power. This creates asset inflation that is democratically equitable and decreases the negative aspects of wealth inequality.
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  1708.  @ChampagneandWaffles  you're the one who said you didn't want to pay resource taxes... And here you are paying taxes on privatized resources. Lol, you really have a hard time understanding a basic point.
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  1709.  @thetapheonix  The economy needs some inflation, seems like a better system than quantitative easing.
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  1710.  @ChampagneandWaffles  🙄🙄 Oh, you paid someone, who paid someone, who paid someone to create your car! Oh how semantically technical of you! SOMEONE STILL CREATED IT. You missed the point again. You're the one that was against taxing natural resources... I figured you'd be opposed to property taxes on your natural resource extraction and income generated from said extraction. Henry George was quite literally famous for land value taxation, so of course I support taxes on ground rents.
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  1711.  @aluisious  UBI pairs nicely with cooperativism.
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  1712. Who's gonna steal this white elephant?
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  1713. I think it's up to municipalities to decide whether they want to tax improvement value, but I think land tax should be a mainstay of our economic system.
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  1714.  @onpoint2292  So you don't like human rights 👍
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  1715.  @me-myself-i787  Lmao! Trust me I know how simple it is to plug in numbers into a compound calculator.... I used to set out rather realistic projections for my investments all the time. But the one thing that makes it really hard to keep investing and building wealth to a point where one feels secure enough to take off from work voluntarily, is to be forced out of a job because you're literally unable to fulfill the requirements of nearly any job because of disabling health issues. I started working and investing at 13. Some of the first stocks that I bought are Home Depot and Google. I've saved and invested and put myself in quite a good position... But I was lucky enough to hear about investing at a young age and lucky enough to have the math brain to understand why compounding was so important. All that said and done, I'm still unemployable due to my health issues, and while I do rely on family and my stock account many things would be much more difficult without state assistance. It's easy to make plans, and it's a bit harder to stick to them... I was able to do both for awhile and set myself up in a good way for the position that I'm in currently, but even though I'm young, and even my health is quite fragile, and that can quickly make you have to scrap your little table to a $1M, just like I had to. I'm not disagreeing with the math because the math is just the math, but I am speaking from the standpoint of life experience as well as an understanding of economics and finance. One of those economics/ finance lessons is that the understanding that sometimes the economy doesn't make the math work out for most people. Investing $10K/yr is rough when 64% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and most of them can't afford a $1,500 emergency. That would indicate that they don't need to spend money on investments, they should put money into their emergency funds. When people's education, health care, insurance, and housing costs all rise higher than inflation but their wages barely keep up with inflation... That's a deficit that's not going to be magically funded. CEOs and shareholders dividend pay/ buybacks have drastically increased at the expense of workers. I speak as a $GOOG shareholder who is getting a portion of capital appreciation due to $100B in buybacks, meanwhile 7,000 Alphabet employees got laid off. Home Depot loves to give me 8-20% dividend increases annually... But would totally hesitate to increase their wages 8 to 20% annually, and I've literally never done any work other than scan something at the self checkout at Home Depot. C'mon, I'm a shareholder and even I understand how unfair it is. I hope this wasn't too long for you to read, but I just want you to know the real world example of how those projections sometimes turns out.... It's all a probability curve ;) P.S. The ACA and Medicaid have saved my life.... Literally.
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  1716. ​ @JosiahTaschuk  Totally! Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  1717. ​​ @olivertvist1799  No, I equated the renting other people as human capital as dehumanizing. Work in and of itself does not have to be dehumanizing if people are awarded with the full product of their labor and have input into how work is done. It's like saying "no taxation without representation", but here you come along thinking that all taxation is bad- talk about faux intellectualism. We just want representation in the workplace. No profit without representation!
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  1718.  @me-myself-i787  🤦🏼 why do you think all amenities are all publicly funded? Being close to downtown where there are private businesses and restaurants is not publicly funded. Spillover value happens the other way too; places that usually have a lot of renters don't necessarily care about the place as much and decrease property values by not taking care of the outside of the property. The point is that the value of one plot is dependent on the value of surrounding plots.... It's called 'externalities' or spillover value and it's why private landowners aren't fully responsible for the value of their property, which lends to rent seeking (extracting profit for little to no added value).
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  1719.  @TheMysteryDriver  So you're just ignoring the extortive rent seeking behavior? You're valuing landlord profits over people. People need some financial breathing room but increasing rents at such high rates sucks all of that air out.
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  1720. ​ @موسى_7  Thanks 😝
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  1721. What about Herschel Walker paying to evict his child out of his ex-girlfriend's uterus?
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  1722. No, because tribalism isn't rational, it's emotional.
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  1723. That a current wife or the ex-wife that he put a gun to her head?
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  1724.  @Toryquinton  So just to be clear, even though these kids are not old enough to be trusted to use their judgement to vote, you think they're old enough to use their judgement to arm themselves in case of an insurrection? Not old enough to peacefully vote on a mill levy, but old enough to violently revolt against it. Do you really not see why that is absurd? Lmao. This is comical asf.
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  1725.  @SonOfNone  I'm well aware that kids on the 1950s brought guns to school 🤦 That doesn't mean I think it's a good idea- and I'm opposed to gun free zones. Stop telling me to learn history I already know (yes, I know Maxim designed the machine gun well before 1934). Chainsaws don't kill multiple people 200 yards away with a few 5lb trigger pulls. But I assume you also think 13 year olds should be able to drive on our city streets and highways... so what hope is there for you to understand that chainsaws aren't the same as firearms? "But remember when papi let me sit on his lap and drive" 🤦
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  1726.  @gr2262  You think gun control leads to communism? Lol, nah, real commies want guns. "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary." - Karl Marx
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  1727. Do you think she had some of that Beetlejuice on her hands after the rub and tug?
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  1728. Lol, she literally just lied about vaping in front of a pregnant woman 🤦🏼 ... but I will admit she does have a firm grasp of hard issues.
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  1729. You got to give Lauren Gropert credit for reaching across the aisle to get a handle on the hard issues, but in doing so she just vaporizes arguments against being Pro-Life. Admittedly, her behavior was a good snapshot of how flashy she is.
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  1730.  @Cakebattered  You literally just talked about skill... Which is a type of human capital that can be monetized on an hourly basis. That literally doesn't detract from the fact that humans are rented by the hour, in fact that proves my point. It doesn't matter the skill base; people are still being rented as human capital... People are being treated like capital goods... People are being treated like objects on a systematic basis of our whole society. The content of their abilities may increase but the format in which they are able to express them is oppressed by capital. Is that not a problem for you? Do you think people should be treated like objects in your everyday life? I do find it ironic, I see that you commented this 2 months ago... In which you expressly show that capitalism puts shareholders above creating value, which would also include valuing the labor that they exploit... Just so they can do more share buybacks. "@conchobar 2 months ago Even the pharmaceutical companies, who try to defend high drug prices, spend more on stock buybacks than actual R&D." Nice try, but, politely, you'll have to try again.
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  1731. Hey, i have to use up the free gift card that I have so they don't get that money for free.
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  1732. Starbucks needs to be a full blown workers co-op, unions usually just negotiate. Take all the power back. 💪✊ "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  1733. ​ @onlyscams  All Things Comedy, with Bill Burr and probably a bunch of other comedians you've heard of, is a cooperative. It was formed explicitly so they could have more control and have better pay.
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  1734. Psychopathic! Worker co-operatives deal with downturns by reworking the business to keep as many people on board as possible. Cooperatives are pro-social institutions, they aren't built for the benefit of a few psychopaths at the top.
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  1735. P R E C I S I O N
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  1736.  @derekconlin1180  I'm stoned enough to still remember the old saying "whenever you point a finger at others there's three pointing back at you".... I think the saying actually goes hand in hand with what you're saying. You can hold people accountable, but just recognize that you have to point fingers in order to do that. So, while I agree that just pointing fingers is not the only thing we need, pointing fingers is a prerequisite for accountability. I think the saying also points out (not pun intended) but you can point fingers forward, as well as backwards, at the same time... Maybe the problem with the diffusion of responsibility is that everybody's responsible.
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  1737.  @flyingmonkeydeathsquadronc968  You realize fascism is capitalism in decay, right... There might be corporatist elements but it's still fundamentally within a capitalist structure. You're trying to judge capitalism like it's a stable object, but you're not considering that it has internal contradictions that precipitate things, like unions and corporate lobbyists. You might consider those to be corporatist and not capitalism, but fundamentally they emerge because of the capitalist profit motive and how it divides society and incentivizes those with wealth.
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  1738.  @thomasmaughan4798  Warren Buffett isn't going around telling everybody to pull themselves up by the boot straps and that society doesn't need taxes or regulations 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Way to miss the point.
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  1739.  @00TheD  "I'll be 19 in 3 months...."
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  1740.  @TheAmericanAmerican  Lol, thanks for your second comment I was about to clutch my pearls ;) Solidarity ✊✊🏿✌️
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  1741. @@criticalstrikeforge471 I didn't realize Google ($GOOGL & $GOOG) and Facebook ($FB) stock held by private individuals was socialist. That's absolutely hilarious. Tell me more about how private capital owners are socialists... While ignoring the fact that capitalism loves monopoly because profits are higher. I'm sorry you can't understand that capitalists use the government to increase profit because the market inherently incentivizes profit to direct capital investment. As somebody with a stock portfolio, I can tell you; you don't understand capitalism.
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  1742. ​ @humanwithaplaylist Personally, I find a revolution to be too volatile/ chaotic, you can't necessarily insure with high probability that your cause will win out in the chaos of revolution- a strategic approach would be to only use revolution when you know your chances are in high probability. I've been interested in a reformist approach through two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Cleveland model/Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives. "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  1743. War on education is a War on the Power of the People! “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  1744. If more businesses were cooperatives they would share the profits instead of hoarding them for stock holders. "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  1745.  @stevechance150  That's cool! Thanks for sharing, I enjoy hearing about different co-operatives!
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  1746.  @danielwaters3188  Umm... It helps insulate you from sickness and retirement. But yeah sure being able to afford your medical treatments and not having to work into your 80s is totally overrated 🤙
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  1747. This is why, if you're a cynical person... Or just don't want to be poor, you should buy semiconductor stocks.
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  1748. Billionaires.. Ew, gross 🤮🤮🤮
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  1749.  @TesserId  I know codermination is something that's embraced within the German economy for larger companies (I think it's above 2,000 workers). But other than a few additional concepts I know very little. Would you please share some of the things that you know about co-determination, I would love to learn.
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  1750.  @paulb8030  Of course! Thanks for reading.
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  1751. Yeah they had to save money to afford the merger... How do you think they saved money? 😜
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  1752.  @panzerhund8511  What about stealing from people who steal from others? What is 'theft' when the current property laws that we define 'theft' by is unjust to begin with? Property is Theft!
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  1753.  @frankd.506  What do you mean 'what am I waiting for'? I voiced my opinion... Now you're in a tizzy because you thought I liked Trump because I acknowledged facts about the Biden admin. It's honestly quite sad that you have to tell yourself anybody who has a different opinion from you must just be trolling because how dare anybody else have a different opinion. I'm a leftist independent, sorry I'm too progressive for your establishment politics.
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  1754.  @edl6398  What a low IQ thing to say 🤦🏼 E: apparently you can't criticize both Trump and Biden... Lol. Just because I criticized Biden doesn't mean I'm voting for Trump you wackos.
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  1755. Why don't you go back to working 72 hours a week, no overtime, on subsistence pay in much more hazardous conditions... Oh wait, you can't legally do that because unions have helped legally impose better safety conditions and wages. "Unions haven't done anything"... Queue up UPS threatening to strike and getting wage increases- but yeah tell me how they do nothing. But of course you want to go back to 1823 labor practices. But this is from a Catholic who confuses mommy and daddy with CEO and CFO 💀 Bizarre asf
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  1756. Isn't it interesting how Republicans care about this stuff but they don't care about Ted Cruz running off to Mexico while his constituents freeze because "independent" Texas can't maintain an electrical grid? Ted Cruz literally blamed his daughter for why he had to go on vacation to a foreign country during a crisis 🤦 I'm fine with attacking elitist liberals, but you have to acknowledge the Republicans that spin lies and don't care about you (which is most of them). But that's the problem, most of you are too propagandized to recognize the lies. You'll say the media lies to you, then turn around and trust Fox News, lol 😆🤣
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  1757. Yes, but Carlson is just playing games. It's a dumb gotcha sketch.
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  1758. Leviticus 11:9-12 ♥️🕊️
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  1759. You think Tucker Carlson is one of the smartest men around?? 😆😂🤣 The media is not your friend, and If you think talking heads are intellectual you need to go visit your public library, check out a book, and read it.
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  1760. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  1761.  @Till_is_alive_trust  Thank you very much. I remember one day when we picked up my dog from his (at the time) house, he said our dog was "heart healthy". We gave a confused but inquisitive look, and he let us know that he'd been feeding her "Heart Healthy" Cheerios 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 They were different and misunderstood, but they were sweet, kind, loving, and funny. Most importantly they deserved to live without hate. Thanks for letting me reminisce. Much Love.
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  1762. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  1763. But they'll still vote for him... Even the single issue abortion voters, lol
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  1764. fAmiLy vALuEs
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  1765. But no Republican complaints about Herschel Walker.... 🤔
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  1766.  @dorisgilmore2124  The receipt is there, time lines match, and she also Herschel's babymomma. Herschel said he didn't know her, we can clearly determine he is a lair. You're voting for someone with literal brain damage 🤡🤦🏼 God bless us all
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  1767.  @kathybrant571  You're complaining about name calling but you support Trump, who loves making up insulting nicknames. Not to mention you called him 'shallow'. The hypocrisy doesn't stop with this crowd.
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  1768. The Constitution of the Republic calls for a structure of a representative democracy with checks and balances for Individual Rights.
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  1769. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  1770. Who was it that said "only the mob pleads the fifth" ... Oh, that's right, Trunp
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  1771. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  1772.  @chrissullivan4496  That's your come back? Are you trying to ironically portray 'childish', or was that unironic?
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  1773. You guys just ran Herschel Walker.... And then you lost your red wave because the wildly incompetent Donald Trump backed so many idiots.
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  1774. Fox said nothing about it all day. You think Rupert Murdoch's mad that he was disposed for echoing Trump's big lie? 😂🤣😂🤣 On the hook for 1.6 billion, lol
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  1775. Is anybody else noticing how much he talks about himself in the third person? I assume it's just narcissism and not autism.
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  1776.  @MrElapid  Not even saying I disagree that most of that is, in fact, an epic fail. I am just not so ignorant as to blame it on just one administration or one party, and I'm definitely not so ignorant as to beckon in fascism to replace it. P. S. Here's a concept; stop criminalizing non-violent actions and decrease the incarcerated population, not to mention it doesn't create recidivism. You grew up during the Civil Rights era, do you really think everything that's illegal is wrong? Just saying just "don't commit a crime" is ridiculous when you know that laws like Jim Crow used to exist.
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  1777.  Danger Bear  So I'm assuming you praise Allah? Or is it Odin? Which god are we talking about??
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  1778.  Danger Bear  Yes, I only buy items and services with US Allah dollars. PRAISE BE TO OUR GOD, ALLAH. Amiright?
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  1779. Which "well regulated militia" are you in?
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  1780. Do we still want to continue to deregulate the rail industry?
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  1781. You guys really shouldn't be criticizing, don't you have Marjorie Taylor Greene in the back stable?
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  1782. Cuz theyre pussies
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  1783. Awesome... Imma keep voting. I donated to Fetterman too.
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  1784. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  1785. Word up 💪✊🏿
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  1786. You should be patriotic and learn the language....
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  1787. Not on this propaganda network.
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  1788. ​ @mauragallagher1663  They love getting scammed. Don't you remember how much they backed the guy who created a fraudulent university?
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  1789. That's "Super Ultra MAGA" to you!
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  1790. You know what the $787 million question is.... Why would Fox lie to you?
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  1791. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  1792. That's how capitalism works, rewards are biased to capital ownership- and CEOs get lots of stock from stock performance. Labor is seen as an expense to cut to increase profits and the stock price. The whole system views hard working people as a cost to cut.
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  1793. You had me, lol
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  1794. Because capitalism has a Capital Bias... Profits are seen as good and needing to get bigger, and wages are seen as an expense and need to get smaller. Cooperatives are run by and for members, and so they take care of their members better. Worker cooperatives also share profits so money is distributed more equally throughout society instead of having to be so heavily redistributed through government welfare and programs. Worker cooperatives don't want to sit around and wait for governments to raise the minimum wage they want to raise their own wages, and they often put a pay ratio cap in place.
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  1795. There are people who watch Fox News unironically... So yes, and many of them voted for Trump both times, lol
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  1796. Justice might tiptoe back in January when Trump gets indicted by Jack Smith. Are you going to go buy one of his NFTs?
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  1797. Nice whataboutism to deflect from the fact that he illegally took classified documents related to nuclear weapons. Lol, keep defending this criminal, you fool.
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  1798.  @pbright33  The Republican crowd didn't seem too worried about national security when Trump was found with a hundred classified documents... And they just recently found more after he told the archives and DOJ that he gave them all back? Don't get me wrong I'm actually for strong borders- that said I am pro-legal immigration, like actually letting people through not just making a complicated process and calling it legal.
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  1799.  @dealvaabel6710  So what? Advocating for the Constitution while also ignoring the person who literally said they wanted to TERMINATE it 🤮🤮🤮 You don't see how that's hypocritical?
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  1800.  @islandtime5643  You must assume he was on the left? Lol, I mean he literally wrote a book called Why I Write (1947) and said all his works since 1936 (during his coverage of the Civil War) was "against totalitarianism, and for democratic socialism".
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  1801. Well, reclaiming classified documents is a pretty good reason....
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  1802. I agree, Donny doesn't tho; "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  1803. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  1804. It's totally within his right to invoke the 5th, it just makes him a hypocrite; "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016 Or are you unsure what the word hypocrisy means 🤔😂🤣😂🤣👍 what a joke 🤡
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  1805. Lolololol. I'll tell you one difference, one of them was a figure skater and the other is a palingenetic ultranationalist grifter.
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  1806. "So there are five people taking the Fifth Amendment, like you see on the mob, right? You see the mob takes the Fifth. If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  1807.  @vickichavez9956  Wow, what a shitty answer. Donny is con-man, and you probably graduated from is fraudulent college. Go retweet some White Power videos like your racist megalomaniac.
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  1808.  @vickichavez9956  Yes, it came from China, and Trump butchered the response to the virus. You can blame both, stop defending a man that lied to you, it's rather pathetic.
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  1809. Yeah totally worse than mismanaging a pandemic and spreading conspiratorial lies. /S
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  1810.  @aaronwilson8403  I mean if it's legitimate. What I really want is the US People to sue FOX.
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  1811. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it! E: It's amazing how you guys are literally denying that Fox has settled. Wow, just pathetic.
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  1812. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  1813. All people are hypocrites, but at least some people still pursue justice despite of their own personal failings. Fox News is pretty disgusting for its hypocrisy, talking trash about socialism and woke culture and then pulling this piece promoting a socialist who helped to make the mainstream more woke.
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  1814. Propaganda machine has gotta propagandize. It's just what they do.
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  1815.  @Khultan  Yeah so it really doesn't matter how much he spent, does it.... Lol. I'm just pokin' fun, buddy.
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  1816. I had 3-4k in assets at 18.... It not that much
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  1817. Most people don't know what the M1A is because they think the civilian AR is the military weapon... Lol
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  1818. It is hilarious how the same guys who yell BACK THE BLUE also are afraid of the government coming for their guns...
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  1819. How? Didn't Marx want the working class to have firearms to rebel against the exploiting class?
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  1820. We get it, you have a fetish for Mitch McConnell's flap of chin skin.
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  1821.  @GregorRenkoMusic  lol, good point, let's layoff the industry that is 80% Republican
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  1822. Can we call him fascist now? Calls for the termination of the US Constitution and is meeting with anti-Semites.
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  1823.  @mickeypigknuckles  Lol, that's a friendlier reminder that we can have compassion for even the annoying fools among us that vore for fascism. Thanks. I hope you have a good day.
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  1824.  @jamespeterson3443  Sources??
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  1825.  @OldDrgnSlayr8542  He literally said he downplayed it, and didn't mobilize American PPE production. He shamed people for wearing masks which increased how quickly in the infection spread.
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  1826.  @dppatton972  Trump's cabinet is full of swamp monsters, you dingus
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  1827.  Markuskfabe  highlights the hypocrisy of Republicans talking about taking vacations 🤦🏼 but it's not like Republicans care about being hypocrites. Ted Cruz sure really liked his vacation to Mexico while his constituents were freezing in a blackout! Ted and Pete are weasels, but I bet you can't admit that Ted the Republican is also a weasel.
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  1828. Didn't Trump call for the time... Didn't Ted Cruz leave when his constituents were freezing?
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  1829. Why do you have to be so homophobic? Why can't you just love and accept people... Would that be too much like Jesus?
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  1830. Or Ted Cruz running off to Mexico while he's constituents freeze in a blackout. It's all just partisan hackery, they don't actually care about rail workers. Republicans have been giving tax breaks to the rich and screwing over the poor for decades- now they want to act like they care, lol
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  1831. Leviticus 11:9-12
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  1832.  @shaunaatwood9002  Ummm, yeah, I do judge people who support a narcissistic con man who liked retweeting white power videos and blantant lies. If anything that's completely fair, It's being prejudicial that is wrong.
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  1833. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  1834. AA was started because Bill Wilson had an LSD trip. They cause mystical experiences that can help transform people, evangelicals got hold of the program and made it into the higher power portion of the 12 steps.
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  1835. I thought Trump likes states that didn't get sick.... Oh wait that was just POW soldiers.
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  1836.  @johnadedoyin6866  The Dominion trail proves how much they scam their audience, but the viewers are too dumb to care. It's a great business plan.
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  1837. Cry about it ❄️
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  1838. And here Republicans were telling us to just "back the blue" a couple years ago 🤔🤔
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  1839. Please do, let's see how long you last
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  1840.  @archvaldor  Call it slackivism, but it could also be considered a type of activism that has real monetary costs to these hedge funds. I'll pay $150 to give the rich a middle finger.
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  1841. "They want to take your private health care that you paid twice as much to get the same health care as another developed country and get you better access... Damn commies!"
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  1842. Oh... This is your "line" in terms of corporate ethics? You deserve corporations buying off your representatives.
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  1843. So you want another siege to kill 5 more people?
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  1844. 🤔😂🤣
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  1845. A whataboutism isn't a "come back".... It's just changing the subject.
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  1846.  @cluelessjoe5745  Hitler also did it for his country.... I bet you just love anti-Semitic conspiracies too.
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  1847.  @glm4054  VAT is regressive..... Save the poor, by making them pay more for food.
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  1848. Bezos' would totally pull a Carniege if there was a strike
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  1849. Tax advice, obviously ...... Stop asking so many questions. /S
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  1850. American Jesus in magic tighty whities will fix it all
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  1851. I always found it interesting how Andrew Carnegie turn to charity after literally killing the poor to make his wealth.... But then again he turned to charity under a god complex, he believed his conscience was heavenly superior to the impoverished. Merely an alibi of a tyrant.
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  1852. Agreed. I'm definitely a Coffeezilla maximalist.
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  1853.  @TeamBehrens  I haven't heard of Yanis, but I'll look him up
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  1854. Everybody who will stand intolerant of intolerance... Go out and VOTE 🇺🇸 DON'T LET FASCISM TAKE HOLD IN AMERICA
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  1855. You say it's Hollywood.... But your hate seeks to justify the persecution of all Jews. People are individuals. Your prejudicial hate is unwelcomed.
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  1856. Didn't Hitler think blonde hair blue and eyes was supreme.... He had neither, lol. I'm pretty sure fascist just use their hate to justify their lust for power, it doesn't matter to them if it makes sense.
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  1857. One Love 💜
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  1858. How is making a rape victim hold a baby to term justice?
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  1859. Yeah I was wondering why they didn't first collect it...
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  1860.  @TWN321  Are you really just falling back on pedantic semantics? Lol. Google, as listed in the NASDAQ, is technically a communications company... But are you really going to say that their software algorithms for ads and recommendations, data centers, and digital video platform with AI recommendations are not "tech". Amazon is listed as consumer discretionary, but they are also highly focused on AWS, which leads the market share in the data center sector.... But I guess big data isn't "tech". Sorry, not buying it.
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  1861. Lol, they're literally super competitive in all of those sectors.
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  1862.  @life_of_riley88  Is that not what American capitalism is? The only difference is they have lawyers with pens rather than soldiers with guns.
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  1863. Capitalism routinely uses the state to empower capital owners.... Capitalism only exists because of the state. It's a fallacy to think capitalism equals free markets.
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  1864.  @bullymaguire1  Clearly a ma'am
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  1865.  @agrota21  If you care about civilians and humanity, you really can't ignore what the IDF is doing to civilians.
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  1866.  @agrota21  Okay so do you condemn the IDF for what they have done to men, women, and children??? (E: sorry for all the replies WhyTee is sënsøring my comments)
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  1867.  @agrota21  You should know Netanyahu supported Hāmās... “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  1868. Free LGBT!
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  1869. Ah, it's Gordon Gekko. "Greed is good".... Yeah that type of trickle down failed a long time ago. Corporations do need different metrics for how they prioritize results, that said ESG is a bunch of BS.
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  1870.  @firewoodtime2  You say that like it's a lot... That's just 3% of climate scientists, so I don't know why you're saying that like it adds a lot of contention. "Based on well-established evidence, about 97% of climate scientists have concluded that human-caused climate change is happening." (2014) - American Association for the Advancement of Science I'm sick of Dems too, but Republicans are notoriously anti-science, largely due to their higher religiosity. Not too many of the Creationism "museums" in the South are run by Dems, just sayin'.
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  1871. 10 house Dr Oz feels your struggles /S You people are insane
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  1872. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  1873. I'm sure Truth Social will be much less biased /S
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  1874.  @laymansview5246  And here is another one from 2021, this piece is from the intercept, titled Joe Manchin Dirty Empire; "...For decades, Manchin has profited from a series of coal companies that he founded during the 1980s. His son, Joe Manchin IV, has since assumed leadership roles in the firms, and the senator says his ownership is held in a blind trust. Yet between the time he joined the Senate and today, Manchin has personally grossed more than $4.5 million from those firms, according to financial disclosures. He also holds stock options in Enersystems Inc., the larger of the two firms, valued between $1 and $5 million. Those two companies are Enersystems Inc. and Farmington Resources Inc., the latter of which was created by the rapid merging of two other firms, Manchin’s Transcon and Farmington Energy in 2005. Enersystems purchases low-quality waste coal from mines and resells it to power plants as fuel, while Farmington Resources provides “support activities for mining” and holds coal reserves in the Fairmont area. Over the decades, whether feeding tens of thousands of tons of dirty waste coal into the power plants in northern West Virginia or subjecting workers to unsafe conditions, Manchin’s family coal business has almost entirely avoided public scrutiny."
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  1875.  @laymansview5246  Here is a piece of a 2011 article from the New York Times; Sen. Manchin Maintains Lucrative Ties to Family-Owned Coal Company Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is more than just a supporter of his state's influential coal producers -- he's a full-fledged industry insider. On his financial disclosures for 2009 and 2010, Manchin reported significant earnings from Enersystems Inc., a coal brokerage that he helped run before his political star rose. In the 19 months before winning his Senate seat in a hard-fought special election, Manchin reported operating income of $1,363,916 from Enersystems. His next disclosure showed $417,255 in Enersystems income. Manchin's Enersystems earnings are less than eyebrow-raising in a chamber where more than half the members routinely report net worths above $1 million. That he derives income from an industry while acting as one of its biggest boosters, however, puts Manchin in a smaller group of lawmakers who play a central policymaking role in sectors that help their bottom line -- such as Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), a pharmacist with health care influence on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), whose sale of stock in his family hospital chain sparked a 2005 federal probe. .... It goes on if you want to look it up, I can't link it cuz the post will be taken down.
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  1876.  @HH-le1vi  That's what I'm saying! It benefits him more by redirecting the energy demand for transportation from oil to the coal his family's business sells. People here think it's like he just got a better deal from EV companies but they don't understand that it's still based on the $500,000/yr he gets from his family's coal business. But I don't think most Republicans actually want to understand the problem.
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  1877.  @JS-mc3ik  lmao... Dude nobody is stopping you from working more hours, they just pay over time now. Smdh... You're crying about getting paid more 😂🤣🤣 I dislike both Dems and Repubs, so I have no idea what you're yapping about. You neoclassicals are such a goofballs, it's like you've never heard of behavioral economics before. You live in a fairyland where market failures don't exist. Hilariously sad.
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  1878.  @JS-mc3ik  Wow, you are a troll. All this hoopla from the guy who said China had freer markets than the US 😂🤣😂🤣👍 You're a joke.
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  1879.  @ChiefCabioch  Lol... So you keep voting for the con man?? So you don't actually care about getting corruption out of the government! Nice hypocrisy, you biased hack ;)
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  1880. Lol. They hate the poor more than technology.
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  1881. Ever heard of UBI? Tax the oligarchy.
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  1882. So, Donald Trump, right?
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  1883. Congratulations. Hard working Americans deserve to a retirement.
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  1884.  @tomcat8662  How much capitalist dong do you have to suck to dislike overtime pay?
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  1885.  @tomcat8662  I hope you realize you get paid for overtime now.... but apparently you don't like that and you'd rather work 72 hours a week for low pay in dangerous work conditions with no workers compensation. Sometimes I really wonder how slow in the head you Fox viewers are.... And that's why I come here; Thanks for informing me.
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  1886.  @nicholasweber21  The 40hr workweek. Higher pay. Better work conditions. Workers compensation. You really are ignorant and ungrateful- you probably would want to work 12hrs a day for low pay, in dangerous conditions and be unable to support your family when you get injured.... Yeah, unions have done nothing /s
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  1887. Almost like the war on drugs has failed.... Decriminalization policies that divert addicts to rehab as seen in other countries have led to a decrease in use.
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  1888. One bad week and you think it spells a 30% correction?? How much propaganda does it take to become that delusional?
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  1889. Lock up Steve Bannon! Lock him up!
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  1890.  @philobetto5106  Of course you like your comment; you wouldn't post it if you didn't 🤦 I'm very critical of Dems for their anti 2A position, but don't think you're doing any justice by voting for red politicians that want to limit your 1A and for 4A rights. They're both bad.
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  1891. Xilinx is great, it had a good Q2 that helped boost AMD last week too. It will expand their TAM as 5G rolls out. Big growth opportunities.
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  1892.  @aibelzoe  I would say that's a pretty good explanation. Intifada means "the shaking off", the shaking off of military oppression and regaining the right to return to their Homeland.
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  1893.  @Xwarrior-dl4kz  Terrorism is violence with political or ideological motive, that's the dictionary definition... We have no clue of the motive yet, so you can't call it that.
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  1894.  @Xwarrior-dl4kz  No one called him a terrorist 🤦🏼🤦🏼 You're saying he was crazy but not crazy.... Lmao, whatever
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  1895. So you're saying he wasn't crazy?
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  1896. R@pe? Proof before you throw that one around
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  1897. Radical listening
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  1898. I love Lego, babyy
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  1899. We help occupy one land, but defend another... Ironically, it will help create bipartisan funding
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  1900. ​ Genious.  Neither. Wacky relig-idiot murder on both sides. Religion makes people do crazier stuff than cocaine.
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  1901. This is basically Fox
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  1902.  @Future-Classic-Cars  Good. Hopefully this is settled and we don't have to do the whole 1812 thing again 😝 Jk ✌️
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  1903. You guys really want somebody who said he would terminate the Constitution?
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  1904. Herschel Walker is a pawn.... And I don't even feel bad for him. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  1905. Oh, don't forget the fame!
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  1906. So are most democrats
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  1907. That's rude, don't do that. Don't remind them that their marriage is a flimsy facade built on a foundation of repressed emotions.
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  1908.  @LeviathanLee  Whoooosh
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  1909. Got to be able to document your felonies at the Trump riot..
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  1910.  @BillyBiceps  Someone going off like that on the phone at you is not in the mood to listen with genuine ears
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  1911. Conservative = murder 1 million Iraqis, lie about WMDs, and enrich Big Oil and the MIC Got it, I'm just glad Bush nor Cheney said "pussy".
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  1912. Lol, I had to visit Rifle, CO Just to laugh at her campaign office next to her open-carry restaurant, both of which the landlord would not renew the lease for her. Certified wacko. I will say, I was surprised by the number of yoga studios in Rifle, lol.
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  1913. It's related, the CTE is really showing
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  1914. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  1915. Yes, you can. It's called cognitive dissonance!
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  1916.  @xsabirx  Even when ETH goes proof of stake?
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  1917. There was a pregnant woman behind her who asked her to stop...
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  1918. It all depends on the interest rate and how comfortable with leverage you are, 20-30yrs is a very safe investing time horizon, so there is opportunity cost, especially if it means reduced IRA/401K contributions. Paying off debt early reduces risk and can be seen as locking in a rate of return equal to the interest rate. Also, fixed rate debt on real estate is often good during times of high inflation.
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  1919.  @garyandkimperkinson5050  5 years ago I thought Apple was pricey when I bought it at $750B.... Few people thought it'd be 2.6T in just a few years. Nvidia will be the same.
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  1920. Sure, okay. You would have thought the internet was just for nerds in the 90's too. Crypto will create Web 3.0, it's a decade out, but it's the future.
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  1921.  @ascensionblade  Lol. That's funny, sorry if all you wanted to do was joke but on a serious note, let's not forget that capitalism is happy to profit off of said slavery too. The whole idea that capitalism will be ESG responsible is hilariously ironic considering capitalism is built on endless production on a limited planet and will enslave labor and/or overthrow governments if it can increase profits. Capitalism builds wealth and standards of living, but it does so because it looks to profit off of everything, good and even horrible things. One tale that is just painfully ironic is GM trying to be green and EV pioneering when 20 years ago they literally towed the working EV1 away from happy, paying leasers and trashed them- they could have been innovating electric technology and had the leading EV market share. Back then the Hummer was hot! Now the EVs are hot... Corporations have no morals, they do whatever won't give them the most profit. Sorry if you're trying to just make a joke, but I thought I'd deconstruct the concept a little bit :P
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  1922. Unfortunately, they don't care about their Ughiur slave labor....
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  1923. Yeah but have you read the Book of Job?
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  1924. ARK PRNT ETF, FTW
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  1925.  @socialdistancejusticewarri8533  Soooooo.... if all lives matter, Black lives matter. Smfh, or are you too stupid to realize that black lives are treated unequal which is the reason why the emphasis of importance is put on said group?
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  1926.  @louislong1514  Why don't you look at ARK stock GAINS? Cathie Wood has a 5-year time horizon... Even with the huge drawdown, 5 years ago till now you're still up 372%. You're just an "investor" that doesn't know what time horizons are and can't handle the volatility. Go play in the sandbox with your S&P.
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  1927. AMD is a funny stock, great company, but takes investors awhile to warm up. U was buying AMD from 93 all the way down to 75.... Then I saw an arbitrage opportunity with XLNX, basically snagged $114 AMD shares for only $94.
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  1928. No, this is business. You can treat it like a casino, but it doesn't have to be
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  1929. There floating the idea that the tech sell off is about GME and not bond yields.... This seems willfully disingenuous. GME has a sub 10B market cap.... That doesn't add up.
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  1930.  @longbeach7623  You keep assuming things like you're reading off your identity politics script, and it makes you look more and more like a NPC
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  1931.  @longbeach7623  Where were you when United States military was guarding poppy fields in Afghanistan??
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  1932. Learning? They've had people trained for a while now.
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  1933.  @talha-raja  Lol, speculation?? It just did over 22.1 billion in revenue last quarter and 12.3 billion in net income.
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  1934.  @lifeisshort2016  When they push the price to zero, they bankrupt the company. They do it to small companies youve never heard of.
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  1935.  @keaka560  A free market with lead to more international manufacturing due to the fact that it's offshoring jobs for lower labor cost to increase profits in order to increase the competitive advantage in the marketplace.
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  1936. 🤦🤦🤦 Market can't do everything and securing chip development and manufacturing in the US is a national security issue.
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  1937.  @zitools  The concept of poverty is a relative term. Of course comparing the first world to the third world is apples to oranges. When looking at the United States where there are multiple people worth over a 100 billion dollars when half of Americans live paycheck to paycheck... That is inequality. Not to mention that the rich then buy out politicians which cause the inequality to increase even further. Investment companies like BlackRock are buying billions of dollars of single-family homes to make them into rental properties alienating your average home buyer from the housing market. Tying the dollar to the stock market but only incentivize bailing out corporations even more, and gold does not increase in supply at the necessary rate (in relation to economic growth) to create a stable currency.
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  1938. And when compared to the 8 trillion dollars that will spend on killing people in other countries over the next 10ys that doesn't sound that bad. But of course there's always money for corporate war but there's never enough money to take care of the average and the poor.
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  1939.  @stevebri9161  He sold 125 billion dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia, and provided military support, so they could wage war in Yemen. The war in Yemen has been called one of the largest humanitarian crisis of the modern era, with large war caused famines killing hundreds of thousands. Not to mention Saudi Arabia was the country that financed 15 of the 9/11 hijackers. But Trump got a touch of glowing orb in Saudi Arabia in 2017 so it's all cool -_-
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  1940. I bet you're going to really be impressed by the 8 trillion dollars spent over 10 years by the corporate-congressional military industrial complex...
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  1941. Lmfao... That's the exact reason why it won't be approved. AMD & xilinx is a sure thing though.
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  1942. Wow, super informative... Great "journalism".
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  1943. Barry 🤟 I love the Compound!
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  1944. Lol, you're a joke
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  1945. She's a horrible person. Idk why you guys keep trying to make hawkish right-wing "liberalism" work. So many women I would rather have in the White House before her.
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  1946. Beat the street by 5% on the bottom line... But they're crying about a short term drop in op margins due to R&D for a new product that already beat sales estimates by 22%. "Not good enough" seems fishy.
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  1947. You mad that Georgism works?
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  1948.  @THEREALZENFORCE  You studied econ, yet you never learned the economic law of rent? Bahahahahahahaha, okay, bud. Probably don't even know what the Lockean Proviso is either, or how it's relevant. Smh. You're a rent seeking landlord, no wonder you won't understand the concept, Because your income relies on you not understanding that your rent seeking parasite. Just cuz I ad hom, doesn't make me wrong. That'd be a Fallacy Fallacy.
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  1949. Look more into Georgism, it's been praised by capitalists and socialists and yet few know about it.
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  1950. Crypto is necessary for life....
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  1951.  @muddywater4505  Trump is still the sitting president.....
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  1952. What are your prayers doing again?
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  1953.  @evansusmc  Jokes are gonna happen, bud, whether you like to laugh or not!
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  1954.  @airtechmech6681  But you guys are still shipping immigrants around the country while the power grid constantly fails.... -_- Let's not act like the priorities of Texas arent severely misguided.
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  1955. Nobody gets out of life alive, Sweetie
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  1956.  @karlnordenstorm8816  Helping make Big Brother omniscience isn't libertarian at all 🤦
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  1957. If you think socialism is about a centralized elite you don't understand socialism. That's like talking about capitalism like all capitalism is literally Pinochet era Chile.
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  1958. There's a limit to the amount of resources on the planet, education allows us to rearrange these resources in more efficient manners as well as the ability to go out and gather more resources than are on our planet. Education is definitely one of the best investments we can make.
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  1959. Bbbbbut John Locke and "natural law"
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  1960.  @ricardokowalski1579  capitalist love unfree markets... That's one of the contradictions of capitalism. A system that's supposed to be innovative and dynamic will grind to a halt in the pursuit of profit because profit from the status quo can be a conflicting interest to innovation. Therefore capitalists will often bribe politicians in order to keep the status quo. Side note: Your free market does a terrible job of incorporating negative value
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  1961. You're completely correct their money doesn't sit idle. It's actively used to exploit the working class 👍 Employment is literally renting another human being by the hour.
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  1962.  @latifoljic  Ah, okay. I agree.
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  1963.  @latifoljic  I agree with the points you make. Personally, I lean towards behavioral economic critiques of neoliberalist modeling based on mere deduction without testing the validity of the logic supplied to the model. Although I'm curious what part of EE's 'science' they got so wrong?
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  1964. Socialist and unions gave you the 40-hour work week, workers compensation, better pay, better working conditions, and better benefits.... Not to mention your weekend 🤦🏼
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  1965. The employer-employee relationship is an actually a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at least capitalism needs safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class.
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  1966. Slavery and empire are also things that happen when people act with each other.... Saying capitalism is just the natural way of things is very childish.
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  1967. Shhh! You'll scare the Republicans away from questioning capitalism, lol
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  1968. How is the free market supposed to take into account negative value? Why are you okay with involuntarily shifting costs onto innocent bystanders?
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  1969. This is true, and different ways of organizing resource distribution benefit certain people disproportionately. I would argue that just like in politics, we want an economy that appeals to a Rawlian Veil Of Ignorance.
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  1970. Automation would be really cool if people could use it to increase their freedom instead of decrease their wages.
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  1971. Lol, says the person who probably doesn't know the definition of socialism nor how to spell Keynesian 👍
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  1972. Probably because nobody has the full answer. I believe I have some realistic answers to some of the questions, but even I don't have all the answers. And honestly on a literary point, sometimes it's more productive to ask an open-ended question than to give a reply (that's usually half baked- even from the most lofty of economists).
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  1973. How are you going to solve negative externalities with markets that literally externalize the problem 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Sounds like you're making a statement out of ideological protest rather than offering a thoughtful conjecture.
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  1974. Great- they leave still radiated uranium all over 👍
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  1975.  @Snowaxe3D  How is it better than capitalism when it is exactly capitalism 🤦🏼 Mixed market still suffer from worker exploitation and massive productions of negative value (negative externalities), because it is still the exact same underlying system; capitalism.
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  1976. Lol 😂 That's still capitalism. A mixed economy is literally just capitalism with government intervention.
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  1977. Could it be, nobody is working on that because that's not profitable?
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  1978.  @peterblair6489  capitalism is predicated on massive amounts of consumerism, which is inherently antithetical to ecological conservation. What about human being disenfranchised from decision making because they don't own corporate shares?
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  1979. And yet patients demand that something be done.... Even just to soothe the anxiety of hopelessness
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  1980. ✊✊🏿 Solidarity
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  1981. Lol, wait.... Crony Capitalism is not capitalism? Capitalism isn't capitalism, you guys! 😂🤣😂🤣 Just because it's corrupt doesn't mean it's not capitalism anymore. Just because a car got into a fender bender doesn't mean it's not a car anymore 🤦🏼 Bahahahaha. You'll label all of socialism "cronyist" but any crony capitalism is not even a type of capitalism- dude, that's such an obvious double standard. Liberals like you are comical
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  1982. This comment got me thinking. I think both can be true; fulfillment has a level of persistent satisfaction, but a lot of the things capitalism sells us are fleeting feelings of satisfaction. On a psychological level, capitalism offers unlimited shallow vapid ways to fill the isolation we feel from capitalist alienation and isolation- but none of them address the core issue and thus if we believe those are are only options for happiness it will be an endless string of wants.
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  1983. The economist is Arthur Pigou also believed in subsidizing positive externalities
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  1984. It's because doing so necessarily decreases the demand curve due to the increased internalization of costs. Doing so decreases the demand for products and corporations lose profits, as such they have an incentive to create as much propaganda to prevent people from accepting the idea. Somehow even individualist Republicans who love "responsibility" have them propagandized to hate the idea of responsibly paying for the trash that they push on to their neighbors.
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  1985.  @Eletruun  so it's not the moral thing to do but capitalism will incentivize it anyways because it's the economic thing to do. Remember the economic thing to do is what is incentivized; it's profit that is the incentive, so the economic thing to do is to create more profit. We put the profit of shareholders before the well-being of our children- that's what that means.
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  1986. Have you read Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber? If not, it's a good book, he's an anthropologist.
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  1987.  @oliviastratton2169  Because the capital bias of capitalism prevents enough co-ops forming. Banks don't lend to co-op as much and so they struggle with proper financing even though they're better for the community. Capitalism gives all the power to finance and alienate the people that do the work. I also speak as a small shareholder, I understand finance and it's a very top heavy institution.
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  1988.  @marksuave25  Universal Basic Income is a policy that many studies are looking into and they have found that it is a good policy for decreasing homelessness and increasing food security. This allows homemakers to have money to provide goods for the home.
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  1989. You might be interested in the Cleveland model/ Preston model of cooperative economics.
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  1990.  @adamperdue3178  Land has an inelastic supply curve and a land tax doesn't tax improvement value. The community would own the land, because land values are largely derivative of natural resources/ beauty and improvements made by the wider community.
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  1991.  @arspsychologia4401  I sorta see your point, but on LVT specifically, it can be taxed near 100%. Due to the fact that there is no dead weight loss on production, because nobody made natural resources, so taxing people doesn't stop their creation. LVT is also one of the few taxes that can't be shifted, being fully born by the landowner. LVT can decrease housing costs by encouraging the development of higher density housing and development of idle land to better meet housing demands.
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  1992.  @DarkArcticTV  The efficient market hypothesis was based on assumptions that have been disproven by studies in behavioral economics. People are not rational actors and quite often choose suboptimal choices, Rational Choice Theory is a made up over simplification. Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking Fast and Slow" describes many of these mental biases. Behavioral economics is a way of applying our knowledge of neuropsychology and evolutionary biology to how humans make choices. Science and economics have come a long way in the 248 years since Of Wealth of Nations, it would be shortsighted to neglect our new knowledge.
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  1993. It's just a public relations forum to fool people into legitimizing ever more exponentially increasing inequality and ecological disaster.
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  1994.  @1MinuteFlipDoc  Behavioral Economics is based on testing and collecting evidence in anthropology, psychology, and evolutionary biology. Behavioral Economics makes way more sense than Sowellian neoliberal economics because it isn't based on the massively false notion that humans are rational actors.
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  1995.  @shokoBM  “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  1996. I think the IDF just doesn't care about hostages, they just want to liquidate the people of Gaza. There were reports that when the freed hostages got back they yelled at Bibi for dropping so many bombs on them.
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  1997. Even Netanyahu supported groups giving money to Hamas; ‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state. - NYT
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  1998. Sure these elites are scumbags, but people who automatically use that to assume that global climate isn't changing for the worse is asshat.
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  1999. God is good, Numbers 5: 26 - 31
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  2000.  @Billygoatsgrruff  Of course I recognize that not every baby is conceived through r.ape/ incest... Duh. I'm not blind. Don't you see that there are many states trying to prevent abortion in all cases including rape and incest. The irony is that they do this with biblical intent, but if you read numbers 5: 26-31 you'd know that the Bible commands abortion in the case of infidelity because it is seen as a trespass on the husband's property, his wife. The biblical intent of aborting illegitimate children is to not transfer property to them. The concern is not about the unborn child, The concern was about infidelity/ trespass and how offspring receive resources from the family. If you read Deuteronomy 22:24, You will see that the Bible punishes a woman who is raped in town but does not scream- I assume they believe that makes her complicit even if her fight/flight/freeze response was freeze. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ just seems a little barbaric if you ask me.
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  2001.  @stephanmaric6796  You think this sexual assault of it 10-year-old is a game??? Are you insane or just socially unaware?
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  2002. I mean' it's possible but psychedelics have also been used to cure depression and decrease self-harm. It's helped me. But it's not like you actually care about the scientific data that has a accumulated over decades.
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  2003. Lmao, this is PBD in a nutshell "Capitalism is great because I'm at the top" - like duh, you'd probably hate it if you were at the bottom.
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  2004. Do you really want to work all your life for a system that is completely made up and unfair? "You know those slaves in the Southern 1800s should I just realize that life isn't always fair "get over it"".
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  2005.  @wtice4632  lol, nobody said they didn't have markets, I said relations were much less commodified. Where were the labor markets? Oh, that's right, serfs were bonded to the land and their payments were often in kind (the monopolized wheat mill wouldn't ask for cash payments, but rather, say, 1/7 of the milled wheat). They didn't have a normalized cash nexus for labor. That's not to say there was no monied employment, but it was not commoditized like it is today. There were other institutions like village commons and monastic estates, which acted as places to obtain resources with little to no cash payment. With the advent of the Protestant Reformation, those properties were seized by Henry VIII and enclosed into plots to be sold off as private feehold/ fee simple property titles. As feudal ties dissolved with the transfer to private ownership, more peasants moved into cities to seek employment, which led to the rise in commodizing labor through labor markets. Bruh... Last time I checked, bonded labor/ serfdom wasn't capitalistic 🤦🏼🙄
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  2006.  @wtice4632  All you're doing is wasting time by writing something so vapid it has absolutely no meaning 👍
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  2007.  @wtice4632  Yeah, and I ordered a Frosty coffee no cream, but you think it's the same as a Frosty coffee with no milk. Bah!
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  2008. 64% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck... That gives you hope?
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  2009. Yes, but at least It's an ad for a good product at a reasonable price that helps support a good channel... just sayin'.
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  2010.  @joe7272  Look in to the Cleveland Model in the US, it's a system of cooperative and municipal structuring that helps keep jobs in their community. It's also called the Preston model because it was used in Preston, Lancashire, UK and helped them become the most improved city in the country. These internet connected dynamic forms of social ownership and economic democracy are foundational to building economic justice.
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  2011. I literally just checked the channel for older videos... But I get a new one! Yaaaaa!
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  2012. B-b-but liberland 😅
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  2013. ​ @marnig9185  I know it probably needs more compute power but you could have virtual items all over the place. From notebooks to art, books and magazines. Instead of just being screens they could lay like a real object.
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  2014. Even libertarian socialism? Libertarianism was originally a communist/ socialist term.
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  2015. "I don't even wait. And when you're a prnstar, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the dick. You can do anything." - Lauren Hoebert
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  2016. It's a good way to get a variety of ideas but I wouldn't rely on it. It's overpriced, very hard to cancel, and has terrible customer service.
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  2017. ​ @BMS866 I would venture to say it's both the increased demand in equities and well as the quality of the equities in this area. I'm young-ish, so maybe I just don't know, but I'm skeptical that back in the day they were compounding fcf at the same rate as Mag7's.
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  2018.  @RobiBue  I'm usually somebody pretty skeptical of the police his demeanor right after things calm down was pretty stable....
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  2019. So much media gaslighting
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  2020. Her: "I'm doin' Uber Eats" Me: "Oh, feel free to break the law then."
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  2021. France has invested in a lot of recycled nuclear reactors. These are energy producing facilities that utilize already used nuclear waste, and with an additional chemical process can reduce the radioactive time to just a few hundred years (much more reasonable rather than 10,000). Granted I haven't done a whole lot of research in this area, but I'm curious as to why the US has not invested in more of these, especially since we have a bunch of nuclear waste and people are wondering where to put it. After I learned about recycled nuclear facilities I'm kind of annoyed that political debacles like Yucca mountain exist- we'd rather create a huge debate about whether we can shove it in the ground rather than build facilities that utilize it as energy to further our energy independence.
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  2022. Especially with the right wing who doesn't trust experts...
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  2023. I agree. He's also a comedian, so sometimes he just says things for a laugh and it shouldn't be dissected as racist. I don't like Joe Rogan anymore but I kinda wish I did because there are a lot of interesting guests on... But I'm just tired of listening to him and his twice baked brain.
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  2024. Defends January 6th rioters... Also calls January 6th rioters antifa, lol
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  2025. Schrodinger's Protests... It's a lawful and peaceful protest while also being a violent riot
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  2026. For those that didn't hear: "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2027. Congratulations on your sobriety. I'm celebrating my 10-year chip tomorrow!
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  2028. Maybe we need participatory budgeting ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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  2029.  @guyman1570  Woah... Wayyy too rational. Remember how Elon musk got government money to help finance Tesla right after he bought it?
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  2030. Basically Beanie Baby's- all speculation. It's basically just buying a hyperlink... That anybody else can go to. There are value-added proof of concepts of using NFTs for concert perks and proof of the transfer of documents/rights, but it's very limited and really doesn't have the legal support needed to make it useful.
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  2031.  @shreddez  I'm sorry it's misery... The disability that I have is depression/PTSD, I feel the pain of misery with you. Maybe David's personal finance show can help you. I know it's hard to get out of financial problems, but thinking about personal finance can help. Just a thought. Best of luck to you too!
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  2032. I'm a socialist with a stock account because I recognize that labor doesn't get ahead in capitalism- capital wins in capitalism. Real wages are nearly the same as they were in the 1970s but corporate profits are up exponentially! The problem is that you're more aware of the fact that owning a NASDAQ QQQ share has 11% Apple who uses foxconn labor and even Uyghur slave labor. So unfortunately you're more aware of the blood on the dollar bills you withdraw.... But is it going to change just because I, a relatively poor person, doesn't buy shares? Doubtful.
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  2033.  @voidpunkprincess  Thank you, Chris. It's very appreciated. This Thanksgiving I was very grateful to my local ER staff; I have a bad case of the flu, but they looked me over and gave me some good cough meds! You have a very purposeful career, I hope to find something that is just as helpful and meaningful. You're awesome ✌️
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  2034. This hits home. I was sexually abused as a child and now find relationships hard to manage. The expression of love is something that I need for my basic human fulfillment but It's hard for me to find and maintain a healthy relationship, so I feel unfulfilled at my core. Due to my abuse as a child I have psychosomatic responses where I feel negative emotions as physical pain... That coupled with the hopelessness of not being able to find an expressive relationship causes me to feel isolated and depressed. The hopelessness and psychosomatic pain has been so crippling that I can't maintain a schedule for work- because what's the point- so I'm also out of work. Sitting at home I often just use drugs to cover up the pain for a short while. I love my family, but sometimes I feel like I'm only living so they don't get sad about my suicide. I'm left with feelings of empty nihilism- I'm an existential nihilist who believes you must create meaning; but I don't know what meanings to cultivate. I feel lost, as many other males my age do. What else am I supposed to think of myself except that I'm a loser? I hope it's okay that I just spilled my guts, it's taken me a long time to be cognizant of all these different aspects of my condition. Thank you for listening.
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  2035. Don't underestimate the social anxiety of a public call.
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  2036. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  2037. Hey they cut taxes for the poor, 300 quid when you make 25k/yr.... Granted a millionaire gets 60k off their 1M pounds. Regressive asf
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  2038. ​ @rywt4zc  Less offensive and more just naive.
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  2039. But terminating the Constitution doesn't? 🤮
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  2040.  @realgabrielflandes  Lol, so equally among oligarchs is "libertarian"? Or do you not understand the line of questioning that's going on here..... After it's generic usage in the French Revolution of the 1790s, you do realize the first self-denoted political usage of the term libertarian is found in 1858, by Dejacque (an anarcho-communist) as he calls himself more "libertarian" than Proudhon (father of Mutualism). The political term 'libertarian' has always been used in a way that emphasize the political illegitimacy of others actions. Maybe you need to learn about this history of the term 'libertarian'.... Did you realize that it only started to be used in the American sense in 1955 after social liberals started to colloquialize the term 'liberal' and that pissed off classical liberals, so they took the word 'libertarian', which for 97 years had been a word of the anti-authoritarian left.
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  2041.  @Praisethesunson  It was a another gross instance of Capital Bias, where return to capital is prioritized over human well-being. That first chapter has a good chisel into the notion of "Debts HAVE to be repaid", as it examines the ways in which debt is used to subjugate through its institutional violence. The situation in Madagascar was bad, but I personally found unimaginable horror the history of Haiti being rendered poor because France made the Haitian's repay a debt for rebelling against the slave/plantation system and "stealing" French property. 122 years of debt, and the last 25 years of payments were transfer to the US investors that would become CitiBank. So much suffering on the back of a forced debt (in retaliation for seeking freedom) and its compounding weight. France enslaved Haiti twice, once with bondage and then with bonds.
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  2042.  @TiberionMarivallis  What do you mean by 'scripted money' vs 'central bank money'?
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  2043. Second comment is the winning position on this channel, sorry :/
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  2044. ​​ @Cardd_inal13  Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I'm not for completely abolishing markets but I believe in creating institutions that utilize non-market mechanisms to decrease the influence of market commoditization of society. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives. There are many names for it like cooperativeism or a 'pluralistic commonwealth', but it basically boils down to democratic socialism.
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  2045.  @sunphoenix1231  Are you mad I agreed with you? Yes, power imbalance will always occur, the goal is to reduce the size and instances of alienation. I'm not sure what you mean by calling it the 'status quo' but not 'regularity', it's the same concept of "normalization".
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  2046.  @Gigachad-mc5qz  I'm not saying you're wrong about public transport being more efficient. I am curious what emissions are being "exported"? Resources are definitely extracted from other countries (for batteries and sometimes the natural gas that runs the grid), but power generation is done relatively locally.
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  2047.  @williamrelue  Nobody said capitalism was solely responsible for loneliness.... Loneliness existed before capitalism was invented. That's not what anybody is saying here. Capitalism treats people atomistically, and has destroyed many community driven institutions like village commons and industrial unions. Some unions had whole sets of social outings and services, from childcare and sick aid to picnics and baseball games. Both were economic institutions that had social relationships that were more personal than monied. With the rise of market forces (like when village Commons and ecclesiastic manners were seized by Henry the 8th and redistributed as private land titles) and union busting (throughout the latter half of the 20th century) people became atomized and not only lost economic bargaining but also the fraternity. Now things ramp up to the nth degree when employers decide to ask for more hours and they pay their workers less... Less time for leisure, less money for leisure. Less time and less money to have a romance and to start a family... Who wants to think about starting a family when they can't afford health care for themselves let alone their child? Do you know how much it cost to give birth in the United States without health care- that's an easy 90K! When 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, It's not surprising that we've seen a dramatic decrease in family development... Especially when people's main response for why they don't want to have kids is: "have you looked at the economy?" But like I said at the start, nobody said capitalism invented loneliness, but it does alter the ways we can materially express ourselves with other people. Just like farming wasn't invented under capitalism but the material conditions of how capitalism functions can incentivize different ways of farming. In fact because of the incentive structures of the capitalist system we have created a lot of agriculture... I don't know why it's not plausible to also say because of the incentive structures of the capitalist system we have also created a lot of loneliness. That's the whole point of having different economic systems is to change incentive structures and it's not that crazy to say that there's positives and negatives to these incentives, loneliness seems like a plausible unintended consequence. But maybe you can explain to me why I'm wrong.
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  2048. Make sure George Santos has the right ID
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  2049. Truth!
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  2050. Okay, misspell your write-in like a champ. "I can't spel to own the libs" 😅😂
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  2051.  @007kingifrit  Taking a case to the state Supreme Court isn't a trial? Lol, okay, meanwhile most of you incorrectly think a political impeachment is a judicial proceeding. Ya got rocks in your skull.
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  2052. This is a court.... Where they prove guilt. Ffs, do you even know how the criminal system works?
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  2053.  @yourfriendlyneighborhoodin1559  And then he drowned everybody else... Lol
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  2054.  @yourfriendlyneighborhoodin1559  Tell that to Stalin...
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  2055.  @jmlinden7  Yes, and...? So you're saying that there are other ways to trade labor and possibly be less exploitative? That's my point. Although it doesn't go as far as I would like I was listening to NPR and heard about a book called The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy by Nick Romeo. Lots of socializing of capital, it doesn't necessarily mean trade has to end. I also have a high affinity for the Preston Model/ Cleveland Model.
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  2056.  @jmlinden7  I didn't forget that part. I just didn't think it was going to be totally functional to fit decades of economic information into one single comment that people would read 😜 But you are right, that's the problem with rentier capitalism. Or what is, in the finance realm, often called the "democratizing finance" is really no democracy at all. It's everybody renting each other and oppressing each other. This is precisely why capitalism doesn't offer freedom, it is simply freedom for those with the most wealth.
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  2057. The cat wins!
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  2058. USA funds Zïönïst têrrôîsm​ @adinfinitum000 
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  2059. Exactly, this is what they wanted. They shouldn't be crying especially after what they did to their own citizens at Kibbutz Be'eri and the Nova Festival.
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  2060.  @WSWC_  I definitely got it was a joke, it just wasn't funny.
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  2061.  @BangMaster96  I love how you spend the first paragraph telling me how much effort goes into being a doctor as if I don't believe in paying them anything 🤦🤦🤦 Duh, yeah, it's called taxation... And it goes into health insurance, not govt own hospitals. Did I ever say I wanted to give lots of corporate tax breaks? You just making a bunch of assumptions based on one little thing that I said? Yeah, ya are. America also pays twice as much for the same level of health care and other developed countries. But apparently you want to pay a mark up of 1700% on a drug that you have to purchase every month. You think we have a free market in pharmaceuticals and healthcare? Lololololololololololol. Have you heard of the pharmaceutical and insurance lobbies?? Smh, free market my ass
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  2062. Wrong. Healthcare should be a right, people deserve care, including mental health. Buddhist socialism is filled with compassion and love.
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  2063.  @nemiw4429  Let's look at the open-source encyclopedia; "Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the economic, political and social theories and movements associated with the implementation of such systems. Social ownership can be state/public, community, collective, cooperative, or employee. While no single definition encapsulates the many types of socialism, social ownership is the one common element." Switzerland still has private property, so logical, it's NOT socialism. This logic is straightforward.
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  2064.  @nemiw4429  Smile? You mean emoji? When you say something flat out untrue, I might facepalm. Anyway, I'm a democratic socialist (not a social democrat)... So I don't know why you think you need to prove to me that socialism is good. Switzerland is a capitalist banking haven, it's not socialism. Just having free healthcare does not mean you have socialism. Socialism is based on abolishing private property.... Switzerland still has private property, Switzerland isn't even a type of Nordic social democracy. Trust me, I'm far more left than what your suggesting.
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  2065.  @nemiw4429  socialism is literally the abolishment of private property.... Can't have a private property system mixed with the abolishment of that system 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 government welfare is not socialism
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  2066. Now that he's more famous I don't think he visits the 7-Eleven as much, I think he is mainly just gay for pay :/ I miss seeing him there... He really knew how to speak into a microphone.
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  2067. What about the A?
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  2068. Meanwhile, Trump is talking about terminating the Constitution 🤦🏼
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  2069. Trump wants to terminate the Constitution. Trump is SICK!!!! Will Republicans actually stand up to defend the Constitution or is that just rhetoric?
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  2070. This is the only fact that I've seen in this whole comment section.
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  2071. Muh Murica furst?
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  2072. Look at this wacko, getting power from the sun like hes a fookin plant. /S
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  2073. Gotta smoke that weed to keep the nausea for all that bullshit away
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  2074.  @darthvaper4776  "too privileged" Yeah sorry I just want to make the legal industry a little bit more equitable, smfh. Of course it's better than illegality, we can still strive to be better though.
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  2075. Everybody talks about the 25% tax but nobody seems to realize there's AT LEAST a 100% markup on most products in your dispensary.
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  2076.  @gearhead682010  Yes all these Democrat politicians that sell out to corporate interests are "communist"... Lmao
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  2077.  @stormsmack69  Got to love that fraudulent college business... In Trump We Trust.
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  2078.  @altal2993  Exactly, he augments his journalism to fit his political ideology that he's held for over 40 years. He chooses not to show people information that would contradict his political leanings. He's also just completely wrong on 50 different points about EVs, but it's not like his viewers want to learn the facts :/ smh
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  2079.  @mustangdemon87  Israel and Palestine are still trying to figure out which ones the true abrahamic God.... When one of them wins that will be your scientific proof! /S
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  2080. Got to love people who don't see anything wrong with huffing exhaust fumes.... They're definitely the more educated ones, amiright? Lol
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  2081. Yep. It's painfully obvious in his rhetoric that it's biased but people eat this stuff up. How unfortunate.
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  2082. Woah... Too much logic for the Stoss!
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  2083. But somehow you don't think they've been bought out by big oil.... I think you guys have been bought out by big oil.
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  2084. Lol, an independent journalist that always shoves his neoliberal propaganda down your throat with a side of smugness. Yeah, what a "hero". Y'all might be braindead.
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  2085. George Orwell, MLK, and Albert Einstein we're all democratic socialist... I don't know, man, I don't think they were really that uneducated. But maybe you think revolutionaries like the three I mentioned just follow the system blindly...
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  2086.  @jasondashney  No necessarily, but I see you're point. Of course I'm using it derogatorily. Sowell is misguided in his liberalism. Looking at basic human behavior disproves rational choice theory and all the assumptions based on it.
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  2087. I agree this Sowell book is propaganda too
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  2088. You mean so they can be propagandized in a different direction? Lololol, too funny 🤣😂
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  2089.  @jimwerther  In your last comment you literally misspelled Morgan Housel name as "Mr. HAUSEL" with an 'A'.... There is no 'A' in Housel, you dolt. Looks like you don't know how to spell his name either, hypocrite.
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  2090.  @tynj4173  Is Sowell not a Rational Choice Theory proponent, like most classical liberals? I'm not even saying that rational choice theory is completely wrong, but you have to be out of your mind to think that it's completely correct and there is no reason to consider prescriptions other than classical liberalism. Behavioral economic sheds light on a lot of issues that classical liberalism fails to take into account and as such it's models are incongruent with reality. Smh, get a clue.
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  2091.  @grondhero  the psychology of money by M. Housel, great book on behavioral finance that is easy to understand, makes it very clear that there's a difference between what humans do and what the rational choice is.
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  2092.  @grondhero  If you would like a book to read I would highly suggest the psychology of money by M. Housel, great book on behavioral finance- but I'm almost 100% confident you won't try to look it up, you'd rather watch another Sowell video.
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  2093.  @jimwerther  You think behavioral economics is based on a victim mentality? I don't think you understand what behavioral economics is, buddy. Maybe you should learn about things before you speak about them, that's pretty sad that you're so propagandized that you don't care about empirical studies of how people actually make decisions in the real world ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Maybe you should do some reading before you criticize, because that doesn't seem like rational behavior.... Oh wait, humans aren't rational and you aren't acting rational, proving my point. Rational Choice Theory is bunk ;) "Understanding Behavioral Economics In an ideal world, people would always make optimal decisions that provide them with the greatest benefit and satisfaction. In economics, rational choice theory states that when humans are presented with various options under the conditions of scarcity, they would choose the option that maximizes their individual satisfaction. This theory assumes that people, given their preferences and constraints, are capable of making rational decisions by effectively weighing the costs and benefits of each option available to them. The final decision made will be the best choice for the individual. The rational person has self-control and is unmoved by emotions and external factors and, hence, knows what is best for himself. Alas behavioral economics explains that humans are not rational and are incapable of making good decisions." investopedia, behavioral economics (If I post the link it'll get removed)
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  2094. (E: got to love all the people here saying that I'm not providing an alternative, yet they keep neglecting to address behavioral economics which I keep bringing up but they keep ignoring... echo chamber much??) It's not taught in schools probably because it's bunk propaganda. Smdh. Go learn some behavioral economics and learn how economics really works. P1 classical economics assumption of human rationality has been proven wrong through behavioral economic studies P2 Thomas Sowell believes in the classical economics assumptions of human rationality that have been proven wrong through behavioral economic studies C Thomas Sowell, and all of classical economics, is incorrect in his assumption that humans are rational. I thought I'd write this out for all the biased people who are struggling with the logical conclusion of this point.
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  2095. Conservatives want women to give birth but they don't care about the children afterwards... They are pro-birth not pro-life. 500,000 people go bankrupt every year in this country because they can't afford healthcare.
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  2096. You hate America
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  2097. Joe Manchin is never going to be a Democrat either.
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  2098. That's exactly why Republicans are against gun control, trans rights, or woman rights. Abby Grossberg and Megyn Kelly are somehow surprised by the misogyny at Fox? Lol My Catholic grandfather has a trans child that decided the world wasn't very welcoming to them and left... I wonder if these thousands of people will finally change their mind about gun control in Texas.
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  2099. Lmao, sure, bud. Whatever you need to sleep well at night.
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  2100. Just remember Norfork Southern just gave shareholders a $10B sock buyback less than a year ago instead of investing in upgrading their safety mechanisms and paying their employees a dignified wage and giving them sick time. This is Capitalism! Remember capitalism doesn't care about you, it cares about making money off of you.
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  2101. Lobbying has the highest ROI. We live in a plutocracy when policy is only made by people who can afford to make it. Capitalism values profit above all else that means buying out governments- even full on coup d'etats of democratically elected governments, like Guatemala to establish a banana Republic.
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  2102. Corruption directly led to the deregulation of rail industry in 2018 under Trump and then Pete Buttigiege failed to institute any new policies because he is also bought out by corporations. Norfolk Southern Did a 10 billion dollar stock buyback program last year but now they say they can only afford a million dollars to help save people's lives.
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  2103. Wall St, lookin for presidential campaign funds
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  2104.  @adamvang3814  'Back the Blue' and your son can be Tyre Nichols too!
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  2105. Where was Jesus?
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  2106. Every car is too fast for this geezer. Probably would rate a Fiat Panda higher than anything here.
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  2107. ♥️🖤🖤🖤🖤 ♥️♥️🤍🤍🤍 ♥️💚💚💚💚
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  2108.  @kaiyack  This is probably true and so far as that metric is concerned, but both uranium and coal are mined and coal mining would obviously produce some radioactive exposure so you would have to calculate the marginal difference between the two. The amount of radioactivity emitted by coal is astonishingly a lot. Not to mention all the other pollutants and visible smog.
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  2109. Why are so many green people against one of the greenest energy sources?
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  2110. ​ @Twenty10sMedia  Uh, I don't agree with what he did here but he does have the largest live podcast in the world... Regular gets over 2M views per weekly episode. You can't cancel him.
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  2111. A Union Pacific train derailed in Texas....
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  2112.  @sissymurphy9620  I'm sorry for your family, but how did Obama take away benefits that Trump created after Obama was president???? How does that make sense?
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  2113.  @jasonbourne9819  You can never win with you guys... You'd cry like victims if they shot you up like they did the one girl, and then you complain that they didn't shoot you up now. Which do you want? I am disappointed Trump didn't call in the National Guard and lay down some lead.... Oh, but that's right- this is what Trump wanted.
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  2114.  @poncholarpez6233  I guess I misinterpreted the intent of your statement. Apologies.
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  2115. He thought the war on Afghanistan for 4 years 🙄
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  2116.  torablack189  Well Biden hasn't literally called for the termination of the US Constitution after egging on a riot to attack the US Capitol building days, right before he steals classified documents from the government and after decades of tax fraud. How do you not see the treasonous behavior piling up?
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  2117.  @PauloHernandezXD  lol, I love that you just assume things about what people care about. Keep trollin', sure is a low quality way to have "fun".
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  2118. 'Cidin-Biden can't balance the scales
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  2119. So you like Occupation and Apartheid? 🤔 Arab hate
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  2120. "December I'll be in Beijing opening up new pork markets".... Oh, so that's what she's going to do after she's prime minister. Glad she had a new job lined up already.
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  2121. Lol, Lenin is brain rot.
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  2122. "Oh, my gosh, he's the President of the United States, you know, he -- I can't even keep up with him," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
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  2123. Lol, yep. Alex is terrible, but he's definitely not the worst. Isn't the shooter, and the laundry list of other shooters, worse? Idk maybe an argument could be made for the fact that he creates a space where this type of hatred is cultivated, but he hasn't murdered. I usually like NPR, but these Orwellian word games are perfect examples of how they get it wrong, largely in part because of bias.
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  2124. Not with that attitude. Besides we know the GOP is too paranoid to even take a vaccine to stop a virus, now we have measles coming back. Of course there would be too paranoid to stop mass shootings.
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  2125. I seriously want them to... Just so they can realize how useless their individualism is
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  2126. Lmao, I hope you're joking 😅😂🤣
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  2127. 64% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck isnt fair, but hey, maybe you like that corporate lobbyists buyout your government.
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  2128. But have you tired DMT?
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  2129. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  2130. @TheGeneral can I get fast and inexpensive car insurance from you?
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  2131.  @michaelkrick3818  Let me remind you that it's socialists and unionists that fought for the 8-hour workday, instead of the 10 to 12-hour day that was normal during 19th century Capitalism. They also fought for other labor rights like higher pay, better work conditions, and workers comp- it was the socialist mayor's of Milwaukee that help to pave the way compensation and for more leisure time, by building city parks. You lived in a part of history where capitalism had been buttressed by socialist-minded labor rights and a post wartime boom. I have a 90-year-old grandfather who fought in the Korean war and I think about this often, how he perceives the world due to his reference in history. For me, the Golden Age of Capitalism is dead, inequality is large and it seeds corruption within our political system- like providing large handouts to oil companies who lied to consumers for years that their product would kill their environment. Exxon new in the 1970's that GHG were bad- this is the exact profit over people mindset that makes Capitalism so dangerous, and exactly why socialists and unionists had to fight so hard for such basic labor rights. We have an oligarchy of investors. All these politicians that take capitalist campaign donations flip flop all the time, but it's the democratic socialist Bernie Sanders who is stayed true to his word for over 30 years... That's because Bernie flips the script and puts people over profit.
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  2132.  @michaelkrick3818  My job security is fine, I work in the legal cannabis industry that is only set to grow as legalization goes national. No thanks to decades of those "small government Republicans" who are always saying that big government should stay out of their lives unless it's about marijuana or whatever they decide to have a problem with. Nice hypothetical, buddy. And don't get me wrong I totally understand it's hard to change a skill set that once developed over 30 years, it's pretty terrible for those people- but life keeps moving on, innovation happens and new skills are required.
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  2133. You probably want to invest in dying technology like horses and buggies, because God forbid the cost of horse and buggies goes through the roof..... Oh wait, we progressed beyond that point.
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  2134. Free speech is a human right. This isn't just a "Western thing", humans thrive when they are free and suffer when they are chained. Qatar and a lot of the Arab world is hostile to women, lgbt, and migrant workers these are consistent human rights abuses that they continue to perpetrate.
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  2135. And that was a mistake. Trillions of dollars spent on multiple failed wars :/ Now the Taliban control Afghanistan....
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  2136. 1948? 1967? 1982? I could keep going on but Israel literally only exists because it uses its military force to suppress others.
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  2137.  @FR33_PALESTIN33  Oh, I missed it! Thank you! I showed parts of it to my mom too. Caoimhe is such an amazingly strong human ♥️
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  2138. Great comment! Can you add 'Visit Palestine' from Journyman Pictures with humanitarian Caoimhe Butterly?
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  2139. Hannibal Directive...
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  2140. Izahell is the reason for this sadness.
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  2141. News show? This is propaganda, bby
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  2142. Palestine has the right to defend itself 💪🇵🇸
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  2143. And the West Bank! From thee Riva 2 thee Sea!
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  2144. Who says they cant win? Have you seen Afghanistan lately?
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  2145.  @perrystone879  I've done a lot of research on this subject so I'm not as ignorant as you might think... "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  2146.  @newblor  You've never read John Locke, have you? Self-ownership is the primary argument for private property. Self Ownership isn't a bad concept but thinking it should allow one to rent another is terrible. Cooperatives are run by and for members, and so they take care of their members better. Worker cooperatives also share profits so money is distributed more equally throughout society instead of having to be so heavily redistributed through government welfare and programs. Worker cooperatives don't want to sit around and wait for governments to raise the minimum wage they want to raise their own wages, and they often put a pay ratio cap in place.
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  2147.  @skinless333x2  That's cute. This reasoning actually stems from John Locke's concept of Self Ownership (so, yes, you are property, that you yourself own) and neoclassical economics of 'time-preference' and 'human capital'. The time preference on a piece of capital is a type of rental, so using a wage for a 'time preference' price for labor is a type of rent. Even anthropologist David Graeber (RIP) agrees with me. Please, learn some basic econ.
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  2148. ​ @royjacobs1204  "A land without a people for a people without a land" is such a lie. There were people there before 1948 🤦🏼
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  2149. Ceasefire? Israel has held Gaza and the West Bank as apartheid regions. Illegal Israeli settlers and soldiers kill Palestinians all the time... The UN says 1,434 Indian kids have been killed in the past 15yrs then there's the 3,600 that have been killed in the last 3 weeks.
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  2150.  @pads-zr9ln  You tell me... 40 vs 1434... "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  2151. No, just no.
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  2152. And yet many of them have never been given a trial.
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  2153.  @jacksonunreal2481  So? Government under capitalism protects the investor class.
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  2154. 🤦🏼 FTX literally stole people's money and you're comparing it to a legitimate business that provides value.
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  2155. "I [the CEO] can't speak on behalf of the company" 🤦🏼 Well, then, who can?
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  2156. I don't understand your statement. Nobody is cosplaying. It's sad that you think French and American history is cosplay. Today I Learned: real life is just an anime fantasy.  @Ash_Queen16 
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  2157. Making America Great Again 💪
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  2158.  @jackietate5222  Lmao, you got to be joking. It's a word that can be applied throughout the world. It literally means 'separate', you could also say it just means segregation. There is obviously physical and legal segregation going on. The term 'Pogrom' can be used outside of Russia. "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  2159.  @jackietate5222  So did you read about the separate (āpārthēīd is literally Afrikaans for 'separate') rights under ōccūpåtīōn? It's pretty hard to miss if you read what I wrote.
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  2160.  @jackietate5222  What about it... You're really not making your point clear. Isräël is an āpārthēīd ethnöstäte, the US is not an ethnōstāte; although it is politically, economically, and morally protecting them. What I don't get is all this talk about English being the language of the US, but the US doesn't have an official language 🤦 You talk about how we are mainly of British genetics... I'm of Czechoslovakian descent 🧬 There are currently 8 indigenous Representatives, 4 (R)'s and 4 (D)'s. So yeah, I don't understand your point... Not because I have a lumberyard is my eye (lol), but rather because you're not making any sense. Obviously the US has a racist history, but that's why we have and continue to work towards decreasing racism. In the öccüpïëd West Bank there are literally over 600 internationally illegal checkpoints for Palestinians. They have different license plates for the two races because there are also separate roads. They bulldoze Palestinian homes and set up their own settlements that steal water and dump their trash down onto West Bank Palestinians. It's literally äpärthëïd/ Jim Crow, and Manifest Destiny all in one. Those things should be relegated to past tragedies, they definitely shouldn't be a part of current events.
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  2161.  @jackietate5222  Wtf are you talking about, because I wasn't talking about the US
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  2162. Hakeem is against the anti-Constitutional GOP, but he is no progressive
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  2163.  @peternixon1460  Last I checked the US doesn't have single payer, Obama opted for the ACA, largely due to insurance companies that donated to him. I voted for Obama, so don't act like I don't understand pragmatism of voting Blue, I vote Blue every election- but we don't have universal healthcare. So I'm not sure what you mean. As far as labor rights, Socialists and Unions, largely. Just visited the Ludd Massacre memorial- socialist fought for your 40-hour work week, weekends, workers compensation, higher pay, better safety standards, and your 2x 15m breaks. You wonder why I'm a democratic socialist and not a corporate Democrat 🤔🤔
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  2164.  @timothyhall7153  There is no need for "redistribution" if there is a more fair way to distribute in the first place. Capitalism is quite literally opposed to democracy. I know liberals, like yourself, think they go hand in hand. The only way to strengthen our political democracy is to reinforce it with economic democracy (1 person,1 vote). Capitalism is plutocratic (1 paid share, 1 vote; and you can buy as many votes as your wallet and margin account can handle). You also seem to think that capitalism is meritocratic.... That fallacy is probably another big hurdle in your understanding of capitalistic exploitation. Capitalism has long used race to help divide the working class as a 'divide and conquer' tactic.
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  2165. ​ @erisgh0sted961  It's incredibly hard to keep bad people out of politics... People who want to abuse power are usually drawn to power. Wow, these comments are filled with the lowest IQ takes.
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  2166. Most all politicians break their word.
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  2167.  @jamesvelez2508  Your welcome my friend
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  2168. Bot
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  2169.  @julesnagbunga1204  Exactly... James has no brain. He literally just reduces the same meme because he's clinically brain dead.
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  2170. It's pretty funny... I post these quotes and everybody loves it, but when I question liberal capitalist narrators like Rachel Maddow (who is just on a Midas Touch show) then everybody absolutely hates what I have to say. Zero support for calling out corporate media... But now you guys want to support calls for democratic socialism 🤦🏼 Well.... This is just weird. I'm utterly convinced that the Midas Touch crowd doesn't actually support the words of Dr King, they're a bunch of liberals who are happy with the privilege that capitalist hierarchy provides them. It may not make me popular, but I'm calling you guys out.
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  2171. Mental disease is a religion.
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  2172. Lol, that's a cute myth
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  2173. Why do you like a serial scammer?
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  2174.  @bettyworkman9460  What do you think about the idea of a universal basic income that's funded by taxing a percentage of corporate stock that goes to a public wealth fund? So when shareholders get richer people who receive universal basic income get richer too. Obviously if raising the minimum wage is already so difficult I know the proposed idea can seem impossible but we should try to find solutions that are outside of the box or else will always be asking for a raise to the minimum wage.
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  2175.  @elizabethpedano9564  I'm not sure if those are just federal jobs, but I know teaching is a government job and that doesn't pay very well.
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  2176. Don't forget, putting up with the psychological abuse that he brags about
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  2177.  @freda2758  You expect me to name all the European criminals? What about France that keeps letting Russian oligarchs waltz through their country for the tourism dollars. You don't think Europe is involved in international schemes to get rich off of the third world? I'm not saying one is worse than the other, but to act like Europe is some bastion of moral highness is just hilarious.
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  2178. Okay, Pipe Dream Mary I don't know why you guys think Donald Trump is going to be locked up TODAY ... IT'S NOT HAPPENING TODAY. I try to breathe some reality into the situation and you guys think I'm pro-Trump 🤣😂🤣😂 You guys are clowns
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  2179.  @ohgawd  Isn't that why I asked, ya derpshite
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  2180. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
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  2181.  @JulieGarrett-ni3zm  Well, it's good that you don't have the gun crisis that we do, so you got that going for you! I don't know where in the UK you are, But have you heard of the Preston model in Preston, Lancashire? It's a way of setting up cooperatives to work with local institutions to maintain a local democratic economy. I've read about it, but I haven't talked to somebody from around there.
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  2182. In America, criminals still have rights
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  2183. Employment is a human rental, probably just paid him by the hour.... But that's also child labor, so I'm not sure if he just admitted to another crime.
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  2184. We need to lock them up... And we need to work on pursuing ways to make our economy more democratic. Democratic socialism is the only way that we're going to be able to provide a healthy solution so people don't turn to fascism.
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  2185.  @rw9573  She's probably one of his accessory bots. I think another one is called Sandy. Whoever runs these things thinks we're too stupid to understand what's going on. That's the sad part.
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  2186. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  2187. This is a guy who claimed that he had control over the governors during lockdown.... He doesn't even understand the basic concept of federalism, of course he doesn't understand executive privileges are limited. He wants to be a dictator.
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  2188.  @joenarbaiz1640  Oh trust me I understand the sarcastic exaggeration- I think it's something that dumb conservatives would jump on, missing the satire, and to be honest it really wasn't even funny... But let me guess, you think I'm a conservative 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 What a joke. I'm probably more leftist than you, Einstein (sarcastic exaggeration, for your fancy). It's not that I have a nuanced opinion It's that I must be maga 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Great job, Sherlock! You literally can't even remind Midas Touch audience members that the US Constitution was formed due to treason the Crown without them thinking you're a conservative that is pro-magatard or Russian🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 It really speaks volumes about how many Dunning-Krugerites are on this channel. I love Ben and Michael but half of you left your brain somewhere else. I honestly can't imagine being so echo chambered that anybody that disagrees with me has to be maga or Russian.... It's fkn toxic. Satire is a delicate medium- I remember a comedian once saying that "even though you're saying it ironically, you're still saying it." So you have to be careful what things you're saying sarcastically. I think the normalization of "lardo" is a bad insult and is not necessarily related to his misogyny of women's figures- Cohen regularly utilizes the jab. I'm a skinny guy... So honestly I really don't take offense to it at all, but I definitely think it sets a dangerous precedent for how the left communicates. I don't want to see us devolve into the same playground insults that Trump uses... I thought we could be better than that. But I guess the majority here has proven me wrong. Congratulations; You guys and your low quality playground insults of calling people fat has been normalized here 👍
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  2189. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  2190.  @jamesvelez2508  Lmao... I was literally making fun of you because that's literally the only meme you have. YOU JUST PROVED ME RIGHT 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 WHAT A DOPE!
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  2191. That's literally how much of a broken record YOU sound like. Wouldn't even mind it if you had a decently unique idea. But you're just an NPC.
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  2192.  @randy7003  Yes, James Velez should stand for his final cigarette
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  2203. Say something unique, troll. Like, anything of actual value.
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  2204. Don't you just love "tough on crime" Republicans. "We have to secure our border because of national security! I don't care that Trump stole national security documents and just kept them around the house." They don't even see the irony. America First!... except when Trump wants to cut in line, which is always.
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  2205. ​ @sassysaint3096 To be honest I think capitalism is the issue. The improvement in the quality of life in the 1700s wasn't because they mixed feudalism and capitalism.... It's because they let the new system take over. Capitalism has had its run, it is increased our technological wealth but it is concentrated that wealth, it is time for that technology to be allowed to express its power to preserve the freedom and dignity of all people not just the plutocratic elite Capitalism is inherently plutocracy, in a sense, when you consider that to buy voting shares in a company takes money, on the other hand a cooperative a democratic vote is given to all members.
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  2206. Jack Smith is a prosecutor that doesn't even talk to the press... You guys barely know what Jack Smith is about. I'm definitely going with Katie Porter on this one.
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  2207. If they actually cared about democracy they would cover anti-democratic things in the Democratic Party... Like Dementia Feinstein still holding power. But they're good at their antimaga stuff, I just dislike that they advertise as pro-democracy even though they're fine with the corporate oligarchs that lobby the Democratic Party.
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  2208. I'm a leftist.... But even I recognize that Rachel Maddow is just a puppet for corporate media. She lies to the American public constantly.... 🤦🏼
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  2209. She lies for advertiser profits.... MSNBC lies and distorts the truth. Let's just be honest here.
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  2210.  @jessicacooper2705  I am certainly not a trumper.... I'm a democratic socialist who doesn't like corporate media always lying. When I post my Martin Luther King Jr's democratic socialist quotes on Midas Touch they get hundreds of 'likes'.... I say one thing that goes against the crowd and I get called a Russian bot or a trumper, lmao. I'm a leftist and I'm probably far more left than you... So please don't act like being fair and balanced immediately makes me the opposition. You can look at PolitiFact to see all the times she's lied or said incorrect things.
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  2211. Remember Woke Martin Luther King Jr. that used his 1st Amendment Right to persuade people of injustices in American society- that's what Desantis hates. Fascists hate Free Speech. Fascists just hate. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” –Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  2212.  @siobhannolan7910  What? i can't laugh at cheesy memes? No thanks.
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  2213. ​ @phatboy243  Explain to me diplomatic immunity and police officers qualified immunity... Then tell me "NO ONE is above the law". Hahahahahahahahahahaha, ya' crack me up 😂
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  2214. ​ @angelaveale3615  Of course you are, I would love for him to go to prison too.... But I'm not just going to act like an NPC like James does. James doesn't post an introspective thought. James is a bot.
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  2215. How creative of you James! Why don't you give us an original thought?
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  2216. Send them to Ron DeSantis' Guantanamo Bay
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  2217. Okay this is actually something I've started to take up as a pet issue- there's a strand of male disconnectedness that has taken up fascism as a way to fill a gap in their meaning. Males are not graduating nor buying homes at the rate that they were, and now there's an economically and socially disenfranchised group of males that gets obsessed with right-wing grifters and literal fascists. Leftists can make fun of them for living in their parents basements and being worthless.... But I think that only exacerbates the issue and doesn't heal America. It's sad, and it's not being addressed.
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  2218. This erection was for the people!Vampire beat Werewolf! "America is still the greatest country in the United States!"
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  2219.  @jenniferjean  It's a bot that always post within the first few seconds of a video the same meme regardless of how much it makes sense.
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  2220. Smart women are hot....
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  2221.  @Rhiannon1261  Basically, yes. Personally, I've been interested in a system to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. It has helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  2222. Good! Put a STOP to this FASCISM!
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  2223.  @APissedOffVeteran  Of course its a bs response, but it's still a legally acceptable answer. I don't make the rules. Not sure why you're arguing about it, get over it.
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  2224.  @anitawindbigler7100  and yet that's not admissible in criminal court 🤦🏼 Do you not understand the fact that you don't have to legally incriminate yourself??? Prosecution has to find other evidence that doesn't include you. Dafuq is your problem?
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  2225. Calm down, buddy
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  2226. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  2227.  @bobbyhaines1813PatriotVet  Good reasoning. Thank you for providing substance.
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  2228.  @bulkvanderhuge9006  I'm not a Republican, I'm probably more leftist than you- full anticapitalist - lmao. In 2008 I got a shake Obama's hand in Denver because I helped canvas for him :P Sorry you don't understand being critical of your own team to help improve the arguments on your side... P.S. I was correcting one of your slow friends for writing "lieing" instead of 'lying'.... If you understood the grammar of quotation marks you might have got that.
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  2229.  @floresolivas  Thank you my friend
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  2230.  @EduardoOliveira-e8c  Thank you my friend
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  2231.  @NCOGNTO  Thank you my friend
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  2232.  @martensonlee8815  Thank you my friend
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  2233.  @ronaldbarrett3112  Thank you my friend
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  2234. ​ @paulhardman1087  What, no jokes?? C'mon! I've been SA'ed and made jokes through my healing process. Find a sense of humor.
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  2235. I'm so glad you said it or else we all would have forgotten that that's an important step....
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  2236. You're LAZIER at comments than Donald Trump is just slapping his name on buildings 👍
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  2237.  @TheJakeVegas007  I love how you don't name any of the assumptions... Because you know they're probably facts 🤦🏼 But honestly, I literally don't know wtf you're talking about. People who are intelligent want specifics, people who are dimwitted just speak in vague notions. Try again.
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  2238.  @nipponsuxs  Definitely wasn't he's last one, she hasn't been around for a bit. You know Naughty Donny can't keep his hands to himself that long, cuz he's a star... They just "let him" grab their cooch. "Naughtay Donnie we likes to partay, we'll cause trouble and we'll grope somebody" - rapstar Donald 'Bigly D' Trump, off his new album Straight Outta Mar-A-Lago
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  2239. Trump wants to house the military in your home Trump wants big government to rifle through your property and take your things Trump wants to force you to testify against yourself Trump wants to lock you in prison with an undetermined trial date Trump wants to hold you in a cage without bond Trump believes in cruel and unusual punishment Trump doesn't think you have any rights in the Constitution or at all And Trump certainly doesn't believe in states right since he literally wanted to control the governors during 2020. And that's just the first 10!
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  2240. And this is why I shoplift from corporations.... Billionaires and politicians don't care if they steal from us and abuse their power. It's the last little cathartic "F you" that I have when justice seems so foreign.
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  2241.  @artmusic2  Thank you very much. I think it's a way of conveying Marxist and other socialist ideas without using Marxist language that is bogged down with an antiquated sound (bourgeoisie/ proletariat, commodity fetishism, etc) and a tainted social view. Just using words like 'investor class' can help modernize the language so it doesn't sound so foreign, and without using slang like 'boujee'. Hopefully, it helps tie together and underscore the economic and moral socialist ideas of freedom. Renting a Human Being like chattel property is simply not ethical to respecting each other.
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  2242. Would you believe that MT clickbaits all the time.... Unfortunately I've stopped taking them seriously even though they can provide good legal information at times. Too many "almosts".
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  2243.  @TygerBleuToo  Religion is also protected by Colorados anti discrimination law.... Kinda ironic
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  2244. Is being presented as a freedom of speech issue- Imagine if you didn't want to make a website for the Westboro Baptist Church, organization that's renowned for their hateful message but would still be protected under Colorado's antidiscrimination law. I know I wouldn't want to have to make a website for such a terrible organization.
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  2245.  @alexbotsama7086  atheist is kind of just a quick catch-all. If I wanted to get verbose about it, I might say I'm agnostic with secular Buddhist and psychedelically-spiritual inclinations. For somebody who claims to be secular, I myself have had quite a bit of spiritual experiences while tripping on psychedelics, and psychedelics even allowed me to better understand meditation. Kind of weird to say that I've had more "spiritual" experiences than most religious people, lol. Fun fact: creator of AA, Bill Wilson, originally thought psychedelics could be the "higher power" part of the 12 steps but when it was co-opted by church groups it became textualized more as "god". Definitely nice talking with you. MLK is a good rallying figure for nonviolent civil rights in general, But I like to use him, George Orwell, and Albert Einstein as three of the most famous democratic socialists. Each one of them gives a slightly different view of the thoughts and goals of democratic socialism (MLK was nonviolent, but Orwell fought in the militias against Franco fascists), but they all agree on creating a democratic economy in order to preserve dignity for the working class and beyond.
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  2246.  @alexbotsama7086  Ive only seen some bits of Tim's awhile ago, but I'll check out some more. For me it was Carlin that got me in 8th grade, but in 3rd grade I was chasing off our Catholic religious education propaganda teachers. I think our class managed to make three leave in 1 year. Lmao, I almost feel bad about it, but then I remember they were trying to feed me propaganda, so I'm like "I'm just protecting myself".... Shortly after that my mom didn't make me go to RE anymore- thank god!
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  2247. Of course he would do that... Just like he would run into parkland to stop the shooting if he were there.
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  2248. Lol, many of those sane Republicans voted for Trump the first time.... Too delusional to realize they were beckoning in fascism. The GOP is rotten for the inside out.
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  2249. I had a trippy moment walking through the grocery store and I imagined if all the people were just gorillas picking up fresh fruit and slabs of other butchered animals.... It's a trip when you realize we're just dumb apes. We're so egocentric and that will be our demise- just like Trump's downfall.
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  2250. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  2251. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  2252. Wow.... You actually put a little bit more effort into it this time. You forgot the spaces though. I'd give you points for the effort but I just take him away for the lack of originality 👍
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  2253.  @jamesvelez2508  No, you are welcome my friend
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  2254.  @playnicechannel  Fun fact: George Orwell was only his pen name, his original name was Eric Blair. Not so fun fact: He was shot while fighting against fascists in Spain.... But like the quote says, it's his time in Spain beginning in 1936 that shaped his views.
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  2255. "According to A.R.S. 13-2002, a person does not have to obtain a benefit from their action to be found guilty of criminal impersonation. In fact, merely pretending to be a representative of an organization is a crime." - some lawyer site that came up on Google
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  2256.  @sr2291  Yea, being able to work for $100 a week doesn't really help when they cut your benefits more than that.... Besides $100 a week barely pays for basic necessities while living rent-free. The job I wanted is sporadic, it would help get me out of the house, give me a bit of a purpose, and over all just be positive for my mental health. I don't really want to risk leaving money on the table that I need.
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  2257.  @JR-pr8jb  I don't claim to know how it all works, but I would speculate that racial division acts as a 'divide & conquer' tactic pitting working class people against each other to distract from the fact that owners of capital continue to disenfranchise their workers. Immigrants are easy scapegoats and easy to profit off of when paying them below minimum wage, which creates resentment among legal employees. Racism and economic power have been linked since before written history as the ritual of 'othering' out groups and raiding these 'other' tribes for the economic benefit of 'us' has long been a genetic current in the ape species. We must understand that genetics evolved without morals- evolution succeeds just by passing on genes and there are very immoral ways of doing such. There are times when we have to stand up to our genetics, our brains must reason beyond our instinctual thoughts- unfortunately I believe Man is more ape than He likes to believe. But those are just my two copper Abes.
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  2258. They give truthful news but unfortunately they won't cover content like Dianne Feinstein. She has dementia and has been holding up many aspects of the Senate for months, she doesn't even know where she's been. The fact that they're not covering this is truly anti-democratic. She has less mental capacity than Herschel Walker. She's being Weekend At Bernie-d around by her senior staff and it needs more coverage.
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  2259. Of what? The building? The media isn't allowed inside of the courtroom, so what's the point?
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  2260. @dan mac That's the hilarious thing I never thought you were insulting me... I knew you were talking about the "crap" dude. It's quite ironic that you assumed I was insulting you, but I was AGREEING WITH YOU merely joking along with you about the troll, lmao. That's what makes this so freaking weird, you're making up an argument where there was none, lol. Seriously though, I don't know how you misinterpreted my words, but don't protest like I was being mean to you, because I wasn't. Oh, boy 🤦🏼
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  2261. @dan mac Says the Lady 😉
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  2262.  @raymondg7565  Well.... How do we change that?
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  2263. I've been listening to the Lex Friedman podcast with where he interviews professor Richard Wolff. It definitely gave me a better understanding of Marxism. Too many people confuse the Soviet Union with Marxism, they're not the same. Marxism is a theory of historical change due to economic factors that have inherent contradictions that eventually caused things to break down and change into something new. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  2264. ​ @squirrelsinjacket1804  Oh so you're saying it's not vote blue no matter who.... 🤔🤔 Because these two above definitely expressed differently than you.
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  2265. You wackos would vote for Dementia Feinstein and then make fun of Herschel Walker's mental disposition.
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  2266. ​ @eddiem8464  James is a bot, he doesn't think about the realistic implications... He's like a chat GPT that can't tell you basic facts and then always comes up against the "I am an AI language model" roadblock. The guy literally programmed this bot with like four pre-recorded responses.
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  2267. BOT ALERT
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  2268.  @deborahdean8867  Economies create incentive structures and allow things to be controlled in certain ways. Do you not think the incentive structure and the ownership structure of the slave trade was problematic in incentivizing people to collect other people to be owned by Masters as chattel property?? That's a horrible incentive structure. I don't like capitalism, but I'll admit the capitalist incentive and ownership structure is a little bit nicer than owning humans outright. It's like you're ignoring the fact that institutions incentivize people to continue behaviors... The slave trade continues to incentivize people to own other human beings; That's a bad incentive. That's a bad system.
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  2269.  @tensebeastgaming8527  I mean, behavioral econ/ finance shows why assuming economic rationality is BS. Why you assume the state would do everything is beyond me... BUT you've probably never heard of behavioral econ/ finance and you probably think all socialists like big governments... Even the anarchists.
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  2270. dutchvonrichardson It's just an anti- "just say no" play on words, which encourages rational thought that is counter to drug propaganda.
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  2271. Precision railroading so NSC can conduct a 10 billion dollars stock buyback program.... And then it will give only a million dollars to help the sick people of this town. Capitalism is deadly.
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  2272. I'd come to that podcast
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  2273.  @SirAdrian87  You should do some research on labor standards of the 1800 US... I think you'd really be surprised. It's like you don't understand that they had to work 70 hour weeks, in harsh standards, and some of them children 🤦🤦🤦 Learn about some American history please.
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  2274.  @SirAdrian87  Nope. If you make something and sell it to a consumer then you control the whole product of your labor/ human capital. The whole concept of a capitalist is that they profit off of your labor by buying your labor value because they know they can make a spread off of your labor by selling the product and thus returning a profit. People are ultimately forced into this predicament because there is a bargaining power differential between labor and capital. Capital takes on a systematic middleman position due to economic power. In countries like Germany large corporations are controlled by both investors and labor, together... In the United States companies are fully controlled by and for investors. I hope you do realize before labor laws that people regularly worked 10 to 12 hour days 6-7days a week for capitalists like Rockefeller and Carnegie. In fact both of them laid down very deadly labor enforcement to keep workers working long hours and for low pay. The irony!
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  2275.  @citruscollins  This is literally Lockean self ownership 🤦
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  2276. ​ @AdxmRL  HAPPY thoughts only.
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  2277. ​ @SirAdrian87  What is wrong with it? It's based on standard capitalist philosophy and economics, do you disagree with capitalism?
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  2278. I thought that's what prayers were for.... But apparently they don't work
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  2279. 🙄🙄🙄 Bad take. Learn what fascism is.
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  2280. By that definition opium has no negative properties either.... Don't be a typical stoner and appeal to nature. You're the reason people get annoyed with potheads.
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  2281. But capitalism needs more profit.... And then they'll legalize it because capitalism needs more profit..... They obviously don't care about people, they just care about the money.
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  2282. It was made illegal for profit of corporations that saw cannabis hemp and cannabinoids as dangerous to their business models and product sales, now it's becoming legalized because elites see they can make money from it. John Boehner goes from being a politician and against cannabis to going into private equities in the cannabis industry. When over 70% of Americans want legalization but congress won't listen untill campaign money move their stance. This is why cannabis lobbyists are important for our industry, but they are not saints. They seek to exploit the corrupt ways are government functions and change policy for the legalization of a helpful plant, but let's be honest sometimes they bend the truth or put blinders on what data is shown and what data is left out. At the end of the day, we live in a plutocracy where public policy is only changed by the opinions of the elite who have money to campaign scales not the public opinion of constituents. Use opensecrets.org to find out who's corrupt and who's corrupting them. Smoke Hash Everyday.
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  2283. Yup, look up this paper, it shows how public policy is made by monied elites and not public opinion. Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page
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  2284. Both are important, even with the hemp act I wouldn't have a job without the Cole memo.
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  2285. And when it gets past Democrats will have some token minority projects but most their energy will be dedicated to corporate cannabis industry, people that will donate to their campaign funds. Cannabis is just being engulfed into the corrupt corporate-congressional machine.
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  2286.  @thrivinganarchy5267  Representatives don't represent their constituents, they represent their donors. There are a lot of politicians that know cannabis isn't that big of a deal because they themselves have smoked it, but won't change their stance since drug companies donate to their funds.
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  2287.  @victorochoa3662  Capitalism is always exploitative
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  2288. I just wish more people could admit this without running to a neo-fascist
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  2289. Yep. There are plenty of reasons to point out how corporations are scummy, but this one is pretty fabricated. We just want our hamburgers and gasoline at a cheap price.
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  2290. @Ed MacLane Uh, yeah, we get that.... That's why he was saying they use the company dime to pay for a more extravagant lifestyle and then are able to write the costs off. 🤦 You didn't say anything new.
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  2291.  @A.P.P.1.1.3  Lol, having corporate corruption doesn't mean it's a totalitarian government. Stop being a loon.
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  2292. "Free market"... Like the free market Wild West where the American government murdered native Americans- limited govt amitight? Free markets don't exist, free markets are a fantasy liberals try to pawn off on morons.
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  2293.  @crackthecode1578  Trade offs... Like treating people like human beings or getting super low cost next day shipping. Sowell would definitely favor the multi-trillion dollar company over the worker being worked to the bone. Trades offs, basic decency or save a buck?? As for the capital flight out of California, such effects are usually caused by regulations regulations that often help workers... So capitalist would rather leave workers high and dry rather than help them. This is a capitalism issue, and it's negative effects of moving capital away from people is only due to the fact that capitalism inherently wants endlessly more profit. The Preston model was developed to help workers and community members build a foundation to thrive within their own community after companies took their factories elsewhere. The Preston model is an example of an democratic economy, rather than an economy that works for the profit of the few. https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/infographic-preston-model
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  2294.  @theknightsarms6922  Capitalism will push push labor prices down until you strave- You can thank unions for your 8-hour workday better working conditions and workers compensation, all things workers had a fight capitalist in order to get basic labor rights. Remember Andrew Carnegie had the Pinkertons shoot workers because they didn't want their wages to get cut again.
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  2295.  @Momo-hh6er  Exactly work quality has improved for them because unions improve the standard.... Smh.
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  2296.  @Momo-hh6er  Wtf is that supposed to mean? People in the US used to work 10 to 12 hours a day 6 days a week.... But somehow you don't think unions can protect people from being overworked? Smh.
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  2297. The United States says 8-hour workdays because of unions... We have less dangerous work conditions because of unions.... We have workers compensation because of unions. Don't be naive.
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  2298. UPS has unions... They aren't bad.
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  2299.  @BigRodd91  AMZN doesn't have unions yet, so if you're complaining about current price hikes and blaming them on unions, you're sorely mistaken.
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  2300.  @pbreedu  Very true, best wishes and happy holidays- let's hope this next year is a little bit better. My grandpa was born in 1931... I feel exactly the same.
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  2301.  @izziestevens5835  Yup. I have a friend that makes good money in the UPS union. He has a little bit of seniority so with his pay he covers union dues within a couple days with all the union pay he gets. They did have a little bit of corruption in their union, but they voted it out- people want democratically accountable politics but they don't expect economics to be democratically accountable... And then they wonder why corporations are propagandizing them in their media and taking over their government.
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  2302. Considering that prices have been suppressed due to treating human beings like objects and not human BEINGS, yea, maybe prices should go up. It's analogous to complaining that the price of sugar went up after they got rid of slavery..... What a pos point of view.
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  2303. It's at one facility... That they will definitely shut down "for an unrelated reason" if it passes.
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  2304. They took multiple semiconductor videos and put them together as one large piece. It's recycled but it's curated to be more in depth.
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  2305.  @FrankHeuvelman  Social democracy is a workable concept that definitely improves conditions for the working class, impoverished, and elderly. But let's remember that social democracy was originally formulated as a step to Democratic Socialism (Eugene Debbs was a part of the United States Social Democracy Party even though he was a democratic socialist, due to his reformist views). Democratic socialism is not Marxist Leninism and arranges politics democratically and the economy is arranged democratically. There have been many social experiments through the Next System Project that show these democratic economic institutions have viability in further increasing conditions of the populace. Social democracy still relies on economic aristocracy, but with a big welfare system. I say screw the welfare Band-Aid approaches, we need to structure society in a way that respects human dignity and autonomy.
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  2306. What car?
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  2307. Didn't Jews crucify Jesus on that cross...
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  2308. He talks about "conscious capitalism" as if it predominates society and not corporate greed
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  2309. Corrupted by corporations- basically this guy is pushing a failed ideology. Greed has obviously won against his "Conscious capitalism".
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  2310. Trump thinks Joe Biden is immune from all prosecution for anything he does in office... 😅🤪😜
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  2311.  @Cthulhu4President  Don't you see the irony in these dinos digging up their dead relatives? It's psychopathically sick.
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  2312. On March 22nd 2024, the Israeli Government seized 1,977 acres of Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley
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  2313. At most! SP closed at 0.76pct down and NasD was just down 1.20pct. Today was overhyped, but they start tomorrow so will see as the week rolls on.
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  2314.  @X2LR8  I just find it odd that self-defense is okay if it's 🇮🇱 BUT 🇵🇸 going through 57yrs of military control by a foreign government and you don't understand how the Oct7 was literally self defense after decades of human rights violations? That's what I don't get. They literally had peaceful marches in 2018 and 2019... But 🇮🇱 just pew-pew'd 200 of them. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023 If 🇮🇱 going to light up civilians on the reg in a foreign country... Then that's not self defense. That's just military colonialism.
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  2315. G.I.L.H.F. Gran I'd like to hate F...
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  2316. On March 22nd 2024, the Israeli Government seized 1,977 acres of Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley
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  2317. On March 22nd 2024, the Israeli Government seized 1,977 acres of Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley
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  2318. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  2319. When are we going to smash up some banks and corporate landlords?
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  2320. I'm very suprised Taylor "Catlady" Swift doesn't support the only candidate that cares about protecting the cats from being eaten.
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  2321. Economic democracy is definitely a good term to break into people's minds a bit.
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  2322. It's sad isn't it? You can't even talk about videos posted here. I try to describe the documentary 'Visit Palestine' and it gets yanked. Smh.
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  2323. ​​ @jodieholmes8453  I would recommend looking up the illegal occupations in the West Bank and how the blockades around Gaza create poverty and death. Pregnant women have literally died at internationally illegal westbank checkpoints as the I$re@li guards check the car for the fourth time. E: the documentary here on yt called 'Visit Palestine' by Journeyman Pictures gives a good view into the suffering and home demolition that's been happening to Palestinians.
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  2324. He could have fed every food insecure person in the US... But instead he brought Twitter.
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  2325. So is your mom's cooter
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  2326. What math? I don't think you understand how national debt works differently from household debt.
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  2327.  @whatsthemonsterbelow  What's funny is the irony that a people who use this meme literally don't understand the term themselves. Lol, you live in a plutocracy, don't act like you're not alienated as well.
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  2328. @davidm5746  Proven innocent? Lol, not in the Hush Money case... CONVICTED on 34 charges. It's not like you guys actually care about facts. You guys always say "do your own research" and then can never do your own research 😅😂🤣
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  2329. Such an ironic thing to say that nobody will take them when the Jewish people have been kicked out of how many countries??? It's amazing how you guys have absolutely no empathy, and literally just want to create an ethnostate like the Germans. "Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is “not a state of all its citizens”, in a reference to the country’s Arab population. In comments on Instagram, the prime minister went on to say all citizens, including Arabs, had equal rights, but he referred to a deeply controversial law passed last year declaring Israel the nation state of the Jewish people. “Israel is not a state of all its citizens,” he wrote in response to criticism from an Israeli actor, Rotem Sela. “According to the basic nationality law we passed, Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people – and only it." - The Guardian
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  2330. Yep, there is also this quote, Netanyahu said in 2019 at a Likud party conference: “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening Hamas.”
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  2331. The media doesn't care about educating people, they just want more eyes on their programming so they can get more money from prescription drug companies that show you a hundred different side effects for a drug.
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  2332. Lmao, you're joking, right? If being a Zionist means causing the #GazanHolocaust then that's just being humanitarian.
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  2333. It's technically called a war crime, but "technically" that doesn't matter if the US supports it.
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  2334.  Johnny G  Look at this Goal Post moving. You couldn't win with the Malcom X quote, so you moved on to a different person, Carlin. Smh. X often criticized the white liberal for being deceitful and not being racially progressive- which is true to this day. https://youtu.be/T3PaqxblOx0
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  2335. MLK pressured JFK to use the National Guard to protect the Freedom Riders in Alabama in '61.
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  2336. @cp3190  Cooperativism. The Cleveland Model/ Preston Model, which is a system of anchoring democratically managed worker co-operatives into communities by securing stable contracts with local institutions, like hospitals, universities, and municipalities. This helps jobs and wealth stay in the community rather than work being outsourced and profits being shipped to Wall St. It's a great benefit to the people that have been involved in such a type of community wealth building... Because that's the thing, the main goal is about building wealth not government redistribution.
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  2337. KKR at least gives their employees equity stake within their individual companies.
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  2338.  @waltergrace565  Lmao, look at this dipsh!t that doesn't even know what Palingenetic Ultranationalism is. Fascism is a nationalistic rebirth, a "conservative revolution" of sorts, kinda like the term 'Make America Great Again' symbolizes.
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  2339. I mean it honestly makes me question who's making a lot of these decisions behind the scenes.... Are we really just trusting this senile man or is there somebody else making key decisions and if so who? I'm not saying there definitely is but it makes me skeptical of how this dude runs a country but can't run a press conference without things being written down for him.
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  2340. Gavin newsom once bragged that Biden's economy had 60% of people living paycheck-to-paycheck compared to Trump's 70%. Excuse me... Why is more than half of the country living paycheck-to-paycheck?
    2
  2341. I simp for Kyle
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  2342. I'm hot and very bothered, right now.... I'm not sure what repressed memories are being brought up, but they're there.
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  2343. Educating the kids in history.
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  2344. Watch all the DumPoors still think he likes them, lol
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  2345.  @MrMaxtaurus  It's not tiktok allegations it's allegations on TikTok? You sound like Santos saying "I said I was Jew....-ish not Jewish"
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  2346. So... Basically like smoking the devils lettuce
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  2347. Apparently we don't hold our leaders accountable in this country 😅
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  2348. If only they knew how progressive Jesus was....
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  2349. So supporting fascism is now just "a different opinion" 😅
    2
  2350.  @austinhernandez2716  Technical you're both right. Look at Marx's M-C-M' Social ownership changes the inherent value structure of the economic system away from monetary replication and towards valuing worker and community wellbeing created from democratic control of societal production.
    2
  2351. ​@randallflagg4168 So god is not good... (S)He's/ them is good and bad, like humans. Exalted only because (s)he/ they created this goofy universe. Lol, ok.
    2
  2352.  @gameofender4463  Nice whataboutisms. We care about them too, but this is kinda MAJOR US POLICY right now, if you haven't noticed. The US has a larger influence on this situation.
    2
  2353. How did you know my last night's search history?
    2
  2354. They literally targeted a bunch of ambulances....
    2
  2355. 😂😂 Now I know why her restaurant was called Shooters, I hear the food was hard to swallow. Jokes aside she literally had a restaurant where all the menu items were gun puns, like "the Guac 9".
    2
  2356.  @danielaramburo7648  Oh, she has a long list of "unchristian-like" behavior
    2
  2357. Oh, she's inside of a marriage, just not to him... her divorce to another guy isn't final yet 😂
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  2358. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  2359. Lmao. FIRE ALL the SHILLS!
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  2360. I thought the sneakers were just NFTs...
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  2361.  @tannerwilson4843  Hey, they got to meet a scam artist... that's gotta count for something 🤷
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  2362. ​ @nrsrymj  Yes, Uyghurs are placed into re-education through labor camps that helped create components for US corporations, like famously Apple and Nike.
    2
  2363. Okay, 5 Dimes...
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  2364. I have to type in 'musokas Mom' but everyone watches those videos... You can't explain that.
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  2365. I agree with Kyle in terms of the fact that the economy is "fake", social systems are just made up... But there's a reason why a company can lose money and still be valued at billions of dollars. It happens all the time in the stock market, and it's because future profits are expected. But I suspect Trump is somehow bolstering valuations by various different financial manipulations.
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  2366. Lol, what?
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  2367.  @SsdistJeje  Okay, so genocide has majority support... Sad.
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  2368. Right after Bibi held a mock funeral for him just days before that incited the incident.
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  2369. ​ @vincesmith2499  No, it's not. I never agreed to private property. I live in the West... That was violently conquered and then parceled out by the government. That's not voluntary.
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  2370. ​​ @justsomeguy6336  No shit, I said WE SHOULD WORK under a different system 🤦🏼 Grow up! Stop strawmanning like a child.
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  2371. "Cocktails" another reason why he's like Hitler... Just sayin'.
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  2372.  @waltergrace565  "You guys" Who, exactly? I'm a leftist, I think he called me "Vermin".
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  2373. I think you mean Delta-8-THC. Delta-9-THCa is still federally illegal, unless produced, sold, taken as prescribed dronabinol. D9THCa is what most cannabis plants produce, heat and/ or oxidation turn it into the pyschoactive D9THC.
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  2374. Fentanyl not wars!
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  2375. Why can't we get smoke bars that would be obligated to filter the air?
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  2376. This is how you know we are not a democracy, we are controlled by corporate lobbyisys.
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  2377. Bbbut he has a Nobel Peace Prize... So he must of done something other than ramp up high collateral damage drone strikes.... Right?
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  2378. That's a part of the grift
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  2379.  @christopherweise438  Your plan is to use your wrench to fix the gears of the military machine and say 🇵🇸 is better off because you support Jen O'Side light and opposed to Jen O'Side heavy. It's not my fault that 🇵🇸 is worse off when the person you support won't even help them. It's your fault because you won't use your vote to pressure your representatives.
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  2380.  @thinkbeyond3457  Which is why I'm a big proponent of ranked-choice voting and campaign finance reform. You're still not going to get me to co-sign a Jen O'Side. I understand the strategy, but sometimes you have to make a moral line in the sand... And it's really disappointing atrocious that more people don't consider Jen O'Side to be that line.
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  2381.  @thinkbeyond3457  It's not a waste when there's only evil to vote for. Jen O'Side light vs Jen O'Side heavy... As if we should be debating the lesser of two evils of Jen O'Side. That's the part where you guys have lost your mind. Melville's 'Bartleby, The Scrivener' sums up the sentiment quite nicely , "I would prefer not to". As in, I would prefer not to co-sign a Jen O'Side! Dissent is not a waste. KH the biracial, bussed-in, civil rights girl can't commit to take a stand against a segregationist and Jen O'Sidal country... What a waste.
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  2382. You realize people often use them as dissent votes... Why do you just ignore this fact?
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  2383. Oh, don't act like you don't support a system that regularly harms people. You just like to institutionalize yourmrdr.
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  2384.  @samrye8342  🙄🙄🤦
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  2385. Don't forget over 10 months... 8M. It's a private study so it's not a net calculation, but it did save public services 590k. Yeah, I support UBI but even I noticed that bad reporting.
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  2386. Lol, yeah, Kyle missed the part that it's a privately funded study but it saved public services 590k... apples and oranges, fosho
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  2387. Thank you ❤️ Always could use more reference points!
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  2388. GOP = Pro-Suffering
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  2389.  @Chronix-  Ah, I love how dedicated to free speech Elon is! A true patriot of our time!
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  2390. Call Gaza what it is; a c0nc3ntrat1on c@mp
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  2391. Yea, this vid is bad
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  2392. Totally agree. I listen to the video that this guy put out about the "bubble", he unironically says that "Apple only makes a few phones" and it is mainly just there to sell stock. A few phones he said, as if he doesn't know that the company is valued off of the amount of free cash flow they get from the things that they're able to sell, like 201 BILLION in iPhone sales. Jaw droppingly bad takes.
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  2393. The title is wrong "Senator FOR Egypt". Just saying.
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  2394. NaZionism
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  2395. Putin also helped Obama beat Hillary Clinton in '08
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  2396.  @GnomesRox  He doesn't care about facts. All data that counters his beliefs are "hoaxes".
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  2397.  @meanderinoranges  Notice how you're still complaining about SNAP efficacy and dependency on the state MEANWHILE ignoring the lack of work by investors and their dependency on employees. That's Capital Bias.
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  2398. I listened to part of the NSC 2023 shareholder conference call, Paul- their COO, said that safety was their priority and that they'd "start every conversation with safety in 2023 and beyond" (basically that wording). He was chirping up their 2022 safety numbers... Then just a few weeks later, BOOM. He should probably get as much time as the Buffalo grocery store shooter: life.
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  2399. 🙄🤦 Ok, Cpt. Disingenuous
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  2400.  @craiggles8454  Definitely agree on having more things too agree about than disagree. I'm a smaller government demsoc, basically that means I want workers to control the means of production via coops, trade unions, land trusts, etc instead of government centralization of all industries. Instead of lots of government redistribution, I see it as societal reshaping whats considered "fair distribution" in the first place, so government doesn't have to legislate welfare reforms to constantly balance the massive inequality created by capitalism. Although not an anarchist, I definitely pull ideas from anti-government socialists as a way to structure socialism without depending on government to control everything. Anyways, just thought I'd explain that since it's a common misconception.
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  2401.  @Choosewisely-hb9nj  Do you understand the satire of that post? Fact that you called all media Marxist... And that would include Fox News, maga types call think fraud is good business because they call Trump a good businessman, calling out lairs while running frauds 😂🤣 You say you care about lies but you're perfectly fine with Trump who has run multiple frauds- you don't seem to be mad about that. 🤔 Hypocrisy much? I'm not a liberal, btw. I'm a democratic socialist; Hope you do know there are a lot of socialists that care about truth, George Orwell for instance.
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  2402.  @Choosewisely-hb9nj  As a veteran, shouldn't you know that this country was kick started based on a list of "crying" grievances called the 🇺🇸Declaration of Independence? 🇺🇸 I have a copy hanging up right behind me- I'm a leftist that likes the Declaration Of Independence and Constitution🇺🇸; what's funny is that I don't think you could cope with the fact that I don't align with the identity politics you think I should have 🤡 I hope you know that people crying about change led to the revolutionary war and thus American independence from Britain, as well as civil rights and labor rights. But I'm sure you'd rather be working 10 hours a day 6 days a week, on low wages, with no benefits, much more hazardous work conditions and no workers' compensation.... American socialists fought for those labor rights. "Cry babies like Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams had to go grieve to the king, they should just shut up and be loyalists- don't try to improve the country because it's already as good as it can get, the Protestant Church of England says so (Gods will)" 🤮🤮🤮 That's what you'd sound like if you got transported back to 1776
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  2403. This was Marshall Mathers, now we got slim shady rocking the bleach
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  2404. my sympathies, it gets tiring trying to teach people this...
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  2405.  @Zen-t2j  It's always so cute when you guys think capitalism is against authoritarianism. Do you know what wage-employment is? It's a hourly ir yearly rental payment for human capital, just as you might rent a carpet cleaner by the hour or a car by the year. The process commodifies human beings as if they were any other inanimate machine, this idea was epitomized through scientific Taylorism. You guys talk about how it's freedom because Lockean self-ownership, But that sense of ownership and freedom doesn't mean much when you have to continually rent yourself out to the authority of the wealthy just to live paycheck to paycheck. Capitalists dictate to you what to do, when to do it, how to do it, how much to do it, etc. But you say it's libertarian because I can find a new wage master??? 🤡🤡 Nah, it's authoritarian asf
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  2406.  @Sully0020  🤦🏼 That's right. It was a Tupac lyric. "Like a slug to your chest" BOOM! Thanks for the reminder 🤙
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  2407. I don't know what song it was but I feel like I understood an Eminem song better because of this comment... I always knew Kyle was the reincarnation of Slim Shady.
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  2408. There's a UN News article that lists 5000 on the two days ago on the 23rd.
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  2409. The other day I was called delusional by a Christian who believes in a magical Zombie that they drink the blood of and eat the flesh of.... And I'm delusional for just being agnostic and not believing in things I don't have any proof for 🤔 Now that's a head scratcher.
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  2410. ​ ScottyTooHaughty  No, he's bewitching
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  2411. He's trying to use a pen, but the words he's written in the past are in blood. When Ye's anti-semitism is not the subject anymore, it's back to the hate, just so long as Benny Boy doesn't become the target.
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  2412.  @ELTEAESS  "Life isn't fair" Yes, that's exactly why we should steal from the rich.... Doesn't matter if it's fair, because life isn't fair ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Your words, not mine.
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  2413.  @ELTEAESS  If you want rich people to keep getting richer while you won't give the poor a 25% raise... Then you're basically saying you want them to stay poor and you're in favor of Plutocracy. Capitalism isn't meritocratic; Power is based on wealth and large shareholders get the most votes. If you think somebody should have $10 trillion dollars of voting shares and that's how they should derive power over people in their company... Then yes that is a plutocratic system. Not putting words into your mouth, I'm illustrating what you support but I'm using different language. It might be provocative but it's no less true.
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  2414. NO. I will burn this place to the ground before I work 4-10. Honestly don't know why you wouldn't want to just work 32 hours for the same paycheck... You sound insane.
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  2415. And yet somehow we passed the 40-hour work week at one point... That was back when they were literally shooting people for striking.
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  2416. That's defeatist.
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  2417. Comical Harrlarious
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  2418. Kamala is unpopular because she's authoritarian (iron fist prosecutor) and catty (As seen anytime when she gets a skeptical question). She seems like a younger version of her would fit right in to the movie Mean Girls.
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  2419. Lol and w president stealing TS/CSI documents is unprecedented
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  2420. Did you look at the search warrant and property receipt? You might start there.
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  2421. Oh they learned their lesson... They learn that the government would just bail them out. Government will bail out banks and hedge funds, but God forbid they bail out somebody's mortgage. Neoliberals try to frame capitalism as the antithesis of government... When really all they do is collude to fuck over the poor and middle classes.
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  2422.  @DiVijeah  I'm fully aware. It's one of the reasons why I'm an anti-capitalist, a municipal democratic socialist to be exact. Another reason I'm antiCap is the face that all of employment is literally just a rental of human capital by the hour, and as such commodifies human beings as capital goods and creates deep hierarchies based on money (plutocracy). The (lame) pun is the (bad) joke, not the irl effects. And yes, I'm totally riding the wave, with Stop orders during market times, I put in as much money as I would go to a casino with. Yolo.
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  2423. Time and time again, it is always a Trump scam.
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  2424. I hate to say it, but written and oral history is almost always biased to some degree.
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  2425. Same with, "it was about economics" .... Yeah, the economics of slavery as the backbone of Southern plantations. These people are insufferable.
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  2426. "You dont know whats in that vax", proceed to do a couple lines ...
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  2427. IMMIGRANT WELFARE QUEEN! Deport him!
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  2428. He used to talk about psychedelics and empathy... Now it's just bears, bows, and bros.
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  2429. Sometimes you take a chance and it doesn't work out...
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  2430. Everybody is biased...
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  2431. You didn't say 'Heck', now I have to report you
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  2432. Byle Bulinski
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  2433. Gross war monger
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  2434. Are you forgetting that it was largely subsidized by US open source and IPtheft??
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  2435.  @ratbaby86  Ok, well watch the pop after the dip
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  2436.  @ratbaby86  I don't think you understand what an insider is. Insiders are people internal to the company, not WallSt traders, lol
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  2437. ​ @Veteran1stMemeWarOf2015  What the heck are you talking about?
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  2438.  @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231  Firstly that's not even the political science definition of the word 'corporatism'... Which is about uniting the classes of the social body (corporeal) into a synergistic system. Secondly, anthropologically speaking, governments created money system to supply armies and to make people need money to pay taxes (before that were systems of credit). Governments create legal systems for property rights, using tax money to increase the strength of capitalism institutions. This is from the anthropologist David Graeber's book Debt: The First 5000 Years This is a commonly used line for capitalist apologists and I find it hilariously so out of touch.
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  2439. Conservatives are more concerned with symbols than facts. Virtue signal about Bud Light and Target but don't care about actual abuses.
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  2440. Except he already signed that he would buy it. He will have to pay $1B and can still be sued for damages.
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  2441. This is basically how settlers in the United States ransacked Native Americans and had the military push people off their land so they could take it for their own... This is 21 century Manifest Destiny.
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  2442. Shut up, bigot.... Stop infringing on Nestle's profits
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  2443. There have always been information wars, it's just on a more public scale (in both number and visibility).
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  2444. These companies should be run as cooperatives where users have a vote. Economic democracy is good for political democracy. Capitalism will always tear democracy apart in pursuit of profit.
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  2445. Even their own people with white flags.
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  2446.  @TheRotnflesh  Yep- the UN definition. It's basically Zionist Manifest Destiny, with ghettos for the native population.
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  2447. You can't trust Iz... “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  2448. Streisand'ed into the strasphere
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  2449. Totally, Muslim banning books doesn't sound 'unlikely'
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  2450. I invested in a fruit company, called Apple
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  2451. Calling for the termination of the US Constitution and to be reinstated as a dictator 😍
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  2452. This is a civil case James...
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  2453. ​ @ricardoconqueso  Nikki, Vivek and Christ did that? I mean, I know they're warhawks, but they didn't commit the same fraud as Trump 🤦🏼
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  2454. Ikr
    2
  2455. Ya know... Except helping aid violating the Geneva Convention.
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  2456.  @knightofcydonia1192  Ironically, you guys never talk about the lack of constitutionality of some important Bush and Obama policies when you guys want to use the Constitutional 14th Sec 3 to get Trump. (4/4 to see what gets pulled)
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  2457.  @knightofcydonia1192  Ironically, he's exiled in Russia because he believes in the US Constitution. (3/4 to see what gets pulled)
    2
  2458. Starting off with the fact that testing people before they can run for office is not Constitutional.... 😅
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  2459. ​ @gentleken7864  That's probably not a good thing... The more deranged he gets, the more deranged his vulgarity to rile up his crowd becomes. A lot of people are laughing like "haha descent into madness", but it's probably not good.
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  2460.  @hirozhen7475  Not Katie Porter.... But hey, keep defending being a corporate sellout and keep wondering why things don't change.
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  2461.  @yvonneplant9434  probably because that's the representation they want. Just because a politician is a Democrat doesn't mean they represent a leftist voter's views. I know in the strategized Real Politik that we see on TV frames everything as Democrat versus Republican, but a lot of people are independent and have ideas without a home. So their realistic choice is just voting for the closest binary party option- I would hardly call that true representation.
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  2462.  @theChickenstones  Ah, yes compulsory voting where people who don't care about politics have to participate in politics...
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  2463.  @manita2653  Are you not watching the news from the Middle East?
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  2464. ​ @annhobson1975  That's what you guys said in 2016... Hillary Clinton was literally poppin champagne bottles before the final results were in.
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  2465. James the NPC has no original thought... Just a washed up bot
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  2466. You're joking right?
    2
  2467. They are Pro life.... They don't care about the dead. Trump called buried vets at Arlington National Cemetery "losers" #Patriotism
    2
  2468. "I'm not crotchety, I smoke pot... Seeee, man, I'm hip." Billy Mahar, probably
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  2469. Lol, you think we have a "Justice" system? 😅😂😂😂
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  2470. Not even the Nancy Pelosi bathing suit pictures?
    2
  2471. Preach to the choir much... Tell us a new idea!
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  2472.  @chuckleaf8027  There are many ways of creating Democratic socialism but one way that helps keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, is called the Preston Model. It has helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  2473. Every 2yrs... Vote in your midterms!!! But yeah, I agree we need more access to democracy in our everyday lives.
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  2474. Lol, you crying, bud?
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  2475. We need to figure out an economy that's not based on international exploitation. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  2476. What exactly do you mean by this? Wasn't Engles funded by his capitalist nepotism?
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  2477.  @xoxo_kiyla  Look into Georgism if you haven't heard of it already. It explains why land rents would eat up UBI, but it also shows the reasoning for publicly owned natural resources (including land and even things like the electromagnetic spectrum).
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  2478.  @xoxo_kiyla  Alaska does a UBI because as a resident they own the oil in their state and they get money from selling the oil. No one created the oil, so it should be shared among the community.
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  2479.  @limitisillusion7  "Free market economy" in modern capitalism? Lol, sure, ok.
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  2480.  @bluewater454  and yet even $15 an hour is a not "livable wage". Without Union bargaining power you don't get much of an increase in lower-skilled labor (above min. wage) without a rise in the minimum wage. Sure I do know that some fast food joints are starting off at $17 an hour.... But you know what that's also the inflation adjusted minimum wage from like 1970. You're closer to being homeless than being one of the CEOs or major shareholders of these corporations that you're supporting. It's honestly kind of sick that you'd support literally a 1000:1 pay gap that enriches the people that lobby out your government to enrich themselves some more.
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  2481. Do realize it sets the standard for wages and as such skilled labor above minimum wage gets an increase as well. Increase is based on the inelasticity of supply of labor, but it should raise most boats in the lower quartile
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  2482.  @j.a.p.818  Most conceptions of democratic socialism usually involve many cooperatives, not just one centralized government bureaucracy. Democratic socialism can have small amounts of government to large amounts of government, just like capitalist economies. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  2483.  @peetasmith4403  Oh my, if you tax my negative externalities I'll return the favor and subsidize your positive externalities 😉 Then after that I want to nationalize your rail lines while you whisper in my ear about how even radio/ TV frequencies are also location monopolies 😘 The size of my tax burden is progressive to the amount of natural resources you deed me- don't let me earn an income without workin' it. I did come prepared with some worker and consumer protection laws though, I don't engage in economically productive acts without proper protection. I have to admit, I'm kinda into some kinky socialist stuff... Like making social network monopolies into worker/ consumer cooperatives. Is that too taboo for your Overton window? If so, we don't have to go that far tonight.
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  2484. Oh geezy Petes! Did you say George, as in that handsome son of a gun, Henry George?! I'm weak in the knees... Tax my land rent, baby!
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  2485.  @bluewater454  So you're telling me you don't understand that corporate lobbyists have a hand in constructing the ownership laws in the industry.... Solid. Not that there wasnt a ready-made co-op.... You literally can't make one due to the regulations on ownership structure. Look at Mr. Know-it-all, at it again.
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  2486. Dude, they don't care. They literally kill journalists and medical workers all the time too... They don't care about human life, they just want all of Palestinian territory under their control.
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  2487.  @noway905  Lol, okay, and the Israelites where expelled and also settled in the area. You support Z-ist manifest destiny.
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  2488.  @ct6502c  I never justified it. I'd rather have my uncle/ aunt here then dead 17yrs ago... I'd rather not have this shooting. Sorry you're too immature to understand that there's a reason behind things and that if you want to solve the problem you have to look at the reason for the problem. Just keep pretending that people like me who want to understand the issue just don't care... You're insane. You're not helping your case in terms of actually wanting to solve this deadly issue. You're just confirming that you don't actually want to put in the effort to understand the problem. Congrats on failing society...
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  2489. Stand alone with 26 billion of US tax dollar funding........ Did some of that money go to paying you to make this absurd comment?
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  2490. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  2491. 🦂 = 🇮🇱
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  2492. Hope not. No more occupation.
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  2493.  @lindawilliams7682  "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  2494.  @diahegge5395  On March 22nd 2024, the Israeli Government seized 1,977 acres of Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley
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  2495.  @adish7275  so you're okay with violent colonialism?
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  2496. New Holiday 🎉 Never forget that there were peaceful protests in 2018 and 2019 and you guys ignored them. This is what ends up happening.
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  2497.  @tgs9740  Lol, like in Vietnam? Stand with the Agent Orange and N@P@LM?? Wrong side of history, bruh.
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  2498.  @marianna346  Not 76yr of 🇮🇱 tearer-ism?? "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  2499.  @MizrahiChick  it's 85% civilians and 15% H* Literally no one said it was all or nothing... Except Iz that said it was all H*
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  2500.  @AlcheMychael  57 yrs of Oc. You. Pay. Shun. That's Palestine is right to defend itself.
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  2501.  @AlcheMychael  "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  2502. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  2503. Probably because she keeps laughing at all these jokes. "Only t*rrorist infrastructure" 😂😂😂 Does a bear use a toilet and clean up with a bidet?
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  2504. These are acts of God for them not supporting gay marriage!
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  2505. Did Mike Pence just say violence never wins? The dude was the vice commander in chief of the largest military in the world 🤦
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  2506. ​ @johndavidwolf4239 at least funding Ukraine funds the military industrial complex that heavily lobbies the right wing.... Money for bombs, but no money for moms.
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  2507.  @jameskelly391  Wow. So you're cool with 3.5M US citizens dying? And hospitalization that are overwhelming healthcare workers and PPE? Even if it is one percent, you fail to look at the bigger picture.... You're the anti-science reason why America is going down the shitter.
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  2508. Apparently, Robert Durst received a $3 billion dollar bail in 2003
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  2509.  @davidpar2  Not crying but I would if I had to take out a $13B loan that's most likely over leveraged.... Probably why he's crying about advertisers leaving, lmao. Sorry my free speech triggered you
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  2510. But you don't think Rudy Giuliani is a part of the swamp?? Lmao
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  2511.  @jkc1553  74 million... Smh. I suppose you think over a million people were at Trump's inauguration too. Fool.
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  2512. Isn't that what Trump University was.... Oh wait that was just a scam for a billionaire to make money
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  2513. @Jeider Vega Obviously. Wow, the sarcasm really flew over some heads.
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  2514. I was told it would be gone by April...
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  2515. Snowplows.... In LA?? Never seen even one.
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  2516. Capitalist inequality in a nutshell
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  2517. I'm sure capping insulin prices helps homeless diabetics.... But you wouldn't care about the facts would you. You're high on propaganda.
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  2518. You care so much about the homeless criminals but you don't care as much about the criminals in mansions :/
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  2519. Yeah so keep them on the street so they make fires in barrels instead of having them near Narcan, fire extinguishers, and communication to firefighters 🤦🏼You just want to make a bad situation worse
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  2520.  @HamburgerMolester  You're almost there... Try thinking a little bit more critically. You do know that a lot of black people that were kidnapped from Africa don't know exactly what country they're from... Almost like they were treated as property and had their culture beaten out of them. She's black; Of course her heritage is African. She can still celebrate her African heritage without knowing which specific country.
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  2521. You can't read between the lines? Let's just act as if the royal family doesn't have a long history of racism
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  2522.  @ilonamorland4928  You're a recreational tobacco smoker, nicotine affects the mind.... You're a hypocrite who should also be advocating for the illegality of tobacco. I guess you think people who smoke a lot of weed, like Mike Tyson, did nothing with their life.... I know a lot of people is successful careers that use cannabis, my boss is a serial entrepreneur in the cannabis industry.... He smokes weed and has business meetings. Just be honest, you hate freedom.
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  2523. Oh you can die in war, but a joint is too much for a 18-year-old adult...... Lmfao.
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  2524.  @thepatriotpatrolreadytorol7627  Cannabis is legalized, so yeah, it's going to be more places. But for meth, it's decriminalized for personal use (not legalized, learn the difference)- and decriminalization and funding addiction treatment has scientifically been proven to decrease the number of drug users. https://www.marijuanamoment.net/oregon-drug-decriminalization-measure-is-already-funding-expanded-treatment-programs/
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  2525. Heroine? I agree, legalize strong female protagonists!
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  2526.  @antoniostorcke  I find it ironic that you care about air quality when it comes to cannabis but I'm going to go out on a limb and say you don't care as much when a giant factory starts polluting the air around a whole community. I don't know for sure but you seem like a hypocrite. Apparently you're okay with drug addicts using high dose oxycontin if they have to go to a pharmacy- Even if cannabis is less harmful to the user. Are you going to ban cigarettes because they are smoked and smell as well.... Are you going to ban all alcohol because some people have disorderly conduct outside of bars? Have fun with prohibition era gang violence that destroys communities more than a little bit of smoke ever would. You are so short-sighted.
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  2527. Are you really so blind to not see the corporate America shoving oxycontins and Xanax down Americans throats?? The same corporate America that Republicans love to support. You're disturbed if you think cannabis is worse than Hillbilly Heroin (Oxys).
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  2528.  @TheSuey  Physical force is physically real... That's is how imaginary laws are enforced, but laws themselves are made up and only have "legitimacy" if many people believe in the same ideas. There's an ancient quote that goes something like, "morals are figments of the mind but don't say it too loudly lest my servants hear and kill me in my sleep".
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  2529. That's because laws are imaginary....
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  2530.  @papaagidi2838  Ah yes, common sense; "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2531. You do realize grocery store profits are up to record highs and a good chunk of that inflated price goes into profits? Kroger had a 56% year/year profit growth for Q2 2022. There's inflation all over the world, It's not just places with CRT 🤦🏼🤦🏼
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  2532. So true. They blame the war in Ukraine on Biden, as if Putin wasn't going to destroy millions of acres of farmland and seize power plants if Biden did nothing- they'd probably would have seized more farmland land and inflation might be higher, smh.
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  2533. Isn't this the same guy who closed down a PUBLIC beach so he could PRIVATELY sunbathe? Isn't Donna Brazil the same woman who leaked questions to Hillary Clinton in the DNC. ABC giving the corrupt a voice.
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  2534.  @yapandasoftware  Is that your reply to Americans suffering property damage and the destruction of American soil? Why would I move to Cuba when I'm sticking up for America... You guys have a warped sense of patriotism.
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  2535. What about the people who had their property damage? What about the animals that die from being coated in oil? The buck stops there too. People are so fking concerned with consumerism.
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  2536. "I made some bad mistakes, so it's time for you to accept the consequences of my actions."
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  2537. How would he pledge an oath to the Constitution now that he said he thinks the Constitution should be terminated? 🤔
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  2538. We even have a fraud ex-president about to lose his NY business license and be fined $100s of millions.
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  2539. Nvidia is using their software on their own hardware to make better chips. Those chips will make better software calculation so AI can make better hardware so AI can make better software...
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  2540. So much slavery to build circuses of animal cruelty that will be wasted resources in two decades 🤦🏼🤦🏼 Truly is sad to see.
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  2541.  @froggerino895  Sacred? What a joke. Do you know how many people have been extinguished due to this silly type of fable from countless religions? It doesn't entitle people to create segregation.
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  2542. Holy? Lol
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  2543. Capitalism funds the creation of these buildings and it's important to understand that capitalism imposes itself in these material ways. Different political and economic ideologies lend themselves to different types of architecture.
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  2544. Not So Fun Fact: Wal-Mart commits hundreds of millions of dollars of theft from their employees by not giving them the correct payroll statement.
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  2545. It all depends on time frame. Old oil company executives aren't going to face the costs of climate change.
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  2546. She thought the Democratic socialist Martin Luther King Jr would be a Republican... That's hardly smart and truthful, lol
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  2547.  @smb161  A recent rally with Tulsi gabbard where she said that MLK JFK and the founding fathers would be America first/MAGA Republicans. I took pretty strong disagreements with that considering I'm a democratic socialist and I love posting pro socialist MLK quotes; “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” –Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  2548. I mean it's obvious that they know that the elections can't be hacked because they tried for 4 years to try to prove it..... Obviously the real election corruption is corporate lobbyists.
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  2549. God definitely checks his YouTube notifications before his Facebook notifications. Good work, we beat out the FB moms' thoughts and prayers for that kid with leukemia.
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  2550. The corporate lobbyist are all laughing...
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  2551.  zzt bird  I know, bud... But she wasn't talking about the Democrats, was she? Smdh.
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  2552.  @nancychandler367  Take the GOP back? You act like they aren't bought out by big oil, big pharma, and big Ag. They aren't your party, that is unless you buy lobbyists on a regular basis.
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  2553. Wtf are you talking about?
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  2554.  @mauldindoc123  Lmfao, grab a beer? You're obviously already drunk if you think Kellyanne has an ounce of integrity. Phuck you and the "alternative facts" rode in on.
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  2555.  @mr.awesome8399  If you don't suspect corporate lobbying on both sides for the degradation in voter choice- you too probably have a degree from Trump University... if you don't understand that, to spell it out, I'm calling Trump out as the con man he is. Stop denying reality and living in with "alternative facts", hack.
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  2556.  @cheriehunt5025  Clearly a Trumpie
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  2557.  @cheriehunt5025  I was being cheeky, Cherie. It's obviously not what you were talking about, but it's clearly something that you indulge in.
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  2558. Instead listen to the guy who has been found guilty of creating a fraudulent college, because that seems to be so much more trustworthy! 🤦 Oof. If you don't think Trump is narcissistic enough to run just based on fame, you obviously don't know who Trump is.
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  2559. Calling others out as con artists is really ironic when you turn around and support the con artist who created a fraudulent college .... Do you not understand the massive irony? CNN spews a lot of propaganda, and yet, somehow Trump manages to vomit up even more propaganda than CNN. It's truly amazing.
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  2560. How can you blame Biden for destroying the economy?? Why don't you blame Jerome Powell? Why don't you blame Putin for creating a situation that causes supply chain shortages (in addition to illegitimately waging war on a country and bombing civilians)? Biden is like 12th on the reasons why the economy is where it's at. You'll blame Biden for inflation but you completely forget about the $1,500 we all got under the Trump administration? Lol, the cognitive dissonance is on a new level.
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  2561. At this point I really don't understand how somebody can be so stupid to believe DJT. I don't even say that as an insult, I am literally astonished that somebody can be so deluded to think he actually cares about them. The guy literally created a fraudulent college, among other white collar scams, and these people still think he's a trustworthy guy!
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  2562. Some people actually think the guy who created a fraudulent college, and gave people the illusion of an education, believe that the same grifter is telling them the truth. These are also the same people who think he stands for family values as he gropes women and pays for sex with pornstars while being married... There is something wrong with their brains.
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  2563. And yet compared to the things that come out of Trump's mouth, the senile things that Joe Biden says makes more sense... I don't know how the fuk that's possible.
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  2564. Communists?? Lol, you think anyone left of you as a communist. You're delusional.
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  2565. Being a con man, and a guy that likes to fire people 🤷
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  2566. Hilarious how Trump supporters just spout off fake news all the time and then ironically call everything else fake news. 🤡🤡 The president hasn't issue an executive order to declassify things... Brighten up to the fact that you were lied to.
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  2567. The president has to issue an executive order to declassify things. Are you too stupid or realize that there has to be a record that something is declassified? Here's a snippet from a PDF by the library of Congress (bad formatting due to pdf); Executive Order The President has the authority to declassify documents in the public interest that originated in any department or agency of the executive branch. A recent example is Executive Order 14040, Declassification Reviews of Certain Documents Concerning the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, signed by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on September 3, 2021. This executive order directed government departments and agencies that originated records pertaining to September 11 to conduct declassification reviews to disclose as much of this material as possible in the public interest.
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  2568. That is the bullshit... Or do you actually believe the guy who created a fraudulent college and multiple shell corporations to make sketchy business deals and tax avoidance. You think that guy actually cares about you?? 😂🤣 Grab a red squeaky nose buddy, you're in clown college 🤡
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  2569. I don't think you comprehend the degree, most politicians are a seven or eight on the fame scale, but Trump wants to go to 11... Scratch that, 12, cuz someone else hit 11 and Trump just has to be more bigly.
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  2570. If you don't realize all people are trying to influence you on some things... Not good (I don't even think this is a proper grammatical structure, but okay, you're the smart one). Are you going to tell me Fox News doesn't have a narrative?? Just the lefties? Lol.
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  2571. Because we're just supposed to magically take care of a global supply chain shortage.... 🤦Trump is still a looming threat to American values, and as such it's important to highlight why he wants control.
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  2572. Donald Trump is "for the people"like he was for the graduates of his fake and fraudulent college..... He doesn't care about them and just wants your money and attention. You actually think a con man cares about you? Dude, wise up.
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  2573. So you believe that the narcissist doesn't want fame? Lol. That's right you believe the guy who created a fraudulent college 😂🤣😂🤣🤦
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  2574. I really don't see how uncovering Epstein means you have to support Trump....
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  2575.  @tajhadaway1593  Lol, that's the only reason you follow a known con man? The guy created a fraudulent college to take money from people, but you're going to just trust him? He is such a narcissist that the first day of his presidency he lied about how big his inauguration crowd was. Lies from day one, but you'll follow all those lies just because of one facial expression. Yeah, the Clintons are shady and should probably be locked up, but in no way shape or form does that make Trump a good solution. Dude, serious question; why would you trust this guy when he is a known con man and serial lair? I know politicians lie a lot, but the amount of lies coming out of his mouth on a daily basis was mind numbingly massive. The guy had to be reminded that he didn't have absolute authority during the pandemic.... People say he defends the Constitution but he has to be reminded of his constitutional limits?? Why do you think Trump is an adequate representative other than one slick roast?
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  2576.  @tajhadaway1593  I agree, but wasn't prevy Trump also Epstein's
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  2577. And yet it's still better than being the laughing stock of the world for mismanaging the virus. Remember when Trump told you about the vaccine conspiracies and then got the vaccine while all his supporters still carried on the conspiracy theory?? Lol, MAGA is the laughing stock of the globe.
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  2578. Yes, and none of those facts are related to Biden.... So what is your point?
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  2579. Trump walks in on 15-year-olds and their dressing rooms, Rudy Giuliani creeping on who he thought was an underage girl in a hotel room, Matt Gaetz sex trafficking, Lauren Bobert's husband exposing himself to minors behind a bowling alley.... 🤔🤔🤔 I'm pretty sure there were a lot of Republicans on Epstein's flights too... Why are you trying to make this partisan? Is it because you're a hack? As if you actually care about kids.
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  2580. Is that why he mocked disabled people and disparaged POWs and dead soldiers, because he cares about America?? 🤦 Oof, how blind can you be?
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  2581. Their ratings are so trash that you keep watching and commenting.... Lol
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  2582. * insert whataboutism as a cognitive dissonance coping mechanism *
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  2583. Eh, a lot of us care about the fact that such a narcissistic grifter wants to try to get back into power. But apparently you don't care about authoritarianism.
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  2584. Cute, whataboutism. Can you guys form an opinion that's not a complete fallacy?
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  2585. Let me guess, you believe the guy who created a fraudulent college?
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  2586.  @evelynjohnson9689  That's a lotta words for "not caring".... When I don't care I just scroll or walk away 😂🤣
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  2587. Then why'd you click on the video? Just so you could comment that you don't care? 😂
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  2588. This Sore Loser believes the con artist who created a fraudulent college... He totally wouldn't lie to you like he lied to the graduates of Trump University. Hahaha 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
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  2589. Selfless? Like what; throw paper towels at Puerto Ricans? Or was it him creating a fraudulent college? It's pretty funny when he won't even share his tax returns that will prove his donations.
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  2590. The amount of projection is just astonishing. But yeah continue to believe the guy who disparages American soldiers is pro-American.
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  2591. And everyone lives in Trump's head because he craves their attention and praise 😂🤣🤡 The guy's pea brain can't even read a presidential briefing without needing people to aggrandize him every other paragraph. He demands a horde of sycophants and mocks anyone who might push back. It's pretty sad how ironic this pea brain claim is.
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  2592. Trump loves America so much that he calls dead soldiers losers and suckers and says that he doesn't respect POWs because they got captured.... Yeah he sounds really pro-American.
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  2593. Are you saying that Republicans don't utilize their position of power to make them more wealthy?? The Saudis had a lot of sketchy interactions with the Trump organization during his presidency.... But let's just conveniently forget about that because that doesn't support my MAGA propaganda. Cognitive dissonance and projection at its finest.
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  2594. MAGA thinks water is arid and the sky is green
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  2595. Pretty low bar, but okay. I mean, somebody has to atone for her father's sins.
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  2596. You mean the guy I created a fraudulent college in many other scams to take money from the working class people? And you think you're not being fooled?? 😂🤣 Bless your heart
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  2597. What would you impeach him for?
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  2598. He's chasing the dragon, it's never enough
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  2599. Prosperity? Like 600,000 Americans dying in a year... That's prosperity to you???? I bet you probably weren't gloating about the rising economy from 2012 to 2016, but that's just because you're a partisan hypocrite ;)
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  2600. Orange Julius
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  2601. Wasn't it under the Trump administration that we all got $1,500 that increased inflation? Wasn't there giant supply chain shortages due to a global sickness? Wasn't there a foreign war that increased inflation? Hasn't Jerome Powell, who is nominated by TJD, suppressed interest rates and pushed QE for way longer than needed?? You obviously have no idea what's affecting the economy.
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  2602. AVAE is a legitimate dialectic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English
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  2603. Gas prices are down to $3.39 avg.... Thanks Biden
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  2604. Are you going to give Biden credit for lowering the national average to $3.39?
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  2605.  @DangerDave911  I love how you say everything is just "sunshine and rainbows", meanwhile there's oil leaking out of the pipeline and parts of it are on fire. You seem to be the ignorant one if you can't acknowledge that there are real risks involved. I'm sure you would love to have a drink of some fresh oil drenched water!
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  2606. How about people in Kansas who just had their property and waterways drenched in oil?
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  2607. It's December and gas prices have reached an average of $3.39..... 🤔 It's almost like Republicans live in a bubble of fear.
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  2608.  @clydezdale8935  Trump sold a $125 billion in arms to a terrorist state that funded most of the 9/11 hijackers..... And you're comparing that to $4B... Jfc, get your proportions right. American Presidents do a lot of shady shit.
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  2609.  @clydezdale8935  He literally tied to start a war with Iran. Not to mention he sold Saudi Arabia a $125 billion dollars in arms so they can continue their war in Yemen which has killed 100,000 innocent civilians.
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  2610. Like Republicans care about decency; "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2611. People need help all over the globe.... Stop acting like one person deserves more based on how close they live to rich people
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  2612. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣
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  2613. Yeah just ignore all the other charitable work he does. Did you know his wife does humanitarian journalism in Palestine???? You didn't know that? Lol, stfu
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  2614. Do you not remember the summer of 2020.... That was a bigger mess, you amnesiac mope
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  2615. You're a puppet of Fox "News"
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  2616. So you voted for Republicans that want those things too? 🤡🤡
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  2617. His wife is an award-winning activist-journalist on Palestine.
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  2618. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  2619.  @laduchesse6530  Of course he can't. He thinks in Fox News sound bites, because he doesn't have a mind of his own.
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  2620. Ask anybody outside of the US why we have high gas prices, and they'll tell you it's because of a global sickness and global war. If you really think everything's bad because of Joe Biden, you probably have a brain injury. I'm not the biggest fan of Joe Biden, he is senile asf, but I'm not so delusional that I think he's so powerful to control everything that's wrong 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼
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  2621. setting aside the painfully ironic fact that you just judged George Clooney and called him a jerk.... Trump created a fraudulent college to scam people who wanted an education out of their tuition money. I'm pretty sure scamming people is more of a jerk move than calling out a scammer, lol. Do you even understand the level of irony that you're hitting right now?
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  2622. "Fraud = good business" That's how you see life 👍 What a joke.
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  2623. Trump set up a fraudulent college; You're marking that a win? Setting up shell companies in and around the Trump Org. to hide taxes and fraudulent business practices; that's a win for you? 🤡🤡🤡
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  2624. Ummm.... Because he wants to be president, again..... 🤦🏼🤦🏼
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  2625. "Cruz, your wife is ugly... continue to be my sycophant." Lol
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  2626. Yep; "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2627.  @douggardner8229  Lol, if you're making this partisan you're the fool. Both Republicans and Democrats are corporate sellout con artists. The irony though is that Trump is a con artist, but maybe you don't know that because your education comes from Trump University.
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  2628.  DIARRHEA XL  Brandon? You mean Biden... But you're too childish to actually use his real name. Wow, looks like your intellectual habits haven't developed much past the playground. You are why the country is falling apart.
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  2629. Word of God? Everybody has their own definition of God... Ask 100 Christians what God wants and they'll give you a 103 answers. If the pope says gay marriage is okay you have Catholics that say the Pope isn't a real Catholic.... Gotta love these people that believe in hating their neighbor. If it wasn't for my grandparents conservative background probably would have been easier for them to accept their transgendered son/daughter... But no, my grandparents loved but didn't understand them and they felt like an outsider until they off-ed theyself. Religion causes suffering- but you probably think you're one of the good ones, lol.
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  2630. Read my lips. No new taxes. The irony.
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  2631.  @jaloux8583  Over running hospitals and putting hundreds of thousands on costly ventilators is the issue. Sheep.... Lmao, I'm critical of the media, government, and anti-science twits, like yourself.
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  2632. Wow, you kind of suck at statistics don't you? just because it's a 1% death rate doesn't mean it doesn't have a large impact on health care infrastructure and society as a whole.... Just downplay it like it doesn't matter. Smdh.
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  2633.  @golwenraw  Gotcha. I figured as much ;)
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  2634.  @golwenraw  Me? Or it that a typo?
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  2635.  @O_Tade  Socialism?? Next you're gonna tell me to the DPRK is "democratic", lmao. Hitler murdered the socialist in his party in the early 30's, notably Strasser in the Night of the Long Knives, and also cracked down on socialist trade unions. Instead, fascists in Germany, Italy, and Spain all acquiesced big business into easy to control monopolies and oligopolies that use private property to gain large profits. Don't believe the authoritarian propaganda about it being "socialism", look at how it functioned. It was clearly illiberal (anti-democratic) capitalism.
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  2636.  @O_Tade  I do feel bad for small business, that said, fascism is liberalism in decay (illiberal capitalism, because democracy (control by the people) and capitalism (control by investors) are at odds). Private property is the cornerstone of liberalism and it's decay, that is why many AntiFa members don't respect investor controlled institutions.
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  2637. Ironic, right?
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  2638. Didn't Trump increase the debt by 8.5 trillion dollars? Lol
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  2639.  @code638  fentanyl has been a problem before Biden.. what are you talking about? Realize that there's also inflation in Europe... Which isn't Biden's fault 🤦🏼🙄😂🤣 Trump printed $1,500 for everybody but you don't think that added to inflation? If you have any faith in either Democrats or Republicans, you are stupid, they're both bought out by corporations they don't care about you. Smfh. But keep believing in the guy who created a fraudulent college cuz he's going to tell you the truth /S
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  2640. Remember when Trump let people die while telling America that covid would be gone by Easter Sunday?? America is not in a good situation then... You're delusional, people lost jobs and were financially devastated, in addition to losing 600,000 Americans in one year. But sure act like it was the glory days.
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  2641. Calm down, ding dong. CNN doesn't determine whether he's in jail or not.
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  2642. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  2643.  @rich1807  Hope you dont mind that I pop back over here. I scrolled thru my notifications to find you because there have been a few major things happening recently with Trump and I am wondering what a strong Trump supporter like yourself thinks, or feel free to ignore this. What did you think of his NFTs? What did you think of the Evidence the J6 committee used to recommend prosecution? What are your thoughts on Trump's taxes being released to the public? If there is fraudulent activity or glaring conflicts of interest for the American public found in his tax documents will that change any of your thoughts of Trump's capacity to do what's best for America? What would he have to do to lose your support?
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  2644.  @rich1807  We may agree on problems, but if Trump is your solution we will never agree on that. Trump is dangerous, unfortunately you don't see that- I hope at some point you can. Anyways, go give a hug, lend an ear, be a bit more patient. We, myself included, can all do better to cultivate kindness. Peace ✌️ __ I'm breaking this into three comments to see which part yt deletes (3/3)
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  2645.  @rich1807  I think the economy is one of the important aspects of politics- without a good economy people embrace authoritarian ideologies as a desperate attempt to fight for some type of hope. Which is understandable, but not excusable- after the treaty of Versailles, people were very hampered with sanctions that left them very poor and desperate for hope. But hey, you're the one supporting the dude who just posted that he wants to literally terminate the Constitution. __ I'm breaking this into three comments to see which part yt deletes (2/3)
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  2646.  @rich1807  Why do you think I don't understand the importance of a good economy? I think it's probably one of the most important things, but the corporate economy the past few decades was never great for everyone- that includes Trump's term- it's great for the rich, not you and me. As a shareholder, I will tell you the performance of the stock market just tells you how profitable corporations are. _ I'm breaking this into three comments to see which part yt deletes (1/3)
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  2647.  @rich1807  I do get it, you just care about the economy. You don't care that he said on truth social that he thinks the Constitution should be terminated. Here I thought presidents swore an oath to the Constitution... But I guess you're right, that could just be a lie. After you established that you don't care about Trump's track record of fraud and not caring about the Constitution I gave up. That was a week and a half ago. Ever since then I was just seeing how long you'd get duped back in to a conversation where I just low-effort repeat the same thing over, and over, and over. Just like how Trump scams over, and over, and over again, for so low effort money. Today I've been having some philosophical and spiritual epiphanies, and I'm trying to choose kindness more than stirring up division. So, I'm sorry that I spent nearly 2 weeks trolling you- I still think it's horse sh1t that you are okay with a fraud being your president, especially one that openly says he doesn't respect the Constitution- but trolling does nothing productive, so I'm coming clean instead of keeping it up. Anyways, take care ✌️
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  2648.  @rich1807  So you still don't care that you love a serial scam artist? If you know so much about how innocent Trump is, why didnt they call you as a witness rather than Allen Weisselburg? I showed you under oath witness evidence from the CFO and you literally don't care? How is that rational?
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  2649.  @rich1807  You just made up a claim that even his own CFO calls false..... You can't just make up "facts" (I guess kellyanne Conway created Orwellian "alternative facts", lol) 🤡🤡🤡 You literally just ignore his fraud schemes because you like to be taken advantage of. We already established that you don't care if Donald Trump tells the truth; So how am I supposed to believe anything else you say? I can't trust somebody who doesn't value honesty.
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  2650.  @rich1807  False, Trump had four years and only completed 52 mi of border wall; "In May 2011, the Department of Homeland Security stated that it had 649 miles of barriers in place. An additional 52 miles of primary barriers were built during Donald Trump's presidency. .... The total length of the national border is 1,954 miles." When you put it in perspective it looks like he didn't do anything.... 🤡🤡🤡 Keep lying to yourself buddy; You don't care about logic. Remember how you completely ignored the under oath testimony of the Trump organization CFO... LOL
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  2651.  @rich1807  Where's that wall across Texas that Trump promised Mexico was going to pay for?? Lol, and you're dim enough to think he honored all his promises... Wow, you really will just believe anything. You still have no comeback to the fact that his CFO testified under oath that Trump fraudulently misvalued his properties. You're just happy to be a sucker 🤡🤡🤡
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  2652.  @rich1807  I bet you were happy to hear that Trump had a literal neo-Nazi, anti-Semite Nick Fuentes over for dinner.
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  2653.  @rich1807  You don't care if your president's a literal scam artist that is scamming you too??? You love being the Mark, the Sucker, the Loser; how sad. Have you no dignity? 🤡🤡🤡
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  2654.  @rich1807  I hope you had a good Thanksgiving, Mr. FraudLover, because I know Donny didn't. He went mental on social media, lol. But not quite as mental as trying to claim his penthouse was worth $200 million more than it is. Lmao.
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  2655.  @rich1807  Lying that he has an extra $200M in property to use as collateral for loans is fraud, and giving NY State different numbers is tax fraud. Imagine you took a second mortgage out on a $500,000 house, but told the bank your house was worth $1.5M.... that would be fraud. But I'm a fan of the scientific method, I think you should test the hypothesis, since you dont think it's fraud. Lol, you've defended him financially defrauding people in education, for his business loans, and dodging taxes... 🤡🤡🤡 FRAUD, FRAUD, AND MORE FRAUD. Bahahahahahahaha.... You're such a Stooge. Eating up all the male cattle excrement like a good little rube.
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  2656.  @rich1807  FALSE; "Trump claimed on multiple financial statements that his gilded Trump Tower triplex, assessed at $127 million, was valued at $327 million, "based on the apartment having 30,000 square feet of space multiplied by a certain price per square foot," the attorney general's office said. "However, the actual size of Mr. Trump's triplex apartment was 10,996 square feet, and documents confirming that fact were signed by Mr. Trump himself in 2012," the report states. "In testimony to OAG, Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg admitted that the value of Mr. Trump's apartment was overstated by 'give or take' $200 million."" (Source: The Week) If you know more than the CFO, then why didn't they ask you to testify??? Lmao. You keep making yourself look like a clown.
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  2657.  @rich1807  Trump grabbed you moms pussy... Cuz hes famous and can do whatever he wants
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  2658.  @rich1807  That's not the accusation at all, smdh. The accusation is that he fraudulently overvalued his properties when applying for loans and he undervalued them when paying taxes..... That is not allowed in tax accounting 🤡🤡🤡 You can't say one property is worth two different values at the same time. Please tell me you do your taxes this way. Bahahahahahahahahaha. You don't even know what the NY state case is about. Dude, we get it- you're a rube that doesn't know what you're talking about. Lmao, stop lying to yourself.
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  2659.  @rich1807  You just told me tax fraud is perfectly okay and lying to banks about collateral to get loans is perfectly okay 😂🤣😂🤣 Dude, you're a joke.
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  2660.  @rich1807  Nope, I'm saying that honesty is important. I guess that's strange to you, but obviously you like to be lied to 😂🤣😂🤣 I love how you just side-skirt election lies, as if that isn't destructive to the Republic 🤡 Typical clown, loves to be the sucker. 60/61 lost.... Like a Loser. You support a lair and a loser. Facts don't care about your feelings. MAGA got defrauded and you don't even care how that money was spent.... 🤡🤡 You keep clownin' yourself
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  2661.  @rich1807  🤦🏼 Trump's election fraud and TS/SCI documents theft is bad for our Republic. How anti-American are you?? 🤡 Face it he lost 60 out of 61 cases- he lost and lied to you. He also raised a quarter billion dollars for election legal funds which he then pushed to PACs not election legal costs. That's right you don't care if MAGA get scammed by Trump- that's what makes you a sucker and a clown. Looks like a whole slew of people testified in Georgia recently.... His own attorney general Bill Barr even said that indictment was likely. We'll see, but it's sad that you don't want justice and are just licking boots, like authoritarian trash. You're silly enough to ask me how you getting lied to and him jeopardizing national security affects you? Lmao, oh, Richie, that's rich asf
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  2662.  @rich1807  If you think Trump is so great, why don't you also inflate the fair value by 300% for all of your assets for obtaining bank loans and then decrease your assets on a second set of books crease the fair value by 30% so you can get better tax treatment.... Just so you know, that is tax fraud.... 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 You dolt. Bahahahahahahahahah. You're literally defending tax fraud right now- how patriotic of you.
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  2663.  @rich1807  Trump delivering on his promises?? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Most of Texas still doesn't have a border wall, but you say you're concerned about immigrants 🤡🤡🤡 Remember how Bannon was first convicted of defrauding border wall donations... Bahahahahaha, what a sucker. Do... You're a clown if you think he delivers anything but fraud. You can't complain about Biden's corruption if you're just going to ignore Trumps & CO. Keep on crying, ya' bootlicking Hypocrite.
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  2664.  @rich1807  Remind me again why I should believe the guy who doesn't know the difference between tax avoidance and tax fraud? I think you said you were Gen z earlier; Do you even pay taxes?
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  2665.  @rich1807  Trump had 2 set of books... Like Al Capone. That's not normal tax avoidance that's tax FRAUD. Look at you, you don't care about crime, so why are you crying about Biden??? Nut up and be consistent. (If you don't know the difference between tax avoidance and tax fraud, you should really be quiet... Because the difference is prison time). Again, nice Big L for your Maga Wave. He is soooo popular that he lost those races like he lost election court cases (P.S. losing 60/61 cases is bad, just so you know, lol). 😂🤣😂🤣 You're too funny, yeah, you should try running 2 sets of books, see how the IRS views that.... Now that would be funny.
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  2666.  @rich1807  Off topic: the video is about Trump, not Biden. Try again, Mr. Whatabout. I don't like 99% of politicians, including Biden, lol. You're still defending a fraud. I'm not defending any frauds- see the difference, Bozo 🤡🤡🤡 Obviously Biden is corrupt, just like any politician that's been in power for 5 decades 🤦🏼 I will say Trump and Biden are corrupt.... I bet you can't stomach to say the same. Face it, you're partisan and hacky 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Congrats on your Red Wave fizzle.... Trump sealed that one, lol
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  2667.  @rich1807  Lol, the House now has Trump's tax documents. This should be juicy. Can you say, "TAX FRAUD". YOU LOVE FRAUD! 🤡🤡🤡
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  2668.  @rich1807  Why don't you care about a con man that doesn't understand the Constitution?? Sounds like you really love authoritarianism.
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  2669.  @rich1807  You're definitely not American if you don't care about the Constitution. Typical Commie
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  2670.  @rich1807  You don't seem to look at the actions he took where he just wanted to ignore the constitution. Lmao. Why would you care about preserving our republic's federalism and not letting the president tell the governors what to do? 😂🤣😂🤣 Just defending an authoritarian con man.
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  2671.  @rich1807  He said he wouldn't settle, because says "he didn't commit fraud".... but he did settle for $28 million because he did commit fraud. If you want to look at Donald Trump's actions, look at that; he settled his Fraud case. 🤡🤡🤡 You have no integrity if you don't care if he committed fraud.... I live in this country too, you goof; Colorado, USA. You can try to say that I'm not American all you want, but that's not going to change my birth certificate. But keep trying 😂🤣😂🤣
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  2672.  @rich1807  Lmao, still don't know who Jerome Powell is and you're defending a con man, huh? Bahahahaha.... You exposed yourself a long time ago buddy. We both know you love having a scam artist in the White House.... But why would that be a problem? Why would it be bad to have a con artist as the president?? 🤔🤔🤔 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ You must not know either, lol
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  2673.  @rich1807  The president doesn't have as much sway on the economy as you think. Look at Jerome Powell, head of the Federal Reserve, if you really want to see somebody who moves the economy. Jerome Powell was printing money and lowering interest rates to keep the economy of float.... Which can only last for so long. But you don't care about facts like that. You complain about inflation but you rave about the time when we were printing money to the moon 🤦🏼 And you don't get how printing money and low interest rates create inflation 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 That's why you're a sucker. You're still defending a scam artist.... But you're okay with that! You love having a scammer in the White House 🤡🤡🤡 You're a joke.
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  2674.  @rich1807  You're confusing redirecting the question with staying on topic... Which is pretty sad that you're so aloof but you think you're on point. Dude, you started off by defending the fact that he ran a fraudulent business (on the technicality that it wasn't a college, which is beside the point that it was fraud. He called it a university even though it wasn't, lol, ironic) 🤡🤡🤡 Defending the scammer that's scamming you, comedic GOLD. You like a scammer in the White House, so you have no right to complain about the Biden's. Congrats!!!
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  2675.  @rich1807  So you're saying that Trump doesn't have an answer for when he pleads the 5th on the stand.... Is that why we can't get a straight answer out of him? 🤔 Why don't you seem to be concerned about Trump's lack of straight answers... A former presidents lack of straight answers about his presidency would be more important than some random person on the internet, but you seem to care more about some random person on the internet being truthful than your president. Pathetically ironic.
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  2676.  @rich1807  Did you just run away when I told you I was going to stay on-topic? Lol, that's weak sauce, Rich- it shows how dishonest you're trying to be by throwing out Whataboutisms to distract from the main topic 🤡🤡🤡 I'm sorry, you're confused that Trump is the main topic on a video about Trump. When I watch videos about engine mechanics, I just talk about engines and cars... Because that's the relevant topic for the video, people don't ask why I'm so focused on cars on a car video.
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  2677.  @rich1807  What? No come back to him pleading the fifth 440 times in a row after he said only the mafia takes the 5th? 😆🤣 You're wondering why I'm talking about him when the video is about Trump and your comment was about Trump; my man, I'm simply maintaining an on topic conversation... 🤦🏼 Why is having an on topic conversation such a threat to you? Why are you acting like a snowflake about it? ❄️
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  2678.  @rich1807  You mad I'm acting like Trump and not answering questions with straight answers? Lmao, that's hilarious! You've asked fallacious loaded questions. Why would I answer loaded questions when I could just act like Donald Trump and plead the Fifth 440 times in a row? 🤔
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  2679.  @rich1807  Dude... Jail them all, 99% of politicians are terrible people. Wow, you dunked on me- almost like you dont know me at all, lmao. You care about Biden but not jailing Trump.... that makes you a Partisan hack.
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  2680.  @rich1807  Over 4 criminal cases pending... You wouldn't care if he was convicted 🤦🏼 Did the FBi plant the Top Secret documents or did he declassify them??
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  2681.  @rich1807  Just like you beating around the Constitution :/ Dude, you have no leg to stand on if you don't care if Trump follows the constitution... 🤦🏼You literally don't care if he is a criminal.... Like I said; insane 🤣😂
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  2682.  @rich1807  Why does it matter? You literally don't care about the following the constitution, so why would constitutional elections matter to you? You literally just told me violating the constitution isn't that bad... Smfh, you're insane!
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  2683.  @rich1807  I'm stuck on respecting the Constitution? Yeah, I am .. because I'm an American that values the Republic 🤦🏼🤦🏼 Why aren't you stuck on protecting the Constitution? What are you, a communist?
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  2684.  @rich1807  He didn't understand that the constitution limited his presidential authority 🤦🏼 Maybe youre not an American or maybe youre ignorant but the Constitutional created federalism and check and balances... Trump thinking he controlled governors VIOLATES federalism... But it's not like you care about States rights.
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  2685.  @rich1807  HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE CONSTITUTION.... What else do you need to know? I thought Republicans liked the Constitution.... I guess not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ What a joke.
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  2686.  @rich1807  It's not a media narrative that he was confused about the Constitution limiting his power... His lawyers literally told everybody 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Speaking of his lawyers did you hear how Alina Habba, one of his lawyers, just got fined tens of thousands of dollars for bringing fraudulent Trump cases to court? Lololol. Trump makes his attorneys look like idiots for defending him... Just like you 👍 Cuz obviously you don't understand the difference between a "media narrative' and a fact. Thanks for being my comedy for today!
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  2687.  @rich1807  Lol, still defending a known con man and someone who doesn't respect the Constitution 👍👍 Look in the mirror keyboard warrior, you write wayy too much, I don't even read most of your drivel.
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  2688. And Trump also insults people yet you get offended about people using insults in political discourse.... 🙄 Do you even listen to yourself? You're walking oxymoron.
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  2689.  @rich1807  But it's not a opinion; we've already seen him demonstrate he doesn't understand the basic concept of the Constitution being a document to limit the power of the government 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Trump thought he had power over all of the governors.... What don't you understand about that? You can look it up, lol... He already proved to you that he doesn't understand what the Constitution's about and yet you're still defending him. 😂🤣😂🤣🤣 If the Democrats did that you'd be going mad.... But no, Trump does it and you're still a supporter. Seems a little hypocritical, don't you think?
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  2690.  @rich1807  You think Trump loves this country.... He literally doesn't even understand that the president isn't a dictator that controls all the governors.... He doesn't understand what the Constitution is and how it limits presidential power. But you think he loves America! Ha! Good one. I could think of a thousand people who would be better... 😂🤣 It's funny how you think insults don't count for anything but you support Trump who loves insulting people... The Irony!!
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  2691.  @rich1807  You think he's pro-America but he doesn't even understand the Constitution, lol. Trump caused the Red Wace to die, but you're happy to let the Dem's score points.
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  2692.  @rich1807  If I were to list every single reason why Donald Trump is a terrible person, let alone a horrible president I'd be here for hours. Remember when he stole classified documents and then said the FBI planted them... And then told us no it wasn't the FBI he actually declassified them with his mind. He told you the FBI planted them even though he knew he declassified them??? How does that make any sense??? But you believe him, bahahahahahahaha .. Ahahahahah, you're sucha sucker!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Was it the FBI or did he declassify them??? Whcih is it? Hahahahaha Remember when he only used his Twitter to inflame the crowds that January 6th, telling them that Mike Pence didn't come through for them... These were the people who had gallows set up ready to hang the VP. He didn't do anything for over 3 hours while people tore into the Capitol building... Apparently all it took for them to go home is literally Trump telling them to leave, which he could have done hours sooner. Remember during COVID when he wanted to force all the governors to stop lockdowns and then his lawyers had a reminder that he's not a dictator and that the United States has Federalism which allows the states to govern themselves?! He doesn't care about America He doesn't even know that he's not a dictator 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Guess that kind of explains why he's such a sycophant to international dictators. You like defending people who run frauds and suck up to totalitarians! Sounds like you're a real bootlicker than literally doesn't care if they get scammed by a known con artist. I never was defending Biden.... 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 All presidents kill people, you moron!! You were originally defending Trump and I took issue with it... That doesn't mean I have to defend Biden or bash biden because that would be off topic. Or are you too stupid to understand what off topic means! Probably.
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  2693. There's proof that he told Bob Woodward 2 months before he said it would be gone by Easter that it would actually be very bad... LOOK IT UP, CHAMP Wow, you're really bad at research if he can't Look that up
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  2694.  @rich1807  lol, just assumed I liked Biden, just because I'm against Trump, lol 🤦🏼 Trump University wasn't a college so why did he call it a university... Why did he settle for 28 million, He said he was never going to settle because he didn't do anything wrong?! Lol, you're a joke.
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  2695.  @rich1807  I don't like Biden, but you're defending a known con man. And you're defending his lie to the American people that it would be gone by Easter.... Even though he had said privately that it was going to be big. 🤔🤔 I'm not defending anybody, you're the one sticking up for a con man who created a fraudulent college to scam people who wanted an education.... But yeah, keep acting like I like Biden, loser. Your identity politics are weak and snowflaky. Melt and seethe- your lengthy diatribes are yells into the abyss.
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  2696. 600,000 Americans died after Trump told them covid would be gone by Easter... People lost livelihoods and lives. If you think that was the glory days, you're delusional. You support somebody who created a fraudulent college... Told people he would never settle with that lawsuit against him for it and ended up settling for $28 million because he's a con artist. You believe a con artist, But it's easier to tell everybody else that they're stupid than to look into the mirror. Self-reflection is hard but necessary.
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  2697. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  2698.  @Dreyz-pg2zz  You mean himself, not New York, right?
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  2699. "God can work through Trump".... This lady is wacko.
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  2700. "He's not running to be the pope, He ran strip clubs. He's the type of leader this country needs, God can use him." Bahahahahahaha, she only owned herself. She doesn't dislike sexual assault she only hates sexual assault when the other side does it. So godly.
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  2701.  @CommonsenseVibes  Dude, almost everyone is biased. You think little Ms. "God will work thru Trump" isn't biased? C'mon, stop being biased ;)
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  2702.  @CommonsenseVibes  Just because somebody answers all the questions with conviction, doesn't mean anything.... I argue with conviction that gravity isn't real does that somehow make me a great for standing up to biased gravity supporters? Having strong convictions to not be able to admit you're wrong is just pathetic.
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  2703.  @don-cw1yz  The cost of an ICE is $0.70 per mile, the current cost of an EV is $0.25 per mile. This is a trend that's going to increase at a exponential rate. Just like we should have taxes on carbon, we should have taxes on pollutive mining in order to curb the negative externalities that stem from these activities an incentivize cleaner alternatives. The next decade is going to be one of exponential growth in multiple new fields leading to trillion dollar industries that build off of each other. Look up Cathie Wood.
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  2704.  @dave7244  Private property is theft!
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  2705. It gets worse, you are commodified and rent by the hour for a 'wage'. Capitalism is dehumanizing.
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  2706.  @0815Snickersboy  That's not what democracy is. 'Democracy' literally means "people power", markets are moved by money. Corporations are based on buying shares of power to control the business and derive its value.... That's not democratic, that's plutocratic. Somebody who is rich has more votes than somebody who is poor... Thus we see that power isn't derived by being a person but rather based on how much money, and capital assets, you have. Capitalism is antithetical to democracy.
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  2707.  @0815Snickersboy  The economy is not democratic, shareholders control business. But their electoral system is not a democratic one person one vote, it's only voting class shares have votes. First of all you have to buy a share, so it's plutocratic because wealth determines voting power and some shares get 10 votes while other shares get zero votes. Capitalism is not democratic... In fact it constantly uses lobbying to make even the political system much less democratic. Laws are determined by the pressure that wealth can put on politics, that's plutocratic.
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  2708.  @nothereandthereanywhere  Those arent really democracies. Just a few oligarchs in a trench coat.
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  2709.  @maximemeis2867  I don't think you understand what a monopoly is. It doesn't have to be legislated. Pushing exclusive deals like what Google does with Apple's Safari is part of how they maintain a monopoly.
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  2710.  @TunaIRL  No worries. Admittedly I still don't understand what you mean by capitalist sustainability. I'd still suggest reading Debt by Graeber. Let me know your country of origin, I'd actually be really interested to learn the history of land tenure wherever you are.
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  2711.  @TunaIRL  Please, tell me about your investment portfolio.
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  2712.  @TunaIRL  Lol, I understand capitalism well enough that my family asked me for stock tips and retirement advice. Don't be so rude as to assume 1) that I don't understand capitalism and the importance put on the return on investment, and 2) that I'm valueless as a person.
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  2713.  @TunaIRL  You are aware of how most private land tenure was created, right? Government force. But let me guess you think the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican-American War to facilitate Manifest Destiny that gave way to private land grant policies like the US Homestead Act were voluntary endeavors. It's hilarious how you guys don't even understand how much force is required to create capitalism. You should probably read Debt: The First 5,000 Years by anthropologist David Graeber to get a sense of how capitalism actually evolved in the real world not just your philosophical notions of how things should be. We live in the real world, not your platonic realm.
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  2714.  @TunaIRL  lol, what? Max Weber's The Spirit Of Capitalism: The Protestant Work Ethic quite literally describes how reinvestment for further profit-seeking what's a fundamental piece of what kick-started capitalist conceptions of increasing capital wealth to beget more capital wealth, as opposed to many mercantilist or feudalist conceptions of value taking rather than entrepreneuring. Not to mention Milton Friedman literally talked about how the main responsibility of a business is to return profit to shareholders. It's always funny when people try to tell me "what capitalism really is" and it's painfully obvious that they've never done any political science or economic research.
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  2715.  @ozzyjames87  Nice pfp poli-compass. What political ideologies do you align with?
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  2716.  @addmix  Yes, why care about other people when you got "yours". Super cute angst you got goin' on. Why even have taxes... I agree let's stop this protection of private property by government, they're just taking your tax money to help others. Lol, the irony.
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  2717.  @addmix  Yes, why care about other people when you got "yours". Super cute angst you got goin' on. Why even have taxes... I agree let's stop this protection of private property by government, they're just taking your tax money to help others. Lol, the irony.
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  2718.  @alakani  No worries. Have a good day ✌️
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  2719.  @alakani  You seem to be under many misconceptions.
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  2720.  @Zander10102  You don't have room to talk. You can't read a paragraph, but I'm expected to believe you when it comes to evaluating corporate responsibility? Lmao 😂🤣 Get outta here!
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  2721.  @Zander10102  Are you aware of what "precision scheduled railroading (PSR)" is, why it is dangerous and why it is currently used?
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  2722.  @Zander10102  Well, that's ironic, because I don't think you're qualified to make that accusation.
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  2723.  @Zander10102  Well, that's ironic, because I don't think you're qualified to make those types of accusations. It doesn't take a genius to realize that doing 10 billion of stock repurchases, which is just illusory financial manipulation, instead of doing 3 billion of maintenance cost is a horrible idea that puts the profits of corporate shareholders above the health and safety of employees and whole towns/cities. To regularly raise dividends and to regularly deny your employee's raises/ sickdays and to push "precision scheduled railroading" is absolutely criminal from a humanitarian standpoint, but at it's core shows the true bias of the capitalist system: Capital Bias. I'm qualified because I look at stocks on a regular basis, which is how I instinctively new to look at their share buyback program and dividends increases. I've also spent over a decade understanding economic concepts, like negative externalities. This is clearly shifting costs onto innocent parties with the clear intention of enriching shareholders. It's really not that complicated to understand it was greedy management that put the health and safety of their employees and countless number of communities at risk. I'm curious if you know what the practice of 'precision scheduled railroading (PSR)" is and why it's dangerous?
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  2724.  @badluck5647  Serfs benefited from more socio-political stability than in the centuries before. It's a benefit for which they gave social legitimacy too, just like capitalism. The concept of the divine right of kings was a very large impact on why people gave legitimacy to the monarchies of feudal realms. While I am an atheist I do believe that religion gives a sense of subjective value in various different ways to its believers. The church reinforced the political power of feudalism by its endorsement. I'm not saying people don't get anything out of capitalism or feudalism, they did, the problem is that it's a structure based on falsehoods and unequal bargaining power. Like I had mentioned before one of the main falsehood of feudalism is largely based on the divine right of kings, and one of the paramount falsehoods of capitalism is the idea that people are rational actors and that markets work in people's best interests (behavioral economics has proven that's an obvious lie). Both use harm to reinforce their unequal bargaining power.
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  2725.  @badluck5647  Serfs benefited from more socio-political stability than in the centuries before. It's a benefit for which they gave social legitimacy too, just like capitalism. The concept of the divine right of kings was a very large impact on why people gave legitimacy to the monarchies of feudal realms. While I am an atheist I do believe that religion gives a sense of subjective value in various different ways to its believers. The church reinforced the political power of feudalism by its endorsement. I'm not saying people don't get anything out of capitalism or feudalism, they did, the problem is that it's a structure based on falsehoods and unequal bargaining power. Like I had mentioned before one of the main falsehood of feudalism is largely based on the divine right of kings, and one of the paramount falsehoods of capitalism is the idea that people are rational actors and that markets work in people's best interests (behavioral economics has proven that's an obvious lie). Both use violence to reinforce their unequal bargaining power.
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  2726.  @mvmlego1212  So many fallacies... Firstly you're missing the difference between private marginal value and social marginal value that leads to negative externalities. How do you expect me to believe this notion that "shareholders will value future consequences" when this post is literally about how Norfolk Southern did NOT do enough to prevent the accident... And the Obama era regulations to improve the braking system were repealed under Trump and not reinstated by the Biden administration. So that didn't really work out... almost like corporations lobby the government to make more profits. This is just one of many examples about how you're just wrong about reality. You're assuming people are rational actors- even for private marginal utility people still have "bounded rationality". You know we have behavioral economics now, right? Discount Cash Flow models place a heavier value on the short term because people have a time preference for returns sooner rather than later and the further into the future the higher the level of uncertainty. When investment banks do price targets for company stocks they use projections of the next 12 months of earnings to be a short term guide. Due to the fact that financial returns for shareholders are incentivized as the top priority for businesses they do what they can do to increase their stock price. CEOs are often compensated off of their performance related to quarterly and annual stock movement. They literally have all the incentives to think short term. Stop denying basic corporate concepts, it's no secret they have short term monetary incentives to increase the stock price.
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  2727.  @MondoChow777  I understand the importance of owning the means of production... Hence why I'm a dirty Lefty. Started working and investing when I was 13. I opened my first high interest savings account at 10 and my Roth IRA at 20. Frugality only gets you so far because there's a baseline to your needs, investing in LLCs has limited downsides and unlimited upside that earns you more than just pinching pennies, those pennies pinched have to be invested. I'm not going to brag about my tech returns because it's distasteful and honestly it makes me sad that in order to get ahead most people can't rely on just wages, they need to own appreciating assets that subjugate other workers and debtors like they are subjugated themselves. Since we have few and slim safety nets in this country investing is very important for a base level of financial security. Ironically as a leftist I do in fact preach investing, but only because I know there is power in owning capital and I want more lower/ middle class people to benefit. Personally, my largest criticism of a lot of socialists / communists is that many eschew and don't understand finance/ economics, like using price controls that only foster a lack of supply. Understanding capitalism from the inside out has helped me identify specific inherent pieces of capitalism that should be critiqued, like systematic fiduciary and voting rights bias towards Capital. While also understanding important aspects of financial/ economic allocations and production that are necessary to contend with when thinking about the next system, like risk diversification and marginal utility. I hope that's enough examples for ya', cuz I ain't going to show ya' my portfolio, lol.
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  2728.  @badluck5647  It's funny that you think "union jobs are driving jobs overseas" rather than "shareholders maximizing profits at the cost of providing decent jobs is driving jobs overseas".
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  2729.  @nunyabidness3075  Why is government ownership the only alternative that you see available?
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  2730.  @SpicyBoba7431  What's hilarious is capitalist often tell me that I don't understand capitalism and that's why I can't succeed... Lol, everybody gonna hate. I understand capitalism well enough to let a wider audience know how much share BuyBacks and dividend increases are going to shareholders beyond helping the community- not a lot of Leftist understand finance. Next you're gonna call Marx and Engles hypocrites for using Engles dad's factory money.
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  2731.  @badluck5647  False dichotomy. Try again. You can't tell me that capitalism will exist forever or at least until homo sapiens go extinct... Ya know, unless we over pollute the earth in pursuit of shareholder profits at the expense of the world ecosystem. But that would never happen, amiright?
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  2732. ​ @rogerbartlet5720  I keep trying to reply to you but it keeps blocking my comments E: you're right about the bonds, I can't post the quote I guess but google "NFS 2022 bonds" and you'll find it.
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  2733. ​ @rogerbartlet5720  I did some research and you're right, $1 BILLION in corporate bonds 2 mo before the buyback!!!
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  2734. ​ @rogerbartlet5720  I did some research and you're right, $1 BILLION in corporate bonds Feb 2022. Just 2 months before the April buyback approval.
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  2735.  @rogerbartlet5720  I did some research and you're right, $1 BILLION in corporate bonds!!! "On February 15, 2022 issuer Norfolk Southern Corp released international bonds... • In the amount of USD 600 mln with the coupon rate of 3% maturing in 2032. The issues were sold at the price of 99.999% at par. The bookrunners of the placement were Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Bancorp. • In the amount of USD 400 mln with the coupon rate of 3.7% maturing in 2053. The issues were sold at the price of 99.412% at par. The bookrunners of the placement were Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Bancorp." - CBonds
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  2736.  @rogerbartlet5720  I did some research and you're right, $1 BILLION in corporate bonds!!! "On February 15, 2022 issuer Norfolk Southern Corp released international bonds (US655844CM86, US655844CN69). • In the amount of USD 600 mln with the coupon rate of 3% maturing in 2032. The issues were sold at the price of 99.999% at par. The bookrunners of the placement were Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Bancorp. • In the amount of USD 400 mln with the coupon rate of 3.7% maturing in 2053. The issues were sold at the price of 99.412% at par. The bookrunners of the placement were Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Bancorp." - CBonds
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  2737.  @rogerbartlet5720  I did some research... And you're right. $1Billion in corporate bonds! "New issues: Issuer Norfolk Southern Corp released international bonds (US655844CM86, US655844CN69) in the amount of USD 600, USD 400 mln maturing in 2032, 2053 respectively. February 17, 2022 Cbonds On February 15, 2022 issuer Norfolk Southern Corp released international bonds (US655844CM86, US655844CN69). • In the amount of USD 600 mln with the coupon rate of 3% maturing in 2032. The issues were sold at the price of 99.999% at par. The bookrunners of the placement were Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Bancorp. • In the amount of USD 400 mln with the coupon rate of 3.7% maturing in 2053. The issues were sold at the price of 99.412% at par. The bookrunners of the placement were Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Bancorp." - CBonds
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  2738. Capitalism is a crime against humanity.
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  2739.  @RapiBurrito  I can't offer any sight to the blind. It sure is a pity that you can't see how private property is a government sanctioned monopoly privileged (very much like what IP does to ideas). I didn't realize government sanction deeds, like that of the United States Homestead Act, which used government force to steal land from the native population and give it out to European settlers, was "free market"....
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  2740.  @Jim-m3z  All capitalism relies on alienation, wage labor is the renting of people as chattel property.
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  2741.  @Jim-m3z  Capitalism still relies on the renting of human beings as chattel. All capitalism is alienation.
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  2742.  @Jim-m3z  Laissez-faire capitalism is inherently incentivized by the profit motive, it will always hold privatized ground rents above the needs of domestic production. Even the father of capitalism couldn't stop that, and the warning of the Lockean Proviso by the grandfather of capitalism didn't do much either. The only way to create a system that stops commodifying land is to move past a system that stops commodifying everything. Capitalism seeks to even commodify the human soul as "human capital" to be rented by the hour for a wage. Capitalism is inherently alienating.
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  2743.  @tony_5156  The history of land and chattel ownership is really interesting. Although I never fully got through it before it was due back, I really did like the book Owning The Earth by Andro Linklater.
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  2744.  @PsyrenXY  What does your vision of democratic socialism include?
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  2745. ​​ @PsyrenXY  Democratic socialism ftw.... But you know once to lefts agree, the infighting has to start 😅 I joke, but I am curious what your idea of democratic socialism entails. I would prefer an economy of non-government operated cooperatives and owner-occupancy homeownership. Where the government helps with universal healthcare and UBI, among other similar types of safety net. I know we all have a different vision of what we would like, so what would you want?
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  2746. What was the original?
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  2747.  @CantoniaCustoms  Yeah, capitalism sucks even if you put a happy face on it. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  2748.  @21Matt5  Have fun slanderizing One of the few politicians actually working to make a difference in corporate corruption. I bet you would have liked it better before the socialist and trade unions helped institute the 40-hour work week. You would love to work 6 hours a day 12 days a week, with low pay, and in dangerous work conditions, wouldn't you 👍👍 Bahahahahaha. You deserve a government corrupted by billionaires if you're going to shill for the billionaires.
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  2749.  @21Matt5  That's capitalism for ya. I don't know why you feel the need to call it 'cronyist', of course there's going to be profitable crony relationships in a system that emphasizes profit above all else. You're trying to create a false dichotomy of "ethical capitalism" and "corrupt capitalism"- all capitalism is amoral because capitalism doesn't care about morals; it incentivizes profit not decreasing corruption. Got to love how you chastise the billionaires that corrupt your government and at the same time chastise Bernie Sanders who is literally one of the most uncorruptible politicians in US politics today🤦🏼 He has an incredibly low net worth for being in politics for as long as he has, and in that time, he's barely changed his underlying values. "Barney" Sanders wants us to clean up this corruption but you just want to do your share and wipe your ass across the carpet 🤡🤡
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  2750. Corporate oligarchy is fun! 🤡🤡
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  2751.  @divinecomedian2  What about capitalism is consensual? Do you remember that during the 1862 Homestead Act people literally got granted 160 acres of private property after the US government genocided native Americans?? I didn't realize genocide for the production of private property was voluntary 🤦🏼🤦🏼 It's hilarious that you're defending the objectification of human beings while trying to make the argument that it's voluntary... as if you care.
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  2752.  @Shisha2025  Stakeholdership is democracy, stockholders can have more than on share, and that's determined by money invested. It's different, go look it up.... Or you could just keep saying "nahuh", lmao
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  2753.  @Shisha2025  I didn't agree, stakeholders are most community oriented.
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  2754.  @mattkase6644  They deleted the link to the audiobook playlist, just search it here and find the playlist with 13 chapters 🤙✌️
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  2755.  @mattkase6644  How does the state pay large amounts of soldiers to utilize their monopoly on force? That's one of anthropologist David Graeber's (RIP) fundamental points in his book Debt: The First 5,000 Years; before coinage, credit was the main system of trade (even before barter), but roaming soldiers had a hard time buying things in local credit markets due to a lack of community trust in travelling soldiers. So the state created a racket for their own stamped coinage to pay soldiers. By forcefully demanding taxes paid in their currency, they were able to create demand for the coinage and trust that someone else would accept the same currency because they too had to pay tax. In an interesting unmasking, we see that coinage too is a form of debt, as it's given out by the state but there is an obligation to return it to the state via taxation, and that coinage only arises with a monopoly on force to racketeer demand for a particular stamped metal or bill. This allows the state to have much more economic power to fund larger armies, because without payment the people with swords or guns wont do the state's bidding. The PDF and audio is free. If you're watching this channel on 'how money works', you'd probably enjoy it. I know it gave me a better understanding of the complicated history of Money.
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  2756.  @tg-k6yt255  Way to miss the point. Why do Home Depot shareholders deserve 18% average annual dividend raises, while their workers wages trail significantly, when most shareholders that don't work at Home Depot get paid more compounding raises than employees that is a problem. We all understand Milton Friedman's point about digging a trench with spoons is a lot more hard-working than an excavator but that's not what I'm talking about. You seem like the type of person who would call shareholders job creators while the company fires 7000 people at the same time it does 100 billion dollars in stock buybacks... Yeah, that was Google. Guess what? I'm a $HD and $GOOGL shareholder because I understand that capital bias exists in capitalism. I don't deserve that $$, but that's what capitalism incentives. At least I will tell you the truth; it's a bad system.
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  2757.  @jerrycan1756  You lost me at "This is always been true".... No, just no. Before the Protestant Reformation many English peasants had the opportunity to work village commons for their own subsistence. They were enfranchised into the institution of common farming- while maybe it wasn't the most efficient, people weren't alienated. With the rise of private land enclosures during the Reformation, monastic estates in village Commons were being seized and reparcelled, taking away peasants rights to work the land themselves, for themselves. With this change workers became disenfranchised from the land that they worked for themselves and had to seek employment to work for somebody else. Not even going to get into the fact that you think socially subjective property norms are the same thing as objective acts of nature. You're still stuck in this idea of property as a natural right so you're conflating nature with property for some reason. Smh.
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  2758.  @d33pblu3  What free market? All I see is markets rigged by capitalists from literally before the genocidal inception of the Homestead acts. Capitalism has always used government violence to create and protect private property. The point of cooperatives is to change ownership from private to social, by switching to social ownership it changes the coordinating environment and incentives to disengage from being debased by markets. By democratizing ownership through cooperatives and other institutions, more democratic ways of allocating resources can be developed that don't use market forces. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value (which market forces naturally do). I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  2759. Short answer: they're screwing almost everybody over. Long answer: just watch the vid...
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  2760.  @perenoel657  Do you think freedom is renting people? Can't imagine what you thought about southern freedom pre-1865, lol. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  2761.  @perenoel657  Their business? Yes, just like the Civil War deprived people of "their property". While Capitalism is better, it is still based on the objectification and commodification of human beings by renting them by the hour, or on a yearly basis.
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  2762.  @georgegeorge4560  Ok, I wrote you something earlier today but it didn't go through. I appreciate you taking the time to look into the idea that I presented and I hope to be able to get back to you tomorrow if you're still curious.
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  2763.  @georgegeorge4560  I'm just checking to see if it will let me talk to you again so I can answer your good question.
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  2764. @TheNBSPerry  lol, go read some behavioral econ, bring yourself into the 21st century.
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  2765.  @georgegeorge4560  Nope, a largely decentralized DemSoc political-economy with worker and consumer co-op hybrids, unions, collectives, credit unions and public banks, and community land trusts.
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  2766.  @kcnl2522  What does "contribute to society" mean? Just because a person with Downs syndrome might not be able to work a job that fully pays for their living, they still provide value to the people around them. This is the discrepancy between economic value and human value. Just because grandma is in a wheelchair and doesn't have enough money for retirement doesn't mean you just toss her on the street, SHE HAS HUMAN VALUE. You're basically saying you don't understand the value of family or friends.
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  2767.  @tj-co9go  Did I ever say slavery?? 🤦🏼 No, I literally used the Lockean term "self-ownership"... Slaves don't own themselves. John Locke was the modern philosophical founder of capitalism. You literally own yourself in capitalism- You Are Not A Slave- because you own yourself you can rent out your time and labor power. Slaves don't get to do that. It's honestly hilarious how many times people bring this up.... Like, bruh, slaves are owned by the master they work for they don't rent themselves out to a wage master. Wage labor is renting labor by the hour. I literally don't know how to make this more straightforward. In fact, it's literally a critique on the term 'wage slavery" which I think is improperly used. I use basic capitalistic language and people think I'm talking about slavery... Sorry, I don't know how to write this anymore simple for the people who think I'm talking about "slavery" smh.
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  2768.  @Marqan  Even somebody who's self-employed, I was for 8 years, is still dehumanized by the market. People are commoditized by the market which means that they are treated as if they're humanness expendable- working directly for your customers for cash is still hyperrationalized and constrained by market forces. I'll give you two instances of how organizations can deal with downturns by caring about people or treating them as expendable. Firstly, cooperatives are a type of democratic business structure where everybody gets paid a wage but they are also entitled to the profits that they help produce and they have a say in how their workplace is run. Because cooperatives are run for the benefit of their members, they don't go and fire a bunch of people when a downturn happens; they look to take care of their fellow workers. When cooperatives democratically cooperate together they can more easily ride out downturns. Now on the flip side, while I wait for Social Security Disability, I have to live off of stocks. I own some GOOGL that's up almost 300%, with a recent boost to the share price being caused by them laying off 7,000 workers and then doing a $70 billion stock buyback. I mean, that's literally kicking out workers to pay shareholders. I don't know about you but the cooperative model seems like it values taking care of people more than taking care of capital. My perspective is that we, as a species, made a huge moral leap in the 1800's by pushing to start the abolishment of owning other people as property. The morally better option was to give people the right to self-ownership. Unfortunately ownership within capitalism still sets up power structures that allowed one group of people to rent another group of people. Humans within capitalism will be valued for their profit making input as human capital, not for their human spirit or the cheer that they bring to others- through the lens of a balance sheet a human is just a piece of property to be exploited like all other capital resources. In this we have succeeded in abolishing slavery, but we haven't succeeded in not treating people as property to be commoditized. The next step to becoming a more caring and conscientious species is to abolish the ability to rent humans, and instead legalizing cooperative determination as a standard in the socioeconomic sphere. Democratic self-determination is an economic Right just as it is a political Right. In fact, political democracy will be perverted without economic democracy to fund its integrity.
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  2769.  @DangRenBo  What makes you think I don't have actionable solutions? Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives. Preston was based on The Evergreen Cooperative, here how that's been; "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  2770.  @nbonasoro  Free or with loans?
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  2771. You guys keep trying to augment the capitalist system as if that's going to help... No it just creates augmentations of a bad system into a different bad system. Change the system.
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  2772.  @Shootsmith  It's clear you don't understand the difference between property taxes and land taxes and all you "know" is that "taxes are bad, m'kayy".
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  2773. I suspect you don't understand the concept 😅😅😅
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  2774.  @PpVolto  Inflation is perfectly fine if wages and the standard living can keep up with it, but that's the problem wages don't keep up with it. That's not a gold issue, that's a business investment into human capital issue.
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  2775.  @PpVolto  Ummm, you understand there's a difference between correlation and causation right??? Currencies have to inflate at the rate that the economy inflates or else you'll have deflationary effects that decrease commerce and decrease investment. Having a monetary policy that keeps up with economic growth helps keep economic policy stable, the extraction of gold cannot keep up with the growth of the economy. The reason why I can't keep up with the growth of the economy is something that has been explained by Buffett; an ounce of gold will always be an ounce of gold, but you can grow a business. The monetary system has to keep up with business growth, not the arbitrary extraction of the ability to find gold veins.
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  2776. 🤦🤦🤦 No, just no.
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  2777. Why is it not?
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  2778. Statically, increase in human rights as a status of increased economic standards.
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  2779.  @bluesagebrett  bahahahahaha!! Yes, dig into the local sewer line ... That should be fun for you and shouldn't affect anybody else 🤦🤦 This is what libertarian responsibility looks like 🤣😂🤣😂
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  2780. I hope you mean zoning laws and not building codes... 😅
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  2781. I think you mean a learning tool, lol.
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  2782.  @dariadari3370  yeah but how does any of that have to do with the solution that's offered in this video?
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  2783. What are you talking about?
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  2784. 🤦🤦 So you do care... But youre too lazy to think about policy
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  2785.  @fuzzy3440  Ok, and LVT wouldn't charge tax on the building value
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  2786.  @fuzzy3440  Property tax taxes the value of built infrastructure on top of the land... Property tax charges you for the value of the land and the building. Ironically you're against land value tax that only charges you for the value of the land and DOES NOT charge you for the value of the building. In this way it incentivizes investment in infrastructure and decreases the urban sprawl, over utilization of land.
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  2787. 😅😂😂 you're really one of these people that confuses land value with property tax 🤦🤦🤦 It's not the same thing... Although it would definitely affect the urban sprawl throughout most of the area. The small government tax policy concepts are hilarious when you remember you literally got all of the property in Texas from the Mexican-American War... Big Government. Stop talking about how small government is capitalism.
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  2788. There are so many other aspects... Anybody who chalks the economy up to one thing doesn't understand the economy (especially people who think the president dictates the path of the economy).
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  2789.  @addmix  Beep boop, I'm a bot. reCAPTCHA me outside, how 'bout dat!
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  2790.  @addmix  "If you have employer healthcare why would you care about having single payer?!" 😂🤣 Talk about not understanding risk.
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  2791.  @addmix  Ableist troll, lol
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  2792.  @BrunoTurcatti  Tax burden is determined by supply and demand elasticity.
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  2793.  @ChampagneandWaffles  Still ignoring that no one wants you seize your land? Lmao! I mean it WAS stolen by the US Gov... Now your family pays taxes to the US rather than Mexico. You're still being taxed on "your property".
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  2794.  @ChampagneandWaffles  You pay tax to the US gov not Mexico... Lol.
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  2795.  @thetapheonix  Literally the first sentence "Henry George was also in favor of taxing all types of natural resources." Which includes land values and other types of natural resources, like oil and minerals. You're acting like I'm talking making all things public like Alaska... That Was Never The Point! YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONFISCATE THE LAND TO TAX THE VALUE OF THE RESOURCES. It has the effect of socializing the land value while maintaining private ownership. I don't care if it's not a one-to-one example that's not the point 😂🤣 No wonder you're having such a hard time with this. It's quite obvious you know nothing about Georgism so you should probably start there so you don't get hung up on a bunch of misconceptions but you keep insisting on. Try actually reading something academic first before having conversations like this.
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  2796.  @ChampagneandWaffles  It really seems like you don't understand the first thing about Georgism, which is why you for some reason think people are going to take your private property. YOU STILL KEEP YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY 🤦 You should probably go learn about that first. Lmao. Go read something to educate yourself first.
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  2797.  @ChampagneandWaffles  It seems like you don't understand the first thing about Georgism, which is why you for some reason think people are going to take your private property, so you should probably go learn about that first. Lmao. Stop arguing with those people on YouTube and go read something to educate yourself first. It's a taxation on resource value. YOU STILL KEEP YOUR PROPERTY 🤦🤦 it's literally an alternative to property tax. Lol, so you're adamant about keeping the value of your property... But you're okay with your property and income taxes? It is ironic to be so staunch about your property rights and then tell me you don't care about property and income tax, as you get all grumpy about land/ natural resource value taxation. It's ironic asf 😂🤣
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  2798.  @ChampagneandWaffles  I'm not refusing to acknowledge the difference between the APF and dividends paid to private owners 😂🤣 I'm advocating for an natural resource taxes OVER private retainment of natural resource rents. I'm certainly not refusing to acknowledge the difference between the two... My whole point is that there's a good reason for a difference. You live in Texas, lol, land that was literally stolen from Mexico by the US Gov. You bought BIG GOVERNMENT stolen land. Crying about your right to stolen land... Very ironic.
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  2799.  @ChampagneandWaffles  It's a taxation on resource value. YOU STILL KEEP YOUR PROPERTY 🤦🤦 it's literally an alternative to property tax. Lol, so you're adamant about keeping the value of your property... But you're okay with your property and income taxes? It is ironic to be so staunch about your property rights and then tell me you don't care about property and income tax, as you get all grumpy about land/ natural resource value taxation. It's ironic asf 😂🤣 It seems like you don't understand the first thing about Georgism, which is why you for some reason think people are going to take your private property, so you should probably go learn about that first. Lmao. Stop arguing with those people on YouTube and go read something to educate yourself first.
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  2800.  @thetapheonix  What on Earth are you talking about with confiscation or buying oil land? Dude, it's a tax 🤦 The government doesn't have to buy the land/ resources or confiscate the land/ resources they just tax the value of the land/ resources, which leads to private stewardship and development, as well as socializing the value of land. Dude, this should have been obvious. Do you understand what Georgism is? It really looks like you ignored the whole part of my comment about increasing cooperative equity... I talked about democratizing asset inflation. UBI can help people take extra risks to start their own business or buy equity into a cooperative. You straightforwardly deny the fact that diverting money from corporations to the people would affect income inequality... It literally democratized income. Then you bring it up as if I didn't know about it or didn't spend time writing about it decreasing CPI inflation by allowing more people to benefit from asset inflation (that's a feature not a bug, not all inflation is bad). The question isn't about nominal inflation, it's about whether real wages and real asset inflation are growing. Alaska and Norway are very remote areas, this leads to high transaction costs which get passed on, it's weird disingenuous that you would ignore such an obvious aspect. I also think it's weird that you're ignoring the fact that Norway has one of the highest standards of living and happiness, which raises the question how much value do you place on happiness? You really couldn't google "taxes that decrease inflation"? Progressive income tax removes excess buying pressure from higher incomes, progressive consumption taxes can also do a similar thing. Land Value Tax puts extra pressure on speculators to develop it into something useful or put land on the market, this puts some more supply onto the market and increases the competitive forces within the real estate market. I honestly don't know if you understand, or are even reading, anything in my comments, because you seemed to talk right past me. If it looks like you're doing that again I'm just going to peace out.
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  2801.  @ChampagneandWaffles  Uh, the fact that you claim the land is "yours" and that other people aren't entitled to "your" property. Lol. That's basically taxes, mate.
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  2802.  @ChampagneandWaffles  Think about it, you just want a check for natural resources that you didn't labor for. Sounds pretty lazy. You didn't make the oil, you're just a private rent seeker.
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  2803.  @thetapheonix  You seem to miss the point that this isn't money creation ("printing"). This is money circulation because the UBI is paid by fees, not government debt or currency inflation. The most inflationary aspect is that it gives people more money to spend. There's a whole range of monetary and tax policy that can offset or curb this inflationary pressure.
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  2804.  @thetapheonix  Firstly, this is all money that would be made by corporate shareholders. The velocity of money would increase because people who need the money would have the money to spend on things they need, rather than accruing dividends and capital gains in a stock portfolio. You're literally just incentivizing current asset inflation, which is a very regressive policy. I don't hear your complaints about asset inflation, even though it's a driving factor of wealth inequality. You act like there are no monetary policy to decrease inflation in order to compensate for this fact.
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  2805.  @ChampagneandWaffles  Again you missed the point entirely... NOBODY created NATURAL RESOURCES. It's kind of in the name 'natural resource'. Somebody created your house and you paid them to create it, somebody created your car and you paid them to create it... Nobody created the natural resources and therefore you get 'economic rent' that becomes privatized. And you're entitled to your opinions about property and income tax but you still have to pay them, have your say about the laws but you still have to obey them... WOW! Lol, what a revelation!
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  2806.  @JDWonders  From one of my comments above; "Many Nordic countries subsidize the exploration of the oil and charge companies to extract their oil. They then put these revenues into sovereign wealth funds that invest into companies across the world and this investment strategy helps provide a social safety net for the population. I'd be very much in favor of sovereign wealth funds if they invested in cooperative enterprises instead of investing in the current harms of capitalism, but that's a long thread to unravel."
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  2807. ​ @GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket  you don't like automation?
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  2808.  @luchain771  Nobody created natural resources. According to Locke's theory of capitalist acquisition things are acquired through Labor. Locke created the Lockean Proviso to discourage over usage, but you have to realize he was writing in the 1600s... Literally 87 years before Smith, 128 years before Ricardo's Theory Of Rent, and 190 years before Henry George. Capitalism has always had this idea baked into it, but capitalists have this interesting tendency to ignore capitalist morality in favor of capitalist profit... Who would have thought that would have been the case from a system dictated by the profit motive.
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  2809. Land value taxes literally a progressive tax on landlords and speculators....
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  2810.  @san3711  I think it's sad that you can't read a paragraph.
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  2811.  @jacobherman2443  Ugh, I stop reading if you're going to take a long pause between every thought you have.
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  2812. I didn't realize sentences were paragraphs now..😅.
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  2813.  @EhM-xt7pl  In the long run.... So costs of climate change are being shifted onto other generations. Corporate stock prices are driven by short term profits (because that's how time-risk is adjusted when valuing assets, as longer time horizons have less certainty), and lots of CEOs pay is incentivized based on short term performance. Capitalism loves negative externalities because they shift costs and increase the bottom line.... CEOs are literally incentivized to increase the bottom line. Capitalism is a system that incentivizes being short sighted and selfish. If you want a system that's not based on being selfish, cooperativism focuses on including the broader community and environment into its economic considerations.
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  2814.  @kingofhearts3185  What do you mean, what does that have to do with branding the same thing two different ways? Coffee without cream and coffee without milk is both black coffee but rebranded in terms of its negation, which is exactly what capitalism with carbon offsets is. Check out Zizek for a deeper understanding.
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  2815.  @kingofhearts3185  Capitalism with carbon credits doesn't negate the harmful effects of consumption. Capitalism is inherently driven to shift costs onto the environment, ordering a "capitalism without carbon" doesn't mean it wont happily cause chemical runoff, Foxconn labor standards, or rail accidents like East Palestine just to increase shareholder profits.
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  2816.  @iluvpandas2755  and what about Twitter?
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  2817. ​ @iluvpandas2755  Lol, wut? That was my comment, lmao. I know it didn't violate any YT rules so I wonder if got taken down by the channel creator....
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  2818.  @olivertvist1799  Which country?
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  2819.  @olivertvist1799  Nice strawman. Worker co-ops pay their employees... And they also let workers control the workplace. It's about alienation, not being paid. But sure, run your tired strawman that I've heard 1000x by people that don't understand nuances in political philosophy.
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  2820.  @ameridesign  Maybe it's a meme?
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  2821. No, just no. Look at the massive waste of ghost cities in China... then they demolish the buildings. It's an ecologically travesty to waste all those resources and it's prone to corruption. We currently have more peopleless homes than homeless people. We allow real estate to be used as an investment rather than a means of living. Let's not just make more investment properties like China has done.
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  2822.  @MrD_2112  Lol, it's always the one that say "learn some basic econ" that don't understand econ. Do you realize this is literally based on liberal philosophy and neoliberal economics? People deserve self-determination. Alienation is not freedom.
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  2823.  @rubyherring  That's literally what property rent is.
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  2824.  @evilds3261  I mean, that's why unions are important, because they increase bargaining power so you can get the most. The UAWs are scheduled to strike tonight at midnight across the 3 major manufacturers.
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  2825.  @johkupohkuxd1697  Capital bias, you live in a system that provides tools and incentives to produce one and not the other. It literally starts at business school where they don't teach about cooperative economics- generally labor is seen as the cost that needs to be reduced so that shareholders can increase their profits. Co-ops oftentimes have a harder time getting loans because many banks don't understand the socialized aspect of coops and they want an individual to sign onto the loan. Co-ops to fund co-ops are one solution, like Valley Alliance Of Worker Cooperatives, but again these are rare in this economy because of the institutional bias towards capital profits. RFKjr has a great speech about how we value our economy based on GDP, a number that even includes the price of Napalm and Nukes and armored cars to fight our city riots due to inequality and racism. Capitalism says anything that makes money is good, even if it's based on inhumane social arrangements. Here's a bit more on Capital Bias, the RFKjr clip is @8:45 https://youtu.be/TF6J_HfH0Go?si=tCihArO9Lgbuomad It's kinda like asking "why aren't there more private businesses in feudalism" ... Well because feudalism was based on a different system of incentives and it took the abolishment of feudalism for capitalism to fully emerge. That's why abolishing private property for social ownership is necessary to change the inherent unhealthy values capitalism uses.
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  2826.  @HH-le1vi  Even co-ops have profits/ surplus, it's just shared; "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  2827.  @valdencorr2861  When has capitalism ever been "free market", lmao? Governments literally helped shape private property and money. It was the US government that distributed 160 acres of private property to pioneers from native Americans after violently removing them from their lands. It was Henry the 8th that used the Protestant Reformation to redistribute land titles with the ramping up English Land Enclosure Acts. Even in ancient times, government violence fostered the need for money for payments of soldiers, rather than credit, as explored in Debt: the First 5000 Years by David Graeber. Capitalism uses markets but the degree to which they are completely "free" with perfect competition is variable- that doesn't mean it's "not true capitalism". In fact, capitalists love less competition. Here's a quote from the famous Wall St investor Peter Lynch "In business, competition is never as healthy as total domination.” If you think capitalism is only found in 'perfect competition' (yes, that is the econ definition of "free markets") then sorry to spoil your childlike ideology, but the history of private property and money disagrees with your "no true capitalism" fallacy.
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  2828. ​ @valdencorr2861  I would love to hear your definition of capitalism.
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  2829. ​ @elbarto4069  Why is that the false dichotomy? Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  2830.  @TQFMTradingStrategies  I just looked it up a 2007 MSRPed for 18k and a 2025 MSRPs for 40k, base. That's like 111% inflation versus 300 from the SP average for stocks. Stocks objective outpace inflation... You literally can't run a business if you're running 'real value' deficits.
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  2831. Did the price of a pickup go up 300%? Good investments should beat inflation.
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  2832.  @jasonneugebauer5310  You couldn't even give an investment thesis for a basic stock. As an investor you have to be able to give reasons for your decisions.
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  2833.  @jasonneugebauer5310  Wow, that's really sad, you can't even provide a good reason? This isn't something ideological, this is literally just the fact that there is a lot of money chasing a restricted amount of assets. But you can't provide an actual reason why that's not the case? Ok, dude.
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  2834. Uh... So there's a demand for financial assets which is driving up the price? Retirement money isn't "pumping excess" in, that's probably one of the most basic investment reasons. Oh, and PEs aren't bad when you factor in the fact that United States has massive high-quality tech companies.
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  2835. I think he's trying to make the distinction between speculation and investing. But yeah the title is just bad.
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  2836.  @The_Cosmic_Navigator  Word ✌️
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  2837.  @The_Cosmic_Navigator  Lol, you're taking this joke too seriously. This is a Kanye and fish sticks level of humor.
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  2838.  @The_Cosmic_Navigator  The fact you put "super" makes me even more suspicious. It's okay, you can come out of the closet.
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  2839. Republicans don't care if they literally murder the symbol of freedom.... They still want you to vote for them. Ironic American flags, idiot
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  2840. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2841. Over whatever way I legally can in my jurisdiction. Don't tell me how to use my legal vote.
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  2842. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2843.  @melissadeloach8503  HE DIDNT KNOW THE ACCUSER.... Oh, wait it's one of his baby mamas and she talked to his wife. That was obtuse, lol
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  2844.  @melissadeloach8503  4 kids by 4 women, and didn't really raise any of them...... But I'm obtuse... Lmao, you're high!
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  2845.  @melissadeloach8503  Obtuse is being a dead beat dad... But say you have family values. Your are so gullible you dont see the irony 🤡🤡🤡
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  2846.  @melissadeloach8503 They are certified healthcare professionals 🤦🏼 which is better than uncertified back alley abortions. Melodramatic is saying that you "don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles" and you only "want control of the Senate" .... 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 That's melodramatic asf. Youre a blind hypocrite, but sure go let CTE Walker control your vagina and healthcare 🤡🤡
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  2847.  @melissadeloach8503  Acknowledging the fact that "pro-lifers" are limiting life saving drugs but is COULD cause i fertiliy isn't melodramatic.... It's a medical nightmare, to have a treatment but the law says you can treat yourself. "TUSCON, Ariz. (KOLD/Gray News) - Fourteen-year-old Emma Thompson was denied her medication in Arizona because of the state’s newly approved abortion law, which prohibits abortions except to save the life of the mother. She takes the medication for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, KOLD reports. Emma’s doctor, Dr. Deborah Jane Power, said some women in their 30′s have also been denied methotrexate until they proved they are taking contraception that is proven effective. Methotrexate is a common drug used to control rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, lupus and other autoimmune deficiencies."
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  2848.  @melissadeloach8503  Melodramatic is hypocritical crying about abortion being murder.... And then paying to "murder" babys 🤦🏼🤮🤮 Penalties in some states are 10yr minimums and 100k fines.... No melodramatic exaggeration at all, Melissa. I guess you don't care that the State owns your uterus. This is a real quote of Republican melodrama; "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2849.  @PETERJOHN101  You don't understand that Herschel Walker has CTE, He paid for his ex-girlfriend's abortion even though he's pro-life, and is a deadbeat dad? It's pretty basic English.... Put I assume people who support Herschel Walker probably have the same difficulty with English that he does.
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  2850.  @melissadeloach8503  Lol, I'm always skeptical of corporate media but aren't you the person who wants to vote for somebody with literal CTE, paid for baby murder, and is a dead beat dad.... Family values. Just look at yourself.... You couldn't self-reflect if you walked into a hall of mirrors
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  2851. Yeah Joe Biden is a plagiarist, and Donald Trump has run multiple frauds. The difference is that pro-lifers think he's committing baby murder... You guys will literally don't care about baby murder when it comes to an election but give a woman 20 years behind bars and $100,000 fine for taking cancer medicine that might cause infertility???
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  2852. Morally bankrupt but still power hungry.... "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2853. Voting Blue, because Republicans have no morals "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2854. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  2855.  @mrjburman  So....? I didn't realize Biden was running in the midterms
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  2856. Only a Republican will say there against baby murder and fund baby murder
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  2857.  @anitadenise1996  You don't like the senile guy so you support the dude with CTE.... Lol "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2858. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2859. Marxist? Is that why you took all that money from corporate insurance companies and banks? Lol. Is that why he got the stock market booming again? 🤔🤔🤔 That's some pretty low watt propaganda.
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  2860. And yet or somehow still worth more than the Republican Party as a whole
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  2861. I noticed you didn't include Trump who literally ran a fraudulent college.... 🤔🤔 Partisan asf
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  2862. Still crying about Obama, lol. I knew he had a few houses, I didn't know he had one rent-free in your head.
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  2863.  @Levi-nn8si  Then why do Republican states have lower life expectancies?
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  2864. Yes we understand that you don't care about morals. You just want power. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2865. You're seriously trying to use Malcolm X the Black Panther and Martin Luther King Jr the democratic socialist to justify the GOP? Lol. You wish. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” –Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  2866. Radical... 🤔 "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2867.  @Justforfun-ek7et  Congratulations! Do you want a pat on the back for being the exception to the rule? And say you couldn't possess a shotgun I said that your shotgun had to be under the ownership of your parents until you turned 18 🤦 Stop being such a queef, most kids can't properly handle a handgun let alone an RPG. Dafuq.
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  2868.  @Toryquinton  You know what I was so persuaded by your argument that I decided to give my 2-year-old a hair trigger Derringer.... You never know when that little kid's going to have to defend himself 🤦 who cares about age?! Did you really compare this to a 10-year-old girl who is raped and didn't want to carry a rape baby to term????? You're gross and quite possibly brain dead.
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  2869.  @Toryquinton  Kids as young as 8 used to work 10hrs a day in coal mines.... Sure, lets make rational labor law based on the norms of 250yrs ago
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  2870.  @Justforfun-ek7et  So you don't think there's any correlation between age and ability to take on responsible decisions? I mean you said this was about responsibility, are you really saying age has no impact on that?
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  2871.  @Justforfun-ek7et  Then why are you criticizing my asking if age limits on buying weapons should be a thing?? 🤦 I asked if there should be age limits on buying weapons, you yelled at me "shall not be infringed", and I ask even if you sell the 13-year-old a fully automatic weapon with a grenade launcher.... And you still defended not having age limits 🤦🤦🤦 This wasn't about the type of weapon, this was about age limits, buddy. The thing is, is that the whole reason why I don't think the 13-year-old should be able to buy a even a rifle or handgun is because they don't have the mental capacity for that level of RESPONSIBILITY. What part of that don't you understand? The argument has always been about responsibility; You're the one who seems very confused about this point. Smh.
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  2872.  @mastershep11n74  Dude, I fully understand how responsible gun culture WAS. I'm an advocate of responsible gun culture that teaches gun safety at a young age. I am not opposed to kids operating or being in possession of a weapon owned by their parents, especially since on occasion kids unfortunately have to be the ones in position for self-defense. But owning and transferring weapons to the full ownership by minors shouldn't be seen as without risk. That's what most of the people above are talking about, allowing kids that can't even vote or drive to have automatic weapons. Some of them even want kids to be able to operate tanks and fire RPGs... Those aren't my words, those are theirs. I'm not coming from a place of ignorance, I'm playing devil's advocate- I know that automatic weapons cost thousands of dollars, 🤦 The whole point was that I wanted to see how ridiculous people would get in terms of the amount of lethal weaponry they'd give a child, and apparently they maxed out about a tank or an RPG. So not quite the nuclear button... But yeah, people in this comment section are crazy enough as to advocate open carry of RPGs by 13-year-olds.
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  2873.  @AlphaWolfShade  Fair point on the libel, but disrupting the peace, inciting a riot, and conspiracy, all may just be speech, but all have criminal charges.... So, yes, there is still a reasonable limit to speech. Try again, or just admit that absolutely no restrictions on firearms is ridiculous.
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  2874.  @Gottaculat  Wow, what a tirade. It's weird how you say that I "just trust the government".... I'm very skeptical of government, It was just talking about a few reasonable regulations, very much against these weapon bans, magazine limits and whatnot. And I really want the ATF to tell me how adding a vertical group to a pistol makes it more dangerous than other guns. You're being pretty disingenuous making up strawmen. It's obvious no level of compromise will make you happy. You're a fanatic who wants to have his own private military
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  2875.  @ninvusoogoar6098  Look in the comments..... Someone on ironically told me that 13-year-old should be able to drive tanks and own RPGs. Theyre mainly of the "shall not infringe" mindset. It's nuts
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  2876.  @billrobertson5895  Last I checked disturbing the peace and inciting a riot are two aspects of free speech that are not protected.... You should really come back to reality, bubby. I know fully automatics are highly regulated by the NFA, if you were paying attention you would realize that these people think the NFA is unconstitutional want to deregulate automatic weapons, SBRs, silencers, special ordinances, grenade launchers, and even tanks apparently, etc. You should probably read the comments before you try to interject.
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  2877. @Dodge Rider 13yrs olds cant even drive cars or vote, but you think they can responsibly handle a tank?? Why don't you seek to lower the voting age too, if you trust their judgment so much.
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  2878.  @huckfinnmedia7266  Lol, I'm pretty sure a judge and jury can determines if something SHOULD be considered liable or not... Do you think that's a violation of your First Amendment right?
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  2879.  @MrRavellon  Lol, I ordered stuff in the mail that my parents didn't know about. Kids get up to stuff. Instead of getting rid of mandatory service laws and hoping they do the right thing... Maybe you could just have age limits!! 🤦 It's pretty simple and very reasonable. I'm not saying kids can't shoot, I'm saying the responsibility of private ownership should be for adults because it carries adult level responsibilities. But whatever, you guys are nuts.
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  2880.  @jamesorlong  I had several thousands of dollars as a young teen (workin and savin), and I don't even come from that affluent of a family. Seeing as you guys don't want any gun laws, why would it be out of the question for a kid to steal their parents credit card and just order one over the internet straight to their house.... We have 5-year-olds that spend 5K on their parents iphone playing apps.
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  2881.  @FazeParticles  except you can mow down a crowd and just a couple seconds.... How quickly does a squad automatic weapon go through it's 250 round belt? Have you heard of three round burst? Yeah, BS. You guys have the most ass backwards logic.
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  2882.  @larrymitchell3502  because the person arguing with me doesn't want age limits, even on NFA items. You'd be surprised, some kid got access to money or stolen credit cards
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  2883.  @Justforfun-ek7et  I never said kids couldn't go out with a parent to shoot the parents gun. But then it's also the parents responsibility to always be around (and not negligent) when a minor is firing the parents weapon, as well as keep it safely stored when not in use This means all of the legal burden is on the adult who is old enough to handle legal responsibilities. This isn't that complicated 🤦 You're a nutcase that just shouts No True Scotsmans as if it's productive to a civil conversation. I'm not amused by your tricks. Bye Felicia✌️
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  2884.  @AzayBae  I believe full autos became illegal in 1934 because of the increase of gang violence and the spree of bank robberies. I agree, if you're able to enter into legal contracts at 18 and be tried in court as an adult, you should be able to buy a gun.
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  2885.  @iseverynametakenwtf1  Okay, just checking how wacko you guys are.
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  2886. Nah, both should be legal. In fact, I was worried that congress might think they have the power to ban Glocks as well, which they don't.
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  2887.  @deusvult99  Oh, they'd use it like Republicans use it; they'd hide behind The Constitution until it's inconvenient for them and then they'll just do what they want.
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  2888.  @codyvandal2860  Is that not half the reason why the Right likes 2A, so they can inflict violence on their political enemies? Isn't that how our country was founded? 🤔
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  2889. And you're really screwed if you think Republicans offer a solution to political stupidity/ evil.
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  2890. Maybe just training, Idk, but legally fully automatic's/ burst fire selectors are restricted to the military or after NFA regulations and fees.
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  2891.  @kingelvis19  Lol, you're hilarious. I know quite a few women who are not whiny and I know quite a few women who are, saying it's a part of their "software" is a whole lotta BS. But whatever, not like I'm going to change your petty mind ✌️
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  2892.  @kingelvis19  Calling out BS is whiny now? No wonder Trump was able to lie to Republicans so easily.
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  2893.  @LucasJRice  lol, was that an attempt at an insult? Cuz that kinda sucked
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  2894.  @svalbard01  Nice sexism, bud.
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  2895.  @rogerclark9285  I mean, if you want to be honest about it, so do Republicans. From attending a gay marriage for his son 3 days after voting against gay marriage to inciting a riot and then running away from it, Republicans have a lot of wacky cognitive distance... Just like Dems.
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  2896. "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary." -Karl Marx
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  2897. @I.no.ah.guy57  No, it has been one of the most accurate.
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  2898. They couldn't even hire somebody to narrate?? Lol
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  2899.  @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes  real quotes are now fake news? 🤡🤡🤡🤡
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  2900.  @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes  and Herschel Walker paid for abortions.... You people are insane. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  2901.  @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes  Murder babies, Vote Walker!
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  2902. "His eyes would become very evil … The guns and knives … I got into a few choking things with him … The first time he held the gun to my head … he held the gun to my temple and said he was going to blow my brains out," Grossman says That's Herschel Walker's ex-wife talking about how he beat her up....
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  2903.  @luvlabso130  You want to secure the border but you won't even secure top secret documents to secure national security?? 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Lmao!! What a hypocritical joke 🤡🤡🤡
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  2904. And Herschel Walker has literal brain damage.....
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  2905. And you're supporting the anti-abortionist who funded abortion..... You guys literally think that's murder!!! You want him to get away with murder..... Stfu, You have no right to talk. You're a joke 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
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  2906. Let us lie to your kids about patriotism so we can have them die for the investment accounts of billionaires 🤦🏼 Honestly, disgusting.
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  2907. I would have joined the military if the military fought for the American public instead of corporations who want cheap resources for larger profits. I'm not going into a war zone for a government that doesn't care about its country.... But please just tell me that I hate America as 21 soldiers per day take their lives back home because the VA doesn't want to provide proper support for PTSD. Take a second and look at what the military actually defends.
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  2908. Then why do Republicans keep increasing the military budget? Why do they cut taxes on the rich and make government deficits larger? 🤔
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  2909. @@jimellis1358 Lol, yeah there was pandemic that cut demand.... You like the cut in demand when it lowers gas prices but let me guess you probably cried about lockdowns being enforced which led to the cut and demand 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼
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  2910. Team Desantis? Do you Republicans always cry "wHy dO yOu aLwAyS hAvE tO pOliTiciZe tHiNgS" Lmao 🤡🤡🤡
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  2911. Gotta love his hypocrisy 🤡
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  2912. Lol, is that why he complained about hurricane Sandy relief? Professional politicians are usually hypocrites... But you like that, don't you 😂🤣
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  2913. Professional? Yes, he's hypocritical because he's a professional politician.... Complains about hurricane Sandy relief and then begs for hurricane Ian relief 🤡🤡🤡
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  2914. Caring? Is that why he was against Hurricane Sandy relief?? What a hypocrite!
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  2915.  @jamIam6548  Ah, lol, gotcha.
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  2916.  @jamIam6548  Nah, plz enlightenment me. Pretty sure "love your neighborhood" doesn't mean bearing false witnesses to ship off your disadvantaged neighbors.
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  2917.  @loveoneanotherasihaveloved8327  You think Jesus would like Desantis? Do you think that Palestinian Jew was anti- immigrant and would have been against hurricane Sandy relief? 🤔🤔
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  2918. Why didn't Biden use a Sharpe to redirect the storm like Trump did?!??? Biden really needs to just throw paper towels at hurricane victims... That would make everything better!
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  2919.  Dan Stanley  You just made a historical comparison... Sorry you're too much of a snowflake to handle the truth. The irony is sad. Don't want me to bring up past presidents? Don't say "other presidents didn't...." Lololol
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  2920.  Dan Stanley  Trump did... And you had to kiss his ring like a sycophant
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  2921. Weird... Didn't Ronny just thank Biden for hurricane relief... You guys are petulant asf.
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  2922. Yeah, tell him we don't want his federal relief funds either..... Oh, wait....
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  2923. Ironic, didn't seem like he wanted to work together with the victims of hurricane Sandy.....
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  2924. Speaking of forgetting, did DeSantis forget that he was against hurricane Sandy relief funds and now thanks your buddy Brandon for the cash Florida gets for Ian. I wonder what the $615,000 to ship 50 immigrants to Martha's vineyard could have been used for. That's $12,300 per seat... Did Desantis forget what fiscal conservatism is?? 🤡🤡
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  2925. He thanked Biden for federal relief after complaining about hurricane Sandy relief. You guys LOVE hypocrisy.
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  2926.  @northernlights9637  God is calling, he told Church leaders to move pedophile priests around the world so they can abuse more children. God has a plan!
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  2927.  @northernlights9637  For somebody with so much hate in their heart I don't think you can really dictate what true love really is. For somebody who believes in the freedom of their religion you sure really want to shove your religion down other people's throats... Like you were sodomizing me with your hate. Gross 🤮🤮 Somebody getting gay married doesn't have any effect on you... Grow up. Move to Saudi Arabia if you want to live in a theocracy.
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  2928.  @northernlights9637  You still never explained how somebody else's gay marriage imposes anything on you. You just want to impose your religion on others- I have the first amendment right not to have to abide by your religious ideas. Why do you hate people who are happy to adopt a child who needs a loving home? You'd rather a child live scared in an impoverished orphanage rather than happy in an upscale middle class homosexual household? 🤦🏼 You literally hate love, and then you're saying that that's God's law. Smh. There's no logical connection between the lack of procreation and God's will.... That is as silly as the Looney Evangelical pastors who say that gays cause hurricanes and tornadoes. God loves you so much that he will terrorize you with natural disasters.
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  2929.  @northernlights9637  Didn't you just base your whole argument around procreation? So wouldn't bringing up procreation related topics be on topic? Lmao. And who the hell is forcing it on you? You don't have to get gay married in your church doesn't even have to recognize it, It literally just allows two people who love each other the ability to make medical decisions for the other when one is incapacitated, or receiving healthcare, or social security, or estate planning. How is any of that hurting you? Stop acting like they're legitimate legal aspects to marriage that have nothing to do with your religion. And for the live of god stop acting like the victim. Gay clubs get shot up; You're not the one in the gun sights. You're acting like a snowflake.
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  2930. My aunt and uncle can't have kids for medical reasons, should their marriage be null and void? Why can't you just let people love each other?
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  2931. So not sure why she was able to be appointed two weeks before Trump left office but Obama couldn't appoint somebody two years before he left office? Republican hypocrisy at its finest
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  2932. If you made websites and the Westboro Baptist Church asked you to make a website for them, with all their hateful sayings on it, would you
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  2933. Would you want to make a website for scientologists or the Westboro Baptist Church?
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  2934. Says the person who se so emotional that they are resorting to name calling 🤦🏼
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  2935. Colorado law includes not being able to discriminate against religion as well as sex, sexually orientation, age, disability, and nationality. What if the Westboro Baptist Church asks you to make a website for them? Technically you wouldn't be able to discriminate against their hateful religion
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  2936. Should you be forced to make a website for the Westboro Baptist Church or Scientology?
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  2937.  @danbailey2964  Well, there you go- in addition to sexual orientation, the Colorado antidiscrimination law also stipulates that you can't discriminate based on religion.
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  2938. I'm very much pro LGBT+, but think about it this way would you have no qualms about making a website for Evangelical Christians, Scientologist, for the Westboro Baptist Church- even if they wanted you to put their hateful sayings on the website?
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  2939.  @robertmclean9737  I should be saying that same thing. What insurrection? Uh, idk, the one where they were calling for the murder of the vice president. Should Trump brag about being proud of the crowd at the Capitol or was that antifa?? 🤡🤡🤡 You're a circus clown
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  2940. What's a whataboutism?
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  2941. Republicans didn't want to participate, because they're Trump sycophants
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  2942. You sound insane. "HAHAHA" Like an asylum laugh....
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  2943. Playing the victim, poor snowflake ❄️❄️
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  2944. Everyone left after his tweet to leave... He didn't have to send anyone, just send a tweet. You people love making excuses. P.S. Trump still could have mobilized more law enforcement.
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  2945. Can you tell me the three ways inflation occurs?
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  2946. So now you guys are for defunding the police?
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  2947. Thomas? Doesn't he think government should violate a woman's Fourth Amendment rights? 🤔
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  2948. What cake? 🤦🏼
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  2949. Are you struggling with the two different usages of private and public? Let me guess you're also confused that a public corporation's shares are considered a shareholder's private property.
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  2950. "Sleepy Jeb" "Lyin' Ted" "Crooked Hilary"...... Who uses the slander?
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  2951.  @middleagedjabroni  I own stocks, I'm an avid investor... You do know stocks go up and down a lot, right? Like 50% every decade or so. Stocks have been repriced due to the FED raising interest rates and liquidating 10's of billions in treasures and corporate bonds (quantitative tapering). Jerome Powell is in charge of the FED, Trump nominated Jerome Powell 🤡🤡 Trump wanted Powell to push the interest rates down even faster which basically sets the market up for failure in the future. Trump also gave everyone $1500 which definitely added to inflation 🤦🏼🤦🏼 As an investor, who has seen my net worth fall by 35%, the problem was set up years before now and many people are responsible. Why don't you get that? Why don't you understand that markets go up and down, and that owners of stocks get rewarded for holding through volatility?
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  2952. Which is why I don't understand why so many people like Trump....
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  2953. Considering that a lot of you believed the dude who created a fraudulent college, why not?
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  2954. Considering that Trump creates fraudulent colleges and steals classified documents I don't really think right-wingers have room to criticize
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  2955. You got to give her credit for reaching across the aisle to get a handle on the hard issues, but in doing so she just vaporizes arguments against being Pro-Life. Admittedly, her behavior was a good snapshot of how flashy she is.
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  2956. Not going to talk about the trillions of dollars Trump spent... And literally increase the deficit by a trillion dollars because he wanted to give rich people a tax break.
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  2957. ​ @andytn6507  You got to give Lauren Gropert credit for reaching across the aisle to get a handle on the hard issues, but in doing so she just vaporizes arguments against being Pro-Life. Admittedly, her behavior was a good snapshot of how flashy she is. #BoobGate
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  2958. Don't you realize that capitalism doesn't like competition? "In business, competition is neve healthy as total domination." - Peter Lynch
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  2959. ​ @LESPAUL44mag  Old Republicans on social security that vote for politicians that want to get rid of social Security... Leave it to the party of guns to shoot themselves in the foot, amiright?
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  2960. ​ @donduchene5585 Lmao, cry and seeth, puss
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  2961. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  2962. Yeah selling $125 billion of weapons to Saudi Arabia so they can genocide Yemen was totally 'peaceful'. Trump didn't end the War in Afghanistan, but you'll blame Biden for pulling out... Make up your mind!
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  2963. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  2964.  @mayphan2872  Lol, was criticizing his actions compared to this post.... The evidence of his actions say the post is wrong ✌️
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  2965. Buddha? The guy that told people to not be a slave to their ego, to give up worldly possessions, and to be compassionate? Siddartha left his palace to be humble, Trump can't stop talking about HIS palace. The irony is amazing.
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  2966.  @1MarkKeller  There's a couple groups that are working on socialist ideas without calling them socialist. It's been called the Cleveland model or the Preston model, and technically a "Pluralistic Commonwealth", but ultimately it's a vision of forming democratic socialism. There are a couple think tanks called The Democracy Collaborative and The Next System Project that have worked in communities like Cleveland, US and Preston, UK to rebuild communities by building institutions that create community wealth. Cooperatives, community land trusts, public banks are all integrated institutions that when working together can create big changes for the better in people's daily lives. "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  2967. I bet most of these people would love the autonomy that cooperatives and community land trusts give to their members instead of big government and big corporations using people. Funny thing, that's basically democratic socialism 🤪
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  2968. Sometimes it's not there when they first upload, try reloading in a couple minutes ✌️
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  2969. People have rights to join a union. If it were up to you you'd probably enjoy working 72 hours a week with no overtime and no safety standards.
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  2970. Or the DNC, 2016 it was all "Her turn". Hillary was a trash candidate. She only accepted legalized gay marriage in 2013. What a conservative Democrat.
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  2971.  @BigTrees4ever  Lmao, your other comment was a joke too. You and your no true Scotsmans.
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  2972.  @winzyl9546  Why does it have to be one or the other, why not both? I don't know how you expect to get a UBI when corporations control the government.
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  2973.  @calebrobinson6406  When has capitalism ever been "free market"? "In business, competition is neve healthy as total domination." - Peter Lynch, Investor
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  2974.  @Mikeyadig1095  That's not what socialism is, I guess taxpayer funded police that enforce capitalist property is "socialist" now... as they literally defend capitalism. Lololol. Last time I checked, Wall St. isnt socialist. Since literally before Marx, socialism has always been about socializing the means of production among workers and society with social ownership and the abolishment of private property. This "corporate socialism" dumbs down the definition to Fox "news" levels of brain mush.
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  2975.  @Mikeyadig1095  Dafuq is "corporate socialism"??? Do you think socialism just means when "the government does something"?
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  2976.  @BigTrees4ever  There were many capitalist theorists. According to the metaphysical philosophy of John Locke, wage labor is essentially renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own enough capital goods to make enough income other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other. "Taking back the word capitalism" isn't going to save us, we need social ownership of the means of production to make economic democracy a Right, just like political democracy is a Right. E: you really call Hitler a socialist?? 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Next the DPRK with be 'democratic'. Please, take some time to learn some more political philosophy.
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  2977. Are you serious right now Derek? You don't want to point fingers and argue who's fault it is.... But you want to point fingers and argue who's fault it is and hold them responsible 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Bro, I'm stoned and I even see the glaring contradiction here... Your second paragraph is all about pointing fingers! I'm not trying to put you down but definitely check your logic there.
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  2978.  @derpcade  That's not what corporism is, ffs. It's capitalism, get over it.
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  2979.  @jonathanjones3126  Lmao. Trololololololol. Too funny.
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  2980.  @jonathanjones3126  You talked about "Europe", but now you're shift the goal posts to just the NHS... lmao. I mean, there's a fair conversation about socialized health insurance vs NHS nationalized medical care, but I don't think you're too keen on that level of nuance.
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  2981.  @coderamen666  George Orwell was also a democratic socialist, also very staunchly anti-stalinist.
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  2982.  @grmpEqweer  Ten-year old Milton Friedman is sitting in the backseat beside you, saying "If you would only stop hitting yourself".
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  2983. @@criticalstrikeforge471 Ironic considering you idolize your landLORD 😘😘😘 Socialist want homeLIVErs to be homeOWNers. It's unfortunate you can't think outside of your government-capitalist dichotomy and actually find a semblance of freedom ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Take care ✌️
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  2984. ​ @RoxanneM- You seem to think that capitalism and representative democracy work hand in hand... On the contrary they are antithetical to each other; democracy allows a vote to every individual, capitalism allows a vote only to those who can afford shares. As such capitalism inherently promotes those with wealth and those with wealth are able to corrupt the political system, government and capitalism become reinforcing elements in their symbiotic strive for power. Ideological capitaliste always say crony capitalism is the perversion of capitalism.... But yet, actual capital owners, who perpetuate capitalism in the real world, use the inherent profit motive to incentivize them to take on cronyistic ventures. Capitalism is gravitated to cronyism due to the profit motive.
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  2985.  @jaehparrk  Integrated networks of Democratic institutions like cooperatives, credit unions, and community land trusts. Here's an example of what just one cooperative can do for its worker members; "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  2986. All the Republicans are anti-Worker and Biden is supporting G-c!de, there is no good option. Shawn Fain has stood up for both peace in the middle east and for worker rights... I wish Shawn would run for POTUS.
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  2987. "The rent of land, therefore, considered as the price paid for the use of the land, is naturally a monopoly price. It is not at all proportioned to what the landlord may have laid out upon the improvement of the land, or to what he can afford to take; but to what the farmer can afford to give." — Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI "Of the Rent of Land"
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  2988.  @IL_Bgentyl  I am obviously a big fan of cooperatives, both worker and consumer, but I would say that they are not a realistic alternative within capitalism due to private property's gearing for capital bias. Firstly private property necessarily gives control to Capital owners not workers, so it's dependent on a certain level of the benevolent action in spite of the market rather than incentivised by the market. Financing for cooperative enterprises is also difficult as there is an incongruity with the type of business plans that normal banks usually receive. Meaning that cooperatives usually have to set up cooperative forms of financing for the benefit of cooperative enterprises. This can mean getting funds from a credit union or establishing a cooperative that takes in funds from other cooperatives to help build more cooperatives like the Valley Alliance Of Worker Cooperatives (VAWC). This is why the establishment of social ownership in the abolishment of private property is important to the overall goal of Cooperativism. Here is a short piece on what I mean. https://youtu.be/gyJrwe8LDYQ?si=8FPXo6pM7vFdmgdW
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  2989.  @llee8325  "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong Now imagine if instead of GM being sold back to shareholders after the government bailed it out, if it was sold to workers and run as a worker cooperative.
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  2990. ​ @YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999  This is the only communist propaganda approved by The Party. Sorry I can't say anything else.
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  2991.  @gabrielsatter  Kinda does.... Considering they literally talked about how wages are suppressed and have to be made up for by tipflation. Like I said it's not about making so service workers can't make a living it's just shifting the cost-of-living back onto employers rather than some uncertain and random amount.
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  2992.  @gabrielsatter  5:58 "Tipped minimum wage is $2.13/hr".... The fact that employers can pay their workers SUB MINIMUM wage is the problem.
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  2993. Yeah, make sure you stipulate that their wage goes up. It's not about just taking away income 🤦🏼
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  2994.  @me-myself-i787  You're the worst. Congratulations not living in the real world.
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  2995.  @kevinh5983  Where does this coffee shop get its land for the shop? Was it violently extracted from native Americans through violence?? It's not just about the final product, it's about the factors of production too 🤦🏼 You're just using abstract concepts, I'm talking real history. Bud, I understand the ideal concept of capitalism, but show me where it exists in the real world. Because the coffee shops in my area got their land violently through the grapevine from native Americans. Dude, you're talking about abstract concepts... I'm asking about the real world. You're not on the same page. Don't strawman me and act like I don't understand what capitalism is when you can't even point to a real world example of capitalism, lmao. All ideology is a mediated reconciliation between the ideal and the reality... You seem to be stuck in Plato's ideal forms over here 🤡 Jokes on you, I'm living off my stock portfolio; I understand how capitalism works (in reality)... That's why I collect dividend checks on other people's hard work. I know that this is a system that fires thousands of people just so it can give shareholders stock buybacks; because capitalism has a biased preference towards capital. Who woulda thought, huh? Lmao P.S. cute Stalin strawman 😂🤣 How fallacious are you trying to be? You do realize even George Orwell was staunchly antiStalinist and was still a democratic socialist 🤦🏼 Of course, you didn't, because you don't know the first thing about the definition of Stalinism or democratic socialism. Hahaha, you crack me up. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
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  2996.  @kevinh5983  Ah, so you are saying the US Homestead Act and the English Land Enclosure Acts did not create capitalism.... So you are using the "no true capitalism". fallacy. Lmao, I knew it. So where is this "true capitalism" Mr. GuruKevin?
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  2997.  @nunyabidness3075  Considering you have absolutely no understanding of Zizek's Sublime Object Of Ideology... You really shouldn't talk because you don't even know what you're talking about. Zizek has a very good deconstruction of how ideology shapes how we view the world, which constrains how we think and act within the world. You can't just say free will when propaganda is obviously has a function 🙄🙄 But of course you're just a dilettante that acts like they know more than they do. Come back after you've read some Zizek, and so on. P.S. nobody is defending the mass purges and famines of those failed 20th century ideologies 🤦🏼🤦🏼 some of us just want something better than the wars for profit, people going bankrupt or dying for medical care for profit. I bet you probably just gloss over the 1 million Iraqi civilians that died after the 2003 invasion.... You just don't realize that that's 1 million dead from capitalism. People die in this country because they have to decide between buying insulin and paying for rent. But apparently you're fine with all of that. You don't want a better system.
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  2998.  @nunyabidness3075  ideologies create incentives to structure and contextualize desires... "Isms" can control people through incentives. Ideology constrained thought into a socially accepted pattern of behavior, so yes, in a sense they do think because they are the mask at which you see things through- but it's not the ideologies that's thinking it's people thinking through ideology. "I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.“ — Slavoj Žižek
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  2999. @Marc98338  I mean, that's a pretty broad word. It's like saying "capitalism" and acting like Pinochet Chile and modern Denmark are the same. While I disagree with both, I obviously recognize one as having more rights and higher living standards. I guarantee you non-state cooperatives are not what you were imagining when you said the "s" word.
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  3000.  @mistermoo7602  Lmao .. You say we need working class solidarity and you choose to deny the philosophical underpinnings of why we need working glass solidarity 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Okayyy.
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  3001.  @highcouncil1302  Yes, and you continue to own your human capital but you pay for the privilege of selling the authority for a certain amount of time. What do you think a rental/ lease is exactly? I think if I understood your conception of that I'd be able to understand better.
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  3002.  @highcouncil1302  It's a really simple question. Hourly, yearly (salary, still often calculated by annual hourly), and by the job. Many contracting might be by the job, but the norm for employees is a time-based quantitization of labor... I i.e. they get paid by hour or year. It's "labor time". Stop trying to confuse the topic. Labor is a process and it takes course over time therefore time is a variable, especially in the labor market... It's disingenuous for you to deny this fact.
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  3003.  @highcouncil1302  In what quantities do employers most often buy labor?
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  3004.  @azarahwagner2749  I never said it was a "democracy", but to be factual, it's really a plutocracy where corporate lobbyists push legislation and vet candidates. The real world impact of lobbying is evidenced in the 2014 Princeton poli-sci paper 'Testing Theories of American Politics' by Page and Gilens.
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  3005. @@whendoesitend Nah, votes matter because democracy matters. Lmao, you're a sad troll.... I literally say that capitalism is immoral due to renting human beings as if their property and you think I'm pro-capitalism?? Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
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  3006. @@whendoesitend Memes are just ideas; copy-pastas are literally memes, SchlongJohn Silver. But your opinion is irrelevant considering it got several hundred 'likes' just yesterday and multiple people commented "Well said", so your opinion doesn't quite worry me considering many people found it helpful ;) Thanks though, Lovely... P.S. Nice job ignoring that all of capitalism is exploitative, and thus you fall into the idea that consumerism under capitalism can be "progressive". What a fallacy.
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  3007. @@whendoesitend Lmao, heres my anti-capitalistic meme "The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other." Yeah, nothing I didn't know before ✌️
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  3008.  @dorinpopa6962  George Orwell stood for freedom, that's why he's a democratic socialist and not an authoritarian Marxist-Leninist. He ratted out "communists" that threw away economic democracy for a corrupt vanguard that killed more people than necessary. Democratic socialism is no conundrum. It is the truest expression of socialist freedom, as both economic democracy and political democracy mediate each other. ML(M)s just create state capitalism and bad economic policy.... Oh, and they purge millions of people. E: okay, okay... I will admit state capitalism did push the space race and transformed Russia from in agrarian society to an industrial society in just a few decades.... whilst they killed off Ukrainian farmers by stealing all of their grain production and leaving them with absolutely nothing but starvation.
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  3009.  @silverXnoise  You called them "absurd thought experiments"... your words. Don't gaslight me. Lmao, at one point John Locke's ideas of self-ownership in a feudalist world were absurd. You literally called progress "absurd". E: "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  3010.  @silverXnoise  "Absurd"??? Co-ops aren't "absurd"... It's a solution. Your argument that cooperatives can be undercut is ridiculous considering that I want all businesses to be cooperatives so capitalism wouldn't undercut the cooperatives 🤦🏼 I can just imagine a feudalist complaining about serfdom and then saying "oh employment is absurd"... keep calling the future "absurd", keep the exploitation then. Sad.
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  3011. It's Pro-worker information
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  3012. What about purse strings?
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  3013.  @madmacksaysFu  Abolishing private property is socialist. You're probably thinking of Nordic social democracy.
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  3014.  @bumblebootwiddletoes5185  I'm confused what any of that has to do with bring more attention to the fact that we have a Democrat supporting a government doing ethnic cleansing. Leftists shouldn't be silent just because "but Trump is worse". No! Leftist need to speak up about the issue. Benjamin Netanyahu heads one of the most far-right governments they have had, he is a literal fascist doing ethnic cleansing but I can't criticize Biden because Trump is a Fascist. Do you understand why that makes no sense, right?
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  3015.  @frankd.506  lmao, why are you talking to me?
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  3016.  @oliviao2238  Spreading info is important.
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  3017. They talked about Gh_z_ the same way "unprovoked"... "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  3018. The DNC shutdown primaries and had no debates to have people pick a better candidate. I voted for Marianne
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  3019. I mean he did, but he largely got over it. They constantly use it as an excuse.
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  3020. Isn't it ironic though that the Republican Party voted against diversity and wants to enact religious laws and end separation of church and state... Kinda like Saudi Arabia 🤦
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  3021. Lol, I live on the dividing line between a Blue county and a Red county..... I never had a Democrat toxically roll coal on my little dog and myself. Back in 2020 I held up a sign on my corner that said "I can't breathe" (let's just remember that Derek chauvin was found guilty), while I was holding up a cardboard sign and a peace sign as people drove by, Republicans seemed to love to give me the finger and yell names at me- maybe they need to learn a little bit of tolerance. So I just gave them the peace sign back even harder ;) Oh, I put up with a diversity of ideas even though Republican ideas are dogshit✌️
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  3022. Leviticus 11:9-12
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  3023. Leviticus 11:9-12
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  3024. Funny how you don't list any of the Republicans in the swamp like McConnell, Graham, MTG, and even the fraudulent D Trump and his nepotistic family. If you're going to complain about the law being applied evenly you should probably also look at your own party, just sayin'. You're a partisan hack.
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  3025. And flash bangs, gotta throw at least one of those.
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  3026. They leave a property receipt, not the warrant. Pay attention little Trumpanzee @1:00
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  3027. But you think Trump tells the truth? 🤡
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  3028.  @Youtubeisafascistcompany  Constantly repeating the truth bothers you? Maybe you should continue to watch Fox where they constantly repeat LIES! Keep on falling for the con! Sucker!
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  3029.  @rainaflores779  Please learn the English language and calm down or else get out of my country.
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  3030.  @michaelmaxim7207  You realize George Orwell was a militant socialist... He literally fought fascists in Spain alongside Antifa. But hey you look happy to beckon fascism in... Keep yelling "ignorance is strength" while watching Fox "News". They're getting rich off of your gullibility.
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  3031.  @michaelmaxim7207  Well since Fox "News" isn't going to advertise it to you sheep, I figured I'd educate the flock. But you'll just deny it and bleet like the sheep you are, calling me "baaaahd maaaahn". Lmao.
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  3032.  @diggiejohns  Try what again? Leading your horseface to water? Nah, you wouldn't drink. Peace out, Buttercup ✌️
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  3033.  @diggiejohns  I can ironically watch Fox "News"... It's pretty informative on how propaganda is pushed in America. Plus it gives me a chance to remind all the UNironic viewers of how they're being lied to.
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  3034.  @FaceFcuk  Only if you stop believing the Fox is a legitimate news source ;) Lmao, you chods crack me up!
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  3035.  @FaceFcuk  Only if you stop believing the Fox is a legitimate news source ;) Lmao, you chods crack me up!
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  3036.  @yashdesai5896  Yes but it's not all black and white. No other American media firm has been sued $787 million for lying. There's white lies and there's the darkest of black lies.... Fox News medals, and peddles, in the darkest of lies.
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  3037. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  3038. Communists? You realize Alphabet is the parent company and is traded on Wall Street among capitalists...
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  3039. Um, we don't give billions of dollars to Hamas...
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  3040. Israel. Colonialism, occupation, apartheid, and besiegement.
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  3041. Did you buy your SuperTrump NFT yet? Please help Con Trump with his grift.
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  3042. You mean the ones that were in contact with Mark Meadows and calling for "marshall" law?
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  3043. A better investment would be to save your money for SuperTrump NFTs. Only 99$
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  3044. Did you buy a Trump NFT yet? You can help his grift and give him $99
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  3045. Just ignoring the dark money... Well I guess that's exactly what SBF wanted you to do, ignore it.
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  3046. 😈 Don't forget Republican candidate Herschel Walker! 😈
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  3047. And yet Republicans will make excuses for Herschel Walker to fund abortions and walk out on 4 children with 4 different women. Family values, amiright?
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  3048. We're talking about Republican candidate Herschel Walker, right? The one that has abandoned four different children from four different women and paid for abortions.
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  3049.  @Teri_B.  Yes, we watch news we might not agree with... Because we live in an echo chamber
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  3050. "B b but thats different... Quick, look over there at the lying dems"
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  3051.  @kourtlandperry1698  Because Republicans have no values, lol... "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3052. There ain't no hate like Christian love ❤️
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  3053. Remember when Republicans used to say "Back the Blue"? I member.
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  3054. "B b but how are we gonna fight Lyin' Biden if we dont constantly lie and sacrifice our dearly held family values"
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  3055. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3056. I mean, Herschel Walker isn't going to raise them. There would have been more kids Walker wouldn't parent, but he paid for those abortions 🤡🤡🤡
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  3057. Cry me a river
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  3058. Anti-life, abortion supporters? You mean Georgia Republican senatorial candidate Herschel Walker? The guy that pays for abortions and runs away from his four kids parented by four different women. Are these the Republican family values you're talking about?
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  3059.  @paniaparata6334  Oh, don't be partisan about this, now 😂🤣
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  3060. Swamp creatures? Like Rudy Giuliani?
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  3061. You mean Kayne, right?
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  3062. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  3063. Meanwhile Republicans are backing Herschel Walker, the guy that doesn't bother to see his 4 children he fathered out of wedlock with 4 different women. Not to mention paying for an abortion and trying convince the same women to get a second 👍 Don't talk about family values as a petty guise to be racist.
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  3064. VOTE Herschel Walker, who paid for abortions and when he can't convince the woman to get abortions he just stays out of the child's life. But he's still going to talk about how influential Christianity is, Newt Gingrich is still going to defend Walker as being a good Christian, and Republicans are still going to eat it up this fecal sandwich.
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  3065. So where was Herschel Walker? I think he was too busy to be a father because he was out persuading women to get abortions.
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  3066. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  3067.  @Teri_B.  Herschel Walker? The guy that paid for an abortion and tried to talk the same woman into a second abortion, but she kept the child so Herschel Walker abandoned them. Lololol, you have no values, loser.
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  3068. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3069. Did you see Dana Loesch say she doesn't "care if he aborted baby eagles, I just want control of the Senate." 🤡🤡
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  3070. Aren't Christians the ones censoring LGBT books out of libraries? 🤔😂🤣 If you want to look at people depleting family values, why don't you look at Herschel Walker for Senate; He pays for abortions and has no contact with his 4 children birthed out of wedlock. And yet pro-life Republicans are still going to vote for him 🤡🤡🤡
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  3071. What does that make Herschel Walker? "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3072. ?? You guys went from back the blue to defund the police pretty quick... 🤔
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  3073. "Gone by April"... While telling Woodward is was going to be bad.
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  3074. I'm sorry you're having a hard day, this pandemic sucks and it also makes me mad that it's been handled in such a disastrous way.
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  3075. Trump is an antithesis of Jesus.
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  3076. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it! You love to get lied too.
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  3077. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  3078. You do remember that Trump was a friend of Epstein, right?
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  3079. Isn't that what all the leftists were saying when they said "defund the police" 2 years ago, but Republicans wanted to defend the police as if they did no wrong? 👍👍 Oh, thats just effing hilarious!
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  3080. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3081. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016 You LOVE hypocrisy!
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  3082. Where have you been the past for decades of the war on drugs? Yeah they do no knock raids to citizens...... This isn't new. Obviously you haven't been paying attention 🤦What a dunce
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  3083. Ironic how you're talking about something without understanding what you're saying... Lol
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  3084. Lol, didn't DJT have to be reminded that you can't jail people for burning the flag because that goes against the First Amendment? You support a dictator, Trumptard
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  3085.  @elizabradley4797  You mad, bro? Trump let over 140 police officers get assaulted for 3hrs at the Capitol before he told his rioters to go home.
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  3086. You sound very mature
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  3087. How so? Is she still living rent free in your mind?
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  3088. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3089. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  3090. Then why are Republicans so pro-capitalism? What a joke.
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  3091.  @joefarmer4465  Ironically... That's the difference. This network has more jokes than Comedy Central.
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  3092. Maybe Catholics should boycott the Catholic Church.... "Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused more than 1,900 minors, state attorney general says in report"
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  3093. So why did Desantis thank Biden for federal money? He will say "it's your problem" when it's hurricane Sandy, but happily take $$$ from Uncle Sam and great great grandpa Biden. Desantis evacuated 50 immigrants for $12,300 a seat, that was nice of him, lolololololol
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  3094. Yeah.... Because that would mean his actions and values changed 🤦
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  3095.  @ashlibabbitt8609  Trump doesn't have 17 felonies, the Trump organization does.
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  3096. At least he's not calling for the literal termination of the US Constitution like Trump did.
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  3097. You mean fascists?
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  3098. They're all in on DeSantis after willfully spreading Trump lies cost them $787.5 million... Not to mention the up coming Smartmatic case.
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  3099. Trump isn't the reason, he's a symptom, like a cough that spreads a sickness further. The country is sick.
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  3100. What did Obama steal?
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  3101. You're going to trust a guy who set up a fraudulent college and multiple shell company scams?? 🤔 That totally sounds like it's in your best interest /S
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  3102. "Why are people so mean?" Poor snowflake
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  3103. How do you know this if they haven't been found? Also, you're not even close to the action, off in your own victim-fantasy land. Id believe you if you had actual proof, but ya dont. You sound schizophrenic, you might want to see a psychiatrist about that, maybe they can help you with the paranoia.
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  3104.  @nguyetngo4087  7
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  3105.  @theshawdows  Glad someone likes the nationalistic indoctrination. Snowflake probably cry when someone exercises their first amendment right to take a knee during the pledge of allegiance that's supposed to celebrate that first amendment right. Leave it to Republicans to exalt symbolism over reality.
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  3106. You think the party of small government would actually decrease the size of government?? Lolololololol. Nah, they want to get into your bedroom and tell you what to do, you think they're gonna let you smoke dope?? What strain are you smokin'?
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  3107.  @elainetalbot469  hmm, idk, maybe drastically decrease the amount of pollution we pump into the environment and restore harmed ecosystems.... Ya know things that Humans and other animals need to survive. You know, it's kind of like legal justice, where you stop the threat, provide restitution for the victim, and penalize bad actors... On the surface it's really not that complicated, I don't understand why the concept is so foreign to so many people.
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  3108. Yes, that's why we want climate justice....
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  3109. "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary." - Karl Marx
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  3110. What a propaganda factory, just like CNN and MSNBC
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  3111.  Rick Knox  Gotta love the implied misogyny 😉😉
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  3112. Lol, weren't you guys calling her Kopmela for her DA work 5yrs ago?
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  3113. 🤦🏼🤦🏼 Get your facts straight... This is Norfolk Southern Railroad
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  3114. Why did Trump deregulate the rail industry?
    1
  3115. Norfolk Southern did a $10B stock buyback program last year... Now they offer $1 million to the residents. That's literally 10,000 times less than they paid shareholders.
    1
  3116. You realize that it was Donald Trump that deregulated the rail industry in 2018 because of a bunch of PAC money. The rail companies saved a bunch of money and last year NSC did a $10B stock buyback program. Wall Street Pete also failed to regulate the industry because he's also bought out by corporations, and yes Biden should have aided the workers on strike... But let's be honest, Republicans were pretty much totally against helping the unions as well.
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  3117. If you're god-fearing why are you asking for blessings... Lol.
    1
  3118. It's both the companies and the government that are responsible... If you're picking one or the other to blame your falling for their "us versus them" dichotomy.
    1
  3119. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
    1
  3120. Why don't you check the Vatican first, lots of pedos in your churches
    1
  3121. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children You're so patriotic cuz you want American children to work in slaughterhouses 🇺🇲🇺🇲
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  3122. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it! You don't get to complain about other news outlets not supporting facts.
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  3123. Nutjob
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  3124. You do realize presidential policies can outlast a president, right? My question is why so many Fox viewers still care about Michelle Obama?
    1
  3125. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
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  3126. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children You're so patriotic cuz you want American children to work in slaughterhouses 🇺🇲🇺🇲
    1
  3127. They're not lies, it's alternative facts
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  3128. Because that'd be the truth... We don't do that here.
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  3129. Lmao! She acts so concerned about the immigrant children, yet, Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children They're so patriotic cuz they want American children to work in slaughterhouses 🇺🇲🇺🇲
    1
  3130. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
    1
  3131. Well Republicans just made child labor legal so it's less corrupt now 😅👍 Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
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  3132. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children. You're so patriotic cuz you want American children to work in slaughterhouses 🇺🇲🇺🇲 BUY AMERICAN CHILD LABOR 💪
    1
  3133. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
    1
  3134. Check the CHURCH for Pedos
    1
  3135. Bad for propaganda
    1
  3136. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
    1
  3137. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
    1
  3138. Not just salaries. They get stock options! It makes them more invested in making sure Fox's lies rot more minds.
    1
  3139. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children You're so patriotic cuz you want American children to work in slaughterhouses 🇺🇲🇺🇲
    1
  3140. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
    1
  3141. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
    1
  3142. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
    1
  3143. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
    1
  3144. And the media they watch. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3145. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
    1
  3146. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children You're so patriotic cuz you want American children to work in slaughterhouses 🇺🇲🇺🇲
    1
  3147. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
    1
  3148. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
    1
  3149. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
    1
  3150. Every election that a Democrat wins is obviously rigged, it's only a fair election if Republicans win 💪
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  3151. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it! I'll take an ex-bartender over a propaganda network of serial liars.
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  3152. I mean, you're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  3153. The sad thing is that you're such a Dunning-Krugerite, you delusionally think you know what communism is but you have no clue. Lmao, sad irony.
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  3154. I'm pretty sure it was communist that helped give you a weekend..... But hey maybe you'd like to be working 6 days a week 12 hours a day for a capitalist boss with no minimum wage.
    1
  3155. Where are the people controlling the means of production?
    1
  3156. Still more sane than Fox News. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  3157. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it! You're probably the stupid one If you keep watching this propaganda unironically.
    1
  3158. You know it is relevant? Fox News having to pay $787 million for spreading lies. What's sad though is that idiots, like you, will continue to watch.
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  3159. Communist = Someone I don't like
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  3160. Fox News isn't reporting that it has to pay $787 million for lying and using that lie to incite violence.
    1
  3161. What we all need is Trump University!
    1
  3162. Isn't that why you want the ex-bartender? She knows when to stop serving bottles.
    1
  3163. And you're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  3164. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism..." - George Orwell 🤦🏼🤦🏼 You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  3165. Why did Republicans vote in Trump, MTG, and Bimbo-bert?
    1
  3166. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3167. She's is "a" stupid? Bro, you're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll eat it up! You're nearly braindead, you don't get to insult other people's intelligence.
    1
  3168. You were so close..... When are you guys going to realize that corporations are lobbying both Democrats and Republicans to take your government from you. They don't care about America, they care about their wealth.... Rupert Murdoch will lie to you so he can get richer. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll eat it up!
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  3169. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it! It's clear you can't take care of your own mind.
    1
  3170. You'd rather side with the billionaires who corrupt the politicians than side with the working class....
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  3171. Fox News is run by a billionaire who decided to push lies and distort American politics for their own profit.
    1
  3172. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3173. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3174. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it! You're stupid enough to believe basic lies Fox tells you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Just for full transparency I'm a registered independent who doesn't like the DNC or their choices for candidates.
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  3175. You do realize white people owned other human beings as property ..... You don't think that was a little uncivilized?
    1
  3176. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3177. What Fox News doesn't tell you is that you're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...
    1
  3178. They literally cut the interview down to make it look worse than it actually is. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll eat it up!
    1
  3179. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll eat it up!
    1
  3180. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3181. I don't think she wants communism, I want Fox News to stop lying though. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3182. Learn English or leave the country, commie. It's "martial law"... Learn the language or get out.
    1
  3183. "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary" - Karl Marx
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  3184. Except an unironic Fox News viewer...You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3185. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it! Have you ever considered that you might be the moron who happily watches a propaganda network?
    1
  3186. All humans are animals, we're primates. Did you have anything interesting to say?
    1
  3187. You didn't understand the clip because Fox "News" purposely clips it out of context. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying.... There is a real reason why you didn't understand the clip, because they didn't want you to actually understand her.
    1
  3188. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll eat it up! 😂😂
    1
  3189.  @DRockDreamin  Because Republicans are okay with the American people being stolen from, they support America's billionaires getting richer. Can you imagine the Republican outrage if the Sons of Liberty from 1776 committed millions of dollars of property damage in 2023? Republicans would be outraged over the events that led to the creation of the United States of America. "Why do you have to throw all that tea into Boston harbor, I don't like the Redcoats either but you don't see me getting violent" 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤣😂🤣 Go cry and blow your nose into your Constitution that you dont actually care about.
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  3190. I don't hear you guys complaining about the trillion dollars of subsidies oil companies have gotten....
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  3191. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3192. Just like communist countries.... Why do you want communism?
    1
  3193. Nice projection. Next Republicans are going to tell me they don't like groomers and then they'll vote for Matt Gaetz 😂😂😂
    1
  3194. I'm glad you enjoyed the propagandically cut clip. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3195. Lmao, Obama's wife is still living a rent free in your head? Why are you so obsessed with Michelle? Do you have a crush on her?
    1
  3196. I know right.... They learned nothing from having to pay $787.5 million.
    1
  3197. Lmao. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3198. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3199. We're an oligarchy.... Most laws are made by rich people with lobbyists. Pick up a political science paper, bud.
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  3200. He looks like a South American socialist
    1
  3201. Yea, give the Republicans the same crappy health care as regular Americans and see how much they like it!
    1
  3202. Lmao, have you seen the Republican voting base?? 😂😂😂
    1
  3203.  @manlysoutherner3696  u mad bro?
    1
  3204.  @duramaxdad  Oh, now you want to be a stickle for the truth.... Ok "will HAVE to pay" 🤣😂🤣😂 To bad Fox didn't hire you as a fact checker, we could have avoided this whole mess.
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  3205. It's perfectly logical to trust comedy Central over a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying. But of course you prefer the lies rather than the jokes..... Gullible Zane
    1
  3206. Yeah maybe if Republicans would stop threatening violence against her.....
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  3207.  @marksleeger5061  Of course, there's the old Mark Twain quote "If you don't read the news you're uninformed. If you read the news you're missinformed" ... BUT we're talking about a $787.5 million settlement, because it's a BIG destructive lie. If you're unironically watching Fox News, you're not doing much to help your mind.
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  3208. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it! You're not educating yourself in the slightest.
    1
  3209. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives. When cooperatives and other socially owned institutions become the dominant players in politics and the economy, that is Democratic socialism.
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  3210. MILLION
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  3211. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll eat it up!
    1
  3212. And you're unironically watching Fox "News". You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3213. I hope you realize that's not what she wants to do.... Fox cut it in a very propagantic way. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  3214. She has never had to pay $787 million for lying..... Lmao
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  3215. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3216. It's actually a plutocracy, as found in the 2014 study by Gilens and Page
    1
  3217. Lmao, as a socialist.... If you think most Democrats are actually socialist, you're going to be absolutely terrified when real socialist start knocking. Real socialists are going to hold billionaires accountable, we all know your brain dead Fox News viewer hates that. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3218. Nobody in their right mind would actually believe a ""news"" organization that had to pay $787.5 million for LYING! PLUS MORE INCOMING! PROPAGANDA LEMMINGS LOVE FOX
    1
  3219. Lmao, I don't think you know what any of those words mean. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  3220. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3221. Defund Fox.... Oh Wait That's Happening!! You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3222. Keep watching Fox News then... They're going to keep showing her. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll eat it up!
    1
  3223. Bro... Why don't you switch the channel and stop watching people that lie to you. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3224. Defund FOX... OH WAIT THAT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS! You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3225. Okay Joe McCarthy
    1
  3226. Well, hey, you're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3227. Then why do Republicans want even more prisons even though America has the highest prison population per capita?
    1
  3228. You're watching a propaganda channel that had to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3229. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it! Cute projection, dog.
    1
  3230. Censoring speech.... Like all those Republicans who want to ban books?? 😂🤣😂🤣
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  3231.  @Matt-jo8wu  It's "you're" and I'm a registered independent.... So, two for two on the false assumptions
    1
  3232. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3233.  @anticom6099  So instead of being exploited I should exploit others..... 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Jfc, you're dense. Why don't we build a society that doesn't rent human beings as property?! I mean we came to the realization that owning human beings as property was bad... But you don't understand how renting them as property is just as dehumanizing and demoralizing? Wow, smh. You're sick in the head.
    1
  3234.  @anticom6099  You sound like somebody who would have happily justified feudalism.... "You can't blame the Lord forever, be a better serf" 🤮 The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
    1
  3235.  @anticom6099  Considering I want to abolish billionaires, I think you got it wrong.
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  3236. Why do you guys think billionaire is actually care about you? That's in the here and now, no imaginary apocalypse is needed.
    1
  3237. Isn't that what Republicans want to do? "Back the Blue"
    1
  3238. Most of you guys here voted for somebody who has been twice indicted.... 😂
    1
  3239. Trump loves grabbing us! Family values; have an affair with a Playboy playmate and a p0rnstar. Republicans love family values.
    1
  3240. You mean overpay exponentially for a 420 joke ($54.20/ share)..... 😂🤣😂🤣
    1
  3241. When is calling for an insurrection free speech?
    1
  3242. People were reporting on Elon suspending ElonJet after he said a month ago he wouldn't.... That is the news journalists were reporting on. Now if you're asking if Fox "News" are journalist the answer is 'no'.
    1
  3243.  @farrenrohana  CP is illegal, so logically that should be banned (and info sent to the FBI) 🤦🏼🤦🏼 How did you miss that? P1: Elon said he would ban everything that was illegal, P2: CP is illegal, C: therefore Elon should ban CP Thinking must be hard for you, no wonder you watch Fox unironically.
    1
  3244. Sad Elon said He would only ban content that was illegal... The FAA legally provides flight information 🤣😂 "fREEEEEEEdum o' sPeeeeeCh"
    1
  3245. You're watching Fox "News"and calling other people spin doctors 😂
    1
  3246. FAA information is public ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Who wouldn't want to get under a billionaire's skin?
    1
  3247. Is the FAA doxing people
    1
  3248.  @gime1945  then why did he say he would allow all speech that was not deemed illegal? 🤔
    1
  3249.  @insanityvault4481  Why was FOX Corporation, owned by Rupert Murdoch's family trust, founded in 2019 AFTER Disney acquired 21st century Fox??? 🤔🤔🤔 It's almost like there are two different Fox media companies, lmao!
    1
  3250.  @insanityvault4481  You realize you can't just take the first thing that pops up on Google... Lol, FROM WIKI: "Fox Corporation (stylized in all-caps as FOX Corporation) is a publicly traded American mass media company operated and controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. Incorporated in Delaware, it was formed in 2019 as a result of the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by the Walt Disney Company; the remaining assets that were not acquired by Disney were spun off from 21st Century Fox as Fox Corporation. Its stock began trading on March 19, 2019. The company is controlled by the Murdoch family via a family trust with 39.6% ownership share." 🤔🤔 I thought you said you could read?
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  3251. Why is Rupert Murdoch being desposed and not Bob iger?
    1
  3252. Do you really not understand the difference between Fox Studios and Fox News corporation 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 they're two separate entities.... But it's not like a paranoid conspiracy theorist Republican would care about facts
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  3253. And we have the free speech to call him out on his hypocritical lies...
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  3254. So you think the FAA is violating free speech?
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  3255. Becoming? 🤔 Something tells me you weren't so bright in the first place.
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  3256. Except it's ironic when Elon said he wouldn't ban the account and then he bans the account.... Almost like we're just holding him accountable to himself 🤔 It's not like Republicans understand the concept of being held accountable, lol
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  3257. The irony of posting your comment unironically to this channel 🤦🏼
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  3258.  @ImYourHuck007  I don't have a plane ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sorry
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  3259. So you think publicly provided FAA information is illegal... Considering Elon Musk said he'd only ban speech content that was illegal. So you're trying to justify the billionaire's hypocrisy??? You guys seem to really love the electric car guy a lot.
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  3260. So much dedication to freedom of speech. You sound like Donald Trump who just wants to terminate the Constitution so he can be reinstalled into power.
    1
  3261.  @davetdowell  So we're just ignoring the part where Donald Trump recently said we should terminate the Constitution to reinstate him... Which is exactly what January 6th was about. Really makes you wonder why you did nothing but watch fox and throw ketchup for 3 hours. You obviously can't read between the lines of the hateful rhetoric.
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  3262.  @davetdowell  Trump literally incited and insurrection and then recently called for the termination of the US Constitution after having dinner with two anti-Semites 🤦🏼 but you think the people at Twitter are the fascists?
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  3263. Israel never cared about them in the first place they were just an international sympathy card
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  3264. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3265. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3266. That's actually The Big Lie. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it! You love believing divisive lies, the gullibility of average Americans is sad.
    1
  3267. Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
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  3268. LOSER
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  3269. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
    1
  3270. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it! SUCKER.
    1
  3271. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying.. And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3272. The Vatican loves that too.... So many Christian churches harbor diddlers.
    1
  3273. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3274. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3275. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
    1
  3276. Didn't Trumpie Republicans just smash up the Capitol AND literally killed members of the Blue Line?
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  3277. Ironic last line, considering George Orwell was a democratic socialist who was a part of AntiFa...
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  3278. Is that why Republicans passed policies to violate your Fourth amendment rights?
    1
  3279.  @Mr_Daddy1980  The PATRIOT Act and NSA drag net data collection. Have you heard of Edward Snowden? Not to mention Republicans usage of the drug war to harass lower class communities.
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  3280.  @hillbilly8635  I'm here more for the comedic irony. Most these people are hopeless.
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  3281.  @cfb3903  So no response to the fact that the only socialist in Congress supports your Fourth amendment rights more than Republicans?? Typical.
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  3282.  @Mike-qi3hu  Marxist?? 😆😂🤣🤣 They're a bunch of corporate sellouts.... That even opposed Medicare for all and champion the fact that Obama passed Mitt Romney's health care plan. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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  3283.  @hillbilly8635  Alright keep supporting the Republicans that take away your Fourth amendment rights and sell you out to Wall St. Muh Freedumb.
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  3284.  @Mr_Daddy1980  I know she's not an average Democrat, neither is Bernie Sanders, my point was that if you just label all of the democratic party bad you miss that there are members that don't tow the party line.
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  3285.  @jason4453  Orwell was a democratic socialist that went to Spain to go fight Franco fascists with AntiFa... Fox news would be spitting at him.
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  3286.  Censorship Sucks  More ways to take away your Fourth amendment rights, just like what Republicans always do.
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  3287. Where are these modern-day internment camps you speak of???
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  3288. No, he gets it ... He understands who gives him campaign funds
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  3289. Fetuses don't have the neurology to feel pain until 26 weeks... Literally they don't have nerves so how is it going to feel pain?
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  3290.  @Raymail-tj4cf  It's all public info, and its literally billions. Always weird how as a stock investor I have to tell people that stock investors get too much.
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  3291. They give billions to shareholders that don't even work there
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  3292. "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  3293. So you'd rather wage suppression and no profit sharing? 🤔😅😂 "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  3294. This corporate sellout is woke? Lol
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  3295.  @davidweeks4006  because some of us liberals don't live in an echo chamber.... Maybe you should try it sometime.
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  3296. It's actually been ruled public by the supreme Court 🤦🏼
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  3297. And DeSantis flew 50 immigrants across the country for $12,500 of taxpayer money per seat... 🤔🤔 And who do Republicans want to be their next president 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 got to love the hypocrisy.
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  3298. This was the straw that broke the camel's back? Not the myriad of frauds? Not calling military members buried in Arlington National cemetery "losers"? Not the calls for an insurrection? Not stealing classified documents that belong to the US government? Not the call for terminating the Constitution of the United States? It was the NFTs not the literal fascist behavior? That sounds very Republican.
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  3299. Anybody who says "Fox 'news' is the real deal" unironically Obviously doesn't have too many brain cells rubbing together.
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  3300. Notice how Fox isn't even covering it? Lol. They're running away from Trump, especially since his big lie is costing Rupert Murdoch a lot of money
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  3301.  @tomkurowski8443  jokes aside I got to go back to the "why are we paying attention to Trump so much" cliche.... I hear this from a lot of right wingers as if he isn't trying to be in the news constantly. Not to mention he is the ex-president. Why are Trumpkins so triggered when we talk about the literal last sitting president that says he is running again? My guess is that it's just a cheap rhetorical ploy that you guys mix in with the rest of your trollin'. So in summary, it's basically that you can't bear having a legitimate conversation about the inadequacies of the people you support. I vote Democrat but I'm happy to call out the corporate Democrats that sell out the American public- even the ones I begrudgingly vote for because I don't want to put a literal fascist in office. Did you buy your NFT of Trump's face badly photoshopped onto a tuxedo on the red carpet? How could I not pay attention to him when he's running around flailing his arms yelling about his grift and telling people that he was a better president than Lincoln or Washington 🤦🏼 This is more of a parody than any onion article I've ever read.
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  3302.  @tomkurowski8443  lmao
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  3303.  @tomkurowski8443  Lmao, duhhhhh. It's jokes. I can play along too 😂
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  3304.  @tomkurowski8443  You're going to have to check the FAA's publicly available information, if my stationary house isn't listed there; Sorry bud.
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  3305.  @tomkurowski8443  I mean I'd give you my plain tail number if I had one man, but I don't... Don't know what to tell you. An address and a tail number are not the same, I'm sorry if that's confusing for you.
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  3306.  @tomkurowski8443  If only I had a private plane you'd be able to easily find the FAA information. Too bad. Don't lose your patience, buddy- wouldn't want you to melt ❄️
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  3307.  @tomkurowski8443  Got to love how I make a legitimate point that the man's running for president and then you want to change the subject. I'm not at home right now, I'm just chilling at your mom's house. But don't come over- we're (gettin') busy.
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  3308.  @tomkurowski8443  Why are we still paying attention to Trump when he's literally called for the termination of the US Constitution and is being investigated on sedition charges along with stealing classified documents from the US government 🤔 Why would we still think about this criminal who hasn't been brought to justice yet?
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  3309.  @tomkurowski8443  Didn't Trump just make a presidential announcement? Doesn't he want us to pay attention to him... Isn't that what the NFT thing was? Didn't it take you guys four or five years to stop talking about Hillary? Lol
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  3310.  @tomkurowski8443  lol
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  3311. What? The guy who urged people to vote Republican, but didn't vote himself, would never call out freedom of speech violations and then commit freedom of speech violations!
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  3312. Any Republican who's finally losing faith now is already too dim to be salvageable.
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  3313.  @cdpyro8021  Ironically it's the Fox viewers that support a palingenetic ultranationalist strongman.... But somehow everyone else are the fascists 🤔 Ok, bud
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  3314.  @cdpyro8021  Dude you said "communist Nazis"... Lol, okay, buddy.
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  3315. Partisan much?
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  3316. That's the problem Trump never declassified them they're still TS/SCI... And thus illegal to possess in his basement. Lol 🤦
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  3317. Anybody who doesn't agree with Trump should be fired in your opinion....Lol, cult member much
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  3318. Didn't Republicans want to back the blue and got all mad about defunding the police.... Now they're assaulting 140 police officers at the Capitol and calling for the FBI to be defunded. Oof, lmao. You're a joke 🤡
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  3319. He is major conflicts of interest and he makes that even more apparent by stashing classified documents.... Smh, you're a sycophant.
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  3320. I agree... Look how Trump said pleading the fifth is a sign of guilt and now he's pleading the fifth and acting like he's not guilty. Lol, what a hypocrite!
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  3321. The FBI has never been trustworthy and Donald Trump has never been trustworthy..... Lol
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  3322. Wasn't it Trump that took classified documents home illegally as if he was above the law?? You guys are really good at projecting.
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  3323. So what if it was a raid... Why are you crying? It was a raid to find illegally possessed documents. You act like no knock raids are something that never happen. Medical marijuana dispensaries were raided in the '90s and early 2000s.... You didn't seem to cry about how this could happen to any citizen, and pot is less dangerous than TS/SCI documents getting into the wrong hands. ❄️❄️ SNOWFLAKE ALERT ❄️❄️
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  3324.  @duke3266  Trump stood for hardworking people when he knowingly defrauded them of money and education through his fraudulent Trump University? If you think a billionaire like Trump cares about the working people, you are high.
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  3325.  @duke3266  And that's different from Trump how exactly?
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  3326. Trump has zero shame too, so what are you talking about?
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  3327. You mean his hard work spreading propaganda? 😂🤣 I love how you guys criticize the media and then eat up with these talking heads lay out for you.
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  3328. Why do you like Trump so much?
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  3329. So Donald Trump didn't do anything to clean up the swamp in 4 years, sounds about right
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  3330. It's honestly just sad how gullible you are
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  3331.  @sadiestoltzfus9798  It's always hilarious when they try to make Epstein out to be a Clinton/Gates/Democrat problem.... They're cognitive dissonance doesn't allow them to remember that Trump among many other Republicans are also on that list.
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  3332.  @pathacker4963  You ever get tired of lying?
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  3333.  @pathacker4963  If that's your best rebuttal, I feel sorry for ya ✌️
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  3334. It was an execution of a search warrant and inflation didn't rise month over month, year over year it's up.... But you obviously don't understand statistics, so why bother 🤦
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  3335. Everybody you don't like is a communist, lol. You guys really do want to be back in the McCarthyist 50s
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  3336. I hope you understand that Trump lies too, right?
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  3337. Why? If you're talking about the 30,000 documents... They're in the Obama presidential library that is managed by the NARA, with all still classifiable documents being redacted from the library. So why do they need a rid his house when the presidential library isn't even at his residence?? 🤔🤦 It's funny the things you think up when you believe lies.
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  3338. Trump had a lawyer present that was representing him and you can buy a AR15 or even a SCAR 17H.... Calm down crybaby
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  3339. You mean the guy who has multiple fraudulent businesses and steals state secrets to sell? You think that type of fervent capitalism is what we need? Are you high?
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  3340. So his wrist? That's under a watch, right?
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  3341. Whenever you guys complain about the mainstream media you always leave out Fox.... 🤔
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  3342. Yeah when are we actually going to clean the swamp up? Trump did nothing but make it more boggy with sewage.
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  3343. You really think the guy that fraudulently created a college has such high integrity that these would be false charges?? 😂🤣 Once a grifting thief, always a grifting thief
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  3344.  @juniorstory7216  lololol. So you don't see the irony. Fox uses just as many lies and fallacies as MSNBC.... But you refuse to understand that the media you might agree with is also rife with propaganda as well.
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  3345.  @juniorstory7216  Thatthejoke.exc It's dangerous to watch propaganda and have consideration as facts. But you'll say anything for your God; the fraudulent 45 that has stolen nuclear documents
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  3346. Lol, Republicans love no knock raids when it comes to the drug war, but when it comes to classified documents about nuclear weapons you cry like snowflakes... I guess you can dish it but you can't take it. Pansies.
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  3347. But Republicans said they "back the blue" 🙄
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  3348.  @luvlabso130  Huh? First of all, I don't live in the inner city, secondly, how is that a rational response to what I just said? You're watching a "news"channel that appeals to emotion and makes a big deal out of a little pin, which explains why you jump to an emotional response in reaction to a logical thought. If you think making a big deal out of a little pin is stupid then why do you watch a show that does things like that constantly?? These are questions you need to ask yourself if you don't want to be taken advantage of by talking head grifters.... But that's up to you ✌️
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  3349.  @luvlabso130  That's the funny part it has no legal importance yet Fox News talked about it for weeks... You seem to think that I'm the one putting importance on not having a pin, but I'm bringing up the fact that Fox News put importance on Obama not having a pin. Lmao, do I really have to explain the joke to you? What, are you 15 years old?
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  3350.  @luvlabso130  Like I said, buddy, I'm not defending CNN, lol. But if you actually think Fox News shows on all sides of an issue, you're out of your mind. Fox "news" is the place that freaks out because Obama wore a tan suit. They complained when he didn't wear his American flag pin but when Trump doesn't wear his American flag pin it's okay.... If you can't see the sheer hypocrisy and pettiness of Fox News, you're the sheep 🐑
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  3351.  @luvlabso130  Lol, when did this become me defending CNN?? Your commenting on a Fox video, Fox is trash.
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  3352.  @luvlabso130  So you can't write in complete sentences? What are you trying to say?
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  3353.  @luvlabso130  No. Does Fox report all sides?? Lol, that's a "No" too, buddy. Try again.
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  3354. So is Fox.... What's your point?
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  3355. BACK THE CON MAN! TRUMP UNIVERSITY WAS A LEGITIMATE COLLEGE! 👍🤡🤡
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  3356. If you take a non-biased look at it both parties are very corrupt. Just look at the 2016 DNC, or what the Democratic Party tried to do in North Carolina by fraudulently undermining the Green party.
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  3357. Doesn't strike me as a big reader, definitely seems like more of a dealer. Probably gonna sell them to foreign governments, like Saudi.
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  3358. Insurrectionist still get due process.... There were hundreds of court cases to sentence Trumpist rioters with due process.
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  3359. And the conspiracy theories don't stop....
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  3360.  @berlinderbrown020  You don't think seniors on Medicare should have $35 insulin?
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  3361. I thought Trump already built the wall? That's what he told us.
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  3362.  @pbright33  He had zero presidential authority to take any of those documents because they belong to the United States government- notice how the FBI just took all the classified ones, and then the special master got dissolved because it was completely out of her jurisdiction? You just neglect all the details where Hillary cooperated and Trump obstructed 🤦🏼 Trump just didn't have documents on a server He has them spread out over his house mixed with personal items, storage lockers, and who knows where else. This is the problem You guys don't pay attention to the details. You just assume Hillary and Trump are the same but you don't look at how the details are completely different.
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  3363. Are they launching artillery at your house?
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  3364. I thought Trump built this wall? Didn't Mexico pay for it?
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  3365.  @dealvaabel6710  You know it's funny I have a copy of the Declaration of Independence in my room... I don't see any rights listed on it, just a bunch of grievances and signatures. I also think it's funny that as soon as I bring up the fact that you're ignoring the former president who's literally calling for the termination of the Constitution so he can be reinstalled into power... You run away. You claim to respect the Constitution... But I'm the one standing out on a street corner- like a constitutional nutjob- warning people of Trump's fascist anti-Constitutionalism.
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  3366.  @dealvaabel6710  He did. He posted it to truth social, there are screenshots all over. Kari Lake read his post on video and agreed with it. I don't know why you deny it when many Republicans are touting it- and some like Mitt Romney are denouncing it. You're literally just denying facts that much of the Republican Party agrees happened, whether they agree with the sentiment or not.
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  3367.  @dealvaabel6710  It was Donald Trump that said he wanted to terminate the Constitution so he could be reinstalled after losing 60 court cases telling him he didn't win the election. You don't even know what document your rights are contained in- This is getting ridiculous. The Constitution, the Bill of Rights and it's succeeding amendments are the rights that you're talking about. At least get it right.
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  3368. Yeah as somebody else has said the Constitution documents your right not the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence is just a list of complaints... But I guess that just makes them unpatriotic snowflakes.
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  3369. Republicans didn't seem to care when law enforcement attacked George Floyd.... 🤔 Cherry pick much?
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  3370.  @dsquared341  I'm an independent so I don't know what you mean by "my party". Also I don't know what senator you're talking about, so I don't know if their actions are defensible. Try again, buddy, maybe with less assumptions next time.
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  3371.  @christybultsma6558  You expect them to care about nuance? That's no way to go to a lynching. Their feelings don't care about your facts.
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  3372. And now Trump supporters can use it.... Why are you crying?
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  3373. He loves himself, not his country. If he loved the US he wouldnt be doing shady billion dollar deals with Saudi
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  3374. You mean the thing that was precipitated by ACTUAL attacks on citizens by law enforcement. You want to talk about being against big government but you defend when law enforcement beats up citizens... Lol
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  3375. Because you like treason? Lol, okay, way to own the libs.
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  3376. The FBI made this raid independent of the WH, headed by the same FBI director who was appointed by Trump. Lol, nice tinfoil hat, Trumptard
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  3377. 81 million people thought a senile sack of rotting potatoes was better than a palingenetic ultranationalist grifter, yeah, it's not that hard to believe.
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  3378. You started your thought in the middle of a sentence....
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  3379. Lol, thats not hypocrisy, buddy. Try again. I fully agree, invoking your right to the Fifth Amendment is a smart thing to do- it just makes Trump a hypocrite because he said it means you're guilty. TRUMP IS GUILTY, by Trumps own words.... ThatsTheJoke.exc Lmao, but you still love the hypocrite AND YET you're getting mad at me for some supposed 'hypocrisy'? Isn't that hypocrisy squared, lol. Oof, this just hit a level of irony that is so funny it's actually sad. Peace out, ya boy Donny is in for it ✌️
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  3380.  @seymourwrasse3321  Lol, that's the funny part.... He says one thing when other people are being investigated, but then says another when he is being investigated. Do you understand what the word 'hypocrisy' means? Do you not understand how con artists use hypocrisy all the time? 😅😂🤣 Keep believing the liar is telling you the truth, It's totally working out /S
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  3381. Funny, didn't Donny say that? 🤦 Lmao "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3382. Yeah we all know what the Fifth Amendment is. Thanks. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3383. You nutty conspiracy theorist will say anything to cast doubt
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  3384. Only by people too stupid to realize he's a hypocrite. You sad, sad sheep.
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  3385. How are they going to be midterm votes for Biden? Isn't that the whole reason why it's called a midterm because it's in the middle of his term and he's not up for reelection?
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  3386.  @evtuz9266  Lol, you think just because multiple people have quoted Trump that they're all the same person? Dude, people are quoting Trump because he's an obvious hypocrite.... But apparently you've drank in too much Kool-Aid to realize that he's a hypocrite for saying "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3387. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3388. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3389. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3390. Shocker: he lied! Lol
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  3391. You're talking about the Trump's being so afraid of the FBI director that Trump appointed, right? 😅😂🤣
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  3392.  @Fearless-Excellency  Then why did Trump say that if you played the 5th you're guilty? Are you saying Trump's a liar and a hypocrite?
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  3393. Nah, he's guilty; "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3394. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3395. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3396. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3397. Lol, nah. They should have hit him while he was home and flash banged him then make him sit on the curb for hours, like how cops treat citizens.
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  3398. You took him on his word? The narcissistic con-artist? Why would you do that?
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  3399. Ain't that sweet. Bless your heart.
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  3400. I agree, but Donny doesn't.... "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3401. So now you want to defund the police?? How convenient!! 🤔😅 Loser.
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  3402. Hypocrisy 2024 "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3403. How do you know? Lol
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  3404. What about the FBI director that Trump appointed? 🤔😂🤣
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  3405. Why dont you ask Donny; "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3406. Hillary was 6yrs ago... Let it go, snowflake
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  3407. Totally not racist. Show us your true colors, why don't you.
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  3408. "So there are five people taking the Fifth Amendment, like you see on the mob, right? You see the mob takes the Fifth. If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3409. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016 So Donny is a hypocrite.... That's cute
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  3410.  @Knights_of_Zurg  What's dangerous Trump's hypocrisy? Lol, jk Dude, I agree that making somebody testify against themselves is dangerous... We're laughing at the hypocrisy.
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  3411.  @Knights_of_Zurg  I agree. But it's pretty funny how Trump's an obvious hypocrite and people still think he tells people the truth.
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  3412.  @Knights_of_Zurg  So you're say Trump is a liar for saying that only guilty people take the 5th?
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  3413. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3414. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3415. Because you think he's guilty? 🤦 "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3416. You don't think Republicans are also criminals?? 🤡🤡 If you're being partisan about the corruption in Washington, your delusional. Political corruption in this country is the strongest bipartisan position.
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  3417. Doesn't change the fact that Trump's a hypocrite; "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3418. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3419. Lol, that's cute "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3420. Honestly, the amount of stupid you need to actually believe this grifter is insane.
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  3421. Ironic when you support a palingenetic ultranationalist that thinks you only have rights if you like him. Trump literally had to be counselled that he couldn't violate the First Amendment during his presidency and you think he actually cares about your rights?? You are a sheep.
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  3422. Trump disagrees, lol... "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally in September 2016
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  3423. "Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused more than 1,900 minors, state attorney general says in report"
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  3424. Will Fox News say anything about the Catholic Church? "Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused more than 1,900 minors, state attorney general says in report"Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused more than 1,900 minors, state attorney general says in report"
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  3425. Is that so the priests can shop in Private? "Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused more than 1,900 minors, state attorney general says in report
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  3426. Target what about the Catholic Church? "Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused more than 1,900 minors, state attorney general says in report
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  3427. Boycott the Catholic Church everybody... "Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused more than 1,900 minors, state attorney general says in report
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  3428. Go out of the PUBLIC theater and do your handjob in the car...
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  3429. But Fetterman in shorts is worse... lmao. Right wingers have pig slop for brains.
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  3430. Lauren Boobert is the woman for the hand job
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  3431. Sorry, but she's too busy giving handjobs in the theater.
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  3432. She should have said "As a 36 year old grandma..."
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  3433. And re-elected 🤦🏼
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  3434.  @cqllel5186  he literally said that the Corona virus would be gone by April... When he had recorded conversations with Woodward that is wasn't going to be. And he retweets white power videos to gain sympathy from people who want to take over the capitol and walk around with Confederate flags... A symbol of treason in order to own other human beings. Okay, bud.
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  3435. Anymore???? When was the time that Fox wasn't a propaganda megaphone? Check out Krystal and Saagar on the The Hill's "Rising" Show. Everyone has basis's but at least they are basis to the common man/ woman, not the oligarchs that Fox (and MSNBC) shills for.
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  3436.  @billmeriwether605  I was merely replying to somebody who advocating blowing up their neighbors, and then to your defensive squawking about how it's "self congratulatory" (???) ... And how it's not a Godly thing to do. That's not projecting... I called out the original commenter for something he said. That's the exact opposite of projection.... Please, go read a book and stop being so vapid.
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  3437.  @billmeriwether605  You sound so Godly.
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  3438. Something something love your neighbor.... Or blow them up.
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  3439. While Republicans give handouts to big corporations that push out your local rancher/ farmer....
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  3440. All these science deniers using scientific devices to deny science.... It really is, isn't it.
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  3441. While the Republicans let Trump off after insighting a riot? Yeah, as if Trump's lies didn't damage the feeble country. Remember how Covid was going to "be gone by April"... Even though he knew that wasn't true. Lies on lies on lies. Democrats suck, but right wingers need to look at how much the Republicans tear the country apart.
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  3442. Did she forget Trump is also involved with Epstein? 🤦 These clowns are shameless BSers 🤡
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  3443. Trump is the biggest defender of the FBI and the US government, didn't you hear her?
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  3444. Lol, Trump doesn't care about legal rights. The guy incited a riot after losing over 60 court cases. You're simping for Trump
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  3445. Bye bye Tucker
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  3446. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  3447. Tucker "THE $787M LAIR" Carlson
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  3448. So? Are you saying the racism somebody receives as directly proportional to how dark their skin is, just to discount the experiences of a lighter dark skinned individual? 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 That's kinda racist.
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  3449.  @gaylaroof612  Well I was putting it here because Fox "News" isn't going to cover it.... But you proved the sad truth, you literally don't care if you get lied to. You're happy to get lied to straight to your face and give money right to a con man.... No wonder America is so vapid and broken.
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  3450. Lemon and Carlson 😂 Don't throw stones, buddy
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  3451.  @ThePiratemachine  It's not gone... Smartmatic and shareholder lawsuits inbound.
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  3452.  @aaronwilson8403  They were questioning the validity... Fox "News" knowingly put out lies that were false It's really sad that you can't tell the difference.
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  3453.  @np5246  I appreciate the acknowledgment. Although, the news broke early this morning and it's pretty obvious to see how it's connected to Tucker's role in the election lawsuits. Tucker didn't even get to have a last show "goodbye", which they cut when things don't end amicably. Getting your employer sued for $787.5 million definitely has consequences. Can I ask why you watch Fox?
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  3454.  @np5246  You should look at all the proof of his text messages calling his viewers dumb...
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  3455.  @np5246  Proof? If you went by proof you wouldn't be watching Fox "News" 😂🤣😂🤣 You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  3456.  @np5246  If you believe it was "mutually parting ways" despite evidence in the lawsuit coming out showing that he called Fox News viewers idiots, you're one of the gullible people he was talking about 😂🤣
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  3457.  @np5246  Yes he did he didn't get a last show sign off. He literally helped cost his employer $787 million.... Lmao. Y r u so gullible?
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  3458. Tucker Carlson fired by Fox today... Hmmmm I wonder why?? 👀
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  3459. Tucker got fired too... What's your point? I don't think Don Lemon cost his employer $787 Million, lmao
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  3460. Tucker Carlson got the boot. I don't like Don Lemon either but he didn't cost his employer over $787 million because he lied.
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  3461. You know what got Tucker Carlson fired.... A $787 million lie! And that's not even the end of it, Smartmatic is up next!
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  3462. .... And Tucker Carlson.
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  3463.  @w1zard0f0h  He openly was text messaging coworkers on the show about how much he HATED TRUMP... And then he would get on air and talk about how much he LOVED TRUMP. He's like Hillary Clinton, he'll tell you one thing in public and say the opposite things in private.
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  3464. "Bring more lies... We like when you lie to us!"
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  3465. Just because you can purchase it doesn't mean your second amendment rights are being upheld....
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  3466. The FEC ruled that it was legal to spend campaign funds on security guards. So what laundering are you talking about, or are you just spouting off lies and propaganda?
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  3467. Alex Jones has a larger settlement case. Fox is just the largest American media settlement.
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  3468. Exactly! They demonize socialism and woke culture every chance they get and now they praise a socialist who brought woke culture to the mainstream... So much to the mainstream that they feel like they need to pander to it. MLK is exactly what they despise- their hypocrisy is literally disgusting.
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  3469. They'll probably complain about woke culture.... Because you know they don't actually care about MLK's achievements, smh
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  3470. This is how we know that Fox News is just pandering with this piece... We know you're the real type of racist viewers that love this propaganda channel. Thanks for showing your true colors.... Maybe you can use your own separate (usually broken) water fountain cuz I don't want to catch your delusions
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  3471.  @getyoumettle9030  Obviously. That was my point... I said they should should like somebody who isn't corrupt... That would be Bernie. Smdh, catch up, buddy.
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  3472.  @maysonsmith  Wow you're pretty dumb, I was making a comment about how Bernie Sanders is one of the few members of Congress that has served for over 30 years and not exploited his position for personal profit and he has always stayed true to his message.
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  3473. By that logic, you should really like Bernie Sanders.
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  3474. The oligarchy is the reason why there are looters in the street.... There's police brutality and lies everywhere.
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  3475. Citadel is the hedge fund that injected 2 billion dollars into Melvin Capital, coincidentally Citadel is a customer of RobinHood. They purchase inflow and outflow data in order to game the system. Will Republicans call for more regulation of Hedge Funds?
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  3476.  @doggonervn211  Says the person who wants a health care system that literally cost twice as much as any developed country for the same amount of health care. Or in other words you get half the health care for the same amount of money.... And you want insurance companies to skim even more, you're a joke. I'm not a Democrat, they are a bunch of corrupt hypocrites... You are a fool.
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  3477. Are we just going to forget the four years of Trump's hilariously sad cabal of shilsters... How many press secretaries did he turn through As they had a regurgitate and defend his lies. Stop acting like this is partisan- It's Republicans that got us into imperialistic false wars and started eroding your Fourth amendment rights.
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  3478. Is Ted vacationing in hell because it's warmer than Texas with a broken power grid?
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  3479. I agree. Vote Blue!
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  3480.  @dungeondeezdragons  He couldn't do anything? You mean he couldnt go around helping give aid to those in need and bring people together with a sense of hope- they praise Desantis for that but Cruz is off the hook 🤦🏼 Seriously, imagine how vilified Desantis would be if he just went to the beaches of Cancun right now and just NEGLECTED the state of emergency in his State. People died and pro-life Cruz went to the beach, but somehow that's not neglect of your constituents. "More than 4.5 million homes and businesses were left without power, some for several days. At least 246 people were killed directly or indirectly, with some estimates as high as 702 killed as a result of the crisis." Are you seriously whataboutism-ing Biden? OFF TOPIC. If you bring up Biden again, I'll bring up Herschel Walker the baby murderer.
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  3481.  @dungeondeezdragons  You cant even tell me how I'm wrong... You just keep sayin' "nah uh". Talk about maturity, I don't you explain to me in clear sentences how I'm wrong.
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  3482.  @dungeondeezdragons  Whats the whole story? Why did he vacation to Mexico and then blamed it on his daughter, then came scurrying back with his tail between his legs when people called him out. Do you know that everyone can laugh out loud, not just 12yo? At least I'm not so immature to believe politicians like you believe Cruz... Haha (is 'haha' more boomer for you?)
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  3483.  @dungeondeezdragons  Which move? The one where he took vacation when his state was in crisis and yet you still think he cares about TX. Lol
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  3484.  @dungeondeezdragons  You don't remember the 2021 Texas power grid failure that happened because of winter storms and cold conditions that prevented your isolated power plants from working properly? I'm not talking about politicians, I'm talking about the well-being of the constituents 🤦🏼 Cruz goes to Mexico to let you all fend for yourselves.
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  3485. You'd vote for the guy who will run away to Mexico while you freeze without power? Oof.
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  3486. 🥶 🇺🇸 Ted Cruz loves America so much that he'll run away to Mexico and leave his constituents without power! 🇺🇸 ❄️
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  3487. Ted likes the sun too if it gets too cold he runs away to Mexico
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  3488. You think Ted Cruz fleeing to Mexico while his constituents are out of power is being a stand-up guy? He didn't stand up for Texans in the cold. You think Ted Cruz backing Trump after he calls his wife ugly is a stand up guy? Didn't stand up for his wife. Doesn't seem like he actually cares about defending his constituents or family; He's just a spineless sycophant
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  3489. So proud that Ted Cruz will leave you in the cold and flee to Mexico.
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  3490.  @knowideas7184  Prove what? 🤡
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  3491. Don't Republicans want to militarize the police so people can't oppose them? That's a little ironic, don't you think?
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  3492.  @mr.chainbluelightning9136  I'm saying that minimum wage can allow some people to save, most live paycheck to paycheck in minimum wage positions. I think fast food workers deserve as much respect as all the other important jobs in society, I think you should be compensated more than just minimum wage. And I think that would be possible if corporations didn't have such a stranglehold over politics.
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  3493.  @mr.chainbluelightning9136  You agree? I was being sarcastic... Minimum wage lasted him his long life of 18 years.... That was the joke, bud. When you say "stop the handouts", I sure hope you are also including the corporations. Doesn't the NRA give handouts to politicians so they will support 2A? If you're talking about handouts, you shouldn't be looking at the poor in the streets, look up at the skyscrapers labeled "Goldman Sachs" and "Raytheon".
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  3494. Yeah, he was able to save up on minimum wage and that lasted him the rest off his life... Why can't all the other poor people support themselves their whole lives on minimum wage as well?
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  3495. A big folly is to mistake consistent incompetence as malevolence
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  3496.  @carolynmorris7303  Just because you don't think his Wendy's paycheck covered it doesn't mean anything.... You don't know the details of his paychecks. He had basically 100% disposable income; no car or rent, Grandma paid for his phone bill. Doesn't seem like the type of guy spending money to go with friends to a concert.... Probably just saved up months of money. Why do you guys always have to complicate things, It's a very simple explanation but you always want to add some vague conspiracy about funding for political purposes... But you literally have no evidence of that funding. So why in your right mind would you not just take the logical answer; that he saved up money from working at Wendy's and he didn't have to pay for other bills?? This isn't just a question about the situation, this is a question about how Americans assess critical thinking.
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  3497. It's called a job. I had 3 to 4k at that age too, what's the big deal?
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  3498. It couldn't be he just worked at Wendy's....? 🤔
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  3499. Cuz America is f'd
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  3500. Texas isn't run by Democrats.... How did Democrats have anything to do with this tragedy?
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  3501. Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning? - George W. Bush I think the guy that got us into a 20-year failed war maybe a little bit lower on the IQ scale.
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  3502. I mean what's he going to spend it on now.... A casket?
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  3503. I just hope you're not voting for Republicans who are militarizing the police...
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  3504.  @HenryGray7401  "I pledge allegiance to the Republic.... " Oof, I got to stop you there.
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  3505. I mean technically it started out as a Democratic Republic but now it's just a Republic for a corporate plutocracy of lobbyists, lawyers, and shareholders.
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  3506.  @SocietyofIdiocracy  He worked at Wendy's....
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  3507. Smdh... It's not a lot of money. I had 3-4K when I was 18. It's called working.
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  3508. More like unstable opinion
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  3509. Wendy's, bro. Calm down and slowly take the tin foil hat off, he worked at a Wendy's. Probably didn't have too many expenses, probs all of his paychecks were discretionary spending money. Cool down, bud
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  3510. Don't vote for politicians that fund the police.... Are we on board with defund the police. Can this be an aisle crossing moment?
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  3511. Please don't tell me you vote for Republican politicians militarizing the police...
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  3512. It was never meant to sell guns to teenagers without background checks?? Place yourself into the late 1700s.... A firearm was a common tool that many boys learned to shoot at the age of 9 or 10. I'm not disagreeing or agreeing with your ideas, but historically speaking, I think you're making a few hyperboles.
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  3513. Who's clapping?
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  3514. Unattended discharges do occur, but they're barely cause mass shootings
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  3515. Annnnnd this type of sentiment is the reason why this country is falling apart....
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  3516. Because these people are conspiracy theorists, they pull out every string to try to find something that's not there. Kinda sad, really. Being skeptical is important, but their skepticism moves into paranoia and mental illness. Idk, that's just my perspective
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  3517. Don't forget Republicans militarize police officers to take your rights...
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  3518. You say elected politicians but you don't mention the lobbyists...
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  3519. That's a very rational conclusion. Unfortunately there are so many conspiracy theorists out there that immediately wanted to jump to the CIA and Democrats were funding him... Lol.
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  3520. Ironically the same people afraid that they're going to have to go to war with the police are the ones who vote for politicians to militarize the police to maintain control (law/order) over society. Hmmm 🤔 makes you wonder
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  3521. For the irony
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  3522. Bedpost or wine bottle... Just suggestions
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  3523. Really? When it's all disposable income? No rent or insurance.... It's not that weird
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  3524. I bet all these people who support gun rights because they don't trust the government also support militarizing the police so they can fight antifa and liberal thugs.... Then they cry when the militarized police comes to regulate their firearms. Those people are a joke.
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  3525. He worked at a Wendy's, He didnt go to school very often, probably didn't pay any bills- his grandma threatened to stop paying his phone bill, the truck was his grandparents that he stole. How does that not add up?? By the time I was 18, I had 3-4k, it's not some conspiracy
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  3526. Family car ... Why are you confused?
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  3527. I had that type of money when I was 18. It's not that much.
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  3528. Lillian.... What evidence do you have of such a claim?
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  3529. Is that really one of your first thoughts? I really challenge you to look at the fact that after decades of mass shootings in America gun laws haven't changed very much... And it's not going to change very much after this one. If you do continue to hold your belief I do hope you don't harass the survivors and victims families.
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  3530. Wendy's..... Is it strange that a teenager has a fast food job and not many expenses? I'm honestly not trying to be mean, but you're a little paranoid right now
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  3531. W E A P O N O F W A R
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  3532. People keep voting for these idiots because they think the other idiot their idiot is running against is a bigger idiot. It's a slow left right march to Idiocracy...
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  3533.  @haroldlawrance9171  How do you know?
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  3534. Agreed, it's sad how so many people think there was a conspiracy to fund him....
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  3535. And yet as soon as you bring up antifa, most of the people that share the same sentiment as you about not trusting the government want to immediately give them more military equipment and immunity to violate rights. Ironic
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  3536. Sounds like something Trump would say.
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  3537.  @angelamartin3662  Wow, what an educated reply /s
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  3538. Agreed. Now Lock Trump Up. Either the FBI planted the documents or he declassified them... It cant be both, lol
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  3539. He declassified them with his mind.... No wait, the FBI planted them... Lol
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  3540. Someone's gotta turn tricks
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  3541. As if Republicans care about morals; "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3542. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  3543. You're watching Fox News; The epitome of bad journalism. The irony is too funny.
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  3544. How convenient, now you want to defund the police 🙄🙄 What a bunch of sore losers
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  3545. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  3546. But you can trust the guy who set up a fraudulent college 👍🤡
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  3547. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  3548. Where were you guys during the Bush and Obama administration when we were criticizing FISA, lol
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  3549. Well, well, well... Now you want to defund the police. Lol, you guys don't really seem to care about democracy when your friends are breaking into government buildings to overturn elections.
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  3550. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  3551. Republicans: welfare is socialism 😡 Also Republicans: let me get some of that socialist welfare 🤑🤑
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  3552. Why don't you blame the corporations that are actually responsible for managing their businesses? NSC had a $10B stock buyback last year instead of improving their brakes. You don't want regulation but then you want to blame Pete for not creating regulation.... How are you still alive and this incompetent?
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  3553. Thanks Trump for deregulating and making America off the rails again!
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  3554. You realized Trump deregulated the rail industry in 2018 allowing them not to have to put modern brakes on their train cars. The rail industry has been fighting against safety regulations and workers. Remember how Republicans were against rail workers getting sick days. This area voted for Trump and now they're getting the corporate corruption they voted for.... Wall Street Pete is just a continuation of the corporate corruption.
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  3555.  @kevinlykins9530  incompetent people effing things up like Trump... Deregulating the rail industry so they don't have to improve their brakes which cause this type of catastrophe. You really can't put two and two together, can you? 🤡 You'll just keep believing the guy who said he literally wanted to terminate the US Constitution.
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  3556. True... But are you going to blame Trump for deregulating the industry in 2018?
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  3557. Oh there's definitely blame to go around but Faux News won't put it in the right place. Norfolk Southern, Trump, 2022 senate Republicans, Buttigiege, Biden, lobbyists, the supreme court, and Wall St all are worthy of finger pointing.
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  3558. Whoa, whoa, whoa, that's way too factual for the Faux News comment section!
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  3559.  @chillwill5080  You realize policy decisions can last beyond a person's presidency right.... Or are you that small-minded that you don't understand that? Apparently Obamacare doesn't exist anymore because Obama was 7 years ago 🤦🏼🤦🏼 Do you know how much of a clown that makes you look 🤡🤡🤡 Big Red nose on ya!
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  3560. Trump did deregulate the rail industry in 2018 by rolling back Obama era regulations that included improving the brakes... Pete also failed to re-regulate it. Ironically you guys want Pete to do something... But you hate regulation 🤦🏼
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  3561. Alan Turing literally helped us fight the Nazis in the Atlantic Ocean so we could go to D-Day..... And he basically helped pioneer modern computers, but yeah just take one person and stereotype a whole group. There ain't no hate like Christian love.
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  3562.  @jewelbell5  Didn't realize point out facts was "trolling". Does having other people in your safe space scare you? Can't have anyone call out the petty and baseless BS here. Fox sprays bs like its some sort of fertilizer.
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  3563. This is Fox News. Of course they're being selective and biased. That's the whole echo chamber gimmick. I honestly feel bad for anybody watching Fox that doesn't realize it's propaganda, same with MSNBC and CNN.
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  3564. How about Medicare for all? You know, because Republicans are "pro-life"?
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  3565.  @gaylebordeaux7632  Trump? You mean the guy who said he didn't want to go to Arlington national cemetery because it's full of "losers" and "suckers", and in reference to John McCain's POW status he said "I like people who weren't captured".... That's the guy who you think is pro-veteran? Oof. It's beyond me why you guys keep worshiping him.
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  3566. What does this have to do with supporting sick veterans?
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  3567. The 30 Republicans that changed their mind did so in retaliation to the inflation support act. It's partisan politics 101, with the American public in the crossfire.
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  3568.  @evangelinenosike5528  "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3569. Who cares that he is against family values and beats women 🤦🏼 "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3570. And priests are good at eating them.... "Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused more than 1,900 minors, state attorney general says in report"Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused more than 1,900 minors, state attorney general says in report"
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  3571. Did you read the search warrant It's publicly available now.... It says they wanted AND seized top secret and TS/SCI documents, along with letters, and some other miscellaneous paperwork. They found the documents so I'm not sure why you're crying about constitutionality.
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  3572.  @John-ik2eg  I did the research.... The national archives says that it's a lie Obama took anything classified. Some materials from the Obama administration are kept at Obama's presidential library but are cared for and under the authority of the national archives. Yea... i did some research.
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  3573. So we've stopped backing the blue now? Defund the police, am I right?
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  3574. They found TS/SCI documents in his basement, for being asked for them and subpoenaed for them yet never returned, so the warrant is certainly justified.
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  3575.  The Institute for Universal Truth  It's amazing just how many lies they have to make up to not admit to themselves that Donald's a criminal.
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  3576.  sean k  Without masks it would be worse. Stop being so anti-science.
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  3577. Of course you would prefer that crackpot Dr.Oz
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  3578. Republicans care about shorts more than Lauren Bobert vaping in a pregnant lady's face and publicly engaging in sexual acts... then yelling at staff and flipping them off :/ Where's your call for her to step down? Lmao, Republicans are a joke.
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  3579. Nothing to say about Lauren Boebert doing sexual things in public and vaping in front of a pregnant lady at a play.... okay
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  3580. I saw Lauren Boebert (R) CO squeeze cawk and get her titz man handled 😅
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  3581. Weenies are what Lauren Boebert grabs during a Beetlejuice play. Hard to downgrade worse than that Lot Lizard.
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  3582. Meanwhile Lauren Boebert's stuffing her titz back in her dress after getting felt up in public... and blowing vape clouds near a pregnant woman. Republicans are hilarious; Shorts 😡 Christian grandma vapes in front of an innocent fetus and gets felt up like a sorority sister 😎👍
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  3583. Yeah, at least Lauren Boobert gives hand JOBS in public... that's not lazy, that's hard work, bby!
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  3584. And Lauren Boebert is getting felt up at a play!
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  3585. Lol, Republicans care about shorts more than Lauren Bobert vaping in a pregnant lady's face and publicly engaging in sexual acts... then yelling at staff and flipping them off :/ Yeah, I'm sure you care about "Respect".
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  3586. Great way to describe yourself
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  3587. Meanwhile Boebert (R) is... umm... too happy to act a disorganized mess during a Beetlejuice play and get felt up in public and vape in front of a pregnant woman. Lol, double standards much?
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  3588. Let me guess, you are defending police brutality while complaining about big government. Blue Lives Matter until they do something I don't like... Like executing a lawful search warrant for classified documents. You guys are a curious bunch.
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  3589. So you came to Fox "News".... A sewer of hate and disinfo? Why didn't you realize that neither party has your best interest at heart, and the lying corporate owned media includes Fox.
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  3590. And this is the dehumanizing language that beckons in a Holocaust. But tell me how you're not fascists 🤦🏼
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  3591.  @jaewok5G  Did you even read the same thing; "... allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution." He literally just said the termination of all articles in the Constitution because he Lost an election; an election he said he was going to contest before the election even happened. And now you're down playing it just like a typical authoritarian sycophant.
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  3592.  @jaewok5G  How is it relevant to point out that conservatives are thin-skinned authoritarians 🤔 I dont know, maybe calling out your hypocrisy. When MAGA starts literally calling for the termination of the Constitution (Trumps words, not mine) that's authoritarian asf. Wow, you see no issue with the former president saying that the Constitution needs to be terminated- if Biden said that, you'd be enraged. Yeah, I'd say that is very anti-American and disheartening. 🇺🇸Progressives for the Constitution🇺🇸 We want rule of law, not rule by frauds.
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  3593.  @jaewok5G  its example of a conservative that has thin skin covering his authoritarianism.... Don't act like conservatives dont support authoritarianism. It's hilarious how you get sensitive over a guy that Fox News promoted for years. Lmao, can't even bring up a presidential candidate who was previously a president??? You got some thin skin.
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  3594. Trump literally called for the Constitution to be terminated.... You scratch Trump's ego and you find an authoritarian.
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  3595. You mean leftists that are intolerant of such hate? Free speech doesn't mean you can get away with defamation and that people don't have the right to disassociate from you if they don't like what you're saying. And you sure as hell can't get mad at leftists using their free speech to talk about your free speech.
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  3596. You mean like you should physically be a jail? I don't know how you're going to magically turn him into a building :/
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  3597. Today's conservatism is yesterday's progressivism. Your ideas would have been seen as very progressive in the feudal age, but we progressed, and now those progressive ideas of capitalism are your conservatism. In 100 years, today's progressivism will be conservatism. Other people are moving forward, even if you're dragging your feet ✌️
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  3598. You're watching a network that promotes hate on a regular basis.... Greetings, Colorado, USA
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  3599.  @r32guy10  "Read my lips; No new taxes!" Reagan wouldn't lie to you about taking your money 🤣🤣
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  3600.  @dyna-dantaylor273  Well considering that real wages (inflation adjusted wages) haven't gone above what they were in the 1970s meanwhile corporate profits are rising exponentially.... I'd say I'm talking about the last five decades.
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  3601.  @jimmyschneider5418  All but one Democrat voted for giving rail workers sick time. Democrats are also bought out by corporations just like Republicans and they don't like the working class- but they did in fact vote for sick leave which is more than Republicans did. I'll give credit where credit is due- and talk trash where that's due. Don't try these whataboutisms like a Weasel, I'm not falling for it.
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  3602. So why did so many Republicans vote against rail workers sick leave? Why are so many Republicans here crying that they're not getting sick leave? Is it just because he's a Democrat or do you guys actually care?
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  3603.  Markuskfabe  I would do something like what? Care about evidence and let reality guide my opinions? 🤦🏼🤦🏼 Critical thinking is a novelty on this channel.
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  3604.  Markuskfabe  It's very much true! You don't think the guy who owns 50 golf courses golfed a lot? You can go through and see historical archives of how many times he golfed.... But it's not like you care about evidence, lmfao.
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  3605.  @cabininthewoods7326  Yes, but ye did it.... And they still like him, lol
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  3606. What are you Republicans talking about? Most of Republican congressman voted against the rail strike! Not to mention you guys have been giving tax cuts to the rich for decades. You don't care about workers 🤦🏼
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  3607.  @jimmyschneider5418  🤦🏼 Are you really trying to be pedantic? Phobia means "fear or aversion to". Humor can be used in multiple ways, one of those can be laughing AT somebody, as such it can signify an inversion to someone, or a group of people. Making unironic jokes that demean a group signifies an aversion to that group. Do I need to hold your hand while you cross the street too? Republicans are insufferably slow.
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  3608. Your brainwashed. Did Republicans freak out this much when Ted Cruz left his constituents freezing in a blackout? 🤔 No this is just typical partisan hackery
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  3609. Meanwhile Trump is stacking up cases like he stacks up debts
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  3610.  @nunya1527  facetious?? 😂🤣 Is that why Kari Lake was seriously agreeing with him? 🤦🏼🤦🏼 You guys call it a joke, but then seriously mean it.... He literally provoked an attempted insurrection where he was trying overturn constitutional procedure, and you have the audacity to call it a joke? 🤡🤡🤡🤡 I'm not that dim, you clown.
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  3611.  @chadburks6096  You're making excuses for the dude who tried to incite an insurrection 🤡🤡🤡 Joe Biden is limited by the Constitution Donald Trump wants to do away with the Constitution... So that means you don't have any second Amendment rights or first moment rights. One of the Republican congressmen wanted to have martial law, and have the military police you and take away your rights. And you're just happy with that.
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  3612.  @mariannefaulkner3445  Yep, posted it to his truth social. You can find screenshots of it. He wants to violate the Constitution so he can be reinstalled because he still believes that he won 2020 even though 60 different judges told him he lost. Considering that a Republican congressman after J6 called for martial law, It's pretty obvious that these people are happy to use the military to take away our constitutional and civil rights. Let's call it what it is: fascism.
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  3613. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  3614. Even sitting, LowRent Hoebert can do hard jobs
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  3615. Except don't we know for sure Russia has nukes?
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  3616. So I assume you believe that America became paralyzed below the waist while FDR was in office. But hey, you like fascist strongmen. Youre such a joke.
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  3617. This is Fox "news", what did you expect?
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  3618. 😆😂🤣 You literally just cheered Biden on instead of saying "Brandon"... That's almost as dumb as Biden saying "let's go Brandon" on tv, but at least Biden is senile and has a reason to be low functioning. Nice gaft, bud.
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  3619.  @seandrew7837  And you realize the Fox News right is hilarious because they keep talking about Michelle Obama.... That was 6 years ago and she didn't even make policy, but I still see people bring her up on this channel. Trump was pretty arrogantly stupid when he did think he could buy Greenland, though. That's how much of an entitled brat he is.
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  3620. The senile gaff machine that is Joe Biden, for all his faults, was still a better choice than Donald Trump... The guy that incited a riot outside the Capitol that harmed 140 police officers. They can't decide whether they hate the government or they want to back the blue 🤦 If you think senile Biden is bad, you should grow some self-awareness and look at your cognitive dissonance.
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  3621. International security risks are potential risks for us at home.... Or do you want to lose Taiwan, who is the biggest mircochip manufacturer in the world. That totally wouldn't put us at a disadvantage, now would it?
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  3622. That's classism, not racism. They're black congressionals that do the same shady practices as well. For all your crying about white privilege you really don't seem to understand what it means.
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  3623. Leviticus 11:9-12
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  3624.  @turnerfamilyinozi  Yup, you guessed it. Christian's are so hate filled about gays that they always forget that eating shrimp, lobster, and crab is just as much as abomination. Funny when you think of all the Southern Christians having their crawdad cookouts. Then there are the Christians that get Bible verses tattooed on them, even though it says in Leviticus to not get tattoos or piercings. Either follow the book of Leviticus or don't, these ChristoFash punks just cherry pick. "9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcasses in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you."
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  3625.  @johnsecomb2546  It's not... But I wouldn't expect an unironic Fox view to know that. George Orwell was a socialist not a commie.... just sayin'
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  3626. I dont think you understand what communism is...
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  3627. You're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  3628. Kayleigh is a wacko...
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  3629. Lol.... Anymore? Was slavery fair? Was the trail of tears fair? Was the suppression of women's rights fair? If you're just waking up to the fact of this country isn't fair, you been under a rock.
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  3630.  @shaunaatwood9002  So you think only a god should be able to judge? So you don't think a judge should be able to convict bad people? We should just let him walk around free to harm people? Hahahahaha, you're crazy. Not to mention you don't even have any proof of a God... Yes, I will judge a narcissistic con man who retweeted racist videos and obvious lies. You sound like somebody who lacks critical thinking and a backbone. Pathetic.
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  3631. This is better than riots at the Capitol with Confederate flags everywhere. Literally flags of a failed, treasonous slave owning regime.
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  3632. There are more jobs in renewable energies than fossil fuels.... apparently you can't look at two numbers until which one is bigger. That's the level of stupid we're dealing with here; you can't tell that hundreds of thousands is bigger than tens of thousands. Wow.
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  3633. Lol, as a stoner... You're wrong. But you're also MAGA, so you obviously only like alternative facts.
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  3634.  @greenboyatgafarms2250  Lmao, I'm asking you guys what you think? Didn't realize asking an honest question was part of the problem 🤦🏼 I fully understand that the DNC and Democrats are corrupt, but I want to know exactly what you think... Especially since you're literally just trying to change the subject off of Trump's crimes.
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  3635. For what charges?
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  3636. Didn't Fox News just make up a bunch of stuff while he was running for president to make him look good? Funny how Fox "News" just makes things up...
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  3637. Even though I still voted for her, Hillary was a terrible candidate.
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  3638. Obviously you haven't been paying close attention... Bill Clinton didn't get impeached for cheating on his wife, he got impeached for lying to Congress. It's basically the same thing; Trump is being charged with lying about how he gave her money, not that he gave her money. Although it is hilarious that family value Republicans are sticking up for the guy who cheated on his wife with a prnstar... I don't want to hear another thing about "family values" out of Republicans hypocritical squawk boxes.
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  3639. "Rambling Babel of lame talking points", lmao. Doesn't that sum up Fox "News" in general?
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  3640. Fascist party... You're talking about the group that supports Palingenetic Ultra-nationalism, right?
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  3641. This how high profile cases like at the Supreme Court are usually dealt with 🤦🏼 That's why you still have courtroom sketches
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  3642.  @billymania11  So the 140 police officers that were trying to protect the Capitol were crooked? Smh
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  3643. Back the Blue. Blue Lives Matter.
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  3644.  @GregorRenkoMusic  Only the best businessmen men can go bankrupt and have their family to bail them out.
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  3645. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  3646. Weren't you guys telling us to "back the blue" just a couple years ago? Where's your faith?? 🤡🤡 What you don't trust cops?
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  3647. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  3648.  @MrWolfking002  You realize the biggest Democrat claim to fame over the past two decades is RomneyCare, right? While they continue to take tons of corporate money and use corruption to cheat anti-corporate politicians out of high offices.
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  3649. Which is somehow twice the amount that other developed countries pay for the same amount of health care.....
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  3650. As much as I agree, Obama also brought Romneys healthcare plan and corporate bail outs that helped the rich rather than paying off mortgages so working people could live in their homes. Obama saved capitalists and capitalism, not the working class. Not to mention, lied about supporting whistleblowers and chased Ed Snowden across the globe because he told the American people that they are being spied on. Obama is a corrupt pos like the rest of the capitalist elite... But people like him cuz of a fitted suit and a chasmatic cadence.
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  3651. Shoot out to Gilens and Page for their important paper. Look up the pdf and look at the data, it's a good paper.
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  3652.  @CacciTunez  Not only did he crumble some chocolate chip cookies into his bong. They were also made with genetically modified organisms.... Lol
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  3653. 99% of corporations are hypocrites... Sooooo, are you going to become a socialist now?? Are you going to blindly gloss over the fact that Marco Rubio is also a political hypocrite? Your comment is too funny.
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  3654.  @Beavereaver  🤦‍♂️Says you don't need critical thinking and then actually uses some semblance of critical thinking.... Lol, ironic. Don't act like Fox News isnt just as much of a revolving door. CNN isn't that radically left wing, the reason why there's usually more liberal news outlets in a society is because the media, that helps create public legitimacy, is the backstop for what is the "acceptable" amount of progressivism that the established order will tolerate- conservatism is based on preserving the established order, it already is its own backstop. This theory is from the book Manufacturing Consent.
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  3655.  @Beavereaver  Bahahaha, she is correct, yes, but that detracts from the question being asked. Wow, you suck at critical thinking. If you think the media has only been lying for four years, you're being naive. Media manufactures consent on a daily basis.
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  3656. And that's a whataboutism.... If such a simple tactic distracted you from the question, you're probably not great at critical thinking.
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  3657.  @MrTambourineMan.  People that support putting lunatics in power. Greene believes in conspiracies, you should go find another like Jonestown.... jeez, keep up.
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  3658.  @aggie9067  You're comparing protesting racism and obvious police brutality to an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory..... Nice job being vapid asf.
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  3659. She is that crazy, it might just work.... ;)
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  3660. If a whataboutism like this actually redirects your thinking.... Please, don't vote and get a vasectomy.
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  3661. Higher standard? Bahahahahaha. Is that why they get away with so much corruption and insider trading.
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  3662.  @GarretMarks  Is that the best you can do? Lame.
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  3663.  @GarretMarks  So you bet that I bet that he is anti-Semitic? Lmao, get your insult straight, delinquent.
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  3664.  @alwayz247  Yeah, It's nice they're waking up but they've overslept their alarm by quite a few decades. The American public is brainwashed to support their financial overlords.
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  3665. Slavery, women's rights, genocide of natives, and imperialistic wars for bananas..... It never was democratic.
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  3666. Eh, Mussolini was socialist before turning to fascism
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  3667. Next you're gonna tell me the CARES Act really isn't that "caring" for the American people
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  3668. Would we? In our current capitalist system the donor class preselects who makes it the furthest in expensive campaign races. In socialism donors don't muddy the water. And damn we need term limits.
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  3669. Lol, ideologue.
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  3670.  @Sammy_316  Lol, sure
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  3671.  @Sammy_316  Ah yes, the reply of someone who has no reasoning but "muh ideology" 😂🤣
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  3672.  @Sammy_316  Oh, good, I'm glad we're both having fun. I love seeing cappies pull the "no true Capitalism" card while irl capital owners (capitalists) wreck free markets on a daily basis. Your ideological delusions are my comedy ;)
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  3673.  @Sammy_316  Ironic.... That's exactly what I said about dim reply. Have fun with your imaginary platonic forms.
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  3674.  @Sammy_316  👍 That's about the intellectual reply I expect from a delusional capitalist.
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  3675.  @Sammy_316  That was literally my point.... Capitalism uses rhetoric of laissez-faire but it inherently stems off of imperialist and croniest policies, because capitalism's highest goal is profit and the state makes that happen. You might be a little slow, so I'll say it again, free market capitalism is a farce. Way to miss the point, numbnuts. Ironic.
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  3676.  @Sammy_316  It's called history, but... ohkay bruh
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  3677. What does this "free market" even mean? People call the Wild West free market.... Yeah it was genocidally stripped from its native population whom which the living were moved to reservations after most the treaties they made with the natives were broken. Then land was given out through the United States Homestead Act to a new colonial population. Capitalism is based on violent government intervention to establish capitalism in the first place, to say that capitalism means a lack of intervention by government is to misunderstand how the state reinforces capitalism money based hierarchies. Capitalism needs the state for its basic protection, and then often exceedingly plunders it for favors.
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  3678. Even as a democratic socialist, I would agree that it's a bad solution. From blocking very low skilled workers out and putting a disproportionate pressure on small businesses compared to large ones. These are just the market effects of capitalism. (Min wage should be increased, just not to $15 nationally) Solutions should come from re-examining how we deliver goods and services. I'm not a fan of Andrew Yang's value-added tax UBI but I do like the concept of UBI. Income tax brackets need to spread more progressively and accounting for +500K incomes. In addition with move from work based healthcare to single payer health insurance this would radically reduce burdens on lower income families and reduce the risk of unemployment. Increasing union rights and cooperatives is another way to increase wages and increase the standard of workers treatment (maybe they can strike longer knowing they won't lose their health care).
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  3679.  @wearebecomedeathstar2658  Social oligarchy? Wtf does that even mean to you? 🤣 The US a corporate oligarchy, we have some of the lowest rates of social welfare in the developed world. But apparently you can't be a stop being a patronizing ass long enough to explain what you mean. What does "socialism" even mean to you?
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  3680.  @wearebecomedeathstar2658  You literally called America "socialist".... And you want a lecture people about living in their own head? 🤣
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  3681.  @wearebecomedeathstar2658  If you've read Chomsky or Marx, these are two socialists that radically disagree about how to achieve Socialism YET they both agree that socialism is the abolishment of Capitalism by abolishing private property that underlies capitalism and it's profit motive. It's pretty ridiculous to say I can't use socialists of different types to show the throughline of what socialism is; asking an expert is not an appeal to authority, no more than asking a mechanic to look at a car- smh. Private property can be understood as control without directly working the property, for instance, if I own a share of stock I own a portion of the capital goods in the business and can vote at shareholder meeting on how the company should be managed- even I don't work at the firm. Co-ops and mutual aid associations don't have shareholders, they have members that directly use the good/ service. Production under socialism is for the use-needs of the society, not for private profits of capitalist. If you've read either Marx or Chomsky you should know that. But cool, keep asserting that I don't "know what socialism is" even though I have read wayyyy more socialist philosophy than you have. The amount of insincerity and arrogance it takes to hand wave away key people who help create the philosophy in the first place as "appeals to authority", is frankly, childish and complete unproductive. You literally said "America is a socialist nation". To think that the military is "socialism" when the US uses its military to destabilize countries thinking about socialism and to install capitalist-friendly dictators is just ridiculous. But some people just like making themselves look ridiculous, take care, bud- maybe do some more research.
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  3682.  @wearebecomedeathstar2658  I'm literally a municipal democratic socialist... I draw from (anti-capitalist) socialist thinkers, like Murray Bookchin, Gar Alperovitz, and Noam Chomsky. All three of these thinkers are anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist who don't want state control nor Capitalism, we want political and economic democracy via cooperative networks and mutual aid societies that empower workers and community members, rather than empowering owners of capital goods (capitalism). This should not be confused with Nordic "social democracy", which does seek to balance state welfare with capitalism. The easiest way to understand that your conception is wrong is the fact that most of anarchistic philosophies is socialist or communist and expressly anti-capitalist, like Noam Chomsky. I'm not an anarchists though. Serious question, what socialist philosophers have you even read?
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  3683.  @wearebecomedeathstar2658  You said we had socialized law enforcement (that is verbatim, no strawmanning).... law enforcement and military that is funded by taxes and is used to reinforce private ownership of the means of production, i.e. Capitalism. If it was socialism, their wouldn't be capital markets like the stock market.... socialist policies would make that illegal, and turn control of corporations from shareholders to workers and community members. Saying that socialism defense capitalism is to utterly misunderstand socialism.
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  3684.  @wearebecomedeathstar2658  Way to miss the point entirely. Social ownership is a key piece of a socialist economy.... Saying that the modern economy is socialist because we use taxes to fund the defense of private ownership is a just lazy, and lacks any substantive knowledge of socialist philosophers from Owen to Marx to Debs. "tAXEs aRe sOciAliSm" is literally the dumbest oversimplification of the philosophy of socialism.
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  3685.  @wearebecomedeathstar2658  That's honestly the dimmest take I've ever seen.... Apparently feudalism was socialism, to you, because it was "socialized knights and shining armor... That protected the feudal Crown". Smfh. If the police protect ruling elite (a feudal lord or a capitalist land lord) that's not socialism.
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  3686.  @williamwilson8144  my cousins? Who are my cousins? Lol, you're an idiot, military spending has been ballooning since before Trump.... But I'm sure you love Trump's buddy buddy relationship with Saudi Arabia I'm sure there's no conflict of interest there with them giving the Trump organization millions of dollars and letting Kushner manage 2 billion dollars of they're sovereign wealth fund. Yeah but tell me how the Democrats are corrupt, lol
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  3687.  @williamwilson8144  Since when in the past 30 years have Republicans actually cared about decreasing military spending?? Don't act like you care about how much we spend on the military. Hypocrites.
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  3688. Lol, good analogy... Further exemplified by the fact that both Jesus and Marx were dead before the atrocities and their name were committed, as opposed to Nazism was literally caused by the founder of the Nazis.
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  3689. I have shuddered at the thought of it, And I have reveled in its liberation. Suicide has me in a kaleidoscopic awe as meaning and nihilism seem to fade in and out of each other as neither seems to feel like steady ground.
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  3690. I'm pretty sure that was my book.
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  3691.  @generalawareness101  Hey, Specific Unawareness! Joe's not being partisan... He recognizes that he's an egomaniac that won't put on a genuine conversation. I'm not sure how he's partisan when he's supporting DeSantos. You're just a snowflake.
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  3692.  @VoluntaryistSkeptic  the enFORCEment of private property necessarily requires physical violence.
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  3693. When most abortions are performed in the first trimester but nerves that allow feeling don't develop until 26 weeks 🤔 How are you going to torture something that doesn't feel? This is why you need science instead of just babble from a book.
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  3694.  @germaniatv1870  Did you bother looking up Theodor Wonja Michael, who was imprisoned in a labor camp and wrote about it? In Poland, they made the Jewish prisoners build add-ons to Auschwitz. You dont want to learn, you just want to hate. Good bye.
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  3695.  @germaniatv1870  Your own question, you ding dong. Could you not piece that together, lmao 🤡 We all know you're hiding your racism behind "I'm just asking questions"... Especially since you just dismissed the resources a kind commenter provided you. Smh. You're not fooling anyone.
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  3696.  @germaniatv1870  Are you serious? Dude, why don't you stop and google it.
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  3697. We should use his hate to remind us that we need to foster kindness. Give a hug, be a bit more patient, and make someone feel seen/ valued. It will do a world of good ✌️
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  3698.  @michaeldeslex9834  Why is he hanging out with known neonazis like nick and milo that work with Marjorie taylor green? Dude, this isnt a troll... He is bipolar and susceptible to just spewing hate. There's a reason why American soldiers brought German citizens through the concentration camps after they were liberated, because the German citizens didn't believe that the atrocities were actually happening. This isn't a joke, this is fascism knocking at the front door trying to give legitimacy to these hateful messages.
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  3699.  alternativeforeurope6717  They definitely thought Aryan traits were superior 🤦🏼 You dumb nazi
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  3700.  @Dpaq13  Fragile child
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  3701. What free market? There is no such thing in reality. They're 99% regulated markets.
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  3702.  @brandonnel4081  I love how you call Bitcoin a manipulated asset.... And then say the Fed can't control it. Uhhh, I hope you realize that the Fed and Congress manipulates the US dollar, as it's has done and is doing now. Bitcoins supply is fixed, thus you can't debase it without the whole protocol changing and forking. You literally just contradicted yourself because you're talking about things you don't understand. Smh.
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  3703.  @johnbrion4565  Tech-dunces laughed at the internet too... Look at the population now, stuck to a screen, tethered to a wireless leash. Crypto is just the philosophy that created the internet applied to money and property. Oh, well, some will always be late to the game.
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  3704. Smh... You should take a page from Howard, learn not to speak about things you're ignorant of. The Bitcoin Network is a secure global settlement network. The really dumb thing about laughing at El Salvador, is the fact that they use it for remittances as well as a domestic currency. The fact that you can send Bitcoin faster and more cheaply than bank wire is a use value- and that monetary value is correlated to the opportunity cost between blockchain and wire transfer. And then you might cry about Bitcoin's volatility and who would use it as a transactional tool, to which I would reply look into stable coins. El Salvador has also leveraged Bitcoin into some of their national bonds, which allow them a higher degree of sovereign freedom from IMF and US Treasury policies. Having a decentralized secure ledger that's readable and addable across the world is very valuable, and that's just Bitcoin. Networks like Ethereum are decentralized computers that can run smart contracts called decentralized apps. Which opens up more avenues of DeFi and options for cash flow yielding crypto assets. I mean I get it's new and needs to be fleshed out before the general public will adopt it, but the current use cases are pretty convincing, that is if you stop and actually look at reality instead of just creating strawmanning ;)
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  3705. Billionaires are the enemy and the media is owned by billionaires.
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  3706. Look at this fascist
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  3707.  @jorgepizarro8828  I hate Fox... and NBC, twit. Crazy house? So lobbyist don't buy out politicians? There are multiple papers that examine how public opinion doesn't change public policy rather the opinions of monied elites do a far better job changing policy. I guess you think there's bipartisan support to increase the world's largest war budget because they care about you.... No they care about their donors like Raytheon, Boeing, Halliburton, and Exxon. We've been overthrown Democratic countries for decades, from 1954 in Guatemala when we overthrew their democratically elected government to install a dictator that was friendly to the United Fruit Company to set up cheap banana plantations, and when we use "democracy" as a justification for oil imperialism.... You're a rube if you think America cares about "democracy". Especially ironic when I want more democracy than you do 🤔
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  3708.  @jorgepizarro8828  What part did you not understand? American Democracy doesn't exist. You say you aren't in a cult, but you believe the lies of the cult. It's hilarious because I probably support more democracy than you do. Do you like economic democracy by giving everyone a vote in a company, rather than just shareholders? https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/infographic-preston-model
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  3709. We live in a plutocracy where corporations buy out your politicians.... The politicians who you desperately want to protect. Lol, no wonder this country's falling apart.
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  3710.  @qwsa283  Because a random YT comment is more influencal then 4 years of a presidency??? 🤔🤔 Yea, that a be Nope. Try again.
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  3711. What does Obama have to do with this??
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  3712. "in the short-term the stock market is a ballot box, in the long-term it is a scale" - paraphrased Warren Buffett
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  3713. NaZionists/ ZioNazis
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  3714. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  3715.  @agrota21  You're literally ignoring an ethnōstāte that is enforcing āpārthēīd, ōccupātīōn, and 17yr besiegement.
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  3716.  @agrota21  [Comment was sënsored, let try again] Okay so do you condemn the IDF for what they have done to men, women, and children??? Do you not care about the 1,434 CHILDREN in the 15yrs before the 7th, do you not care about the 10,000+ CHILDREN after the 7th? You're literally ignoring an ethnōstāte that is enforcing āpārthēīd, ōccupātīōn, and 17yr besiegement. They literally shell journalists and medical staff ... Both are war crimes. If you care about civilians and humanity, you really can't ignore what the IDF is doing to civilians. There's literally footage of hurting civilians right here 🤦 1/2
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  3717.  @agrota21  Okay so do you condemn the IDF for what they have done to men, women, and children??? Do you not care about the 1,434 CHILDREN in the 15yrs before the 7th, do you not care about the 10,000+ CHILDREN after the 7th? You're literally ignoring an ethnōstāte that is enforcing āpārthēīd, ōccupātīōn, and 17yr besiegement. They literally shell journalists and medical staff ... Both are war crimes. If you care about civilians and humanity, you really can't ignore what the IDF is doing to civilians. There's literally footage of hurting civilians right here 🤦 Not to mention, I hope you do realize that the IDF literally attäcked their own people on the 7th. Many reports from Kibbutz Be'eri where a tänk shelled their own in Hannibal Directive style reactions and there are reports of IDF helicopters spray rounds at everything near the Nova Festival. So you can't even say Hàmás did it all. They literally popped 3 of their own civilians waving a white flag trying to escape Gaza... That's more than they have freed through military action. You have to blame the IDF and Netanyahu.
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  3718. Punitive? what's been punitive? They give you a tax break if you buy one, that's not punitive 😆😂 Dude you are hilarious
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  3719. As if Republicans aren't shocked by their partisanship?? Lol 😆🤣 Okay, buddy
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  3720. You can do that, bud
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  3721. Lol, I love how you're trying to be smart and you just end up looking stupid because you don't know any other non-hydrocarbon energy sources. Way to "own the libs", bud 🤡
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  3722. Wrong. Costs my cousin 50-60% of what she used to pay for her commute. Now she just charges while at work and doesn't have to stop at the pump.
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  3723.  @workonitm8  So you would be okay if I dumped my trash on your lawn? Lol, it's hilarious how mad you get about asking people to be responsible 🤦 You're the only one here throwing a tantrum- grow up, bud.
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  3724.  @workonitm8  I want to be left alone form your pollution.... Or is that not a concept that you ever considered? It's hard to live and let live when somebody's spewing toxic exhaust that causes asthma or COPD. You'd be mad if I dumped my trash on your lawn, but not if I put you down wind of a lot of toxic exhaust...
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  3725. Okay, what's a better solution?
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  3726. Look, another Trump University graduate! 😆🤣
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  3727. Recharging is not equal to the cost of gasoline! Complete FUD. Innovation will decrease the cost of the vehicles and increase charging speeds..... But whatever, keep crying snowflake.
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  3728. This guys doesn't know the economy from the environment 😂
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  3729. Why don't I hear Republicans complain about the billions of dollars of subsidies that oil companies get as "forcing oil on people"?? Do you think breathing in exhaust fumes is healthy, why do you want you and your family to breathe less healthy air?
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  3730. You realize that prices come down over time, right? Innovation is deflationary. I have a better phone for less money than I did 10 years ago 🤦
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  3731. Yeah that happened over a decade and a half ago.... And you Fox "news" guys are still corporate apologists 🤣😆🤣😆 It's like getting burned on the stove and then putting your hand back on it for 15 years, smdh.
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  3732. And yet Fox and Republicans still want to be corporate apologists... Lol
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  3733. Are you really telling people to sell near the bottom?? Lol, that's when institutions buy your shares for cheap and then get rich off of them when things boom again. Did you guys learn nothing from 2008?? You hold stock indexes because corporations will always come out on top.
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  3734. Lol, this is all legal corruption ironically Fox News doesn't want to lock up Trump for his illegal corruption.... What a joke
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  3735. Yeah, ESG is eff'ed. Apple and Nike use Chinese uyghers slave labor somehow those two names get into ESG. Dafuq?
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  3736. Lol, If you think they should be dissolved over this... You should want full-blown revolution against corporations, because this is small in comparison.
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  3737. Funny how you said nothing when they were donating to Republican politicians..... The irony
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  3738.  @CALISPEC1  I agree, Dems are equally guilty. This is Fox so I guess I was gearing my speech for my target audience as Republicans are the climate change deniers, but you're right it would have been better to have worded slightly differently.
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  3739.  @elainetalbot469  Lol, you mean the guy that obviously loves propaganda? I guarantee 99% of Republicans are corporate apologists until they start doing something environmentally conscious.
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  3740. You don't think Republicans take money from Big Banks? Lol. If you're just blaming Democrats and you're not looking at the amount of corporate lobbying and subsequent political subsidies that these corporations get from Republicans.... You were a partisan fool. I'm sure you're totally cool with Republicans looking to take down the First Amendment. Both sides are corrupt, you mook! Open your eyes. Stop blaming one side or the other; That's exactly what they want you to do, so they can run away with the bag.
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  3741. Is that worse than the baby murdering Herschel Walker? Oh that's right, you don't care what your candidates do, you just want power; "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3742. Vote Red, who cares about values; "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3743. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3744. Trump loves those girls, such great girls
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  3745. Who cares if their puppy killers and baby murders.
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  3746. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3747. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3748. @Jory Folker Did merely quoting a Republican just trigger you?? That easy, huh? ❄️ Melt and seeth ❄️
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  3749. Vote for Oz the puppy killer!
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  3750. Ummm because Republicans don't care about anything but wealth and power.... This is how patriotic Republicans are: "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch Wow, how could you support that kind of party?
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  3751. Yeah you guys don't care if they're puppy killers or baby murders, You guys just want power. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3752. So you'll vote for puppy killers and baby murderers?
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  3753. You guys will vote for literal puppy killers and baby murders... Do you think you have a leg to stand on? 🤡🤡 "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch Some morals.
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  3754.  @tomreedyjr3631  Yes, affordable health insurance is a problem.... You are very astute.
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  3755.  @tomreedyjr3631  I'm 26 now..... Do you make up lies because they make you feel better??
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  3756.  @priceisright1580  Providing health insurance to millions of previously uninsured people? It sure helped me, being able to stay on my parents plan until I was 26.
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  3757.  @priceisright1580  Didn't Obama help bring the economy back from the 2007-2009 housing crash? Lol. How did repealing Glass Steagle work for you?
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  3758. The party has doubled down on these morally bankrupt people; that is the party
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  3759. Are you going to do anything to combat corrupt Republicans?
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  3760. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3761. Order? The party that backs an insurrectionist and hypocrites? 🤔 "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3762. Oz murders puppies Are you really siding with a dog killer over "just a bum"? Oof, tough crowd.
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  3763. Baby murderers
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  3764. Lol. Republicans, a party that simultaneously claims that they support police as well as supporting an attempted insurrection that harmed 140 police officers 🤦🏼🤦🏼 The only thing that would be more ironic is if they literally beat the cops up with Thin Blue Line flags 🤡🤡
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  3765. You want to have a beer with a puppy killer? That's sus asf
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  3766. Lololololol... IF
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  3767. You can't hold your breath while you're smoking a joint... Inhale, exhale
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  3768. This didn't age well...
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  3769. Due to lobbying Congress is bought out by corporate interest there is no more we the people in government.
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  3770. Lmao.... This video hasn't aged well Trump's dragging his feet like usual!!!! Fukin rube
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  3771.  @terryturner3050  Hollow, amiright?
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  3772.  @laymansview5246  I heard $500k quoted in a news piece awhile ago, maybe it was talking about a specific year, I don't know. But okay, sure, call it 410. It was $410k of corruption not $500k.... It's still CORRUPT to the tune of 100s of thousands of dollars. I think you're missing the point entirely 🤦🤦🤦 "Um, sir, ackually between the years of 2011 and 2022, he only only had conflicts of interest of, on the average, $410,000 per annum. So mathematically speaking he is only 82% as corrupt as you said." 🤓 Jeez, you must be fun at parties. But sure, I'll say $410k next time, good grief.
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  3773.  @halcooper6059  So freedom to you is Trump signing the $2.2Trillion CARES Act, because that happen under Trump's reign of freedumb. Okay, so you do support spending trillions just like the Democrats 👍✌️
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  3774. Well the Republican solution is more spending and less taxation.... Wasn't the last president to not have a deficit a Democrat? Lol. Those $1,400 checks from the 2.2TRILLION dollar CARES Act was passed by a Republican majority Senate and signed into law by Trump. 😆😁 How about Republicans actually try to balance the budget instead of just talking about it.
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  3775.  @JS-mc3ik  You keep strawmanning. Showing off how you're too dense to form a relevant argument. LMAhahahahahahahaO!!
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  3776.  @JS-mc3ik  I never said they could stop a bear market forever... You keep making up these random things. You're delusional. You need help.
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  3777.  @JS-mc3ik  I know what quantitative easing is.... And I understand what it means for the Fed to be aggressively pursuing a taper in bond purchases. Jfc, you're such a goofball.
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  3778.  @JS-mc3ik  "You leftists".... What are you talking about. I fully acknowledge that inflating the M1 money supply by 4x has effects on the broader market. We have inflation due to supply shortages, labor shortages as people demand better jobs, and monetary expansion unseen since 08. You keep making up these strawmen to attack, It's almost like you're too inept to have an actual conversation to learn what I believe before you write your drivel.
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  3779.  @JS-mc3ik  What do you mean we can't just force a job to pay a minimum amount? Do you understand what minimum wage laws are?? Lmao, wow. You realize if society doesn't value a service enough for somebody to actually live on it shouldn't be around, same for employers that utilize business models that don't prioritize the ability for their human employees to have basic dignity. Big government isn't a "leftist thing", you realize Republicans of the past four red terms have raised the national debt The last person to balance the budget was Bill Clinton. I don't even like Bill Clinton, but that's just a fact. Republicans love doing favors for big business. Of course, I'm in believer that innovation and efficiency is supply side deflationary, and yet from the data that we have real wages have not kept up with inflation... And housing education and healthcare have all exceeded inflation. Millions of Americans are feeling this squeeze and you don't care about that. You'd rather tuck your head between your legs and suck off your neoclassical economics. Don't eat a patronize me by explaining basic supply and demand pressures... I bet you're too uneducated to understand how the empirical data of behavioral economics augments the "supply and demand in a vacuum" theory. You're laughable.
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  3780.  @JS-mc3ik  😂🤣🤣 I understand microeconomics, thank you very much, and I'm currently listening to professor Andrew Lo's MIT opencourse on 401 finance. If you have a labor market completely open to supply and demand that necessarily means that wages can fall below a livable standard.... Which is why we have minimum wage laws, which increase other jobs pay by increasing the floor of wages. What you fail to understand is that capitalism isn't ruled by microeconomics.... In fact most of microeconomics is made irrelevant by behavioral economics. Capitalism will always have a political aspect that protects and reinforces rule by capital owners. If you read the 2014 Princeton study 'Testing Theories of American Politics', by Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page it is made clear that capital elites control politics due to lobbying.
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  3781.  @JS-mc3ik  You're joking, right? Real wages are still below what they were in the '70s even though we are a much more economically productive society. Capitalism doesn't serve employees, it serves capitalists ... That's why I own stocks.
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  3782.  @JS-mc3ik  My job? Lol, no, buddy, my job is safe from off shoring because in China my job would be illegal- and I work in a highly regulated industry with state granted badges with background checks AND I'm still freer than in the CCP. And yes, I understand competitive advantage, but some regulations are to uphold values that Americans hold. China even stepped in to create labor laws to stop the '996' work culture... But I assume you would love to work 60 hours a week for just a $10K/yr. Why don't we go back to 70hr weeks of the 1870's, that would give us the edge /s ... Is that really how you want to live your life?
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  3783.  @Subspace._tripmine  That is a prime example of what happens when you make Betsy DeVos Secretary of Education
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  3784. Tom Cotton huffs straight pipe fumes
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  3785. NASDAQ and S&P hit ATHs... Lolz you're a joke.
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  3786. We weren't ignorant. We just hated Trump more. Duh.
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  3787. People who voted for him didn't actually like Biden, they just hated Trump more. Of course he's going to have a low approval reading. The current way votes are cast is race to the bottom, ranked choice voting is a much more legitimate option.
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  3788. You think we didn't know He was going to be a bad president? People voted for Biden cuz they didn't like Trump's fascist antics, which he proved by instigating a riot at the Capitol.
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  3789. What should he be in jail for??
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  3790. "For the children" as Nancy says.
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  3791. Shot? Dude he took a bunch of money from the Saudi government funneled through his hotels and then sold them $125B in arms, so SA can genocide Yemen.
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  3792. Lol, that's cute
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  3793. Of course people look into it, nobody does anything about it because it serves the people in power. This isn't a Democrat thing and this isn't just a Republican thing, both parties are happy with the way this legal corruption takes place.
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  3794. So you have you bought any NVDA?
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  3795. You'll bash Democrat crooks but not the Republican crooks, like Graham, McConnell, and Cruz? Cruz literally took a vacation to Mexico when his state was freezing in a power outage- But yeah just ignore that reality. Trump is a con man, or do you think Trump University was a legitimate college??? Lol, he's a reality TV show guy that lost 60 court cases pertaining to his lies about the election, so he resorts to inciting a riot at the capital and failing to send in reinforcements to protect the Capitol and Congress. If your version of "getting things done" is treason you might want to rethink things. Tell me how you Back the Blue while you also support January 6th rioters beating up 150 cops.
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  3796.  @dlighted8861  You have too much faith in our corrupt system.
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  3797. You think her credibility will be ruined? The two of them have been doing this for decades, nothing has stopped her yet.
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  3798. The 5 million dollars isn't even theirs, that's bribe money given to them by corporations. Corporations lobby to get these subsidies and politicians benefit by buying stocks in the industries that they protect. This is American politics on the left and the right of the aisle. Government has been infected by capitalistic pay-to-play corruption.
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  3799. Even as an Intel shareholder, I find it hilarious. Intel has been doing increasing dividends and stock buybacks while not investing in expanding their high performance chip capacity- at least not until Pat became CEO. Now they're crying they need billions after liquidating billions to shareholders. And I'm not sure how giving the money to Nvidia will help bring fab production to the US.
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  3800. Meanwhile Fox News ignores Trump's NFT grift.... Lol
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  3801.  @sallyplus4  Now you want to defund the police... Lol. Tell me more about it.
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  3802. You think Fox News is going to tell you the truth? 🤡🤡🤡 It's one of the biggest propaganda machines out there! Remember how much air time they gave Trump? How many of them supported Trump? Now look at them they're being taken to court by Dominion for spouting Trump's lies..... Lol, but it's not like you sheep will learn. You're the reason why America is falling apart, you fascist hacks.
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  3803. President Tax Fraud was so patriotic that he let hundreds of thousands of Americans die
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  3804. He's one of the most right-wing Democrats, total DINO. He takes big money from big Coal.
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  3805.  @knine8154  I was never defending Biden, lol, never have. I just think a senile sack of rotting potatoes propped up by the corrupt DNC is better than a seditious, palingenetic strongman from a bad reality TV show and a fraudulent university. Is the concept of an 'independent' that complicated or are you so partisan that you've lost all touch with reality? This is sad how you keep trying to pin things on me that I don't believe. You watch Fox news unironically.... You can't tell me you're in tune with reality 😆😂🤣 Take it easy, bud, don't sprain your cortex.
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  3806.  @knine8154  Lol, nope. I definitely think we should go after pelosi, I am in no way trying to distract from that. But I do find it interesting how you guys have a very partisan way of determining who you go after... I think both Democrats and Republicans are corrupt. Try again.
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  3807.  @knine8154  So you're not debating that he had conflicts of interest? You're just going to throw whataboutisms around? Sounds like a typical Fox viewer response.
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  3808.  @knine8154  I wouldn't have to regurgitate anything if you'd bother to actually do research; "President Trump’s legacy of corruption, four years and 3,700 conflicts of interest later As president, Donald Trump has flouted all kinds of norms, starting with his decision not to divest from his business interests while in office. That set the stage for an administration marked by self-interest, profiteering at the highest levels and more than 3,700 conflicts of interest." - from CREW
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  3809.  @1940limited  Thanks Cpt. Obvious. It was a comparison of reactions to the two, and an example of partisan hypocrisy. It shows that you don't actually care about corruption, you only care about scoring points for your team, not making a better country. 🤦 Obama's not in office and people on Fox and in this channels comments still want to make statements about Michelle, and she didn't even make policy! Lmao 😆😂 What a joke.
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  3810.  @bobbyspain905  You're joking, right? You mean the guy who literally created a fraudulent college, among other grifts? Are you high or did you "graduate" from Trump University?
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  3811.  @philobetto5106  Lol, I bet you think there was a million people at his inauguration 😆😂🤣 You're so gullible, you wouldn't know a lie if it shot you on 5th avenue.
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  3812. Unless it's supply side inflation...
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  3813. Maybe this year you can ask Santa Claus for that
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  3814.  @jazzmachine  Lmao, and you wonder why I call Republicans willfully stupid. Too dumb to cite a source or make a rebuttal. Good job reinforcing the stereotype ✌️
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  3815.  @jazzmachine  Just for you, bud; "Cost-Push Inflation vs. Demand-Pull Inflation: An Overview There are four main drivers behind inflation. Among them are cost-push inflation, or the decrease in the aggregate supply of goods and services stemming from an increase in the cost of production, and demand-pull inflation, or the increase in aggregate demand, categorized by the four sections of the macroeconomy: households, business, governments, and foreign buyers. The two other contributing factors to inflation include an increase in the money supply of an economy and a decrease in the demand for money." Cost-Push Inflation vs. Demand-Pull Inflation: What's the Difference? By MARY HALL Updated April 17, 2022 Reviewed by ROBERT C. KELLY Fact checked by JIWON MA
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  3816.  @jazzmachine  So you're telling me you don't understand economics, cool 👍 Got to love how you can't come up with a rational explanation for why I'm wrong just a pouty "No". Typical.
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  3817. If it's supply side inflation where not enough goods are meeting the money in the system, then spending to increase production would level out inflation as more products hit the market and drive prices down. That's obviously if its just supply side, which we have a good deal of, due to supply chain hiccups from sickness and war. Extra spending does not help demand side inflation, which we also have due to stimulus like QE, 'rona loans, stimi checks, and a tight labor market. People just say inflation but they don't understand the nuances of how inflation comes to be.... And then Republicans say they "understand economics" , lol
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  3818. What about the Republicans that think they're above the law? Oh wait... This is Fox, you guys don't care about that.
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  3819. Save a lot of money and get rid of our biggest revenue streams.... Lol, I'm not sure you know how to balance a budget.
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  3820. Internal combustion vehicles aren't in a high innovation phase. You do realize the building blocks of the internet that you're communicating on had government subsidies for decades, right?
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  3821. The Lord gave me herpes when my priest molested me. Thanks, Jesus! ♥️♥️♥️
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  3822. Is this news tho? Corruption is par for the course.
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  3823.  @ChiefCabioch  Do you think I'm defending pelosi? Lol, can't call me biased when I also want Nancy and Paul to be charged with insider trading. I can just hear her defending her crimes by saying "we did insider trading for the children" 🤮🤮 She's gross and needs to go, same with Schumer. Joe Manchin is also corrupt. The whole DNC is a corrupt charade. You think just because he paid a fine for Trump University that he doesn't work other grifts? He LOST over 60 court cases trying to get votes ruled in his favor, he even desperately called some governors trying to get them to change the vote for him, then threw a Trumper tantrum and incited a riot at the Capitol when he couldn't get his way. A lot of Republicans say "back the blue" and "support the thin blue line", but they don't seem to care about the 140 officers injured that day, one that died and two that committed PTSD related suicide. How exactly am I the hack when I'm happy to call out both sides, but you can't??? You have some Olympic level mental gymnastics going on. Don't forget you're the one who said that you left corruption in office just to see if the liberals could point it out, then you cry and try to change the subject when they do point it out. Youre a circus clown 🤡
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  3824.  @ChiefCabioch  Well that doesn't seem very responsible if you don't want corruption in government, along with the corruption of your tax dollars. You'd rather "own the libs" than be patriotic. Keep voting for corrupt politicians and then complaining about corruption.... I think the word for that is hypocrisy 🤔 I take it you voted for the guy who created a fraudulent college.... Lol
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  3825. It's funny how Fox News viewers get mad at Democrats for shady business deals, but they usually never call out Republicans. BIASED HACKS.
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  3826.  @russellpearce3749  It's happening on both sides. Do you think Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham became millionaires just by being public servants? I mean, Trump took money from the Saudi State department through his hotel business right before he did business with them, but Republicans really don't care about that.
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  3827.  @TheScyth  Nah, Donald Trump refused to drain the swamp, because he was already a part of the swamp. He has donated to both the Democratic party and the Republican party before his campaign. Trump is in it for himself, that's why he has no qualms with corruption that benefits him, such as funneling money from his 'stop the steel' legal fund into a PAC for his next campaign.
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  3828. I agree, slavery was a state rights issue not a human rights issue.... Oh wait...
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  3829.  @renaissancestatesman  It's called a Democratic Republic, dingus. You get your individual rights protected from the majority, yet large amounts of legitimacy stem from democratic will. 🤦‍♂️
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  3830. Yeah let's just pretend they didn't fight for an 8-hour work day, better pay, better working conditions, and workers' compensation.... It's almost like they haven't done anything the past 40 years because they've been disempowered by Reaganomic oligarchic that only want the government to step in when it benefits their bottom line.
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  3831. Depends where, not most places.
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  3832.  @renaissancestatesman  Nice, Fallacy fallacy.
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  3833.  @jim8937  Is this what you think of people that work for small businesses? Jfc. You are pro-oligarchy. You deserve how corrupt the US is.
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  3834.  @jim8937  The gig economy... You mean where people still struggle to make a living? Smfh... You're delusional. P.S. I got another raise yesterday ;) I'm okay, bud, still not what I could get with collective bargaining though.
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  3835. Over the past century and a half Unions have helped fight for the 8-hour workday (40hr week), better pay, better work conditions, and it was even the socialist mayor of Milwaukee that first started workers compensation. They fought for these labor rights and face of capitalist violence like the Ludlow massacre and the Homestead massacre, just to name two of many. Capitalism is violent.
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  3836. So you like the Fascist SCOTUS? You like rulings in favor of big government, that decrease 4th amendment protections, end civil liability for police officers is not Mirandizing, bring prayer (even Muslim prayer) into schools, and allowing state governments to make it so an ectopic pregnancy woman has to die even though the fetus could never survive. Do you really like these big government intrusions into people's lives?
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  3837. So Republicans would rather arm people than support food stamps 🤔
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  3838. 3) Capitalists "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary." - Karl Marx
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  3839.  @truthisthevictory9278  Well that was incoherent. No wonder you have a hard time understanding that criminals are people that break rules... Therefore criminals have rules/ laws levied against their actions. Oof🤦🏼 Way to double down on stupid just to "own the libs" 😆🤣
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  3840. So that what you call the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers
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  3841. Are you naive? California is home to a large population of Red counties, lol
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  3842. So shoot the wrong person and ask if they're the bad guy later?
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  3843. I was unaware that fruit cakes had nuts in them..... Maybe you're the crazy one.
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  3844.  @oscarwindham6016  Thank you very much for revising your opinion without pushing back against facts. That is very commendable of you- with that type of integrity I think you could find it in your heart to see the other bits of propaganda that Tucker Carlson and his talking Head lackies seed in order to make things sound worse to rile up their viewers. Fox News and Tucker Carlson are the right wing equivalent of MSNBC and Rachel Maddow- they're partisan over the top propagandists. They don't care about you all they want are their ratings. But if you choose to still watch that type of "news", I respectfully encourage you to double check your facts- just as you did here, and I think that will serve to benefit you. I hope you have a good day.
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  3845.  @oscarwindham6016  Ummm, I did look it up; "The Senate today voted 50-49 to approve a modified version of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion [rona] relief package, which includes a number of provisions that affect hospitals and health systems." Nice fake news. The fact that you think Tucker Carlson has any integrity is hilariously sad. None of those talking heads have integrity or care about you. You could have easily googled it, but you chose to make a fool out of yourself. Be a fool to own the libs, why don't you 🤣😆
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  3846.  @vincentparlante6274  Why are you talking about inflation?
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  3847. You can look it up, it's $1.9T, NOT 19. Who would've guessed Fox "news" would lie.
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  3848.  @radtech6117  You must have forgot Obama lead the bull market of the last decade. I don't even like Biden or Obama that much, but you are delusional asf. You've drank the fear-mongering Kool-Aid the media spoon feeds you.
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  3849.  @teg5135  Do you think Republicans have loyalty to the to the Constitution?
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  3850. It is sad that they died for nothing considering that politicians and constituents here want to beckon in fascism. But I assume you're blaming the Democrats, rather than Republicans who want to eliminate your first and fourth amendment rights as well as violently take control of political office. Smdh. But of course, the partisan hypocrites are clueless of their double standards✌️
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  3851.    "With democrats" lmao, don't you mean overly partisan people whether they be Democrat or Republican? Your bias is showing Let's be honest man, you're unironically watching Fox News....
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  3852.  @smokin19861  I agree, and one of those things is not Fox "news". In fact I'd say the social ills that he spoke out against have only gotten more apparent. He warned against American fascism.... But half of you here would whine about being called fascist by Carlin.
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  3853.  @tonycat721  Imagine being a Fox News viewer and unironically quoting George Carlin. Carlin would have thought you were an idiot. "They don't care about you!" - Carlin
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  3854.  @philobetto5106  What? I was talking about how Republican politicians want to take away your rights, there have even been calls by Republican congressionals to attack the First Amendment..... Are you going to vote for them? Your prejudicial question is quite ironic. Nice job liking your own comment.
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  3855.  @thethinkingmansgame5050  Sounds like you want brown shirts and another Beer Hall Putsch. Tell me your fascist, without telling me you're fascist.
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  3856. So you'd rather vote for Republicans that want to take away your First & Fourth amendment rights? Lol, okay, buddy.
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  3857. They did it to justify going after any and all hospitals, it's cover for a warcrime.
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  3858. The IDF constantly lies, Al-Shifa was the "justification" to start attacking all hospitals. They even fired tänks at their own people in the kibbutzs, as Yasmin Porat recounts. Then there's the 3 with the white flags in Gaza... They don't even care about their own. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  3859. Electronic Intifada shows lots more (under) ground footage and strategies, like how the t@nk exploding armor only works in the projectile is 60m out.
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  3860. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  3861. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  3862. If you thought that was bad; "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  3863. You think it's just these 2? "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  3864. 20,000 civilians... 90+% civilian rate. Heck, the IDF even pops its own civilians waving white flags.
    1
  3865. Yeah, it's called October 7th
    1
  3866. Yep it's an apartheid ethnostate
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  3867. Gave Gaza back... Then besieged it and regularly raided it, restricting food/m d imports and deleting 1,025 kids. Oh, and Håmås won with 44%. Get your facts straight. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  3868. You skipped over the part about settler colonialism stealing land and forcefully pushing out the Palestinian people into what amounts to reservations/ ghettos. You skipped over the part where Iz ILLEGALLY controls 60% of the West Bank, crushing homes with bulldozers and then building Iz only settlements, with different roads for different people.
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  3869. Learn about the Nakba ... It's about HOMEland.
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  3870. Manifest Destiny 2.0
    1
  3871. 🤦🏼 You obviously don't know any of Bernie's work. He doesn't regurgitate. He's consistent about his politics.
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  3872. No one's a communist here 🤦🏼
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  3873. AMD as a company has been killing it, like he points out 99% yoy revenue growth. Look at the business and their innovative products, xilinx merger will also expand their TAM for larger horizons as 5G starts to take off. At 42PE it's twice the value of NVDA 93PE, with more room (market cap) to grow.
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  3874. Neither can humanitarian organizations... But Israel doesn't care about that
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  3875. ​ @katlegodidit  “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  3876. 😢😢😢
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  3877. Because there's only one reason to vote for candidates.... 🤦🤦🤦🤦
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  3878. You want to talk about ignorance... You literally don't know anything about these people. So how can your ignorant ass make an honest judgement? Smdh. Being ex Navy doesn't make your opinion anymore valid. Did you serve on the USS D-Bag?
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  3879. Lololol. And the interviewer at @1:03 wants the woman to be harassed before she should carry a gun 🤦
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  3880.  @l-uk3xm  "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  3881.  @l-uk3xm  lol, then why did they pop the three with a white flag? W ar cr imes
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  3882. Trump had 600,000 die from a virus he downplayed. Lmao, you have to be joking
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  3883. What democracy?
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  3884.  @Xwarrior-dl4kz  You might be slow in the head, so I say it again; terrorism has a specific definition based on motive. This person could just be crazy.... No one is condoning it. Jfc, youre dense. Paintball?? Get a grip
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  3885. When both sides are terrorizing each other, yes there is. But I take it you probably don't know much about the illegal occupation of West Bank settlements or the blockage of Gaza. Thousands of CIVILIANS are dead on BOTH SIDES.
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  3886.  @xxhorrorpunkxx  You don't understand the English word "both", do you? It's okay, nevermind✌️
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  3887. Lmao, the desert has obviously rotten your brainstem. Keep draining the Colorado River to grow alfalfa and then wonder why you don't have any water in 20 years 👍
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  3888. You don't think climate change causes extreme cold too? 😂🤣😂🤣 You just invalidated yourself as having any shred of logic. You think maybe there are less death due to climate because we created technology to insulate ourselves from the changing climate... Pretty sure in the last hundred years more people have electricity and space heaters 😂🤣 but that wouldnt be of interest to you, lmao. What a clown 🤡
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  3889. You're in denial
    1
  3890. Lol, huff a tailpipe
    1
  3891. Just don't ask for federal money when hurricanes wreck Florida and Texas power grid goes out again and again and again. You know what we should pull all federal money from Florida and Texas especially since they don't want big government.
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  3892.  @timothyblazer1749  Still waiting for a single shred of evidence..... Oh that's right.
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  3893.  @timothyblazer1749  Climate scientists have shown me tons of data.... But you can't reference one thing 🤔 You wouldn't know what a book was if it hit you in the head.
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  3894. You have no proof
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  3895. And....? Is that your excuse to just deny reality? Lol
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  3896. Forgetful Brandon "My memory is so bad I let you speak"... Lol, wat?
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  3897. ​ @robfalter2522  “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  3898. What are you talking about? Do you want to learn about adults using violence... Have you read the Bible? The story of Cain and Abel is in the Torah... Bibi literally called Gaz_ns the people of Amalek. The ones from the biblical story that the Israelites wiped out all their men, women, children, cattle etc etc.
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  3899. First time, huh?
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  3900. Like the 7th?
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  3901. "Anything we don't like!"
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  3902. ​ @younggreeneyes4784  On March 22nd 2024, the Israeli Government seized 1,977 acres of Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley
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  3903. ​ @younggreeneyes4784  they have over 144 illegal settl_ments and over 600 racially discriminatory checkpoints in the w_st b_nk.
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  3904. Lol, the people who complain about it not being a peaceful protest are the same ones justifying extreme violence in the Middle East. You probably think the Kent State m_ss_rce was justified too.
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  3905.  @GinaTaglioli-vi5pn  What do you think lobbying is? Why do Congress people make so much money off of insider trading?
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  3906. Lol, you live in an oligarchy, settle down.
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  3907. ​ @Stilltheking24  Both are horrific. Both support fascism, just in different countries.
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  3908. So true, they just annexed three square miles... But when Russia does it it's the end of the world. "On March 22nd 2024, the Israeli Government seized 1,977 acres of Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley"
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  3909. What is it with auto manufacturers and fake exhaust noises and tips? So happy I got my FiST with a Bomba sound symposer delete. Rather roll down my window to listen to my engine intake, revs, and turbo, even in the cold, rather than have some fake/pumped in noise.
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  3910. I know he's probably just excited but I would have liked the video more if he wasn't yelling. No need for them Samir vibes, no one was acting like Samir.
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  3911. Could be a military type stance
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  3912. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  3913. Even all those 10,000+ kids
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  3914. You say they got their territory back and yet the IDF still roamed in and deleted over a thousand kids... Acting like maintaining a 17-year siege is freeing the population is absolutely crazy. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  3915. How much news coverage did the Great March Of The Return get in 2018-2019... Whether you like it or not, Operation Al Asqa Flood was successful in bringing attention.
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  3916. One bad story and you run for the hills? Lol, ok
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  3917.  @denisesurber8176  What do you think the over 60 court cases that Trump lost were? You guys ask why didn't they do things but you don't even look into what they actually did. You suck.
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  3918. LOOK AT THE D PICS. LOOK AT HUNTERS DONG!
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  3919. Almost like people don't forget about an insurrection attempt.... And now recently calling for the termination of the Constitution. Remember when they couldn't shut up about Hillary for 4 years.... Yeah we're only two years out from J6. You hypocritical weasel.
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  3920. This is how you guys respond to police brutality?? Something tells me you hate freedom.
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  3921. And it's also murder countless lives. "On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burned, killing 146 workers. It is remembered as one of the most infamous incidents in American industrial history, as the deaths were largely preventable–most of the victims died as a result of neglected safety features and locked doors within the factory building. The tragedy brought widespread attention to the dangerous sweatshop conditions of factories, and led to the development of a series of laws and regulations that better protected the safety of workers." Then there are all the Central and South American coups the CIA ran to install dictators favorable to US capitalists....
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  3922. "No true capitalism" Did the capitalist incentive to maximize profit for shareholders cause croniest corruption, welp that's not capitalism anymore. Aahahahahaahaha 😂🤣
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  3923. Community Land trusts and land value taxes are much better.
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  3924. That's still capitalism. Just because a car is rusted with a cracked windshield doesn't make it not a car.
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  3925. Socialism is the workers control of the means of production.... It literally is predicated on workers working 😂🤣😂🤣
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  3926. Probably because those "communist" countries are still stuck in their state-capitalist stage.
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  3927. Yea, working for the 0.1%
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  3928. Money and debt are capital, bud 🤦🏼🤦🏼 There has never been a completely free market, even Adam Smith was for some government intervention.
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  3929. Socialism doesn't mean government 🤦🏼 Socialism is social control of means of production. There are many non-government institutions that do this, like trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions.
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  3930. Where are all the workers controlling the means of production?
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  3931.  @Jordan-tq2jc  Socialism is not about "centralization". Marxist-Leninism uses centralization, but that's just one type of socialism. Socialism is workers control of the means of production, or basically economic democracy. There is no "one" socialism but notion is expressed in many forms, just like capitalism has many forms. There are democratic socialists, who usually want a smooth reformist push toward a democratic government and a democratic economy. Orwell, MLK jr, and Enistien were all notable democratic socialists, and they all where strongly opposed to authoritarianism. Noam Chomsky is an anarcho-syndicalist (like Dennis from Monty Python), which means he doesn't like the government and he wants trade unions to seize control of production. Marxist-Leninists see centralization and state authoritarianism as necessary to abolish private property. To summarize, socialism doesn't mean government centralization and calling FED actions "socialist" is fallacious. Personally, I've been interested in a grassroots movement called the Next System Project. They have devised a way to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures in the US and UK. In addition to trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market, I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too.
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  3932. Lololol 😂🤣 I didn't realize the federal reserve gave workers control of the means of production.
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  3933. Lol, capitalism incentivizes cronyism and you don't even know what corporatism is 🤦🏼 I'll tell you it doesn't mean when corporations take over the government, that is are properly called 'corporocracy'. "Corporatism is a collectivist political ideology which advocates the organization of society by corporate groups, such as agricultural, labour, military, business, scientific, or guild associations, on the basis of their common interests."
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  3934. Socialism doesn't mean government 🤦🏼
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  3935. This is legitimately moronic. We still have capitalist shareholders. Socialism is the full abolishment of private property, not "muh regulations". Capitalism and socialism don't exist on a spectrum of how much government intervention there is, and capitalism has never had completely free markets.
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  3936. He also spent a decade and a half living as an impoverished comic.... The amount of comedians that make it rich compared to the amount of comics that make $15 for a gig emulates the inequality of all round capitalism.
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  3937. Yea, it requires work for the 1%
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  3938. Bakunin disagrees
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  3939. Lol, capitalism incentivizes corruption to maximize profit and then philosophical capitalists cry out that 'that's not capitalism anymore'. As if they don't understand that it was capitalisms doing.
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  3940.  @declassified1  actually I didn't, because we still have capitalism. Calling at "corporatism" doesn't change the fact that corporations are owned by capitalist shareholders, doh
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  3941. We don't have corporatism. I'm pretty sure you're probably confusing it with corporocracy. The misuse is basically a meme by now
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  3942. Lol, I really doubt you understand what corporatism is. So many capitalists confuse it with corporocracy, it's basically a meme.
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  3943. He can't say it so I will: Never buy from Edge Homes, you'll get burned. I hope this guy can get his money back.
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  3944.  @leftisland2603  Oppressors always think equality is oppression against them... It's a weird dynamic where aggressors see themselves as the victim.
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  3945.  @drk321  If you think I'm overlooking Trump, you don't know me at all. I love pointing out the hypocrisy Trump supporters can't seem to understand. You know I literally had a Trump supporter defend the Trump University fraud by saying that it had a 99.7% review rating.... I told him that doesn't change the fact that it was still a scam. He wouldn't listen, lol.
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  3946.  @drk321  Did you really just ask me how Obama is a criminal when I just told you that he violated the Constitution? Is mass national surveillance not an issue to you... Do know it was put into place under the GW. Bush administration, right? 🤦🏼 I literally gave Obama props for how he handled 2008 and Obamacare.... My gripe was that it wasn't left-wing enough. It's funny how you think I'm partisan, I'm a democratic socialist I don't like 99% of the candidates (socialist, like abolition of private property and freeing workers to control their means production within a democratic economy and government... That type of socialism). For some reason you think I'm defending Republicans, I put them all on blast when it matters- Bobert, Walker, Cruz, and Oz all of them are disgraces. The reason why I criticize the American "left" is because I want it to get more progressive through self-reflection. I honestly loathe the sentiment that just because I point out hypocrisy or make a critique means I'm against you. Like I said I vote blue, but I criticize the party.... How is that partisan??? Lol. Literally the opposite of towing the party line 🤣 but sure tell me to sit down- nah, it's okay I can decide whether I sit or stand on my own.
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  3947. Why did you make this partisan?? You think you can trust Democrats? You left out Clinton who literally got impeached for lying under oath 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Don't get me wrong, It's not like lying about a bj is the same as starting multiple wars that killed millions of innocent civilians. All politicians lie, heck all humans lie but politicians just have more reasons to lie. That said I am voting blue, because voting for the lesser of two liars is better.... But they're still liars. Just don't be so partisan about it, and when you list untrustworthy people add Clinton and Obama. Yes, the ACA is nice, but lets not forget Obama targeted Ed Snowden for showing us that the 4th amendment is being eroded, he killed an American without due process, and even though he helped to bring us back from the financial crisis he was bought out by banks and insurance companies. The reason why we got the ACA instead of single-payer is because insurance companies helped pay for Obama's billion dollar campaigns.
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  3948. Did you "graduate" from Trump University, or are you just natural this qualified in Stupid?
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  3949. The Godliest. Some compare him to Jesus.
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  3950. Wrong channel, you delusional cockatoo
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  3951. What?? You're saying Dr Oz shouldn't run for Senate just because he killed a few hundred puppies?! People are just too woke these days.
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  3952.  @josedelatorre2569  What's with the whataboutism, are you denying that Democrats can be corporate sellouts too? 🤡🤡 The problem with partisan politics is you bitches are all too scared to criticize your own party.
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  3953. Lol, Petey will wine and dine your government out to corporate interests
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  3954. I like this gay 🌈
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  3955.  @orangeclover21  That's who Pete is; at the end of the day he sides with the capitalist class and not the working class
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  3956. Two words: That's still less stupid than Republicans voting against welfare, then asking for it.
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  3957.  @bmanagement4657  How does wage slavery protect the proletariat?
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  3958. 🤦🏼 socialism is the abolishment of private property and capitalism. It's like saying you want to have a mix of slavery and abolished slavery, It makes no sense.
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  3959.  @BillyBiceps  Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to talk you out of compassion. I think it's admirable, but imho, at this point if they haven't wised up by now then they're in for the long con. This is a guy who created a fraudulent college and now people flock to this guy because they think a fraud is going on?? They think the fraudster is a "good businessman". The irony is painful 🤡🤡 These are people who wouldn't know itself reflection, even if they were looking in a mirror.
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  3960. You think he's gonna listen, lol
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  3961.  @LG-dj9qr  Oh, settle down with the whataboutisms. Trump is terrible.... And so is Bush. I know he does a lot of cute paintings of horses now, But liberals need to not forget that he was instrumental in fooling the American people into getting into multiple wars that killed millions of people and spent trillions of tax dollars. Dick Cheney funneled billions of dollars into Halliburton, a company which he had just taken tens of millions of dollars in severance from being a board chair before his VP.
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  3962.  @gsb5w291  You know what's funny when I went to go laugh at bobert's campaign office and restaurant (both of which had to be relocated because the property owner didn't want re-lease to her, lol) in Rifle, Colorado, she had a sign in the glass door of the restaurant that read "the second amendment is there to protect the first" - My immediate thought was "well that's pretty pointless because you don't care about the First Amendment." If you can't understand how that's a little hypocritical, I'm going to assume it took you four times to pass your GED just like bobert.
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  3963.  @gsb5w291  So you don't like Boebert, because she hates the First Amendment and the separation of church and state; "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof... " - Bill of Rights, 1st Amendment
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  3964. Tell that to the rural conservatives in her district
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  3965. Don't speak that way about Jesus!
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  3966.  @tr7b410  It's okay Missouri can have her..
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  3967.  @lujanlegacy5907  Kamala isn't ignorant she's deceitful. She's smart enough to be legitimately evil by finding ways to keep people locked up in cages for longer.
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  3968. Yeah... And?
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  3969. That's why Trump never sacrifices the truth.
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  3970. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  3971. Thank you for your grandson's service. Blue lives matter.
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  3972. B R A I N D A M A G E
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  3973. Because their religious zealots not patriots.
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  3974. To
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  3975. Eh, stopping TPP was good. He didn't do it for the right reasons but it had the same effect.
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  3976. Doesn't he know his Lord and Savior emperor Trump had the biggest inauguration ever in 2016. Literally day one, he lies to start a D measuring contest will Obama 🤦🏼
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  3977.  @jasonvoorhees7288  is my comment showing or did it get removed?
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  3978.  @jasonvoorhees7288  Trump deregulated the rail/ transport industry along with many other industries. Pete failed to reinstate policies- that were cut by the previous administration- which would have protected against issues like this. Two parties, one puppet master;
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  3979. Thank Griftin' Trump and Wall Street Pete! True bipartisanship 🤣😂
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  3980.  @jsioux056  You really love the imagery, don't you?
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  3981. Wall Street Pete understands how the economy works.... Apparently he likes the Trump era deregulation of the rail industry that caused the Ohio disaster.
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  3982.  @austinbutler1291  duh 🙄 You said he "gets to"... He always could have testified. You're wording makes it seem like he hasn't been given the opportunity up until now. And you know what, Trump won't even take the opportunity to actually defend himself; He's just going to plead the fifth over and over.
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  3983. 10%? What country do you live in??
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  3984.  @waywardgeologist2520  It's just Lockean property rights and neoliberal econ... you should learn some capitalist philosophy.
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  3985. "it's a possibility".... F this guy. The sun could blow up today "it's a possibility".
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  3986. Bahaha. Did you watch this year's GTC? Have you seen the type of innovation they're pushing out? Omniverse is insane, with already 25,000 company subscriptions.
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  3987.  @hondajacka2  I wouldn't bet against INTC though, they are getting lots of subsidies because Western governments want local chip fabs. INTC has a lot of weight to throw around.
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  3988. Did you watch GTC? Did you see the high level data center and AI computing they do? Intel wanted to do stock buybacks and large dividends for decades rather than push innovation. Nvidia has grown over 30% per year over the past decade.
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  3989. TSMC has too much capex, it cuts down their dcf valuation
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  3990. Blockchain, all entries are public and simultaneously known by all referencers
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  3991. AMD, NDVA, and SMH are the biggest parts of my portfolio. I like these stocks a lot!
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  3992. Apple? The company that uses Uyghur slave labor via the CCP? 🤦 Side question; are monopolies that heavily lobby our government to be less democratic really ESG? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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  3993. Probably a Jan 6er. Have you gotten picked up by the Fed yet?
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  3994. .... On a fasting diet.
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  3995. .... On a fasting diet.
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  3996.  @TristenHernandez  He gets 1.5 million shares in stock options as deferred salary compensation, and has to sell a million shares for taxes. Net 500,000 shares.
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  3997. Tax bills? He gets 1.5 million shares and has to pay about 1 million shares worth of taxes... Each sale nets himself another half million shares.... Or nearly $500M
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  3998. EOY is short term.... What about long term? Does the value added by instantaneous money transfer and smart contracts that pushes into metaverse infrastructure not warrant $100K+ BTC?
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  3999. That dip is here!! Bought some at $220 and $240 not too long ago.
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  4000. You made this all about crypto but crypto is a very small percentage of their business.... Lol, weak points
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  4001. Yesterday CNBC said the tech slide was possibly GME... a 10B company somehow caused a multi trillion dollar slide in the markets.
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  4002.  @eidrahhtarts4102  Sold my individual shares, I still have it in my NASDAQ100 and ironically in my broad market ESG fund. Somehow slave labor is ESG friendly, lol.
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  4003. Free markets don't exist. Government enforcement of property rights is government intervention.
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  4004. Agreed. ForwardPE is the best in the sector rn.
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  4005. What about Gh_z_???
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  4006. Do you guys really not understand that corporate lobbying has undermined the concept of democracy in this country? Stop with the idealism, learn about the real world.
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  4007. Property tax taxes the appreciated value..
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  4008.  @2steaksandwiches665  I'm Green... What are you talking about?
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  4009.  @2steaksandwiches665  Only capital equity. Ironically, I'm a shareholder, and yes, I'd be happy to give up my absentee shares for democratic socialism.
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  4010. If you don't read the news, you're uninformed, and if you read the news, you're misinformed - Mark Twain
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  4011. ?? I didn't she her "fangirl" out. Tasha just understand disruptive innovation. Don't act like Tesla isn't years ahead of its next competitors.
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  4012. A year later: Some feels, huh?
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  4013.  @milosmilovanovic3929  They forward PE is low asf...
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  4014.  @milosmilovanovic3929  Have you seen their forward PE ratio?
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  4015.  @kennet2282  The next fed meeting is probably going to either keep rates the same or lower them. I don't see how the dip off of ATH is from macro policy.
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  4016.  @milosmilovanovic3929  Have you seen their forward PE ratio... They are hardly overvalued. In fact they're one of the least expensive ai companies on a fPE basis.
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  4017. ​ @milosmilovanovic3929  Hardly. One the cheapest AI companies on a Forward P/E basis.
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  4018. No, this is just innovation...
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  4019. Tactical? Like blowing up apartments and shops?
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  4020.  @ferdeanjami5843  New portfolio, who dis?
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  4021. Stonks go down??? Wat?
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  4022.  @warntheidiotmasses7114  EngineeringExplained has a great video on EV's and the grid... It'll be fine has the grid has grown multiple times in size in the past few decades. As for Bitcoin yes I agree it is very very very energy intensive, It's not going to be used for all transactions, that is a ridiculous assumption.
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  4023.  @warntheidiotmasses7114  TSLA is not just a car company, Woods is betting on an automous ride haling service, as Telsa cars already have hardware built in and billions more AI driving than Waymo- that would mean lots of small transactions, in which blockchain's low transaction cost can be a simple payment type. P2P is next gen payment transfer. "Smart money" is an establishment view, TSLA and BTC are disruptors for a reason- at one time smart money won bets on telegram stocks... then innovation happened.
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  4024. 666 in 33 months.... Did you get an occult vision from Baphomet? BTC isn't just clandestine, blockchain is a totally new way of transferring funds. It will have business uses as a method of payment by TSLA and SQ.
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  4025. Yes, Alex, we do. Cathie makes my portfolio rise.
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  4026. How about hanging a picture?
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  4027. If you can't handle 20% volatility... you shouldn't be in stocks. That has nothing to do with it being tech, equities require longer time horizons to account for their inherent volatility.
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  4028.  @HateTheIRS  Cool, thanks for sharing. My taxable account is on a 5-10yr horizon so I can hopefully put a down payment on a house. I know growth companies face some headwind in the short term but I think my top holdings I've chosen have good management and ride on trends that will push them through. My Roth has 34yrs before I can draw on the gains, so it's aggressively growth oriented, holding QQQM, SMH, AMD, ARK funds, ETHE (Ethereum trust), NDAQ, and some other small moon bets. XLY looks like a good addition- You also gave me the idea to add VUG to the Roth for better diversification than the Qs, thanks. Switching to dividends is pretty far out for me, when I do need low volatility and some dividends I like VIG. Although I plan to keep many of these risk on bets, I do plan to add to lower risk assets with future contributions.
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  4029.  @HateTheIRS  I'd like to specify that QQQM gives me exposure to FaanngMT+ as a part of a larger portfolio that's highly concentrated in growth due to a long-term time horizon and an interest in technology, specifically semiconductors, AMD, NVDA, SMH, GOOG, and INTC. MY Short-term allocations are in things like VIG and VTIP. I am super bullish on tech long term, as long as we don't go into a nuclear world war 3 I think demand for semiconductors is going to be an insane secular growth trend. Tech will have bad times, but I'm young enough with enough stomach to handle the volatility through to the correction to the upside. I'm curious where are you with your personal finance risk allocation? What kind of time horizons drive your investment decisions?
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  4030.  @HateTheIRS  I like VUG, but my preference mainly came down to position sizing. NASDAQ 100 has a Goldilocks zone for my concentration risk tolerance in terms of top 10 and total holdings. I want less top 2 concentration risk than XLK and VGT provide, but more total concentration risk than VUG has. QQQ also has more than just tech, with healthcare consumer discretionary & staples, and some industrial/utiltiies, but VUG is definitely better diversified withholdings like Home Depot and Starbucks, and it shows in both the volatility to the downside and upside. It's more of picking an idiosyncratic shade of gray than being married to white or black. Thanks for inquiring.
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  4031.  @HateTheIRS  I'm annoyed, because you don't know why I choose my funds/ sizing and you want to recommend things that don't accomplish my goals, while acting like "it's all the same bro". It's not just an index for me, I choose QQQM because it's an easy way to DCA into multiple names I'd like to hold individual shares of and adds some extra growth diversity, and if I want to weight higher I just buy the individual as well, like I do with NVDA. Amazon Google and Tesla are all companies I want exposure to that your two funds don't hace, but they become too pricey to buy three on a regular basis w/o fractionals. If AAPL or MSFT slow down from their past decade of quick growth or other names just rise faster VGT and XLK have more concentration risk than the Q's. The financial industry is rife with people giving suggestions without having any clue about the person's goals.... So yeah, excuse me when I chirp up and say they aren't the same for my goals.
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  4032.  @HateTheIRS  For starters NASDAQ 100 has 102 stocks, as opposed to VGT with 360 and XLK at 75. Please find me Amazon, Tesla (consumer discretionary), and Google (communications) in either of those two funds. The QQQ also excludes financials and include some healthcare. Not to mention, position sizing is key when looking at holdings. I want my holdings to be concentrated within the top 10, but of the top 10 I want them to be fairly diversified, not +40% in the top two. Sorry, these are basic things I looked at when choosing my fund In the first place and things I was able to double check now within just a few minutes.
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  4033.  @HateTheIRS  I care about expensive shoes but I care about holdings more, I prefer the holding of QQQ(M)
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  4034.  @HateTheIRS  Do you know what my largest ETF holding is? QQQM. ARKK is full of high risk /high reward potential stocks, an 90% of my ARK funds are in my long time horizon Roth to weather volatility. if anyone thinks ARkK and the Q's have the same risk profile they are bonkers.
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  4035. If you've listened to Cathie Woods you'd know she operates on a 5-year time horizon... Over the past 5 years QQQ is up 221% and ARKK is up 372%. People get so caught up in the short-term they don't understand the underlying assets, lol. By the way I own both ark funds and QQQ in my Roth.
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  4036.  @louislong1514  Before the crash ARk was up 700%... Which is in between the two examples you gave. And before you go saying then I'm neglecting the crash... Volatility is what I expected when I bought it- longer time horizons are specifically made to adjust for more volatility, that's why it's a caveat that she always says. Yes, I'm down +30%, does it hurt a little, sure... Does it worry me, No. Because I believe in the underlying technologies that are driving the companies that her and her research team are picking. Are all of the companies good, certainly not, but she doesn't have to bat a 1000. The biggest problem that I see with ark is that people run into her funds when prices are going up and they run out when things are cheap- that's exactly why Peter Lynch closed the Magellan fund. I buy and hold until my conviction changes or the opportunity cost vs benefit analysis changes. It's not even like I'm all in either, ARK funds make up less than 6% of my holdings, it's an okay bet sizing for the risk. I also held AAPL and NFLX for 4 years, so it's not like I missed gains. I'm late to NDVA, but it's a high conviction triple bagger in the next decade, so I have some now.
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  4037. Rather take the respiratory uppercut?
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  4038.  @Zebra663  Great, source citing. u da tru academek, bruh
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  4039.  @Bolden47  You realize there are a wide range of names for the devil's lettuce, right? You "laughin" but you're taking things too seriously, lol
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  4040. The GOP obviously wants to regulate speech, it's obvious they've turned their back on values of freedom. They'd rather dictate their view of what's best for you.
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  4041.  @christopherc.jenkins4064  Cool, shill.
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  4042. He also want companies to give more data to the government... Like China does. You're a goofball, he was calling out companies like Apple that don't share data with Big Brother.
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  4043. So you like Orwellian Big Brother? Gross.
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  4044. So you like Orwellian Big Brother? That's pretty anti-American.
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  4045.  @SpringismySeason  Oh I'm sorry they don't give data to the government they give "data analysis" to the government... Thanks, Einstein
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  4046. You think giving big data to big brother is ethical??? Lmao, okay, Kerrie
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  4047. Destroying freedom is lucrative
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  4048. You love Big Brother. If this was 1776 you would support King George by giving him data on the Washington and Jefferson.
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  4049. Lol, how? You like giving Big Brother more data?
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  4050. Lol, that's a joke
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  4051. Do not understand the irony of supporting the real value of freedom... And supporting a company like palantir which is giving big data to big brother government to end freedoms?
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  4052.  @SolitarySparrow  You act like it's a bad thing to not help blow up Innocent wedding parties in Yemen....
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  4053. Thank you. I scrolled and scrolled for someone who hasn't lost their mind thinking that giving Big Brother more data is good, as if it doesn't conflict with the core values of privacy and freedom from government that America is built on.
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  4054.  @CouchInvestor  Am I wrong?
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  4055.  @CouchInvestor  "A document leaked to TechCrunch revealed that Palantir's clients as of 2013 included at least twelve groups within the U.S. government, including the CIA, the DHS, the NSA, the FBI, the CDC, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the Special Operations Command, the United States Military Academy, the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization and Allies, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. However, at the time, the United States Army continued to use its own data analysis tool.[29] Also, according to TechCrunch, the U.S. spy agencies such as the CIA and FBI were linked for the first time with Palantir software, as their databases had previously been "siloed."[29]"
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  4056.  @CouchInvestor  Data analytics, am I wrong?? Or are you unaware of all PLTRs government contracts with the DoD, NSA, and FBI, or the fact that early investment was mainly just $30M from Thiel and $2M from the CIA?
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  4057.  @CouchInvestor  Did you not hear the CEO talk about giving the US government more surveillance data? Again, I ask, do you think helping lying Big Brother is good?
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  4058.  @CouchInvestor  So you like that he's doing what he say even if that is taking away your freedom and privacy?? Wow, you think you're being moral by supporting people who don't lie, but you're supporting somebody who's being honest about supporting the lying US government. The level of irony isn't even funny anymore.
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  4059. So you like Orwellian Big Brother??
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  4060. So you think giving the government more data to track you is a good thing? You know, you could just move to China.
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  4061. So you think supporting Orwellian big brother is the mature route?? Wow. That's pretty sad.
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  4062. It's obvious that you hate freedom
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  4063. Leave it to a libertarian (Thiel) to want more government surveillance... Typical libertarians
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  4064. You're insane If you think that was sensible and grounded. Big Brother is not you friend.
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  4065. P&D.... Lol, TSLA has been a long term hold for her team. You're being ridiculous.
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  4066. @Chairman Jiao Bai Dun What's the point?
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  4067.  @Anonymous-vh9tc  Lol, ikr. People actual think Capitalism is ethical. The whole economy is build on treating animals, plants, and people like capital goods (e.g. human capital) for the profit of a plutocratic few.
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  4068. Ethical? WeChat, Lockheed Martin, Apple, Facebook and Palentir are ethical? I was looking at their ESG ratings yesterday on ETF.com, I think the best one was ARKW which had a BBB rating (6.6/10). While I do really like the anti-cancer proposition of Arkg, let's be honest after a deflationary boom, profit margins will rise as consolidation happens in the winner take most economy, leading to common pharma price gouging of sick people.
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  4069. Confidence to fulfill projections. These are future based bets with lots of moving parts nothing is 100% confident.
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  4070.  @tomdrno9582  So you really felt compelled to come back after 4 days and restate that?? Lmao. Okay, bud.... Why don't you come back in 4 years after EVs make full market penetration and then "rub it in my face".
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  4071. You understand what exponential growth is? With the proper execution a better price to earnings ratio will emerge as these new large markets start to become dominate revenue streams.
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  4072. That sound??
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  4073. .... Because all of these are highly profitable businesses with changing skus of successful products. GME's underlying profitability isn't good... By that I mean they're not profitable. Jfc, you smooth brain apes should just go back to WSB.
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  4074. Deflation is good for a store of value not for means of exchange.... Smdh, you economically illiterate BitBoi
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  4075. Trump's problem in a nutshell is he's a narcissist, doesn't care about America, and uses propaganda to perpetuate an idea of false hope for the future in order to garner support.
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  4076. Trump totally did something about covid; He peddled false hope that it would "be gone by Easter" .... Basically as effective as redrawing the path of a hurricane with a sharpie. Lmao. Trump also had a record inauguration attendance numbers..... because that totally wasn't a petty narcissistic lie.
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  4077. Lol
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  4078.  @winst0n888  "You know that guy that I called a liar for a year- turns out he likes me now so he's really not a bad guy because I only care if people like me or not" - Trump paraphrased like the toddler he is He doesn't care if you're a liar He just cares if you like him. That sounds like a con man that would create a fraudulent college and scam people out of tuition money.... Oh wait he did. You support a con artist. Simping4Trump
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  4079.  @winst0n888  Lol, you mean there's enough time to become a sycophant? You got Lying Ted over here vouching for Trump after he called his wife ugly... Lol, simping4Trump.
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  4080. You mean Desantimonious.... Lol. Dude, Trump is already ripping on him.
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  4081.  @SamGal4E  lmao, I didn't "infer" any particular ideology. But if you think "flat tax" is completely immune from loopholes that would shift effective tax rates away from the nominal "flat" amounts, then yes, then that ventures into ideology.
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  4082.  @SamGal4E  Lol. I mean if "nominal tax rate" and "effective tax rate" are two entirely different things then yes a "flat tax" rate can still differ. But I'm sure with your ideology it would work out perfectly and there would be no loopholes at all... Suuuuure.
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  4083. You really don't understand anything about taxes if you think this is inherent problem of progressive taxation. You could just as easily have a flat tax rate and have loopholes so that effective tax rates are not "flat".
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  4084. Ah yes, because journalism is "snitching".
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  4085. Where were the politicians when they got people hooked on corporate opioids? Taking lobbying money to shove the average citizen under the profiteering fist of Wall St.
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  4086. Half of you that complain that "Biden isn't doing enough" also complain when there are social programs to help drug addicts....
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  4087.  @longbeach7623  Lol, We literally helped protect product that helped fund the Taliban.... And then wage a multi-trillion dollar war on terror that failed. You don't think that debt bill hits close to home?? Lmao. You probably cry about tax spending, so shut up, you gnarled twit. P. S. NEVER BEEN TO COLLEGE, saved me so much money considering America has a terrible tuition inflation problem
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  4088. Lol, you realize corporate drug companies got people addicted to opiates. The realize criminals are inside already.
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  4089. Capitalism kills for profit. Capitalism is not voluntary, it's a hostage situation...
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  4090. This short squeeze wasn't collusion, We like the stock! billionaires are just mad that they got caught with their pants down with 140% short position. They deserve it.
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  4091. Just fingers crossed, what's your due diligence?
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  4092. Lmao, it only has a 19% short now. Corsair has a 44% short interest and it's actually a good company....
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  4093. Is it really hype if it's real? Have you watched the GTC?
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  4094.  @keaka560  It's literally a global industry, asml is a Dutch company that sources its lenses and mirrors from Germany and sends a majority of its products to Taiwan and South Korea that produce chips for us companies that design them and wall st that invests in them... It's a business that literally circles the globe.
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  4095. Lol, ok
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  4096.  @dgaz3057  Welp, my reply was purged ... Lol
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  4097.  @dgaz3057  It was a Dev conference, GTC normally doesn't move the stock; partnerships, acquisitions, high product sales reports, and revenue and earning reports move the stock. Price targets across multiple banks have been moved up to 1, 000-1250... But I find it absolutely hilarious how if Nvidia takes two weeks to cool off moving sideways people are weirded out. I guess that kind of speaks to how reliable its upward price movement has been.
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  4098. Ummm... Where you been the last year? Is 240% in 12mo, or 1,900% in 60mo, not "taking off"? 😅
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  4099. Lol, okay, buddy
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  4100.  @zitools  So when persecuting a hired murder you would only persecute the hitman but not the person hiring the hit against another person? Lmao, you sound like a PoS.
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  4101.  @zitools  You don't blame the ultra rich for buying out your representatives and corrupting them? You want to place all the blame on the representatives but none the corporations and rich majority owners for buying them off??
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  4102.  @davidletasi3322  3.5 is less than 8.... That's apart of learning to counting, you ass. Don't act like a smart-ass when you don't even know that eight is larger than three and a half 😂🤣
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  4103. Lol
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  4104.  @georgestone6807  Okay, me too. But it's like 90% not going to happen. It isn't a worry though, Nvidia has insane value even without ARM.
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  4105. Have you looked at Microsoft's stock graph after the Dotcom bust.... Parabolic and still adding value. The two companies are comparable because both their future growth will largely be on the back of software, which can scale faster than physicals.
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  4106. It's cyclical, it will drop in a yearish then rocket up again after a 12-24mo slump
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  4107. My AMD and NVDA are happy
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  4108. AAPL and MSFT don't earn anything? Not selling my QQQ
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  4109. ​ @michaelfriend3990  The value of any of these crypto projects, like BTC, is in what the software can do for you. Some people like BTC because it's a faster transfer than money order and depending on the amount cheaper too. Ethereum is a protocol that has more ability to have different apps and that adds value to its users.
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  4110.  @raw-bot9251  I believe there's 180 billion dollars of Ethereum locked up in DeFi smart contracts (so not Wall St.) and there are many layer 2 block chains that still need Ether if they're built on the Ethereum network.
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  4111. Why is that?
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  4112. At least ETH has actual uses for DeFi other than "digital gold". Bitbois like your are annoying, You literally want to stunt the future of blockchain technology in helping provide a decentralized future because you're so puritanically obsessed with Bitcoin. Ugh, the worst. But even you tools have a purpose, keep protecting the Bitcoin network so it stays strong. Just don't bash projects adding real value the DeFi space, smh
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  4113. At 6% inflation? Lmao, okay, buddy
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  4114. That's the LA hills for ya.
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  4115. One is the most expensive pieces of garbage real estate. What an ugly monstrosity.
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  4116. You can totally wear a dress. You just have to be willing to be an exhibitionist, lol
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  4117. Lol, don't get too offended.
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  4118.  @muhschaf Donald J. Trump, on 12/3/22, said he wanted the "... termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.", because he is still crying about 2020 even though over 60 judges (some of whom he appointed) said there was no fraud that would have changed the electoral outcome. He is fascist- a strongman, populist palingenetic ultranationalist who uses violent/ anti-liberal rhetoric (literally what MAGA embraces) is exactly what Mussolini and Gentile wrote about in the Doctrine of Fascism.
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  4119. To be fair, you have to be pretty deplorable to support the guy who said he wanted to terminate the Constitution...
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  4120.  @jeffreybaker4399  You realize that their investment banks like BlackRock buying up single family homes at an astonishing rate. They often just bid above market because it's easier for them to pay a bit more than to haggle the price down. This is a national issue, just sayin.
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  4121. You don't see the example of rising house prices as a legitimate pressure on average Americans? Housing inflation on the national scale has been outpacing wages for a while, accumulating discrepancy between pay and cost of living has definitely become detrimental.
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  4122. Why just limit it to taxes? Why pay rent to a landlord that doesn't care about keeping your apartment up in order? Why help make a profit for a boss that doesn't care about how your work life is? Why pay a mortgage to a bank that's going to credit default swap CDOs and literally bet that you won't pay their loan back, and inevitably crash the economy through their heavily rigged banking system? If you just say taxes you fall into the state vs capitalism illusion.... They work together, so they can both not care about you.
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  4123. You're saying I can buy strong female protagonist? Woah. But seriously, then literally use slave labor.... At that point they're ready to screw anybody over.
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  4124. That's not idiotic... That sounds perfectly rational for a company that's driven by profit motives to expand into a monopoly. The scorpion is going to sting the frog; it's in its nature.
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  4125. Listen to the call, they crying over the difference between 70 and 75 operating margin even when net margins are hitting 55.8 It's ridiculous, at this point it's even more cheaply valued than it already was.
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  4126.  @robertburns4429  wtf are you talking about, I'm not advocating owning other human. You're bullshit.
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  4127.  @robertburns4429  Obviously I don't believe in the legitimacy of the type of ownership. If someone said they "own a slave" do you consider that ownership claim legitimate? I would hope not, I would hope you would call it the theft of a human being. I personally don't view absentee landlords as legitimate, as such believe it is a type of theft. Not to mention the Lockean Proviso. Please, read some more political philosophy before acting so knowledge, it's not as tautological than you might think.
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  4128.  @robertburns4429  😂🤣 Okay, get ripped off by rent seekers that sell you the Earth right from under your feet. It's illegitimate income, in terms of a labor theory of property, even Adam Smith acknowledged that fact; "The rent of land, therefore, considered as the price paid for the use of the land, is naturally a monopoly price. It is not at all proportioned to what the landlord may have laid out upon the improvement of the land, or to what he can afford to take; but to what the farmer can afford to give." — Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI "Of the Rent of Land"
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  4129. Landlords are thief's or do you not know what rent seeking is?
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  4130. Community land trusts create similar entities, but as NGO'S, that have worked in the US. Community land trust even helped black sharecroppers start owning their own land back in the 60's Look into CLT's.
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  4131.  @jacob2359  "Free market, an *unregulated* system of economic exchange, in which taxes, quality controls, quotas, tariffs, and other forms of centralized economic interventions by government either do not exist or are minimal." https://www.britannica.com/topic/free-market Does that help you? Still waiting for that source you've never linked :p
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  4132.  @jacob2359  Lol, says the person that hasn't cited anything.... Bahahahaha thats rich asf, you oblivious hypocrite. Here. "The free market is an economic system based on supply and demand with little or no government control." ..... It doesn't say government regulation (control) is a free market, it literally says little to NO reg are a free market. Jfc. Link your source, hypocrite. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/freemarket.asp
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  4133.  @jacob2359  From Oxford dictionary; Free Market: "an economic system in which prices are determined by UNRESRICTED competition between privately owned businesses." Apperantly, you have a hard time reading. People miss use "free market" all the time, calling restricted markets "unrestricted" just because it's not full Leninist. Black and white logic.
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  4134.  @jacob2359  Trade of property happens in a market, free markets only exist where there's not a monopoly power (like government) regulating what people can trade. A regulated market is just a market with stipulations, like min. wage, zoning laws, and taxes. Some regulated markets are freer than others but outside of a theoretical economics simulation there is rarely ever a free market irl. You were talking about the United States; We have a minimum wage, we have taxes, and most of our cities have zoning laws.... It's not a free market, It's regulated, albeit less then many other countries. The type of black and white thinking is just overly simplistic and dull.
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  4135.  @jacob2359  What do you mean "free market"? It's a regulated market. People will call any market a """free market""", for example, the US government causes a genocide steals a bunch of land then hands it out based on the government granted Homestead Act and they call that the "free market Wild West"- but somehow it's supposed to be free from government intervention, lmao.
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  4136. And yet cooperative businesses exist...
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  4137. "Everyone that doesn't agree with me"... Ironic, that's some pretty anointed thinking there.
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  4138. Marxism is a theory of historical change through the lens of dialectical materialism, which can still be understood with an anarchist perspective.
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  4139. You're describing capitalism.
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  4140. Yeah, Albert Einstein was no intellectual /S Do you guys think before letting your irrational dislike of someone makes you say something that makes no sense? Or is it just a knee jerk reaction?
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  4141. Dude, youre thinking conspiratorally, not rationally
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  4142. Do you understand what a White House press conference is?? JFC, a disagree with the policy too, but that's such a dumb argument.
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  4143. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_photo_op_at_St._John%27s_Church
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  4144. And stand up to Fascism. We need to call it what it is- too long they have hid behind dog whistles of patriotism and family values. They are treasonous fascists.
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  4145.  @biddle4633  The point it that it's pointless, ironically enough ;) Maybe if those prayers had worked 20 years ago I wouldn't have PTSD ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Keep saying your prayers, keep watching the world get messed up. Pray for Ukraine then see a civilian train get missiled... God loves you.... So gullible.
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  4146. 1100lbs of drugs but somehow only a 200kg (440lbs) of H and Meth.... Do they not understand basic metric conversions?? 😆🤣 Literally less than half the weight
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  4147. Melt more, snowflake
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  4148. InBev is also a GOP donor .... But who would have guessed at the Party Of Guns would shoot themselves in the foot 😂
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  4149. That's better than a fascist MAGA rally
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  4150. Melt some more, Snowflake
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  4151.  @TJ-zs1pl  Thanks capitalism for letting me sit on the couch and make money off of others 👍 Capitalism gives money to those that don't work.
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  4152.  @TJ-zs1pl  I have a stock portfolio, I make dividends and capital appreciation because of other peoples hard work. I live off of the work of others like a capitalist lazy bones 😜 cynical capitalism
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  4153.  @TJ-zs1pl  Why do you fetishize employment? You do realize that employment is literally just renting another human being as if their property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  4154. Lol, ok fascist
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  4155. And yet Republicans won't pay for mental health care.... They just want to watch American suffer 👍
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  4156.  @danimal450  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Why? So you can trash talk a dead person that you never knew? Pretty sad how people hate trans people so much they just joke about a family members death and call them "freaks" or "crazy"... Definitely no compassion. Honestly, if anything this opened my eyes a bit to the type of ostracization that my uncle felt. So I guess I can thank all of the hateful people here for that epiphany ✌️
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  4157.  @Phase_Line_Alpha  You start off with maybe a constructive idea of creating a new division.... Then it becomes more than obvious that you're just a typical hateful bully. Obviously, you love bullying trans people until they commit to the loud gun blast or the silent pill settling in.
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  4158. So .. What does it matter? She can do what she wants. I thought it was a free country. I guess you fascists don't like that.
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  4159. Why does the Right complain about Cancel Culture and then run huge Cancel Culture campaigns on Starbucks coffee cups, Disney, and Bud light?? 🤔🤔 The irony.
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  4160. Protesting is a First Amendment right! Why do you discount it like it's some trash idea? The ability to protest your government is arguably one of the most important rights you have as an American citizen..... If you actually don't think protesting the government is a good thing, no joke, you might be a fascist.
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  4161. You like people who sexually abuse women?
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  4162. Biden didn't obstruct justice for a year and a half lying about handing over documents.... Were they planted by the FBI or did he declassify them with his mind? Trump says both, lol
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  4163. Yeah.... It's been here for a while. For some reason I've been watching North Carolina news recently.
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  4164. ​ @foomanxoo  We did... She's in denial
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  4165. Once in a lifetime opportunity... Sorry kids... "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  4166. ♥️🖤🖤🖤🖤 ♥️♥️🤍🤍🤍 ♥️💚💚💚💚
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  4167. Trump is a scam artist... But apparently you got your degree from Trump University so you're really smart 😜
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  4168. Corporate media is all trash. ABC to Fox
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  4169.  @zedrockiby  Peter Thiel
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  4170. Capitalists hate competition, competition drives down profits and capitalists want to increase them. .. the natural tendency of capitalists is to end capitalism
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  4171. Unironically, the answer is.... Socialism “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  4172.  @IndependenceCityMotoring  Lol, context needed.... It lifted billions of people out of poverty while also putting the world's ecosystem and all 8 billion people in jeopardy :/ Feudalism increased the security of many people.... Are we just going to sit around and say that's the best we can do?
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  4173. Is litter-aly a pollution pun? If so, I think it's a trashy joke, if not, your spelling is garbage. To be honest, I won't walk down some streets behind the building because they're litter-alley filled with filth! I hope that joke wasn't too recycled. Sorry for all the throw away jokes, Im wasted rn.
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  4174. What's the solution?
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  4175. Capitalism works for the owners of capital
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  4176. Yes, but corporate lobbyists don't like Arthur Cecil Pigou :( This makes Arthur Pigou, and I, very sad.
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  4177.  @herp_derpingson  Unfortunately, it will be evaded because capitalism wants profit, not a healthy planet. Carbon/ methane/ etc taxes would have more viability in democratic socialism.
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  4178. So your solution is to privatize everything including the air.... That sounds dystopian AF
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  4179. "a Capitalism" lol
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  4180. Yes it does, ARC GPUs
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  4181. Yeah- free markets don't exist irl, lol. When was the most free market time in history?
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  4182. Lol
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  4183.  @ricardokowalski1579  lol, capitalists, silly.
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  4184. It's basically like capitalism, everybody follows the prophet
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  4185. On the contrary, The sheer notion of competitive advantage is what sets capitalist productivity apart from mercantilism
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  4186. Arthur Pigou did nothing wrong!
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  4187. Or we could just ditch capitalism that promotes rampant consumerism and thus the destruction of the planet.... Not to mention the plutocratic hoarding of wealth and power.
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  4188. Copium of the masses
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  4189.  @kushcapone  Why do you think having to rent yourself out is morally okay? 🤦🏼 Anybody who's actually concerned about freedom would know that being able to control your own work and not be rented by another person as a piece of property would be better. Having to constantly rent yourself out because you're so poor you can't control your own life is literally called 'wage slavery'..... But apparently you see nothing wrong with having to rent yourself out constantly to the point that it's basically like not owning yourself. I don't know how you think that's fair pay. I don't know how you think it's fair pay that wages are barely above what they were in the '70s but prices for goods have risen exponentially. THAT'S NOT FAIR PAY 🤦🏼 If minimum wage kept up with inflation it'd be $17 an hour not $7.25 smdh. This is just a bunch of sad capitalist apologetics.
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  4190.  @kushcapone  So you agree that employment is a rental contract for a human being.... But you don't see anything wrong with treating people like property to be rented?
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  4191.  @kushcapone  The employer-employee relationship is an actually a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at least capitalism needs safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class.
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  4192. More precisely it's privatized risk versus reward there is no internalization of social costs. If you look up the work of Arthur Pigou you can see how incorporating social costs into the price paid by private individuals decreases the production of pollution and other negative externalities.
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  4193. Philosophy isn't a science- science deals with knowledge, philosophy deals with wisdom
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  4194. I think you mean corpocracy, where businesses control the government for profit- as with modern day corporate lobbying. Corporatism, on the other hand, is a more complex philosophy of class collaboration, often bringing together different parts of the body politic (corporal means body) together, like workers, bosses, the church, the government, and other institutions. Greedy capitalists and politicians use corpocracy, but fascists and Catholics espouse corporatism.
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  4195. The invisible hand does allocate resources 🤦🏼
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  4196. Better than Friedman... Bruh
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  4197. You think it's going to last forever? Lol
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  4198. The material means of production..... It's not that complicated.
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  4199. I love how you gloss over the part that keynesianism became necessary because free market capitalism also failed. When you look at it objectively capitalism- just like feudalism before it- has had many successes and many failures.
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  4200. Come on, nobody wants three acres and a cow anymore.
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  4201. Lol, do you even know what a trust fund kid is.... A capitalist who sits around and does nothing. What a joke
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  4202. The employer-employee relationship is an actually a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at least capitalism needs safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class.
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  4203. Lol, so true. It's because so much authority and so much power over others rests upon the belief that these systems cannot be overturned without things becoming worse
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  4204.  @billedifier8584  Tbh, I don't think you know what 'corporatism' is, that word is so misused it's basically cliche. I'm going to guess you're talking about 'corpocracy' (basically corrupt capitalism) rather than the mutual cooperation of various groups, like the state, labor unions, business, the church, NGO'S, etc, in society create a corporal interconnectedness as outlined by the Catholic Church as the concept of 'corporatism'. Oh, and btw: corrupt, 'corporatic' crony capitalism is still capitalism.
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  4205. You're objectively stupid. America is a bastion of Western capitalism
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  4206. Lol 😂
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  4207. To be fair it used to be called political-economy, because economics is inherently entwined with politics (fundamentally with property rights enforced by the state and secondarily with regulations put on those property 'rights'). Anthropologically speaking, 'raiding' or 'war for resources', as some of mankind's first economic activity, also blurs the lines more. But yes, there's certainly a deviation between the two.
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  4208. Lol. Maybe for the better, I like how this video raises skepticism about the absolute beneficiality of capitalism without bringing up too many buzzwords that scare conservatives off.
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  4209.  @JayVoracious  No, you Google it.... Or be thrown out of the privatized helicopter.
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  4210. How did you learn this? Did this fact fall out of a helicopter and into your lap?
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  4211. I mean pro-socialism but Are we just going to ignore the famine and political purging that results in tons of human suffering? Russia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, etc.... All of those were pretty violent and went through periods of made man starvation. Russia made big economic gains but at large human costs. Not to mention these experiments failed and now push capitalism pretty freaking hard.
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  4212.  @mayavi93  fair point
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  4213. There is a main topic... Problems with Capitalism
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  4214.  @dungeondeezdragons  You just say random things without expanding on them. You say free markets and slavery are the only things that have worked but feudalism existed for a thousand years.... And honestly I don't even think free markets really exist, considering even the Wild West was a form of government intervention. But of course free market capitalists are the kings of just saying random things without substantiating them.
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  4215. Capitalism has ever increasing demand because it promotes hyper consumerism for profit.... So you're saying capitalism is inherently a Ponzi scheme?
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  4216. While I agree I'm curious what your contentions are with it
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  4217. I think economists have a spot in policy making, but neoliberalism really puts a biased lens on most economic thought. Behavioral economics, socialist economics, and Buddhist economics I'll have different but legitimate additions to make that don't deny people there humanity
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  4218. The problems at stake need far more radical solutions. Regulated capitalism still disenfranchises most of the population and promotes rampant consumerism, which will inevitably destroy the habitability of the planet in pursuit of profit.
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  4219. Lol, got to love people who think that we've been through many different types of economic systems as humans but we finally found the perfect one there is no more innovation in culture to provide a better system 🤣😂
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  4220.  @liberalhere3731  lol, I fully understand that It's just you said that "agrarianism has NEVER fully worked" But yes I agree agrarianism is not sustainable for, or even wanted by, the modern population.
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  4221. Lol, what a weird view of things... You really lost me at the part where you said agrarianism doesn't really work considering that human history was mainly agrarian.
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  4222.  @eyeofthepyramid2596  lol wat?
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  4223.  @eyeofthepyramid2596  considering socialism is the abolishment of private property that makes no sense. Besides you said absolutely nothing about what kind of qualities such an economy would have.
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  4224. Lol, wat?
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  4225.  @inatus_s  It leaves that open
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  4226. Capitalism has helped us advance, but it could also be holding us back.
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  4227. Economics is still applicable in socialism. Just because you have socialism doesn't mean you can violate marginal utility or comparative advantage, it just means you're not constantly incentivized by market forces to utilize them to maximize profit. Other goals besides profit can be considered, but economic rules will still apply.
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  4228. Lol, that's just bad logic. We haven't thought of a better solution yet, so just must not be out there- how horribly unimaginative -_-
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  4229. -isms define the way people structure themselves over the millennia. The mistake is for people to become attached to these -isms, as they rise and fall with evolution of social consciousness. It's not an actual point, but you do know that they had papyrus over a thousand years ago, Alan Turing used the computer in World War II (technically the Babbage machine was the first computer), and the iPhone came out 16 years ago.
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  4230. Zeiss makes the 1 silicon atom thick mirrors for ASMLs EUV machines. I don't believe they make wafer ingots for chips.
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  4231.    people with capital... You mean Capitalists? Capitalists are working against your platonic notion of capitalism.... Yeah, man. Marx told you that capitalism had contradictions. But instead of understanding that capitalism, at times, actively works against itself- you're just going to fallaciously scream "no true capitalism". So you see wrong with renting another human being as a piece of chattel property and to only value them as a means to make profit? 🤔
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  4232.    Arthur Pigou tried to tell people about taxing negative externalities, and even subsidizing positive externalities. But real world capital owners bribe governments so they don't start taxing negative externalities, like carbon. Capitalism is a system that necessarily disenfranchises most of the population and therefore decisions are made in the interest of capital owners and not people of the planet... Where the agreeing to agree breaks down, because the decision making isn't structured in a way that values the opinion of 80% of the population. The employer-employee relationship is an actually a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at least capitalism needs safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class.
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  4233.  @deezynar  Lol, not really.
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  4234. Okay, so?
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  4235.  @ashthegreat1  Denver has a smog cloud around it..... 🤦🏼 You can literally see how unclean the air is.
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  4236.  @ashthegreat1  Do you make a point of breathing in tailpipe exhaust? Is that how you became so intellectually well-endowed? 🤡🤡
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  4237. Their views on CFCs seem to have helped. And I'm not really sure why you want to breathe in more carcinogenic chemicals even if you don't believe in CO2 greenhouse climate change.... which has been known about since the 1800s
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  4238. Not if you want your grandchildren to survive
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  4239.  @AdamA-pm3yn  there are many types of socialism too.... And most of them don't mean "muh guberment". Socialism is an economic system, not a political system.
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  4240. How does this free market system incorporate negative externalities??
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  4241. ESG is kind of silly... Gay Tim Cook can have a green charity and the product red charity be called ESG and still have foxconn worker rights violations along with some components being manufactured by the use of Uyghur slaves. ESG is another PR fraud to save the legitimacy of capitalism
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  4242. If there's no state who enforces the rules?
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  4243. Oh, my Lord! You're divinely right!
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  4244. The employer-employee relationship is an actually a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at least capitalism needs safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class.
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  4245. Look up behavioral economics
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  4246.  @unktzor  So just 100% taxation at a certain level? What level would that be?
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  4247. Soooo... Not capitalism
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  4248. Thanks for providing the name
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  4249. That's what I thought I was surprised to hear the contrary
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  4250. You could have just said what it was...
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  4251.  @rackback4666  lol, @9:03 "You might think you know where I'm going with this.... but you would be wrong." He was obviously making a comment on the two different ways silicon is used in the process, except he took us down the lesser known route because it goes further down the supply chain, and thus exemplifies the global interconnectedness of the semiconductor industry. I have to laugh or else explaining this all out would be more arduous than fun.
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  4252.  @rackback4666  Lol, yea... Zeiss produces mirrors, like the video says. You didn't correct anything. Did you think he said wafers? !!!! Why all the exclamation points? !!!
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  4253. Did you just say Zeiss doesn't produce any silicon products... When their mirrors for ASMLs lithography machines are literally made of silicon, lol. Pretty much the only thing he got wrong was calling the lithography machines "fabs"
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  4254. GDP is constantly rising too.... 🤦🏼 Not to mention over 40% of UST bills are held by American citizens
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  4255. What are you talking about?
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  4256. What makes you believe in the labor theory of value?
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  4257. Wafers are for the chips, Zeiss makes the mirrors that lithograph the chips. They need to be very precise and it would not surprise me if they did in fact layer an atom at a time.
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  4258. 🤦🏼 You could say the same exact thing about capitalism.... Look at the huge amount of inequality due to corporate lobbying. Socialism and capitalism are economic systems but they exist within a political, and more broadly a cultural 'container'. You fundamentally wouldn't have ubiquitous property rights without government enforcement- The United States politically seized massive amounts of land, after genociding the population, and then handed it out to jump start capitalism in the West. Don't act like capitalism don't have a political backbone as well 🤦🏼
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  4259.  @ArabianKnight63  No it is seriously cringe. It's the Holy Grail of enlightened centrism "We don't need actual change, we just need a few tweaks" 🤦🏼🤦🏼 This view is ultimately destructive in its delusion of just society being a small change away... We need massive changes to not steep ourselves in environmental and social catastrophe. But no you're okay with just saying We need a few more welfare programs and some market regulations 🤡 It's cringe.
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  4260. European capitalism is not a mixture of capitalism and socialism 🤦🏼 It's literally just capitalism. Socialism is literally the abolishment of private property. Your no true Scotsman on purity tests is also pretty funny.
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  4261. Taxes and regulation is not really what socialism means, at least not to anybody that's not Fox News. Socialism as outlined by people like Charles Fourier and Karl Marx is basically collective ownership of the means of production and the abolishment of private property. Capitalism can have mixed market economies which are a mix of control by government regulation and by market forces, but it's a common misnomer that a mixed economy means a mix of capitalism and socialism. This is because socialism is defined as the abolishment of private property and thus capitalism, so that things can be collectively/socially owned.
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  4262. Lol.... Please tell me you're joking, or else we are all fked
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  4263. So you don't think we would have come up with a better way of taking care of George Washington? Just like we totally can't come up with a better economic system... Lol
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  4264. No.... So this is the best system we'll come up with? This is it, huh? Pretty lame, imho
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  4265. That's because at its base capitalism and communism are ethical systems that deal with human values, not just monetary ones.
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  4266. 🤮🤮🤮 Fascism is horrible
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  4267. Capitalism is inherently flawed I think the circular economy has a place in the future but it's definitely not with capitalism
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  4268. Cowabunga, my Lord! Serfs up!
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  4269. 🤮🤮🤮
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  4270. Or we could go French Revolution style.....
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  4271. You might also be interested in the channel the Laura Flanders show, she has a lot of interviews with people who are helping to cultivate the economies that you were talking about. Her motto is "where the people who say it can't be done take a back seat to the ones who are actually doing it" ✌️
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  4272. Other than natural gas do you guys have a low amount of imports?
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  4273. And yet your business molests and exploits other people around it. Learn when a negative externality is... But of course you're too ignorant to understand that your business isn't confined to your transaction 🤡
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  4274.  @Homer-OJ-Simpson  If that's your interpretation of my words, your username isn't too far off. Of course corruption happens all over the fking globe, I said neoliberalism seeks to justify a culture of maximizing profit without considering social costs. We have legalized bribery as lobbying and so it wont appear on corruption indexes as prominently as it should.
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  4275.  @thebestevertherewas  The top five countries for economic mobility are Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Iceland..... None of which are America and all five of which are social democracies 🤦🏼 Do not understand that higher inequality means lower socioeconomic mobility? Work hard? There are millions of people in this country that work hard and still get relatively low wages. Working hard is not how you make it in America, owning property is how you make it in America. I understand, I have a stock portfolio... That doesn't justify the horrors of capitalism. To be honest it doesn't seem like you understand how capitalism works. You don't work hard to make lots of money, you let your money work hard for you and let your money make money. It's called passive income capital gains or dividends. C'mon, if you're going to tell me how capitalism works, why don't you actually get to the fundamentals of how it works instead of just giving me "work hard" platitudes.
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  4276.  @thebestevertherewas  How's Flint Michigan holding up? We have the most billionaires... And yet also some of the largest inequality.
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  4277.  @Ironknuckle100  Lol, what? Are you just making up things you want to read? It's a decision made as a couple.
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  4278.  @stephanreiken9912  The cultural problem is capitalism. Economics and culture mediate each other, both are relevant.
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  4279.  @stephanreiken9912  So you're in favor of paternity leave?
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  4280.  @theomay939  Yep, it's not as crazy of a policy as some Americans seem to think.
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  4281.  @nelyyisoppy6509  Nice strawmen. "Oh denmark" "oh communism", good grief. Isn't it ironic that you support capitalism, the system that literally gen0cided the native population so more private property could just be handed out for free to new settlers. The system that supports coups to set up cheap plantations and oil wells. A system that has become literal plutocracy by making corporate-political bribery legal by calling it "lobbying". Don't act as if capitalism doesn't displace, kill, and deprive people of their political self-governance.
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  4282.  @talongreenlee7704  It's not about "instance gratification" if people literally can't afford to bring up a new child. Jfc, people can't afford rent and healthcare... Are they just supposed to cut rent and live on the streets? Great way to raise a child... NOT!
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  4283.  @DellikkilleD  It literally is a social and economic issue. You realize health insurance for old people is also subsidized by young people who have to pay for health insurance and don't get sick as much 🤦🏼
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  4284.  @crissd8283  You think the best system is capitalism... The system that would literally poison your family so shareholders can gain a little more Earning per Share. You basically support Norfolk Southern shareholders getting $10Billion in stock buybacks and a 9% dividend raise before fixing their rail lines and improving safety. No system will be prefect- no one said it would be- BUT worker co-ops have more autonomy and flexibility for workers, so you would have more time to spend with your kids. But hey, why would you investigate a new system that would help you live out your values better when you could just support the same crappy system that puts corporate lobbyists and shareholders above you and your family... the irony is sad.
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  4285.  @sergiobastos4274  Child rearing IS WORK. What is so confusing about that? You push out a baby out your genitals... Yeah, not so easy, huh?
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  4286.  @perimarc6008  What's with the parentheses?
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  4287.  @ICDeadPeeps  It's about PRIVATE PROPERTY not personal ownership. Private property creates wage labor, and wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The insidious dynamic of employment is that it's a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own enough capital goods to make enough income other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  4288. Are you forgetting about the single mothers that have to enter the workforce? Or how about the fact that rents and interest rates have skyrocketed so much, and the wages of the main provider have not increased enough, so both the mother and father have to go to work? Capitalism puts shareholder profits above allowing people to afford living on a single income.
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  4289.  @oliviastratton2169  The US is super corrupt... But corporations have legalized bribery by calling it "lobbying". Lobbying has the highest ROI on all investments. Easy profit means that businesses will do it... That's why we have corporations that give billions of dollars to political campaigns. This has literally been scientifically studied in the 2014 Princeton paper 'Testing Theories of American Politics' by Page and Gilens, you can find the PDF. It basically shows that 70% laws passed are favored by "elites" and only 30% of laws are favored by common people. That's corrupt when corporations make most of the laws.
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  4290. ​ @zoraster3749  Capitalism will always be cronyistic because capitalism biases capital above everything else even if that means getting legal protection.
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  4291.  @chico9805  Oh, I'm down with anti-capitalism. Cooperatives are run by and for members, and so they take care of their members better. Worker cooperatives also share profits so money is distributed more equally throughout society instead of having to be so heavily redistributed through government welfare and programs. Worker cooperatives don't want to sit around and wait for governments to raise the minimum wage they want to raise their own wages, and they often put a pay ratio cap in place. Consumer co-ops, like credit unions or electricity coops, have also been important for serving communities. 42 million Americans living in the Western states get their electricity from power co-ops, because corporations don't find hanging line across the west as profitable. But people still need power; co-ops are built for members needs, not corporate profit. By utilizing more cooperative economics there can be better incentives to put people before profits. Capitalism's adherence to shareholder primacy is one of the systematic reasons for its rise (as it created capital growth) and it will also be its downfall (because it puts capital growth before life itself).
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  4292.  @marksuave25  I was raised by a single mother because my father was abusive... are you saying that I should have been raised with my abusive father?
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  4293.  @chico9805  Lol, and you don't see how capitalism has caused that?
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  4294. ​ @zoraster3749  so you see nothing wrong with stocks soaring while wages struggle... That's not a problem to you?
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  4295. ​ @Deltanam  it doesn't just benefit you it benefits society by creating stable households and stable communities, which has spilled over value throughout society. You really should learn some economics.
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  4296. ​@liversuccess1420 Is that going to make up for the alienation of mothers and fathers from their children? Just being raised by a nanny doesn't really cut it if you really want to make a connection with your parents but hey who am I to tell you about what love is about, lol.
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  4297. ​ @marksuave25  how can you be a homemaker without a home how can you provide food in a home if you don't have money for food that is why Ubi is important... Being a homemaker is not free. Takes a lot of work and there are a lot of expenses that is why society should understand that it takes effort to run a household and it should be compensated.
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  4298.  @chico9805  What the heck does that even mean?
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  4299.  @chalkyapples9791  you think domestic work means being in a relationship. Wow, you really don't understand living in a house do you live with your mother?
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  4300.  @josephk87171  I think you're neglecting the fact that there's a huge Capital Bias that makes the cooperative efforts of family rearing pushed to the side. Capitalism will destroy families so it can make more profit.
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  4301. As a man I find it really hilarious that men say it's so easy to do household work and then when they're assigned to do household work it's taken on with such effort. I'm taking care of a dog that's sick... Even that's a lot of attentiveness.
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  4302. Good. It's ridiculous when you have 8B apes and the social structure doesn't even take care of half of them. At least the countries that are creating exorbitant inequality also decrease the amount of people affected by inequality.
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  4303. Inflation. Govt spending creates inflation if there isn't enough consumption capacity.
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  4304. Adam Smith was a liberal...
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  4305. I'd really like to pick your brain on how you think capitalism was developed... 160 acre land grants from the US Homestead Act of 1862 was not peacefully claimed. It was a massively violent government redistribution plan. Hilarious how you guys just forget that stuff...
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  4306. You love incorporations do stock buybacks and then treat their workers terribly. Capitalism 😎👍
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  4307.  @adamperdue3178  Funny, you don't hear argument when landlords are charging 100% of land rents... It literally just changes who gets the land rent not how much is being charged.
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  4308.  @arspsychologia4401  That's the thing, is that everyone in the community owns the land and the community collects land rents through the LVT or a community land trust. No one worked to make natural resources, so why should one individual be able to exclude others... And in fact, the land values are largely based on the location of amenities in the community. As in a family house sells for more when there are schools, parks, and stores nearby. When a landlord charges rent, that added value has nothing to do with the house or what the landlord put into the property but rather just privately capturing the value others created. Land developers often hold ground vacant for decades as a city builds up around their property, then they sell it vastly more as other people have increased land values by adding value to the community. People would still own their homes and buildings, it's just that all land rents would go to the community. A landlord is free to rent out a house and earn money off of the building, but the ground rents should be taxed.
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  4309.  @leggeman2132  Norfolk Southern did a 10 BILLION dollar stock buyback program instead of improving their rail safety and properly staffing their over worked employees...10 months later we all saw the smoke cloud over Ohio. That's capitalism maximizing shareholders wealth over the health and well being of their workers and community.
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  4310. ​​ @leggeman2132  Norfolk Southern did a $10 BILLION stock buyback program instead of improving their rail safety and properly staffing their over worked employees...10 months later we all saw the toxic smoke cloud over Ohio. That's capitalism maximizing shareholder Capital over the health and well being of their workers and community.
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  4311.  @leggeman2132  Does Apple not use slave labor?
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  4312.  @Nonplussed  Meanwhile the top ten richest people own $1.5T in wealth. Capitalist inequality is not out of date, it's very current.
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  4313.  @leggeman2132  I'm sorry, does the currently largest corporation, Apple, not use Chinese slave labor? Not to mention the past 300 years of capitalist colonialism for cheap land and labor.
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  4314. So basically "Capitalism is the best because it relies on making greed the priority"... Can't imagine anything going wrong with that. Norfolk Southern giving themselves 10 billion of stock buybacks instead of caring about the health and safety of their workers and community... 👍
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  4315.  @H8nji  If by that you mean multiple factors can culminate into an aggregated end result then, yes. It's like adding/ subtracting vectors in math.
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  4316. What's even crazier is that they want to say that they're the only democracy in the Middle East and then blame Palestinians for democratic electing H in 2006
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  4317. Lmao, that's like assuming Blair, Bush, and Cheney are going to go to The Hague 😅
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  4318. ​ @Anne_Onymous  There's literally zero accountability for this authoritarian AI system. I've been trying to talk about the horrors that are going on but they get censored because they're horrific, obviously, but that's why we need to talk about them.... Yt has gone downhill for the past decade. Can't even search for a video without being shown an AI generated set of videos that I didn't even search for. In fact you can search for something and not be able to find the video that you want, but then it comes up in your recommendations 2 hours later.
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  4319.  @Blastsophiekit  “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference
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  4320.  @shawnstephens6795  Neoliberalism is better than neofascism, I hate both, but yes, I voted for neoliberalism. U.S. politics is an unfortunate perdictiment.
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  4321.  @shawnstephens6795  Yeah, I agree, idiots that blame only one party, while failing to see that both parties are bought out by transnational corporations.... Don't act like you're above stupidity, humans are only.... Human (who'da thought).
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  4322.  @shawnstephens6795  Stop acting like it's a false dichotomy, "screwed either way". There are other options in the corporately bottle establishment. Both Red and Blue states have crippling debt, low wages, and heroin problems.
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  4323.  @shawnstephens6795  You realize both parties are bought out by the investor class, right? Left or right, neither care about you, both are aiding in the distruction of the Republic. Acting like it's just the Dems is just naive asf.
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  4324. If you're still stuck in the partisan left right facade you're a bloody idiot and you deserve the corrupt government you get.
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  4325. I like the part where he grabs a woman by the pussy just because he's famous
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  4326. And Republicans will still ask for their socialist benefits....
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  4327.  @eagle1579  and Republicans are okay with Trump grabbing women by the pussy just because he's famous. Republicans are okay with kavanaugh. Republicans are pro-life but are okay with Herschel Walker. The fake moral superiority is cute. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  4328. "grab them by the pussy" 😂🤣 Don't throw rocks if you live in a glass house, buddy
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  4329. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  4330. No, it's a biblical right, It's literally called the "law of jealousy", Numbers 5: 26 - 31 26The priest is then to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial e offering and burn it on the altar; after that, he is to have the woman drink the water. 27If she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: When she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse. 28If, however, the woman has not made herself impure, but is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children. 29“ ‘This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray and makes herself impure while married to her husband, 30or when feelings of jealousy come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the Lord and is to apply this entire law to her. 31The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.’ ”
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  4331.  @HelloWorld-ns7gt  Nope, I actually thought about this- because I am well aware that the Bible's been translated numerous times- So I went to bible hub, each line is shown from a hundred different biblical translations each one was slightly different wording but all demand the chemical miscarriage of an unfaithful pregnancy. For your convenience I will provide multiple translations of Numbers 5: 27; New Living Translation If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings on the curse will cause bitter suffering. Her abdomen will swell and her womb will shrink, and her name will become a curse among her people. International Standard Version When he has had her drink the water, if she was defiled and had acted unfaithfully toward her husband, then the contaminated water that brings a curse will enter her and infect her, causing her abdomen to swell and her thigh to waste away. Then she is to be a cursed woman among her people. JPS Tanakh 1917 And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have acted unfaithfully against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away; and the woman shall be a curse among her people. New American Bible Once he has had her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter into her to her bitter hurt, and her belly will swell and her uterus will fall, so that she will become a curse among her people.
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  4332. I hope you know that the Bible is pro abortion too, Numbers 5: 26 - 31 26The priest is then to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial e offering and burn it on the altar; after that, he is to have the woman drink the water. 27If she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: When she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse. 28If, however, the woman has not made herself impure, but is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children. 29“ ‘This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray and makes herself impure while married to her husband, 30or when feelings of jealousy come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the Lord and is to apply this entire law to her. 31The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.’ ” The sanctity of life is based on the father's paternity, the paternity is not correct and abortion is commanded by God.... And the priest should be the abortion doctor.
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  4333.  @americawheredidyougo1994  you're just making things up. Scientifically, a fetus can react to stimulus through reflex, but there is NO cortex to process pain signals until after 24 weeks (2nd trimester). You can make a severed frog leg move by putting electrode on it to stimulate the nerves- that doesn't mean the dead frog leg feels pain. Why do you assume the fetus wants to be alive? Why should it be born into a bad home with an abusive father? Women who birth an abusive man's child have to interact with the abuser and that hinders the safety of both child and mother. But tell me again how you care about life when you force birth then provide little to no assistance to help them if they are in a bad situation. Also, do you believe in limiting pollution, or are shortened life spans and increased health issues "pro-life"??
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  4334.  @brendawestley2506  Scientifically speaking, before the second trimester doesn't cause pain to the fetus. If a mother wants to carry to term and have the child be adopted that's fine, but that should never be mandated as it has an effect on currently living people (a fetus is not an independent organism). Also, I find it curious that people just assume the kid wants to be here. Not to mention, over use of resources and pollution by humans will eventually kill the ecosystems that sustain us, so why is cramming more hairless apes on this small planet "pro-life"? I find it ironic that pro-life Republicans are happy to lift EPA regs and pump smog into the air of a new born and it's parents- not saying that's you, but if we want a "happy and healthy" life for the little ones the environment is very important.
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  4335.  @brendawestley2506  I also believe there should be limits, for me I believe in a 2nd trimester limit, unless the mother is in danger. In terms of those exceptional circumstances do you believe abortion in the case of rape and incest should be legally protected? Do you believe abortion should be mandatory for infidelity?
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  4336.  @brendawestley2506  You mean unviable fetuses? Scientifically speaking, they're not babies yet. Don't you know God commands abortion in certain cases? Numbers 5:26-31
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  4337. It's funny how pro-life people are so opposed to measures that decrease the risk of death....
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  4338.  @manoftruth0935  Exactly, So the sanctity of life is not absolute- You just admitted you're happy to abort a child if there was infidelity It doesn't matter about the child- It is based on the father's paternity. It is a patriarchal system that uses eldest male lineage to transfer property. Forced abortions in the Bible are to decrease the transfer of property to an illegitimate son. But again you don't care about the child's life You only care about the infidelity in which case you're happy to abort the child because the Bible said so. I'm really not sure where you're going with this... It's clearly explained in your Holy book
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  4339. You hate the word to describe people coming together for a common cause?? Lol, talk about a snowflake.
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  4340.  @bailujen8052  Soooooo... What's the point you're trying to make here?
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  4341.  @arroeducarlion4990  Considering laws are being put in place to restrict abortion in the cases of rape and incest.... This law is obviously geared at people who have been victims of sexual assault, even if it is a low number, but why you're choosing to support vilifies people who have been abused. The fact that you're okay with defending making a 10-year-old carrier incestual rape baby to term is honestly disgusting. She doesn't know what's happening to her body she was assaulted and now is involuntarily pushed into this predicament. Let the kid be a kid, let her go to school and have friends, rather than being a 11 year old pushing a stroller. The fact that you're still defending this breaks my heart for the victims of sexual assault. But I'm sure you're happy to hear you'll hear more of these articles about underage children being forced to carry to term or sneak out of state to get the medical attention they need.
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  4342. ​ @handler007  Israelis stole the land, what are you talking about?
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  4343. People don't even know that America helped support Saudi Arabia's war against southern Yemen that caused the deletion of 370,000 people. They don't like the US either because they oppressed them too.
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  4344. What legal dispensaries are causing death?? You're insane. Nobody said it would get rid of cartels completely but it definitely shifted the market away from them.... Oh but then governments at all levels thought they could just tax the crap out of it and it wouldn't affect the supply and demand curves, lol.
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  4345.  @dernvader6876  okay
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  4346.  @dernvader6876  🤦🏼 What are you on right now that's giving you such an ego trip? I had a few grades of N,N (yellow to white with tinge of yellow). It was winter so I was doing it out of a dab rig inside, because I don't smoke weed bowls inside. It was great a few times as I was just rolling it in some bho and dabbing, and then I move pouring it in on a card. That worked a couple times and then I slid wayyyy too much in- I wasn't even finished inhaling before the sound echoed in my head and I saw my dabberg multiply linearly across the room and then I was moved forward into a temple and shot up through countless mult icolored dimensions and then landed on a plain of sketched cartoon hoodlum characters- who didn't want me there because I got way too high and the scenery was literally like I was in the wrong part of town. They proceeded to beat my psyche up with a 2x4, psychic punches and one of them even through a brick at me. As I came down I fell through the cloud and was then falling through multiple layers of dimensions until my DMT blood levels plateaued. Definitely taught me to be a little bit more careful with how much I use, haha. But dude I've literally found out how to turn off the chatter in my head and be in the here and now because of LSD- It makes me truly curious why somebody, like yourself, needs to feel like puffing out their chest. What lessons have you learned from psychedelics... As I've proven it doesn't matter how high you get and what niche thing you did- that's just a hilarious excuse for dick measuring- It matters what you derive from the experiences. The more I observe the more I believe wisdom is derived from self-awareness, self-reflection, and most importantly, humility.
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  4347.  @dernvader6876  lol, it's always hilarious when people try to say that to other psychonauts. No matter how old you are I guarantee you I've had a DMT trip that rocketed me through more dimensions than years you've lived.
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  4348. I don't want to be out in nature where I could fall off a cliff 🤦🏼🤦🏼 I do want to be in a medical setting, where there a proper accommodations with the ability to walk outside in a garden/ greenhouse. Honestly psychedelics could change what the "medical setting" means- it doesn't have to be for white walls.
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  4349.  @charlie-jd3ls  Me too, that's why I don't pray
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  4350. Why doesn't God do something? Isn't he in power?
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  4351. Capitalism created a middle class and then promptly destroyed it. 63% of the wealth produced in the last 2 years has gone to the 1%, that means 99% of the population has only received 37% of the wealth. Don't act like extreme inequality isn't driving out the middle class.
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  4352.  @willnitschke  Crazy? I said 'calmly', that's totally different, maaaaahnnnnn. You need to zoot a boof of a sticky icky Purple Urkel kola and chill out. Your vibes are, like, totally aggro- there's, like, no need for the hostiles, my brother ✌️ Namaste ✌️🪷🧘
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  4353.  @willnitschke  I dont smoke weed, I calmly insert unharvested cannabis plants up my rectum until my colon absorbs the mixture of cannabinoids and terpenes. I believe the kids call it a cannatonic colonic or "that good shit".
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  4354.  @willnitschke  That's better than being a Pinochet sycophant.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Lmao, I love how You don't have the intellectual capacity to have an educated conversation about the various sects of socialism that are not Leninist.... So 'fruitcake' is the level of discourse you "rise" to. I'd rather be a fruitcake than a Will Nitschke.
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  4355.  @willnitschke  Lmao, okay Pinochet Lover
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  4356.  @willnitschke  Pinochet sounded like so much Freedumb.
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  4357.  @willnitschke  the clown is somebody who thinks socialism means centralized control 😂🤣 acting like the Soviet Union is the only type of socialism is like saying Pinochet is the only type of capitalism 🤡🤡
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  4358.  @mark5338  Do you realize that Dick Cheney had a big hand in getting into Iraq.... Just like he helped facilitate Kuwait in the '90s. The dude went back and forth between Halliburton and different government branches for decades.... Before he became vice president he left Halliburton with a $60 million package. Guess who got billions of dollars of no bid contracts: Halliburton. Halliburton isn't just an oil field and construction company, it also has its own private military arm. George Bush and Dick Cheney are directly responsible for over a million deaths of Iraqi civilians. And that's just one war 🤦🏼 You literally just brushed a million dead lives for oil money under the rug..... That is absolutely horrible. It just shows how corrupt your argument is. Let's not even talk about the countless number of democratically elected governments that have been overthrown for US profits- The US government helped install a right-wing dictator in Guatemala so they could have cheaper bananas. Who the hell said you had to adopt a worst economic system... Nobody here is advocating for Stalinism. That is so disingenuous it's not even funny. Stalin basically acted as a capitalist who also ran the state, that's why we call it state capitalism (literally just capitalistic production for the profit of the bosses magnified by easier political violence). You obviously didn't take a second to actually understand what the better solution is.
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  4359. So how are you going to stop capitalist from bribing Congress people When capitalists have bribed Congress people to not institute laws to stop them from bribing Congress people.... Do you see the problem? Profit over people is the problem.
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  4360.  @ExPwner  lol, as if ancrap would know, bahahahahahahaha
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  4361. 5% of the world are struggling? That's a very low "estimate"... In fact some would say you just pulled that number out of your ass. I bet you you didn't include all the people living in China in foxconn factory towns or digging up cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Congrats on being ignorant 👍 Also, don't you mean state-capitalism? If you think Stalinism was 'communism' you don't know a thing about communism- we just call them "communists" because that's the propaganda they used.
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  4362. Thought that named sounded familiar.... And then I realized; it's YOU! THE GUY THAT IS OBSESSED WITH SOME INTERNET DUDE. Oh, my! You're still at it.... Wow, that's, ummm, sad.
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  4363. You don't think capitalism is enforced through violence? 🤦🏼 There's a million dead Iraqis so Americans could have cheap oil and American corporations could have cheap profits.
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  4364. Amazon doesn't sell anything? You're telling me they don't sell AWS services? They don't sell server space? I'm just going to come out and say I don't think you understand the full context...
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  4365.  @ExPwner  ..... Your response missed the point to such a degree there's really no use trying to formulate a response. Dude you literally keep obsessing about a single person for over a year..... Why don't you go make some more clips about Michael Mappin, you triggered snowflake.
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  4366.  @ExPwner  Lol, Bhutan cultivates gross domestic happiness as their main economic metric 🤦🏼 Dude just stop talking if you're just going to ramble about things you don't understand. Besides you really think there is no way to quantify happiness... As if surveys don't exist. I do happiness surveys and they help me quantify my quality of life.... But the simple concept of a survey seems to confuse you. Lmao. Wow.
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  4367.  @ExPwner  Except it does.... But like I was saying you don't like to do research ;) You make me chuckle. Keep dancin', clown.
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  4368.  @ExPwner  You should probably research Bhutan. But I don't know if research is your thing ✌️
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  4369.  @willnitschke  except cooperatives and other democratically managed wealth building institutions actually provide more happiness and security. There are multiple examples of this... But I think you don't really care about the real world examples. You seem pretty close-minded.... You're totally somebody who would have doubled down on feudalism in the 1700s.
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  4370.  @willnitschke  You obviously don't understand the difference between corporatism and socialism.... Fascism as outlined in the doctrine of fascism, written by Mussolini, is corporatist and utilizes many of those policies 🤦🏼🤦🏼 Hitler utilize the word socialism to appeal to the working class even though there was nothing socialist about him- and he literally killed all the socialists in the party in 1934. You can't argue that he's socialist when he literally purged all the socialists from the party.
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  4371. Next you're going to try to tell me seahorses are literal horses because 'horse' is literally in the name... Amiright Marky Mark? The National Socialists had to be socialists because it's in the name right, Marky Mark? I'm just curious if it's clicked yet....
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  4372. "Eggplants" are eggs that grow like plants.... It's literally in the name Mark! 1 sunny side up eggplant, please!
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  4373. Psssst, Marky Mark.... I know that "koala bears" have 'bears' in their name but they're not bears. "B-b-b-but IT'S IN THE NAME!" 🤡🤡🤡
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  4374. Mark you're the type of person who thinks a koala bear is a type of 'bear' and not a marsupial 🤦🏼 You see the problem with just taking things at face value is that you don't actually think about it. You should really take some time and learn about the things you're talking about or else you'll end up calling koalas literal bears instead of marsupials... And you'll wonder why people are calling you wrong. But alas, I don't think you have the care for education to move this analogy back into political-economics.
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  4375.  @mark5338  Yes, and you think the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea is democracy don't you? It says it in its name so it must be true 🤡 He was elected within that party, yes.... And like I said in 1934 he committed the purge 'the night of the long knives', in which he killed all the socialists in his party. But like we already established you don't care about history. You just fall for totalitarian propaganda, like a chump 🤡🤡 it'd be funny if it wasn't so sad.
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  4376.  @mark5338  If you think Hitler was a socialist you probably think Democratic people's Republic of Korea is a democracy 🤦🏼🤦🏼 You literally just fell for the simplest authoritarian propaganda out there.... You literally might be that stupid to fall for Hitler's propaganda. Bahahahahaha Yeah Hitler was a socialist and then he killed all the socialists in the party in 1934 🤦🏼 Great job learning history, numbnuts.
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  4377.  @ExPwner  government enforces private property... Nunbnuts. Let me guess you don't really understand history, do you?
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  4378.  @mark5338  Porsche .... You mean that capitalist who gave into fascist powers and helped create tanks that killed people for Hitler. You just picked a hilarious car company to make your point. I bet you did nazi that coming, am I reich? P.S. I didn't realize I responded to three different comments you made.... They were all such hilariously bad takes. Your capitalist apologetics are just sad, but at least you made it funny.
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  4379. Why don't you use Pinochet as an example of capitalism... How about Dick Cheney and George Bush getting us into wars with no justification that end up killing millions of civilians. Oh wait you're biased against looking at the real injustices of capitalism 👍
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  4380.  @willnitschke  Great job on the off-the-books funding of the Iran-contras by funneling crack into the inner cities 👍 Making America Great 👍
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  4381.  @willnitschke  Nice strawman.... But hey, that's you, Fruitcake ;)
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  4382.  @chloejasper6852  you'll vote for Trump even after he said terminate the Constitution? Yeaaa... You hate America.
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  4383.  @rubenmocuta3109  you'll pick a fascist over a liberal 🤦🏼
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  4384. This just in: violent cops do violent things.
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  4385. There's more to Marxian theory than communism 🙄 Dialectical materialism in no way necessitates hyperinflationary tactics.... In fact, such a bad tactic was proved to fail in all material regards. Also, Marx did change tactic preference a variety of issues.
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  4386.  @wtice4632  Lmao, am I your dictionary now? 😂🤣 If you think I'm wrong you can always make an argument, but for course you won't. I 'liked' his comment, windbag. You're full of assumptions and arrogant ignorance. "Mistakes happen", yeah, we know. We're talking to one.
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  4387.  @MrTomyCJ  You found the irony in the logic of capitalism... Capitalists love to tell the working class that they're lazy if they don't work... Meanwhile shareholders (like myself) don't work and just live off of the work of the working class. You can't realistically expand the goal for everybody, somebody has to work to make the money for the shareholders. I know the idea of the "American dream" is tantalizing but it is just a dream for most. Poor people are lazy if they don't work, while rich people are so cool when they don't work... Yet we don't question why poor people are poor and the rich are rich. What a sad society we live in... Literally; American depressive symptoms have skyrocketed under this type of inequality.
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  4388.  @wtice4632  What a very articulate and intriguing response, I will be sure to adjust my views accordingly; not an iota.
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  4389.  @wtice4632  It's a Zizek joke.... Of course you wouldn't understand it; You don't read much philosophy. The first comment is a rephrasing of John Locke and a couple basic neoliberal terms 🤣😂 I'm sorry you don't understand basic concepts of capitalism.
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  4390. 😅😂 The movie Titanic had ads before the movie... Must not have been worth the watch.
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  4391.  @seanwieland9763  Zizek, bruh. The parallax view of the present is important for properly contextualizing past thinkers. I'm sure you would be remissed on not denouncing me for the Lacanian aspect as well, lmao! But to be honest, I'm not too worried cuz you don't strike me as somebody who would even understand what the Hegelian dialectic is or how it's applicable, let alone know what Zizek is about. So let me get this straight; You sincerely believe that capitalism is a timeless aspect of human essence?? Hahaha 😂🤣 Thank God we have existential absurdity too revel in the ridiculousness of such a claim. It's people like you who are the reason why I bought an 'Enjoy Capitalism' shirt off of Amazon for the pure 'surplus enjoyment' (Lacan) of the sheer irony. The embracement of the existential absurd, as an assertion of freedom within this fate of wacky people like you that think Jeff Bezos' churning employee turnover rate is genius. Great, I'll pay for the shirt with my cynical stock portfolio... You know, money I aggregated without doing any work, yet capitalists criticize the unemployed for social benefits without work. I'd honestly love to know what your deranged definition of 'capitalism' is... Because it sure is not the commonly understood usage. "Timeless" lmao
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  4392. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  4393. Brilliant 😂
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  4394. @arturphoto.4010  As long as it's an ST.
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  4395. Freedom and cataclysmic climate change 💪💪
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  4396. It would seem to be context dependent. The largest liabilities of home buying are the mortgage, maintenance, and property taxes. Asset generates income/ capital growth, while a liability is an expense/ loss of capital value. A homeowner can make regular income by renting out rooms. They can also increase their capital value by renovating and/or having the property located in an up-and-coming area that is seeing land values raise. If income/ increase in value can eclipse the costs, then it's a wealth generating asset. One house might be a liability and another an asset. Similarly, cars for most people's are usually a liability that earn no income and depreciates, but an Uber driver might see it as an asset for making income, or a car collector might buy a car because it's rare and will appreciate in value (they might also rent it for photo shoots).
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  4397. What's your time horizon? What's the quality of the companies you own? Money that you need in less than 3 to 5 years shouldn't be in stocks, as it won't have time to recover if the price drops in the short term. Higher quality companies will be able to weather downturns a lot better- I personally like VIG, the vanguard dividend appreciation ETF, because it acts as a screening process for picking companies that are healthy enough they can raise dividends even in rough waters.
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  4398.  @mikkelhansen3714  This month old comment is month old milk. 99%yoy rev growth and 126%yoy profit margin growth. It's been a great year for them... But you think they should still trade sideways??
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  4399.  @NewMoneyYouTube  I agree they might be on the higher side, but the point I was trying to make is that people want high-quality financial assets. There is a premium to be had for companies with good management, strong market share, wide moats, large margins, and continual high-paced growth. Mag7 is very strong. The biggest threat to them was Lena Kahn of the FCE, because a lot of them are very monopolistic in their rent-seeking practices, but with the next administration the FEC won't be as much of an issue. Now with that swept under the rug, the new problem is tariffs. Apple already has shown that last quarter they had some growth problems with the iPhone (that could just be cyclical or it could be a signal of saturation), and that will be a hurdle that will be harder to clear as Chinese manufacturing gets taxed. I do see some potential issues with the chip sector as Taiwan becomes less safe guarded. As a Nasdaq100 bull those my bearish views.
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  4400.  @CyChong-vm2uf  Yes, for indexes it means just that. That means at 7.5% Nvidia will have 75M of buying pressure for every 1B the SPY inflows. Fun fact: Even though there are 500 companies that are on the SP500, there are 503 stocks due to the fact Alphabet, Fox Corp, and News Corp, have two share classes listed.
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  4401.  @kurniawanms2  Next year? Nah, 5T maybe, but there is no way earnings and multiples are expanding that much. But most likely 10T before 2030.
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  4402.  @timmitoz1380  I get the law of large numbers thing, but big companies can also create whole new markets that have high returns, but have the barrier to entry of high capital expenditures. And let's just be honest from an investor standpoint, doesn't it feel a little bit better to own a high growth form with a big name that most people have news coverage on rather than something obscure that has more information asymmetries than could jackpot with large gains or just hide big risks. Nasdaq100 has lots of high quality companies and high quality firms trades at a premium. Have you looked at Nvidia's guidance? 80% yoy growth this quarter and 67 next quarter, yes, it's slowing, but it's still massive for a company with 50B+ in net income. ForwardPE of 34 due to large earnings growth projections, which yes, is nearly half of the current 62, so net income is expected to nearly double in 4 quaters. New chips have pent up demand as hyperscalers look to make 100k-300k chip clusters. Then there's robotics and FSD cars. Nvidia is opening up 100s of billions in new TAM. That's something a small cap can't do. As for a Bitcoin, it produces no cash flows (the network can supply miners with revenue but that's dependent on people holding and wanting the underlying asset that has no cash flow). Its price has largely been a reflection of currency inflation and political instability pit against its limited supply, which is why there's the overused euphemism is that it's "digital gold".
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  4403.  @timmitoz1380  1/2 Totally get the law of large numbers and all, but big companies can also create whole new markets that have high returns, but have the barrier to entry of high capital expenditures. And let's just be honest from an investor standpoint, doesn't it feel a little bit better to own a high growth form with a big name that most people have news coverage on rather than something obscure that has more information asymmetries than could jackpot with large gains or just hide big risks. Nasdaq100 has lots of high quality companies and high quality firms trades at a premium.
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  4404.  @timmitoz1380  2/2 Have you looked at Nvidia's guidance? 80%yoy growth this next quarter. ForwardPE of 34 due to large earnings growth projections, which yes, is nearly half of the current 62, so net income is expected to nearly double in 4 quaters. New chips have pent up demand as hyperscalers look to make 100k-300k chip clusters. Then there's robotics and FSD cars. Nvidia is opening up 100s of billions in new TAM. That's something a small cap can't do. As for a Bitcoin, it produces no cash flows (the network can supply miners with revenue but that's dependent on people holding and wanting the underlying asset that has no cash flow). Its price has largely been a reflection of currency inflation and political instability pit against its limited supply, which is why there's the overused euphemism is that it's "digital gold".
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  4405.  @timmitoz1380  I keep replying but they keep vanishing... 🫤
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  4406.  @timmitoz1380  I would like to respond to you but they keep disappearing...
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  4407. RIP David and Moosey
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  4408.  @MAXIMUSMINIMALIST  I hope you realize that that South Park reference is very outdated, especially since Matt and Trey created their follow-up episode 'Time To Get Cereal', in which they conveyed their regret for denying climate change. Hope that helps, brah.
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  4409. Grope-Gate
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  4410. At least Boobert has 2 redeeming qualities
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  4411. It's the irony of her being a Christian Nationalist ... Last year she literally said she wanted to get rid of the separation of church and state, a clear violation of the First Amendment and I don't think ecclesiastic law would be too happy with her behavior.
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  4412. You got to give her credit for reaching across the aisle to get a handle on the hard issues, but in doing so she just vaporizes arguments against being Pro-Life. Admittedly, her behavior was a good snapshot of how flashy she is.
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  4413. Did you see how forcefully she shoved his hand into her bosom? I'm sure she would have been the one to try to get his finger wet, cuz that's the type of gal she is. Great date, bad Christian Nationalist ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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  4414. Can't wait
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  4415. It's about her "family values".... She's literally said last year that the church should control the government- a clear violation of the First Amendment. She's not even fully divorced yet, does she think laws set by the church would allow this type of behavior? She's a grandma on now because her seventeen-year-old son impregnated a fifteen-year-old... The biblical crime would probably be the fact that it was out of wedlock (go firgure) but does she seriously think Church imposed laws would be a good thing? That's why it's so hypocritical; she's literally talking about violating the First Amendment to impose laws that even her family would be punished by... it's comically ridiculous.
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  4416. Poor soul
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  4417. I made 350% return over 5yrs on Apple stock with that basic cynical outlook. People pay extra for status.
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  4418. Yes, and the irony is... that group of people becomes the government 😅 It's a NECESSARY EVIL.
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  4419. If taxes were volunteering the monetary system would be worth never little.... Not mention, the Articles Of Confederation failed twice.
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  4420. What can you expect from "dick spring", rushing into caves headstrong 😅
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  4421. Funny how Democratic Supreme Court justices have nothing to say about corruption from Thomas... Cuz they're all in on it. Menendez is the caricature whipping boy for this plutocracy.
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  4422. While a primary residence with no renters is not an income generating asset, it could potentially grow in capital value either through renovation or increases in land value. Much like how many companies don't pay dividends, but focus on capital growth.
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  4423. If you want an interesting police corruption case, look up the train track boys, who were most likely murdered by a corrupt cop who was collecting cocaine dropped from CIA planes, like the ones Barry Seals dropped coke from. The medical examiner had some pretty ridiculous autopsy claims for the boys and other witnesses that turned up dead. So the boys parents had two other private autopsies done, and both were very different from the public examiner, appointed by none other than the Governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton. Crazy story. FBI, CIA, and DEA have 16,000 pages of documents on the case, and only 2000 have been released mostly blacked out. So yeah, basically don't trust the authorities just because they have authority.
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  4424. How do people think they're actually going to get away in a situation like this? Just take the L, stop adding charges.
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  4425.  @gaywizard2000  If you love the noval 1984 You should know just how dangerous towing the party line is. I make no false equivalency between Republicans and Democrats, I'm way more left-wing than corporate Democrats but if that's the option I'm going to vote for them over fascists. I can vote for Democrats and criticize them.... It's called being a self-reflective adult who understands that sometimes bettering yourself requires critique 🤦🏼 There are some Democrats that emulate my views but not nearly enough and not in my districts. It's disappointing you don't understand how detrimental the plutocratic influence of money and politics has been- literally 70% of public policy doesn't coincide with public opinion. I don't know you- but hey, you assumed upon my political beliefs so why is it so rude to assume upon yours? 😂🤣 The irony! I'm a socialist who wants to abolish private property (capitalism) in favor of economic democracy through cooperatives, trade unions, community land trusts, credit Unions and public banks.... You're going to have to push the Overton window pretty far in order to be further left than I am- I only "arrogantly" bring it up because you arrogantly assumed that I was a Republican. I find the extreme contrast to be humorously ironic. I don't believe I ever started commenting at you- You interjected yourself here when you assumed upon my political beliefs, if you can't handle some clap back maybe you should step away from the screen, do some self-reflection, and really think on why I might retort in an assertive manner. I'm not mad, I just think it was a little rude to act like I support a fascist with literally no evidence. So I'm setting the record straight.
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  4426.  @gaywizard2000  I find it hilarious that you thought I was a Republican because I criticized Pete Buttigiege... You expect me to just tow the party line? Lmao. You should read some Orwell and understand why that's bad. I'm probably wayyy more leftist than you, bud. You love creating false dilemmas, don't you? Although our political landscape is a duopoly, the thoughts in our minds don't have to be- somebody can be critical of both Pete Buttigiege's response as well as Donald Trump's, for separate reasons. The fact that you can't handle a non-binary opinion speaks to your lack of qualifications to speak about American politics- you might know the politicians, but you don't know the political opinions of the American constituents and so you just happily stereotype every American as an overly simplistic binary archetype.
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  4427.  @gaywizard2000  Why would you assume that I like Trump and Bush? Bro, I'm a registered independent 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 I don't belong to any party
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  4428.  @gaywizard2000  Yeah, I'm not your average American in terms of political education, lmao. I've studied political science and economics for 10 years. And why do you think I agree with the Bush response to Katrina... 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Bush and Cheney were a catastrophe everywhere they went for all 8 years. Lol, Why did you bring up hurricane Katrina, sad but irrelevant? And why would you assume that I agree with the Bush response? So many questions.... So many facepalms🤦🏼 The fact that you can't acknowledge that money in politics is a huge corrupting force speaks volumes for how little you know. 'Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens', was published out of Princeton in 2014 by Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page, and since then other papers have come out collaborating their evidence that public policy is heavily distorted by elite interests. But I assume actual studies about political economy don't really pique your interest... You'd rather just make some stuff up about a country you don't even live in, lmao. Peace out, Looney Toon ✌️
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  4429.  @gaywizard2000  lmao, then you dont get to talk about money in American politics. American politics is plutocratically distorted, but what do you know about American politics. Fkn Looney.
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  4430.  @gaywizard2000  Wow. Are you trying to be basic? The response doesn't have to be as terrible as Trump for people to say it was inadequate. Pete Buttigiege missteps were more akin to negligence. But maybe you like negligent regulators 😂🤣 Have fun with your politicians that are bought out by corporate lobbyists but you're too afraid to criticize the Democratic Party for selling out.... Loser.
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  4431. The thing people should be lampooning Buttigiege over is sleeping 9 days before saying anything about the derailment.
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  4432. Not really. Childhood abuse is not voluntary. They don't always hate the opposite sex. Relationships are just harder.... But now I'm equated with those right wing Tate schmucks. That really helps the depressive voice that tells me I'm worthless. I took 10 years off dating because of relationship anxiety- tried to love my recent ex girlfriend, but that didn't work out, and now I have nowhere to put the amount of love that I want to give; it feels like drowning in an overflowing tub and you can't turn off the water. But, seriously, I agree. I'm just a loser.
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  4433. Just as long as you get one too. You think it's bad to talk about yourself unasked.... You never have a topic of discussion that you know won't be asked about? Great way to introduce yourself 🤦🏼 Oh, and all morals are opinions which people usually state as facts because they stake a lot of legitimacy on the ideas of morality.... So we're taking moral compatibility out of the dating process? Seems hamfisted and ignorant. You probably could have come up with some better solutions, but it seems you're more invested in punishment than rehabilitation, lol
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  4434. Dude, he could shoot someone in cold blood on 5th Avenue and people would still vote for him
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  4435. Not all MAGA is mentally ill, only 99.67% of them are.
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  4436. You're far too sane to understand the hoops there conspiratorial minds jump through
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  4437. Antifa definitely exists and it has a long history. But obviously conservatives don't understand history :/
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  4438. This is ironic on two fronts, 1) justice some takes time and due diligence especially if the person you're investigating constantly uses obstruction of justice, if you were tough on crime you'd know that 2) Trump/MAGA are still Republican talking points, why don't Republicans stop talking about him and the movement? Lol, oh yeah, because it's still relevant. Not all of us have low watt memory capacity like you.
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  4439. Vote Herschel! He won't raise your taxes, He doesn't like to raise anything.
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  4440. They don't care! They're either dumb or just want power. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  4441. It's "cutesy"
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  4442. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍 /S
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  4443. Not to mention she doesn't understand the value of owning a business (stock). As Warren Buffett says an ounce of gold will always be an ounce of gold, but the value of Berkshire Hathaway has gone from $16 a share to over $400,000 a share, because the company reinvest profits to grow their assets. She literally doesn't understand the basic math of compound interest.
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  4444. Keep believing the guy who created a fraudulent college and lied to people who paid him to educate them. Yeah, he's going to tell you the truth.... Lol.
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  4445.  @littlebitofhope1489  Lmao 😂🤣 Of course you wouldn't be able to say anything of substance, because I think you have a hard time with comprehension. But alas, I honestly don't care what you think. See ya ✌️
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  4446.  @CL-gq3no  You make some good points but there is leftist humor in people dying on ventilators as exemplified by the Herman Cain Awards. Yes, it's about the irony- which have also been criticized by others on the left as being cruel- but yes, I agree right wing humor doesn't really understand concepts of irony.
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  4447.  @ct-hv1uz  ooooh, that's a good quote. Thanks ✌️
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  4448.  @dyronw.brodbeck  I mean sure hush up is good, but... Imho, he can get hit with a 3-month case of COVID for all I care. And that would be putting it lightly for what he put the country through. I feel like you're one of those people who says there's no excuse for violence and then forgets that politics is chiefly about violence and the law it enforces.
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  4449. Depends how you go about it. If within your message you call for violence or commit other types of crimes, then you can be prosecuted.
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  4450.  @JR-pr8jb  Everybody here wants Trump to get his comeuppance, but at this point his floundering is pure entertainment. His viability is gone, but we need to recognize that his viability was a symptom of something larger percolating in America: Christian nationalist fascism. Whether it's DeFascist or Kari "Trump Election Denial Playbook" Lake it is brewing. It doesn't just start with concentration camps, It starts with alienating minorities cheering on violent attacks at them, then legally discriminating against them, then moving them away to ghettos- and then comes the real persecution which everybody will deny because the authoritarians have already taken over the systems of information. It sounds like an alarmist slippery slope fallacy, but it's sadly not.
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  4451. Does Donald Trump have a heart? I was under the impression he was like Dick Cheney
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  4452. It's essentially a different argument based around freedom of speech rather than freedom of religion, and it's probably going to have the same outcome.
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  4453.  @unsolicitedditkapics9722  Religious indoctrination is real. All Jewish, and even some non-Jewish, boys receive genital mutilation without their consent and then are indoctrinated into a system of thinking.
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  4454.  @lacee7494  I noticed you didn't respond, My question is still open
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  4455.  @lacee7494  She has a company, 303 Creative, but yes, it is a preemptive suit. Just because she's a bigot doesn't mean she doesn't have first amendment rights. I'm very pro LGBT, but if you want equality under the law this is what you have to put up with- customized "artistic" products are not the same as an off-the-shelf product.
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  4456. As a Coloradian, first of all it's not being brought as a religious freedom case, rather as a freedom of speech case. Quick question: would you want to make a website for the Westboro Baptist Church?
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  4457. I actually had some extreme libertarian try to defend their tribal polycentric legal system.... Oof
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  4458. Lol. Basically how I came to democratic socialism. Im pro Liberty and I love Chomsky but both of those ideas are wacky. MLK, Orwell, and Einstein.... Those are some thinkers I can resonate with.
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  4459. I'm not a fan of oil wars and giving giant bailouts to billionaires. Got to look at the whole picture. I'm not opposed to taxes but I wish instead of just adding taxes we'd really look at spending them better.
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  4460. The only way to win is not to play, lol
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  4461. Crassus did nothing wrong! /S
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  4462.  @shlockofgod  So you understand that economic rent is extracted, literally getting money for doing nothing but speculating, by violating the Lockean Proviso. You say "ownership" but do you realize that there are many different ownership systems? Do you understand that saying that just saying you have self-ownership doesn't make people feel free. The employer-employee relationship is actually a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at least capitalism needs safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class.
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  4463.  @BP-fu6kk  Personally, I've been interested in a grassroots movement called the Next System Project. They have devised a way to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping people live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  4464.  @shlockofgod  Have you ever read Lockean Proviso? Do you understand why economic rents come about?
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  4465.  @BP-fu6kk  when I say private property I mean the private ownership of capital which disenfranchises workers from controlling their means of production. You can own your socks, but not your stocks 😜
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  4466. I don't consent to private property, when I don't comply I get threatened with bodily harm.... Might even have the Pinkertons come in and shoot me. But please tell me more about how you feel threatened, lol
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  4467. Not to mention tolls extract economic rents.
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  4468. Look up the economic idea of "public goods". The primary definition of public goods is that they are non-exclusionary, meaning that their value cannot be confined to a private purchaser. For instance, if California, Washington, and Oregon all pay subscriptions to protect the coastline with a military, buu can't exclude the value of increased protection from states just east of the coast, even if Nevada and Utah don't want to pay. Externalities are another economic reason why taxes are necessary, but I won't talk you ear off. Feel free to look them up :)
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  4469.  @shreddez  Eh, to a point. I won't say I'm poor, but I've there was definitely some financial insecurity in my younger years which instilled a need to save for the future. Investing has helped me feel less pressure from the threat of poverty- I'm currently able to take some time off for a disability. Marx and Engles funded their philosophical free time with investments. I guess my point is that there's a rational limit to marginal happiness money gives people and above that investment should go to undermining capitalist labor exploitation and ecological destruction. But who knows maybe I'll cynically be corrupted by capitalism and use the money to buy luxuries that satisfy my short-term dopamine rush.... I mean, I am just a dumb ape. We'll see how virtuous I can actually be, lol.
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  4470. Anybody who wasn't quite American enough for me.
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  4471. You mean the same Pete that didn't put Obama era railroad regulations back in place before Norfork Southern. Didn't Gavin Newsom just act like 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck is something to be proud of?? Are you liberals even progressive?
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  4472. He definitely won the argument... But the fact that he thinks 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck is something to brag about is atrocious.
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  4473. American fascism is on the rise in Donald Trump is merely a symptom. DeSantis is also fascist, but with better PR.
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  4474. "Grift, Baby! Grift!"
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  4475. She went to the thratre instead...
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  4476. How is it BS? You understand chromosomes don't always come out neatly right?
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  4477. How many female mass shooters have there been? 🤦🏼 Dude, toxic masculinity definitely exists. Testosterone is a helluva drug, man- It makes you want to beat your chest like Matthew McConaughey. Testosterone as a hormone pushes us men to do amazing and crazy feats.... But it definitely can have negative side effects. Just look at roid rage. There's nothing inherently wrong with male traits, but there are aspects that can be taken to an unhealthy place- I speak as a male.
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  4478. Gender dysphoria can be a mental illness but it doesn't mean you shouldn't respect them as a human being. They're allowed to be a different gender. It doesn't affect you- grow up.
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  4479.  @ianwazowski5607  It is certainly not 'pro-toxic masculinity', nor is it 'anti-feminist' 🤦🏼 I'm sorry you have a problem with basic biology. The fact that you continue to demonize instead of trying to create understanding between biological sexes and stronger social bonds speaks volumes.
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  4480.  @rjcarter2904  Well I certainly don't have 40 years of psychiatric experience, but I would argue that testosterone definitely increases aggressive behavior, as most plainly exhibited by the side effect roid rage. Being masculine doesn't necessarily mean you're aggressive.... But showing too much aggression due to an inability to control the side effects of testosterone (whether exogenous or endogenous) is definitely a toxic trait. There's nothing inherently wrong with testosterone, in fact TRT can help improve people's quality of aging... But it definitely can have some side effects. I'm curious about your thoughts.
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  4481. In what regard? Considering that he's viewed as a male role model for many, I find it quite ironic that you would say he's not in a position to role model masculinity.
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  4482. I agree to an extent. It definitely does perpetuate certain stereotype, but I wonder if that stereotype is based in biology. Testosterone emboldens people to take more risk- guys will do some stupid stuff in the name of testosterone, but sometimes our risks are just so crazy that they actually work out. Estrogen can cultivate a more nurturing type of behavior. I'm still working through ideas, but I think it's probably okay that we create archetypes based on biological hormones- with the important caveat that we don't assume that being a man only entails having testosterone associated traits, and vice versa for women. Unfortunately, that's probably too much nuance for many who wish to just politicize the topic with hate. Oh, how I wish for peace and understanding.
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  4483.  @Deebz270  🤦🏼🤦🏼 Reckless consumerism is not the same as banning consumers speech on the platform. Jfc, way to miss the point... If it was a co-op itd also think about the environment more
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  4484. The irony is that Dems worship Biden
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  4485.  @monorail4252  Now you're just being ridiculous. So your argument is that Democrats don't bow to one single person.... Let just support whatever corrupt puppet the DNC supports 🤦🏼 lmao!
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  4486.  @monorail4252  Like I told you the way that they chose Hillary to be the candidate was very elitist and corrupt.... Donna Brazile and the other lady (with three names) are just two among many people that conspired to rig events in her favor. Just saying "well the DNC chose her so that's that" is not a good answer....
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  4487.  @monorail4252  see what .... There are a lot of things above your comment 🤦🏼 People who are vague but act like they're pointing out something obvious are just annoying.... Just say what you mean.
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  4488.  @monorail4252  Well there's your problem... Why was she selected? You realize that the DNC is corrupt and basically concluded that it was "her turn". There was definitely collusion between the DNC, CNN, her, and other Dem elites. I'm not worried about her in 2023, I'm using her as an example of past actions... 🤦🏼 dude, really. The fact that the Democrats chose such a terrible candidate and people weren't very enthused to vote for her Basically led to Trump being president..... So you can thank the DNC elites for beckoning and fascism because they want to hold on to power.
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  4489. Eh, there are some pretty pitiful attempts to prop up bad candidates just because they're going against the "other guy". The fact that they were telling us that Hillary was a good candidate for years, when so many people dislike Hillary 🤦🏼 I'm a leftist, but if you let yourself be objective, sometimes the left does some pretty silly things.
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  4490. You're clearly a classist who hates working people.
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  4491. Wow, you're pretty ridiculous, just making up excuses for corporate corruption. You don't think there's anything wrong with how many big tech, big insurance, and big banks donate to his campaign?
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  4492. You like corporate sell outs? Look at who donates the most to his campaigns... Tell me whether you think he's going to have your interest at heart, or Big Tech and Big Banks?
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  4493.  @insightfulhistorian1861  Lol, It's not just the wine moms. Don't forget the wine bros.... I'm pretty sure Brian Tyler Cohen supports Pete, and BTC literally sells a rosè wine.
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  4494. "Sir, this is solitary confinement...."
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  4495.  @LyranInjoy  You don't even know what a satanic Freemason is.... That's just what you call anybody you don't like because you're a petulant child. I honestly can't believe you have the right to vote..... The mere thought of it makes me want to stick my head in a blender.
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  4496.  @LyranInjoy  lmao, classic.... Instead of accepting that there are Republicans on the list just call them "not real Republicans" 🤣😂🤣 Nice no true Scotsman fallacy.... You realize we all see through that, right?
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  4497.  @LyranInjoy  Except Trump doesn't support the Constitution so if you support Trump you don't support the Constitution. The question is why are you ignoring all the right wingers on the list..... 🤔🤔 Selection bias much?
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  4498. Les Wexner is a right winger.... I think the real question is is why do you like palingenetic ultranationalists that called for the termination of the US Constitution?
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  4499. Yeah because running non-progressives like Hillary Clinton in 2016 totally worked out, amiright....
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  4500.  @torylivingston3199  You think running multiple scams against the American population was good for Americans and our nation's economy? You literally just told me you don't care if Americans get scammed 🤣😂 Nice patriotism.
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  4501. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  4502.  @xaques.4469  YouTube deleted your comment.... Alphabet is a primary donor to Pete. Coincidence? I think not!
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  4503.  @michaelterrell5061  True, but it definitely corrupts Pete..... and the rest of politics. That's exactly the plausible deniability they want.
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  4504. Republicans: tough on crime until theyre the criminals. I'm still confused; did Trump declassify them with his mind or were the documents planted by the FBI???
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  4505. It's paused for a bit so the request can be scrutinized by a higher judge
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  4506. Eat the rich.... The worms can have my share
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  4507. Give him a break man, he's been going to depositions and pleading the fifth for hours... That's a lot of talking.
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  4508. So he usually talks in dumb ways. I agree, bigly.
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  4509.  @NinjaOnANinja  Lol, okay. That's the first joke youve made.
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  4510.  @NinjaOnANinja  Lmao... What joke? nothing you said was funny
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  4511.  @NinjaOnANinja  Get away with what, being confused? I was trying to smooth things over because I was mistaken.... But if you want to be a dick about it. Okay 👍 You do you, dude, I was just trying to end things on a positive note ✌️
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  4512.  @NinjaOnANinja  nvm, lets caulk it up to a misunderstanding ✌️
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  4513.  @NinjaOnANinja  because it factors into the criticism of Trump defending characters like Kanye.... Where is that not what you meant by he was being too critical of him?
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  4514.  @NinjaOnANinja  there is no question that Trump supports people who support hate. That's a known fact.
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  4515. No, this is Trump's soft affirmation of anti-Semitism. He offers praise to people that say vitriolic and insane things, just because they said a couple of good words about him.
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  4516.  @AndreKia-c2m  ok, bot
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  4517.  @Nomo_Popo  Because this isn't a problem that is solved with market competition, it's an inherit problem with capitalism. You seem oddly defensive toward my comment just thanking the guy on his perspective... Weird, but okay.
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  4518.  @Nomo_Popo  what? Why do I need to refer to anything?
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  4519. Thank you for recognizing that this isn't just a problem with one company... This is a problem with the whole economy. It has social effects that limit our freedom to express ourselves through music and to be able to make a living.
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  4520. What are these children doing with beer?
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  4521. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  4522. I'm confused what people mean by a "free market". They say "Wild West free market", and then forget that the Wild West was carved out of genocides and mass relocations by the government and then that government passed homestead acts that granted this land to the new population. There are no such thing as free markets.
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  4523.  @labspeciman7402  Keep cryin 🤡
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  4524.  @labspeciman7402  lmao, you still triggered? Melt and seethe
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  4525.  @labspeciman7402  Bernie explains his policies well, ad he's one of the few politicians that stands up to big corporations. You have too much crap in your ears from having your head so far in your ass but you can't hear. Oh well.... Keep supporting politicians that get bought out by big corporations and act like corporations have nothing to do with how screwed you are, lmao 😂🤣 Keep on truckin', oligarchic bootlicker ✌️
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  4526.  @labspeciman7402  I hang out with my 91yo grandpa.... I know it was a lot better than it is today. Keep fooling yourself, meanwhile the 1% have captured 63% of the wealth created in the last two years! You actually like living in an oligarchy, you're a sucker 😂🤣🤮
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  4527.  @labspeciman7402  Could one parent before to provide for a whole household in the 50s?? 🤔 Keep fooling yourself into thinking the economy hasn't changed.... You're on your own with your lack of ability to think, peace out ✌️ have fun with billionaires controlling your politicians!
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  4528.  @labspeciman7402  I feel like you don't understand what a 56% MARGINAL RATE is.... You realize the last president that had a 91% marginal tax rate was voted in three times and pulled us out of a Great depression and led us through a World War
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  4529. Also you apparently don't understand what 'free at the point of service' means 🤦🏼
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  4530. We can't afford it... but yet we can afford to pay twice as much for the same quality health care as Finland? Saying we can't afford to pay half the price 🤔🤔😵‍💫😵‍💫 How does that even work???? 🤡
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  4531. A lot of them are stripped and they're going to try identity anything genocided but yeah they get some tax breaks so shut up
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  4532. Somebody on The Fox channel just said "we have waste treatment"... But those are Fox clowns
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  4533. So capitalism is always going to exist? Somebody could have said the same thing about feudalism saving people from raiders.
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  4534. Isn't that kind of a point there a nation without a state.... Isn't that exactly what the zionists stole the land? Because they are afraid of being a nation without a state 😅😅😅
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  4535. Did you read his TS account? "A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution." But I guess you just think the termination of all laws, including the US Constitution is what we need right now? 🤮🤮🤮
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  4536. Unfortunately, you failed to understand what a constitutional amendment is 🤦🏼
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  4537. He's saying he doesn't think the Constitution should apply anymore.... Because he's throwing a hissy fit that he lost 60 of 61 election denial court cases, and he's about to lose another. He doesn't think the Constitution should be enforced anymore and he just met with literal neo-Nazis....
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  4538. If Donald Trump doesn't think the US Constitution applies anymore... That means no more 2nd Amendment. The Constitution limits the government, if you get rid of the Constitution you're letting the government get bigger.
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  4539. 2:04 Lmao, I guess Maxim was a Philistine for aiming the original suppressor the Maxim Silencer 🤦🤦🤦 You could also call it a report muffler.
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  4540. "God save the queen 'Cause tourists are money And our figurehead Is not what she seems Oh God save history God save your mad parade Oh Lord God have mercy All crimes are paid"
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  4541. @@nickyankee412 He literally said he wanted to "terminate all laws regulations and articles even those found in the Constitution"..... And then if you scroll just a couple posts up on his true social he says he didn't say he wanted to terminate the Constitution 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 These people will believe anything- fascism has come to America, and it's as scary as it's always been.
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  4542.  @cjhudson419  Jesse Benton was guilty of Russian political laundering. But just keep saying there's "noooo" evidence.
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  4543. You mean the non-consensual release of nude photos? Wow, big bombshell! Smdh- and you won't even denounce Trump calling for the termination of the Constitution?
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  4544. Ikr, and all that carbonation too!
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  4545.  @Spido68_the_spectator  Fascism and literal neo-feudalism... No, that's not better.
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  4546.  @americancommunist6076  Nah, like you eluded to; I am too busy "coping". Leninism is such bullshit... Sorry, I mean Bolshevik.
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  4547.  @americancommunist6076  Oh, Im coping just fine with a functional useless American Commie Party 👍
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  4548.  @33up24  Lmao on multiple levels.... 1) Why are you assuming that somebody is American, The American version is literally stolen in 1955 and bastardized from the European usage, 2) The Libertarian Party (LP) is an umbrella camp but it is largely a supporter of classical liberal/ minarchist ideas, not ancrap. Jfc, the amount of bs you guys spout is hilarious.
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  4549.  @nathansmith8883  Same. I'm not much of a fan of the right wing, but it would be at least nice to share a coalition for a common goal.
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  4550.  @americancommunist6076  They exist..... Maybe not after Stalinist purges, but that's just because Leninist offshoots are murderous shit shows, not for any ontological reason.
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  4551.  @realgabrielflandes  If the freedom is a master is considered freedom, then sure the authoritarian bossism of capitalism is 'libertarian'.
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  4552. 🤦🏼 You obviously didn't account for the fact that freedom has two types of usages positive freedom and negative freedom.
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  4553. Personally, I've been interested in a grassroots groups called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  4554. We hunger for stability but capitalism is a system that's constantly in crisis, one bust after another.
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  4555.  @ncpolley  I've listened to dozens of hours of Zizek,; he has views that deviate from liberal conceptions of racial justice, but I would hardly consider him a racist. Vulgar for sure, but I don't buy this claim, especially when you only have vague remembrances. Nobody can even tell me what group he was outcasting? Like c'mon, he's admittedly pro-refugee and tries to show how right-wingers utilize ideology too scapegoat certain out groups 😂🤣 His work has been massively insightful but all people can do is throw hollow ad homs, and so on? I'm not believing it until somebody can actually give me an example- and I don't believe that's an unreasonable standard of evidence to have before leveling such a claim.
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  4556.  @jnmedina8989  "Racism" I feel like this is just some BS like claiming that he's "islamophobic" even though he really just standing up for women's rights.... Give me some concrete examples cuz I've listened to dozens of hours of his sniffly talks and I have not heard much racism beyond having a problem with certain cultural hierarchies, at times flippantly calling them "stupid" or "pathetic". Hardly "racist", he's just a critical thinker that doesn't buy into liberal notions of accepting every single culture as "good".
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  4557. GM killed the electric car because ICEs were more profitable until government subsidies brought it back. Govt loans also helped fund Tesla after the Musks bought it. On a side note; Gotta love how libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel is always asking for government money.
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  4558.  @Florianmunz  I liked the free audiobook. Happy learnings ... Ya know, except for all the slavery stuff.
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  4559. ChatGPT Is At Capacity
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  4560. Here's the chapter on how violence backs up the US dollar and debt https://youtu.be/c4FzOyvGabg?si=yWtOEBOK5C9nLHq9
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  4561.  @self_improvement_d  But that's the problem they didn't work for their money... Home Depot just gave me a raise but I've never worked there (Okay, I did do the self checkout yesterday but they don't pay me for that work, lol). They increased my dividends, increasing my income with me doing no work. I might have worked for the principal purchase price but my capital gains and dividends were not a function of my labor at Home Depot. Alienating the workers at Home Depot from the work that they do just because you put in money early doesn't justify shareholders taking disproportionate amount of gains while their workers struggle to pay rent. I'm no super wealthy capitalist, but I do understand how capitalism works from many different perspectives. If you need another zero you're not halfway to a billion. You make a interesting point on the exponential compounding, but what about other risks. I mean, I had a good investment plan until my health fell apart and now I'm unemployed... Guess what I'm trying to say is don't count your chickens before they roost. Life and investment come with risk, but yes, compounding is one of the ways capitalism magnifies wealth and creates the material conditions of abundance. The problem with capitalism is it aggregates power and wealth to a select few that then dictates conditions to the rest of the people. Workers don't control their labor under capitalism because they don't have the proper bargaining power against concentrated capital, which is why unions are so important. Nordic countries have stronger labor unions and have less worker regulations imposed by the state because unions allow a more equal bargaining position. I learn to invest at an early age and even as a socialist I still invest as owning the means of production is the only way for me to keep my head above water. "Within the last 10 years, Home Depot has increased it by 18.74% annually." I don't see workers getting raises over 18% ANNUALLY. That is what capital bias is.
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  4562.  @self_improvement_d  So we're just glossing over the fact that you didn't understand that workers don't own the factory the investor does? Ok. "Voluntary choice" when the English land enclosure movement occurred people were violently pushed off their land and forced to go work for an employer. That's not voluntary. In the United States much of the contiguous land mass was violently purged of its native inhabitants and turned into 160 arce private property plots. I don't understand how you can just assume that the creation of capitalism was voluntary when Manifest Destiny was anything but voluntary... The Trail Of Tears because they weren't happy to leave their cultural lands. It wasn't like they were tears of joy praising the fact that capitalism was on the rise, lmao. But you're somebody who doesn't see a problem with 64% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck fighting for wages to barely keep up with inflation, meanwhile investors rake in high profits. You see nothing wrong with a few people owning mega yachts meanwhile most people are struggling to pay to keep a roof over their head. Lmao, just keep defending the status quo that doesn't care about you- you're closer to being homeless than you are to being a billionaire.
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  4563.  @akastewart  So you're just hand waving all the capitalist violence out of the way and ask "why aren't they starting more co-ops?".... Capitalism is not friendly to social ownership- Capitalism values profit socialism values worker freedom. When violently protecting (law enforcement) private property keeps incentivizing only the institutions that create profit to grow and dominate the economy. Worker cooperatives are going to seem small because they aren't fixated on unlimited growth, they're fixated on helping their members. You're literally comparing apples and oranges and wondering why one of them isn't citrusy like the other... It's like there's two different fruit that have two different biological processes that create different results. You do realize that the United States has caused coup d'etat in multiple democratically elected governments in order to convert them to more authoritarian capitalist banana republics? There was a long history of bloody labor movements across the world because capitalist literally wouldn't raise wages so workers could feed their families. Of course I know that slaves didn't want to be there... The commonality of the example is being put on a market and not valued for who you are as a person but rather your return on investment for a master, either a wage master or slave master. I mean, of course it's not the same institution that's why it's an analogy because it's not a perfect example, just in certain regards. Same with the prostitution example, a boss is analogous to a pimp who siphons off money using the threat of violence- sorta on that note, strippers at one place have started to unionize and this gives them more autonomy over their body and receive larger portion of the net income they worked for. You really love a system where 64% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and then you suggest they just pool their money to make a co-op.... If they're living paycheck to paycheck, what money? I mean, I'm not saying things aren't possible, there's been a lot of progress in the labor movement over the past 200 years. In 1823 people worked 12 to 16 hour days 6 days a week for low pay and few safety standard.... But there was a lot of blood spilled in order to get basic worker protections, I don't think you're really appreciating the size of task you're talking about. Feudalism wasn't ended in a day, nor was I ended in a century. Feudalism in England began to shrink starting with the signing of the Magna Carta and dwindled into the late 1800s as land enclosure parcels were privatized. That's basically 600 years until you get industrial capitalism from the creation of the first political rights for Lords. Things take time, calling people "LARPers" is hilarious... Do you think UPS, UAW, SAGAFTA workers are just LARPing when they threaten to go on strike? This isn't a LARP- this is real life, not roleplay. People are having a hard time paying for rent, medical expenses, and schooling- that is real life, not roleplay.
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  4564.  @self_improvement_d  Lol, construction workers don't own the factory under capitalism. A capitalist pays another capitalist company to build them a factory... The materials of the construction company are owned by the construction company investors, not workers 🤦🏼 when payment for construction is complete ownership is transferred to the capitalist who bought the factory, not built it. I really don't know what type of system you're talking about. Under capitalism you can buy stock in KB Homes ($KBH)... Workers don't get the 1.62% dividend quarterly the investors do. So I'm really not quite sure what you're talking about.
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  4565.  @self_improvement_d  If you (a worker) build a factory under socialism other workers can just take it away? Didn't other workers help build the factory... Aren't you kind of denying the fact that you were a piece of the project and not the whole thing? Don't they have a democratic say too? That's one of the key problems with capitalism, is that many people work on a project but only a few people have the authority to conduct the project and that creates negative externalities. Renting houses is possible under some types of socialism, but It probably be within context of a community land trust or land value tax.... Because economic rent seeking for land value is gatekeeping exploitation and even Adam Smith knew that. "The rent of land, therefore, considered as the price paid for the use of the land, is naturally a monopoly price. It is not at all proportioned to what the landlord may have laid out upon the improvement of the land, or to what he can afford to take; but to what the farmer can afford to give." — Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI "Of the Rent of Land"
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  4566.  @akastewart  I meant to reply to your comment a few days ago. My answer is, sure, of course it can be asking for the highest bidder (Didn't they do that at slave auctions??🤢) It could also be seen as prostitution of one's body at an hourly rate. All are valid, I guess. It just depends on how you want to frame it. Worker cooperatives allowed democratic representation so that added value is split equitably among increased investment, workers profit, and the community. This allows workers not just to rent themselves out to a capitalist, but instead have self-determination in how the business is run and profits/ losses are shared. The concept of self-determination and community sovereignty is important for concepts of political democracy, and it's important for economic democracy as well. In fact economic democracy is the only proper buttress to facilitate real democratic politics. Currently politics is cultivated by and for the wealth.
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  4567.  @frgwyn3760  ??? People who have money can buy robots, they're called capitalists. Workers get displaced by automation and their wages go down because there's less demand, even though production goes up. This is one of the big reasons why 64% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and 10% of the wealthiest Americans own 80% of the US stock market.
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  4568.  @jbturtle  I personally owned $AAPL for 5yrs... I made 350% profit and I never worked a single day at Apple. Why do you think employees would just leave when they could be pocketing that 350% profit instead of absentee shareholders like me? Why wouldn't they want to participate in profit sharing in one of the the most profitable corporations on the planet? Instead of giving a $90 billion in share buybacks to absentee shareholders, you don't think the workers would want that $90 billion?? I mean, to be fair, it probably would be a bit less considering workers would have more of a say and they wouldn't be able to exploit Foxconn workers or China's slave labor, but still, you're telling me workers don't want to have the ability to decide who tells them what to do and to be able share in profits? I guess, I just don't see it. I like banking at a credit union because they're less likely to screw me over than a traditional bank, because I'm an owner member. Capitalism is a fantastic idea on paper but in real life it ends up just screwing over most of the population to enrich a select few... don't act like capitalism is better. Just because feudalism existed in reality doesn't mean that it's a good system, saying that your system exists doesn't mean that it's justified. "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  4569.  @TheGbelcher  The reason why cooperatives are not more ubiquitous is not because they're not effective, but rather in which the value system of the property norms defines what "effective" is. Cooperatives are certainly effective at helping people gain autonomy over their own lives and profit from their own labor, but private property creates a system of laws that evaluates effectiveness based on the ability to create profit for absentee shareholders. When you say "effective" you're talking about being effective to enrich capital owners, I'm talking about being effective to take care of workers, society/ the unemployed/ disabled, and the planet. Your idea of effectiveness creates negative externalities that are literally killing the planet.... But you see no problem with that because that's not considered within the value system of private property. Who cares if the 1% rolls over, it's still a dominating class that alienates most the population for their own material gain at the expense of others. Capitalists love to use this argument that "you two can become the dominator" or "you can buy stocks", but that misses the point entirely. When 64% of the population is living paycheck to paycheck and your answer is "Well in a few decades someone will be richer than Elon Musk" is a really bad argument considering that does nothing to help the people who are living paycheck to paycheck. The fact that you think Elon Musk should be worth nearly a quarter trillion dollars at the expense of all the innovation that his workers have created is sad. In a cooperativist economy there would be other social safety nets to provide the ability for some companies to take large risks. The mistake of thinking that these cooperatives are atomistic, one of the key principles of cooperatives is that they cooperate with other cooperatives and create networks of institutions to help each other. But of course this capitalistic culture doesn't understand anything like that because how many business schools teach cooperative economics? Basically none. Saying that it's uneffective is disingenuous considering that there's a giant cultural bias that doesn't give a level playing field. capitalists in the United States have literally created coup d'etats from the banana Wars in the early 1900s to establishing authoritarian dictatorships like in Guatemala in 1954 to take control of the banana plantations, or revolving door politics that allow Dick Cheney to take $60 million exit package then turn around and start multiple illegitimate wars in the Middle East where Halliburton can go in set up oil fields and at times receiving billion dollar no-bid contracts. The illegitimate War after the Iraq invasion in 2003 literally killed a million civilians... 1,000,000 people. Don't act like there aren't gigantic externalities associated with the blood profits that shareholders receive. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  4570.  @wolfbones666  To be fair there is worker compensation... But did you know worker compensation was first introduced by socialists! But yes I agree, the years of wear and tear on the body are not thoroughly compensated by the pay.
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  4571.  @akastewart  Start your own business or co-op.... With what capital? 64% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck because capitalism creates inequality. Do you not understand how capitalism creates the type of power and balances that disproportionately enrich elites through the power of private property? You do realize a lot of American private property came from Western expansion through the time period of Manifest Destiny, so it'd be really hilarious if you told a native American to "just start your own business, because capitalism is so freeing" after their tribe and family got murdered by a genocidal US military clearing land for private property parcels to be handed out during the mid 1800s. I mean, I guess the native Americans do have casinos but that's on small reservations that are islands of their old territory. The audacity to ask how capitalism is holding people back after it creates massive inequality and has literally genocidally pillaged peoples property and then claimed it as its own... And then capitalists act as if they've never stolen anything. Capitalism is theft.
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  4572.  @TheGbelcher  The one and only car company?? Wüt, m8? You do realize that Leninist centralism isn't the only type of socialism, right? 🤦🏼 You realize that there can be multiple cooperatives that have different perspectives on what cars to manufacture, right? You can voluntarily have your choice at a few different auto companies where you would have a choice in democratic representation and profit sharing. But hey, maybe you'd rather work at an auto company that makes billions in profit and then tells the workers "you don't need a raise" and then raises shareholder dividends. Maybe you like the feeling of a false choice... "I get the choice of five different companies, all of which treat me like dirt!" Wow, it really is easier for people to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.
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  4573.  @HaggisMuncher-69-420  Apparently you don't understand the history of capitalism do you? During English land enclosures peasants and serfs were forced off of communal and monastic properties and had to look for employment. Capitalism violently disrupts property systems and then creates the conditions in which employees have to look for work. Next you're going to tell me that Manifest Destiny and the genocidal extermination of native Americans for land was a completely voluntary situation that created the private property that was handed out in 160 acre parcels to pioneers with The 1862 Homestead Act. 🤦🏼🤦🏼 Capitalism has always been violent, and then people walk around saying it's voluntary because you can leave the job. Btw, I said they rent you, not that they own you.... That's a really big technical difference but apparently you don't understand details like, that let alone giant swaths of history.
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  4574. ​ @FunctionalityOverFeelings  I don't quite agree, America's quite capitalist and I'm not sure how you square bankers wanting "Communism". I'm not sure I agree with your definitions. Not to mention the US dollar is backed by violence, That's why we spend over $830 billion on the military, that creates geopolitical conditions like the petrodollar and other Western friendly banana republics.
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  4575.  @josephcarriveau9691  Um, this is basically Marxist, lol (commodity fetishism and alienation). Even Marx based much of his economics on Smith- next you'll tell me that makes Marx a classical liberal/ libertarian. "Self ownership" doesn't have to be transferable, although Anthropologist David Graeber has talked about how some of the first instances of wage labor for the literal renting of a slave labor for day labor. Under modern capitalism the metaphysics of self ownership is non-transferable, although the labor power itself is transferable as you sell/ rent your time to a boss (so labor power, rather than the laborer, becomes the transferable/ disposed commodity). Unfortunately you probably missed the fact that I was using the language of classical and neoclassical economics to undermine the ethics from the inside out, but hey, welcome aboard. Admittedly I will say, this piece was partially unironically inspired by a libertarian... well a libertarian socialist/ anarchist, Benjamin Tucker. In his book 'State Socialism and Anarchism' he denounces land rent, interest bearing loans, and profit from wage labor as "the Trinity of Usury". From this we can see that land rent, interest, and wages are all rental agreements for different factors of production, for instance interest is just like the rental price for money or that a wage is rental price for labor. But this surely isn't the type of "libertarian" metaphysics you were thinking of, lmao. Now go put that cap on for rudely calling me a classical liberal 😜
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  4576.  @goldenealgefromdutchbros6834  It's Saltine, to you.
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  4577.  @NocturnalDoom  The ISS
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  4578.  @YTPartyTonight  GM was literally bought out by the US Government, and then there's staples like Amtrak 🤦
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  4579. Ironically, capitalism, in general, is the opposite of democracy
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  4580. ​ @NorthumbrianMarxist  Tbh, no it hasn't always been great. Famines, secret police, gulags, torture and terror. Tell me all you want about the technological and industrial advancements that the Soviet Union was able to create, the authoritarian state-capitalist transitionary method that many socialists utilized was/is horrific. People like Xi in China are friends of the working class.
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  4581. 280 million people already work at worker cooperatives
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  4582. That would be cool, haven't heard of one yet.
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  4583.  @williamrelue  So? How does that justify capitalism?
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  4584. ​ @Krill_all_health_insuranceCEOs  Thank you for your continued support. Solidarity, my friend.
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  4585. Important questions. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  4586.  @kellymulderino7156  There are 144 International illegal settlements in the West Bank after 1967 and over 600 internationally illegal checkpoints splitting what should be sovereign Palestinian land into ghetto camps. Gaza is basically a ghetto held under an internationally illegal blockade since 2007. It's not very different from Warsaw.
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  4587. It's not about the war for them... It's about ending the ghetto and the forced relocations. It's about ending āpārthēīd in Gaza and the West Bank.
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  4588.  @steveh7108  Says the Zionist... Are you going to tell us how a calendar is a list of militants?! 😅😂🤣😂🤣 Pro-Iz people are a joke.
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  4589.  @ericwynn6770  what right does AIPAC have to literally lobby and buyout your Congress people?
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  4590. ​ @carola7539  Lol, how are you still repeating this silly line? Being against 0 ccupati0n isn't pro-H*
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  4591.  @WhiteAndProud762  Then why can't foreign journalists get in? Why is aid being turned around?
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  4592. You literally can't... They won't let in medical aid or journalists. That's kind of the point of the protest.
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  4593. Lol
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  4594. Lol
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  4595. Yes just like those children at Kent State
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  4596.  @chrishood7968  I'm curious what type of entitlement are you talking about. Aren't people entitled to human rights?
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  4597. If you don't know by now maybe you're not paying attention. It's very clear that they want University endowments to divest from companies that have a key interest in 🇮🇱 It's really not that complicated.
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  4598. Tires and brakes for a car like that could easily run 3 grand, then you don't know if there is any other damage. Even small cosmetic damage can cost a lot for a couple scratches.
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  4599.  @ATJ94  How do you know they didn't have a bad teacher? How do you know some equally qualified males wouldn't have done just as bad? You don't. You're just making a sexist comment. Just sayin, peace out.... I'm going to go back to bed 🤣
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  4600. And yet it was the one guy who messed up 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Jokes on you.
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  4601. Don't kink shame
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  4602. They have the ticket stamp.... And yeah brakes can definitely wear down quick especially if you don't know how to properly apply them. I don't care if you're from Stuttgart.
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  4603. Just because it has the same exterior doesn't mean it's the same under the hood. The GR has 50% more power than base.
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  4604. Umm... It's in the United States Constitution, I don't know what could be more American than that.
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  4605.  @MikaelLewisify  Has he appealed?
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  4606. No, it's not on hold. It's set for right now, but it can be appealed and judged by the Federal Supreme Court but it has to be done before Jan 5th. He has to formalize the appeal first.
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  4607.  @FirstLast-sw1gx  The electoral college isn't democratic 🤦 it's funny that you talk about the constitutional republic but then people around here keep forgetting that the 14th amendment is a part of the Constitution. I understand it's a representative democracy but it's a long-touted right-wing talking point to tell Lefties "it's not a democracy, it's a republic"... But now I guess they don't like to hear that same line right back at them.
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  4608.  @jamesdinius7769  Lmao, you don't understand politics, do you?
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  4609. Impeachments are political, they are not law proceedings. There is no judicial oversight of an impeachment. Congress writes laws, they don't judiciously interpret them after the fact- that's the judges job to look at the law of the 14th Amendment and see if it applies.
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  4610.  @terrymorrison7263  I'm surprised you were able to spell 'Donald Trump'. Hilarious that you literally want to write in somebody who's committed multiple acts of fraud... And you still trust him. Gullible asf.
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  4611.  @anthonypolonkay2681  State have control over their state election process. So they have the right, no, the duty to see if it is illegal for the state to certify someone that is not qualified to be elected. Just like it would be their duty to not put somebody on the presidential ballot who is younger than 35 or not a natural born citizen. States are still bound by the 14th amendment. Seriously, I swear you guys love trying to defend a serial fraudster even if it violates the constitution... And then you probably want to yammer on about how the constitution is so important and demonrats don't respect it. But, hey, you're in luck, because Trump ALSO has 2 criminal federal indictments for the documents as well as J6. So you'll be happy to hear those federal offenses are the ones that can send him to prison.
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  4612. ​ @jasonsemez9310  We don't live in a democracy, it's a republic, ya silly goose. Our Republic has a constitution that can be amended, I suggest you read the 14th amendment.
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  4613. As another Colorado resident, I am ashamed of you. You actually like the known FRAUD who is about to lose his NY business license. Wow.
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  4614. Lmao, y'all are delusional
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  4615.  @EsotericGold_net  Lmao, so you admit, you don't understand the basic facts... Which means you probably don't understand that what he did was a violation of the 14th amendment section 3. "Telling" judges to not uphold the law is not a very smart move, you might just join Rhodes and Tarrio.
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  4616. Which one? Oh that's right... You know absolutely nothing about what's happening. It went through the Colorado Supreme Court which has seven... 7 justices and it passed 4 to 3. Also, you don't sound very law and order with that view, lmao.
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  4617. Commit fraud, grab puss without consent, incite a riot, and store boxes of classified docs in his bathroom. Anything less is total slavery.
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  4618. 13.67 billion dollars in annual profit... And buying back 10 billion dollars of their stock this year. Poor babies only have 2.3% retail profit margin... Won't you think about the billionaire shareholders
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  4619. Are you concerned about the hundreds of millions of dollars that Walmart steals from its employees?
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  4620.  @sightline4004  No, we need even less regulations! We want so little government Ted Cruz can just leave for Cancun!
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  4621. The toilets I need to stop being called "the John", and start being called "the Nico".
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  4622.  @silentmajority8365  You're still not going to take the blame for your right wing hate that starts mass shootings?? I also love how immigration is your solution to two out of the 200 mass shootings just this year alone.... Your solution is to deal with 1% of the problem. Hahaha, thanks for the non-solution. Right wingers love dead Americans..... That's why they're the number one perpetrators of terrorism in America.
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  4623. America is caught between a mass shooter and a police officer with its knee on their neck until their last breath. America just loves violence, it doesn't matter what side of the law you're on.
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  4624. If people die, at least we know it was God's plan
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  4625.  @yourfriendlyneighborhoodin1559  lol, ok.
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  4626. I'm pretty sure they talked about a massive flood....
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  4627. Watch at 2x
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  4628.  @Ryanrobi  so you like feudalism because the politics of changing to capitalism just didn't work out, right? 🤦
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  4629.  @skyisreallyhigh3333  I mean, I could, but I have ideas to market. Personally, I don't think enough people understand the court concept of capitalism, so I'll continue to post this revelation.
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  4630.  @MANISHSINGH-qj5iu  The EU and China are US trade partners. With the US being a major reserve currency it means people around the globe often take USD even if thats not their currency, because they know they can use it to buy other international goods. Additionally the US is a net importer of goods, which usually isn't the best because means the country spends more than it sells, but in the particular case of the US we are able to be a net exporter of our currency and have it increase the strength of our monetary system. Both trade and war are important aspects.
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  4631.  @45545videos  Seems reasonable.
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  4632. ​ @ZachsTechReviewsutube  Economic democracy is Right.
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  4633.  @epicgrapefruit7563  Lol, they expunged 2 out of 3 of my replies because of "senor shipping" ⚓
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  4634.  @epicgrapefruit7563  (3/3) The West Bank has 144 internationally illegal settlements and over 600 internationally illegal checkpoints... I get the 7th was bad, but what did they expect by pushing a nation into refuge and ghetto camps?
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  4635.  @epicgrapefruit7563  (2/3) It's called rebelling against a foreign invader. Hillary Clinton literally said that there was a ceasefire before the 7th... But these statistics obviously tell you that there was not and that needs to be understood on a larger level.
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  4636.  @epicgrapefruit7563  (1/3) Pro-H? Lmao, no way. I doubt they're very kind to my culturally leftist values like LGBT support.
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  4637.  @epicgrapefruit7563  Pro-H? Lmao, no way. I doubt they're very kind to my culturally leftist values like LGBT support. It's called rebelling against a foreign invader. Hillary Clinton literally said that there was a ceasefire before the 7th... But these statistics obviously tell you that there was not and that needs to be understood on a larger level. The West Bank has 144 internationally illegal settlements and over 600 internationally illegal checkpoints... I get the 7th was bad, but what did they expect by pushing a nation into refuge and ghetto camps?
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  4638.  @zeeeek3  Are you ignoring that they both came to the region 3200 years ago? 🤦
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  4639.  @epicgrapefruit7563  Lol, I watch Electronic Intifada and they do say that.... Of course I'm talking about the media that most people access and I'm talking about how that medias bias has a strong need be corrected through what seemed to be "fallacious" whataboutisms but are actually just factual comments that balance out the conversational trajectory of all the other whataboutisms used against truth in this information conflict.
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  4640.  @BritishTeaLover  Why is it that every single news report says that "Hámàs, that has been classified as a terrorist organization by the UK, US, and EU..." BUT it's never "Israel the country that has been classified as gënöcïdäl ethnöstäte by South Africa..."????
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  4641. @@johnhudson2210 Hardly. Netanyahu has never wanted a two state solution, they want to claim all the land from the R2daC.
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  4642.  @WSWC_  So what it gets lost in the VPN mixture... Something tells me you're not getting the joke around the fact that when you enter your postal address they will decline when it's out of the Continental 48, it doesn't matter if you have a VPN.
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  4643. Wait you think this is a "new economy".... Lol. Marx wrote about Capital over 150 years ago.
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  4644.  @udjujdjddd5052  I mean when he's just going to lie to you the whole time..... Are you just going to sit there and listen to his propaganda? 😂🤣 Or are you going to be smart enough to direct your attention elsewhere? Lol
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  4645. Socialism is about allowing people to own the property that they work... Social ownership is still ownership. But that's too nuanced for you.
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  4646. Amazing. John Stossel, let's get some social democracy up in here!
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  4647.  @coopsnz1  "No true capitalism" 🤡🤡🤡
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  4648.  @DonHaka  Yes I guess I just highlight that social democracy has taken on an ideology of its own.
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  4649. Not all social democrats actually want to transition to socialism. The theory that social democracy is a reformist stepping stone towards abolishing private property came about from democratic socialists, like Eugene Debs, who founded both a socialist party and a social democratic party of America. Especially in more recent times people gravitate to this idea that we need "a mix of capitalism and socialism".... Ignoring the fact that wording completely misunderstands those two terms, lol, welfare capitalism is a popular system that many see as promoting wealth and social care. Many new social democrats just want capitalism with no wish to transition toward full abolishment of private capital.
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  4650. Less welfare more worker ownership
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  4651. Why do you think a poor person gets more benefits from taxes? Do you know how much money we spend on our military?
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  4652.  @coopsnz1  That doesn't mean it's socialism. Socialism is the workers control of the means production, not "higher taxes". It's still capitalism.
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  4653.  @coopsnz1  So? That doesn't mean it's socialist. Did poor taxes under feudalism mean that there was socialism?? 😂🤣
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  4654.  @BangMaster96  If I own myself, why can't I sell you use of my body for a certain amount of time? If you rent a car for 3mo and return it after just 2, there is nothing that says you have to pay for all 3mo- the contract might state that you pay a fee, but it might not (some loans charge a early payment fee because they lose out on interest they had budgeted for). Similar, you could be fired and be entitled to severance pay, or to buy out a contract or be entitled to nothing- it depends on the contract. If they want to "return the product", then they just fire me, lol. What is interest on money but the rental price of money for a certain period of time? What is a rental but the interest earned off property of a certain period of time? If I own a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), it is required to payout 75% of rents as interest. It's the same concept, just applied in different contexts- so saying we already have word of it, is not legitimate. I'm not the first to point this out, honestly, don't be so rude with insinuating delusions of grandeur, it comes from Mutualists likr Benjamin Tucker, Josiah Warren, and Joseph Pierre Proudhon. Acting like I'm just making this up as I go and not that I'm well read is rather disrespectful. What do you mean I haven't explained to you what system I want?? 😂🤣 Dude, I want people to own the property that work via social ownership (community land trusts, coops, collectives, credit unions, ect)... I told you that multiple times.
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  4655.  @BangMaster96  Woah, woah, woah... Calm down, bud. What's with the tirade? You said you didn't see employment as a rental before, but now because of my analogy you understand that it is just like rent, a payment for the time preference of property. You seem to be fine with that conclusion, and are basically just telling me to accept it and get over it. Okay, I own myself and if I want to rent my time out by the hour in a free market, I can. You don't have to be so condescending. I understand capitalism very well, thank you. I was self employed for 8 years. I have a portfolio of stocks and I've studied investing heavily since my teens. I set up my Roth IRA when I turned 20. I can play the game of capitalism, don't talk down to me like I'm ignorant- I have money on the table. Oh, and last, but not least; You keep saying the "real world' like it's just a fact.... Doesn't the real world have wars and imperialism and dictatorships. I'm not saying any of those things are good, but I think you need to reassess what happens in the real world. You see, I know you're trying to use "real world" as a rhetorical device to delegitimize your opponents opinion as fantasy, literally called it "Utopia'. Unfortunately, I understand the "real world" that you're alluding to is not actually the real world.... As evidenced by any history book you want to pick up. So please don't try to feliciously shame me into thinking that the world only works your way. I'm not falling for it. Genghis Khan was a part of the real world, I don't think he was really up for respecting private property rights :/ I just spent one paragraph on the actual content of the discussion and two paragraphs (now 3) pointing out how you're talking down to me and insinuating that I live in a fantasyland. That's not very respectful. It's disappointing that I actually had to spend more effort addressing your debate tactics than actually debating the topic- hopefully we can change that in our next comment exchange.
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  4656.  @BangMaster96  Okay, thank you, I just wanted clarification on the philosophical underpinning of owning other pieces of private property, it is contingent on you owning yourself. Now, remember that hammer and saw? Well, let's say you needed both a hammer and a saw. So you agree to rent them from me for $10/day to cover the time I won't be able to use them for my woodworking hobby. But you need someone to saw wood while you hammer or else it's going to take too long to build the houses you sell. I say, I'll work for you for $50/day to cover the time I won't be able to do my hobbies. You paid for the time that you use my hammer and saw, because I own the tools. You paid for the time that you used my labor, because I own myself. You were an entrepreneur and organized labor and capital, and for both instances you paid for the use of my property for a period of time. What do you call paying to use something for a period of time without buying it?
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  4657.  @BangMaster96  I seriously don't know why you can't just answer the question, it's called a Socratic dialogue and it's used to clarify an argument. If you don't answer the question it defeats the purpose and wastes time. Do you believe in Lovkean self-ownership and owning the consequences and rewards of your actions, with private property coming about as a consequence of somebody owning their actions and thus owning the newly built/homesteaded piece of private property, correct? Yes or No. If you say 'no' then we can clarify were my understanding is missing, If you say 'yes' can just move on. Is my understanding correct yes or no? P.S. I don't even like big government, I'm a fan of George Orwell, Big Brother is not your friend.
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  4658.  @BangMaster96  So you should own the consequences of your actions? You have the exclusive right of possessing control over yourself?
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  4659.  @BangMaster96  So, if nobody has control over you, except you, would you say that you own yourself and by extension the thing you build/ homestead or even starting a private business? It's just a yes or no answer.
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  4660.  @BangMaster96  Don't try to infer anything, I'm just asking clear questions to make sure we're on the same page. Does your understanding of capitalism include self-ownership as the basis of individual rights?
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  4661.  @BangMaster96  Lockean private self-ownership, yes. As in, you can homestead land because you own yourself and you originally worked the land. If you build something with the hammer and saw I rented you, the thing you build yours as a philosophic extension of you owning yourself, and I get my tools back plus a rental fee for the economic time preference of their use. You agree? Let me know if you dont.
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  4662.  @BangMaster96  Do you believe in self-ownership?
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  4663.  @BangMaster96  If I own a hammer and saw, can I rent them to you?
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  4664.  @BangMaster96  Oh, and I'm trying to have a respectful conversation here.... Why don't you save the terms "delusional" for a different conversation? I could say the same thing too, since you said don't see people as a monetary but then you said you see them as valued by the market... which is monetary- but let's not be rude here. Okay? If you have a problem with my ideas respectfully convey them. If that's too hard I'm happy to leave, but if you are so Great this shouldn't be too difficult.
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  4665.  @BangMaster96  You do realize the term "human capital" is a neoliberal term.... If you own something, and sell its use by the hour (time preference), that's called rent. This applies to self ownership too. I'm sorry if you don't understand capitalist neoliberal economics, but you should probably look into it. You literally just said you value people based on a market.... So would you hire somebody who's not profitable? Do they not have any value to you if the market system determines that?
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  4666.  @BangMaster96  A democratic economy abolishes private capital for social ownership of capital. Sorry you want to rent human beings by the hour, but renting people instead of letting them co-operate without an authoritarian hierarchy is exploitative.
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  4667.  @BangMaster96  Personally, I've been interested in a grassroots movement called the Next System Project. They have devised a way to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping people live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives. I believe in a concept called subsidiarity, where problems are handled at the lowest level possible. I don't want government to run the economy, I just want government funded health insurance, That's insurance, not doctors. Most goods and services should be provided by non-government, socially-owned organizations, like co-ops and the long list of various organizations. There is a role for other government actions in society, but it's sure as not totalitarian or charged with centrally planning the economy.
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  4668.  @BangMaster96  But I don't believe in Scandinavian social welfare. In fact I'm not much of a fan of big government either and I DON'T think large taxes are the answer. Which kind of gets to my point, you don't seem to understand what I'm talking about. Just kind of running off of these pre-assumed ideas, I would prefer a system that looks much different than the Scandinavian/ Nordic social democracy.
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  4669.  @BangMaster96  Do you think I just want more government?
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  4670.  @BangMaster96  voluntary exchange? The employer-employee relationship is actually a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at least capitalism needs safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class. In capitalism people rent themselves so they don't die, unfortunately they don't have the privilege of having enough capital goods to not have to rent themselves out to a wealthy authority.
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  4671.  @BangMaster96  and crony capitalism wouldn't exist without corrupt businessmen.... The blame goes both ways ;) Stop trying to act like capitalism is innocent, It's really quite biased.
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  4672.  @BangMaster96  Do you want regulated markets? Do you understand that 'free market' is literally an economic term that describes perfect competition. Regulated healthcare and pharmaceuticals will not be in perfect competition with each other...
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  4673.  @BangMaster96  I told you in the comment above, if you had actually read it. Do you want free markets or crony capitalism?
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  4674.  @nemiw4429  definitions just don't exist for you?? Lol. No, it's not state socialism 🤦🏼 It's called capitalism with a welfare state. Socialism is where workers control the means of production.... Marx, Fourier, and Chomsky are three different types of socialists who would all agree on that one point. Switzerland still has private property which allows capitalists to control the means of production not the workers... Ffs. I'm a democratic socialist, I think I understand the definition of my ideology, thank you very much. Seriously go read some socialists, this is just sad.
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  4675.  @nemiw4429  Socialism doesn't mean "more government"- what aren't you getting? Smdh. Have you even read socialist?
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  4676.  @nemiw4429  I'm not sure how that changes the fact that Switzerland uses private property rights and capitalism is based on private property... And socialism is the abolishment of private property and thus capitalism. Switzerland is a mixed marking economy that doesn't mean it's a mix of socialism and capitalism, It's a mix of private business and government support. None of this has anything to do with socialism
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  4677.  @nemiw4429  Do you think feudalism had socialism just because they instituted Poor taxes? No, they are two completely different economic systems.
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  4678. Doesn't believe in people selling their bodies... Probably has a 9-5 job
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  4679. But we're Republicans... We make really big issue about the societal impacts of one single event in a country of 330 million. Rage Against the Woke Machine.
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  4680. ​ @richardbinkley8487 because he doesn't get the gay tape... You have to get the gay sticky stuff on you or else you're homophobic
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  4681. Kevin Hart is a part of the gay agenda
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  4682. "Flamming", you say? That sounds hot and faaaabulous.
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  4683. Lol, your gay
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  4684.  @theYungOldBoi  All ideology is "trash"... Even his. That's the point ;)
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  4685.  @kapytanhook  🤦 child custody and child support are legally enforced and therefore need to be adjudicated by the state. Just because each side should contribute 50% doesn't mean that one side is legally entitled to visitation rights. My meth addicted cousin had a kid, her and her trash boyfriend fought for custody, but they lost them and her sister became the child's LEGAL guardian. Now the child has a much better home. Notice how I said "legal" .... Almost like child custody is a part of a legally defined system. How dense do you want to be? Because this is starting to get insufferable.
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  4686.  @kanucks9  🤦 You do realize that in most jurisdictions marriage equates to common property between both individuals, whether you actually pool paychecks and bills between each other or not. Without a specific prenuptial agreement assets as well as debts become shared, not to mention things purchased together during their marriage. Which all begs the question is how you adjudicate and enforce the different designations/ bundles of property rights when starting and ending a marriage (prenuptial agreements are also enforced legal contracts and thus the jurisdiction of the government, in case you thought that was a win for you, lol). And we haven't even gotten into custody over kids and legally enforced child support yet... Like I keep saying you're making this out to be more simplistic than it is. But in a way it is fairly simple, if it deals with property the state is going to have some sort of place in the matter, because the state enforces property rights. Your perspective is actually the most libertarian one here; a complete lack of understanding of political-economics 👍
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  4687.  @kapytanhook  So how do you adjudicate property disputes during a divorce? How do you enforce those claims without the state? Are we just forgetting that the state enforces contract law??? The idea that government should just get out of marriage is overly simplistic.
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  4688.  @charleschristianson2730  Lol, but marriage has property implications and the the most basic understanding of libertarian government is to protect property rights...
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  4689. His quick cumbacks are from the tight A on his D.
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  4690.  @Wired4Life2  So you're okay with believing a hypocrite when theyre trolling? So you're happy with fake news as long as it supports your side. Where'd you get your education from, Trump University?? lol 😂 Dude, you're a sheep that worships a grifter. You probably think Michael Cohen was innocent and not just a legal body shield for Trump's dirty work 😆🤣😂 Your cognitive dissonance is such a joke.
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  4691.  @Wired4Life2  Lol, dude, I agree, not testifying against yourself is smart... It just means Trump is a hypocrite and you like lying hypocrites. Sorry you listen to lairs then defend them when they don't walk their talk 🤡
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  4692.  @Wired4Life2  That's not what Donald said 4 years ago.... Donald Trump clearly stated there is only one reason why you would take the 5th; to hide guilt. And guess what Donald Trump did, he pled the fifth to hide his guilt.
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  4693. "If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- pres. Donald j Trump, just 4yrs before pleading the 5th 440 times in one deposition
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  4694. When they like someone enough that theyre willing to have sex with somebody whether or not they're different gender, same gender, transgender, or agendr that's called pansexual....
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  4695. Other people's houses are a great place to set up a leg-day gym. If you have a squat rack, barbell, and some weights you can qualify for squatters rights.
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  4696.  @priscilla.colburn444  It looks like pretty obvious sarcasm. But who knows.
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  4697. He wants to terminate the Constitution. He's absolutely terrible for Americans.
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  4698.  @asmodeus1274  You saw it, lol. You're calling me stupid when somebody else was misspelling basic English, that's how I know your triggered ;) Melt and Seethe
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  4699.  @asmodeus1274  Wasn't it the dirty liberals, like me, that wanted environmental and consumer regulations to ban led paint and gas? 🤔 Why are you criticizing me, and not the person that can't even spell 'their'? Did I trigger you by pointing out that "Build the Wall" people don't even know THEIR own language? Lol, I love ironic comedy- thanks. ✌️
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  4700.  @MarkFaust  These people barely have brain cells to rub together, can't ask them to think about spelling American English (the language they tell others to learn) and breathe at the same time. That's too much for them to handle.
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  4701.  @asmodeus1274  I like the Red crayons, so you can draw your Red wave... How'd that work out for you guys?
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  4702. So you also think the Constitution should be terminated? 🙄
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  4703. Trump only likes people that came back unharmed, just like how he likes people who didn't get captured (like McCain). Sorry :/
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  4704. Lol, He was more mad about being asked to be his vice president than he was about the anti-semitism
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  4705. You guys know so little about this space.
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  4706. Wrong
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  4707. As somebody who studied investing, this is a terrible video. They are overvalued I don't think he understands that they're compounding free cash flow at massive rates. Meta just generated over 50B of fcf last year.
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  4708.  @Unavalivle  Nvidia is still great
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  4709.  @Unavalivle  Meta did 51B in fcf in 2024, up 23percent from 2023.
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  4710.  @Unavalivle  a simple example is the fact that he unironically said that Apple just sells a few phones... Bruh, the only reason why people buy the stock is because they get dividends, buy backs, and capital appreciation from free cash flow growth because Apple sold 201 billion dollars of iPhones last year and that was a slow growth year. "A few phones" sure 😅😂
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  4711.  @Unavalivle  because he doesn't understand how to value businesses. He's talking about things being overvalued but doesn't understand the importance of earnings and fcf growth and how things companies are making money hand over fist.
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  4712. Just a heads up, this is a bad video
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  4713. This is all fear mongering. As an investor and has somebody who spends a lot of time researching economics, this was a very misinformed video.
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  4714. This is a terrible video, he doesn't get how to value companies at all.
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  4715. I don't think you guys understand how to value stocks. He literally just took took Tesla as an outlier and made it seem like that was how they were all valued. Does he understand that mag7 been growing free cash flow at massive rates and that's why they have large PE ratios? Lol
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  4716. This was so bad it's not even funny that people believe this junk econ.
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  4717. Nah, dude. This was really bad analysis
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  4718. Lol. Whatever you need to cope
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  4719. Not with this type of bogus analysis
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  4720. Good? This was a joke
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  4721. ​ @table8973  2.76B from carbon credits
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  4722. ​ @feynmanschwingere_mc2270  What is your point? It's still not "just a car company". I mean they're working on bipedal robots for Christ's sake, that's not a car.
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  4723.  @benitosereni  So I guess that's a no, you don't understand basic finance? What are you talking about? I think Tesla is currently overvalued, forwardPE of 116x, but have you seen the free cash flow growth from the other mag7? Nvidia has a 28x forwardPE. Microsoft is still planning on spending 80B on data centers this year.
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  4724.  @benitosereni  I doubt you even know what a DCF is, lol
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  4725.  @benitosereni  You don't think I've factored that into my investment thesis? Lol, how naive.
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  4726.  @benitosereni  You're so ideological it's sad.
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  4727.  @benitosereni  I don't think you actually know how to value stocks. I have more gains than you, lol
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  4728. ​ @benitosereni  he unironically said "Apple just sells a few phones"... They sold 201 billion dollars worth of phones last year. Is that just a few? Yeah, massive cap 🧢
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  4729. ​ @benitosereni  this guy doesn't even get how to value a company. He doesn't get what earnings growth is.
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  4730. Spittin' lies and fear mongering
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  4731.  @mitsue09  and I can name 100 better channels...
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  4732.  @mitsue09  Yes, and I could name a hundred capitalist econ channels that are better than this one. The Compound and literality MIT.
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  4733. What on Earth are you talking about? He doesn't even get why mag7 is valued the way it is, lol
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  4734.  @ArawnDan  Jill Stein was the only human on the top of the ticket. KH literally supports a segregationist-nation 🇮🇱
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  4735. Billy, the Gray, is more wise than Billy, the Red.
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  4736.  @integritysolution1386  Lol, Trump literally forgot he had constitutional limits during the lockdowns, that sounds dictatorial asf. Anybody who uses my initials to associate me with Biden is obviously an NPC... I mean, what a sad excuse for a debate. It's almost like you have no argument other than your feelings are hurt. Melt, snowflake.
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  4737. Considering he's an American citizen... Yes technically he is his president. Facts don't care about your feelings, buddy. Just because you don't like sleepy joe doesnt mean he's not the president.
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  4738. Yes, and yet it's still greener than fossil fuels.
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  4739. Oh no everybody can't have refrigerators, microwaves, dishwashers, clothes dryers, big screen TVs, and electric hot water heaters all running at once.... Oh, wait as those innovations came along we added energy infrastructure, lol. We've actually multiplied the energy production of the United States several fold within the last century. The channel engineering explained has a really good video breaking the problem and solution down.
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  4740.  @Rowgue51  An ev delivery van does drive on public roads 🤦🏼 And when a business owns very expensive autonomous electric lawn mowers, those aren't toys, it's listed on the company balance sheet as WORKING CAPITAL. Working capital... Not playing capital 😂🤣😂🤣😂 apparently you think the hard work of starting and running a business is just "playing"
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  4741.  @Rowgue51  Lmao, you know it's a tool. An Amazon electric delivery van is also a tool. An autonomous electric lawn mower is also a tool. Rowgue51 is also a tool.
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  4742.  @Rowgue51  I was never saying that it was a new concept... Some of the first cars before Benz's ICE were electric. So you do agree that there are electric vehicles that are not just toys or virtue signaling but have utile function, and there will be a larger variety in the future? Imagine being such a snowflake that you act like the only reason why somebody would own something like this is to be frivolous or virtue signal. That conservative logic is frying your brain.
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  4743.  @Rowgue51  golf carts are rear wheel drive.... That'd be terrible in muddy back fields 🤦🏼 not to mention ground clearance, suspension, payload and towing capacity.... It's almost like all the things that make it function as an all-terrain utility vehicle. You're just trying to be a smart ass conservative that's resistant to inevitable change. It's a tool, get over it, facts don't care if you feel differently.
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  4744. My uncle uses his EV 4x4 so he can go through his nature preserve without disturbing wildlife. It's a tool.
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  4745. kind of hard to say that the Earth has greened when we've cut down a record number of rainforest acreage. I mean water is also essential but if you just drink 50 gallons of water in a day, youd die. Chemicals can have more than one effect, Yes, it is essential for photosynthesizing life, but it also has a higher refractory index to normal 78% nitrogen 21% oxygen air... Increasing the average refractory index increases photo/thermal energy retention within the atmosphere.
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  4746. And people are working on technologies to replace the energy density of lithium ion battery technology for that very reason. Did you know the first cars were steam.... It's almost like we can innovate and put a new type of energy source and motor into a car.
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  4747. Yes, Stossel is a right wing libertarian, he is all about corporate interests.
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  4748. Yes, It's all about control, just like those damn liberals who forced the horses off the streets so cars could drive! The tyranny!
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  4749. You're not factoring in the innovation is a deflationary force. People who are buying electric cars now are funding the r&D that will make the future cars cost much less and make more economic common sense.
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  4750.  @UncaAlbyGmail  Are we not talking about the dangers of authority? Is having the social privilege to direct people within the workplace not a type of authority? Smh. Fukking classical liberals and their inability to see capitalist hierarchy.
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  4751. Yeah that's why I hate corporations that use sweatshops and no workers compensation... It's dangerous to have a boss risk somebody else's limbs for their profit. Ironic Mr Sowell
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  4752. Honest? He's ideologically hell bent in one direction, he doesn't care about facts. He just pushes his agenda.
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  4753. Is that what you say to yourself while you smoke eagle 20 and heavy metal contaminated weed that corporate cannabis is willing to sell you?
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  4754. Quoting drug war Reagan? Just say no to being the ironic butt of a joke.
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  4755. You can all whine about ID checks and taxes, at least it's illegal to sell eagle 20 and lead filled weed.
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  4756. And yet there's a huge racial disparity in the legal industry...
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  4757. One is still a schedule one substance with no medical value....
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  4758. By increasing the drug war like Ronald Reagan did.... -_-
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  4759. We have a country that pre-selects candidates through corporate lobbying.... But this is unbelievable?
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  4760.  @DieselRamcharger  For people that like sativa concentrates, you can't make bubble/ rosin out of most sativa trichomes. I don't like smoking a lot, so prefer dabbing well purged live batter- it's not hard to get all the tane out of batter/ wax. Clean grows are more key to clean concentrates. Whatever, you do you, buddy. You huff more butane off your lighter than you get from a dab.
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  4761.  @DieselRamcharger  Oh we got ourselves a solventless heady boy over here. Go wash some Durban Poison... You can't, lol.
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  4762.  @DieselRamcharger  That's unfortunate. I work as an extractor in a BHO lab, we can take moldy/ yeasty weed and remediate it into a safe to consume product. If it doesn't get remediated it can't be sold, it's not a prefect system but it helps decrease the risk to consumers.
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  4763.  @DieselRamcharger  Yep, my point exactly. What state you in? I'm in Colorado, we have decent testing regulations not the best- could be a lot better- but better than nothing.
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  4764.  @Barskor1  The testing labs are private, commercial grows are just required to test. I buy from my home grow homies, but regs help with commercial information asymmetries. Learn some basic econ.
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  4765.  @Barskor1  lmao, of course you don't understand about information asymmetry... Without lab testing how are you going to know if your weed has lead in it or if it was sprayed with eagle 20?
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  4766.  @mitch_the_-itch  You realize capitalist lobbyists buy out politicians to change the rules in their favor because of the capitalistic profit motive. Capitalism seeks corruption if it's more profitable.
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  4767. Journalist? He shoehorns his political point of view into every story, it's not journalism it's propaganda. Lmao.
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  4768. The government's not supposed to be a for-profit business, smh
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  4769. Says the right winger who eats up corporate inequality that disenfranchises you
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  4770. I wish right-wing libertarians would apply this to corporate boards as well...
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  4771. Don't lie, you smoke salty mids
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  4772. I just hope your is concerned about the corporatization of cannabis as you are about overregulation....
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  4773. Quoting the person who strengthened the drug war??? Y'all are suss.
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  4774. Bring your kid into a liquor store, nbd... Bring your kid into a dispensary get CPS called on you. If you have too much, the former can kill you and the latter makes you sleepy.
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  4775. Free markets don't exist. Even in the wild West the government cleared land of the native population in order to make private property homesteads.... Capitalism is based on state violence.
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  4776. Yes... Welcome to real world politics.
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  4777. Did you just conveniently leave out corporations and their armies of lobbyists and lawyers? Typical brainwashed right-wing libertarian.
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  4778. Quoting the guy that created the drug war to "help" kids... What are you smoking?
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  4779. Isn't that what capitalists want too, money and control? And yet somehow you guys trust capitalism more than government, lol
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  4780. As far as I know the Sahara desert is divided up into jurisdictions controlled by governments..... And they're still sand there.
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  4781. So he increase the drug war which made it more profitable for criminal organizations?? I'm seriously starting to question the intelligence of all these people quoting Ronald Reagan on this video. It's like you guys don't understand irony.
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  4782. Why do I see so many morons use this quote on the this video? You guys realize he increased the drug war, right? Just say no to being a right winger.
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  4783. I seriously wonder about these right-wing libertarians... So concerned about government that they forget that a private company would happily kill you if it would make more money then keep you alive... They only value your life for the amount of money it brings in. If it's more advantageous for profits to spray eagle 20 and give you cancer that's the way the profit motive will push the market.
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  4784.  @proofbeforyoureyes  Your writing makes no sense. Are you still not comprehending the fact that Ronald Reagan made government bigger under the false notion of helping people... When his quote is about not trusting big govt to help you. You probably believe his lips that he didn't raise taxes either, lmao... Typical. You live by funny "logic", bud.
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  4785.  @proofbeforyoureyes  Apparently you don't realize Reagan "wanted to help the children" with his Just Say No campaign that actually increased drug usage among teens. Congratulations on being too fucking stupid to the understand irony of quoting him on a weed video.
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  4786. Quoting the man who increased the drug war.... Are you oblivious to the irony?
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  4787.  @thischannelisnotmine  Yes, a native population to the America's that weren't European... Are you daft or just pedantic? Technically, we're all African so I must be African American, right? Jfc. Oh and the US bought property that was stolen via genocide... All good there! FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, BITCH!
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  4788.  @mitch_the_-itch  So you consider the government sponsored genocide of the native Americans in order to clear large swaths of land to turn into private property homesteads capitalism? I agree capitalism is built on state violence.
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  4789. Somebody mad bout the devil's lettuce....
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  4790. But you're happy with Nestle buying up aquifers and selling it across the world depriving local communities of clean drinking water?
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  4791. You mean just "capitalism"... The profit motive turns all capitalism cronyist.
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  4792.  @donguess4332  Happily breathing in air right next to a highway is basically like breathing air right off your bumper... Plus highways have brake dust. But why would libertarians care about negative externalities.
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  4793. What are you talking about?
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  4794.  @AmigaWolf  Yeah look at libertarians business owners like Peter Thiel and the Koch brothers taking big govt money. If real world libertarian capitalists are just going to ignore your ideology in pursuit of profit, then you're living in a fantasyland. I'll believe you when your ideological libertarians actually have power, lol, because as I see it the Thiel and the Koch brothers have much more influence. And you'll always fall back onto "no true capitalism" when capitalism fails because you're unable to accept that capitalism failed. Lol. This is like literally talking to every single libertarian NPC, it's just the same debunked talking points over and over.
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  4795. And who controls the government? Capitalists who don't care about free markets and want to make more profit so they buy politicians to give them favors .... Because like Milton Friedman said the sole purpose of a corporation is to make money for shareholders and nothing else!
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  4796. Stossel doesn't care about balanced energy, he has always pushed his right wing talking points for decades. He's very much against anything leftist, just because it's leftist. He's the type of guy that huffs exhaust pipes to own the libs
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  4797. Most hydrogen fuel cells have terrible energy density, so it takes an extremely large fuel cell to power a vehicle for 300 mi. Also Iron Man is a comicbook/movie....
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  4798. It's a goal to work towards more efficient energy production.... Why are you so offended by that??
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  4799.  @likehat2729  Try? I made a statement... There was no 'try', I just 'did'. Try again, Einstein.
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  4800. Lol, what a dilettante
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  4801. Do North Koreans support democracy... I mean it's in the name Democratic Peoples Republic Of Korea 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 It's called authoritarian propaganda... And the socialists were literally the first people Hitler purged after he was elected Chancellor. "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." - Martin Niemöller
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  4802.  @derekwest4245  A commie? No way, José! 😂🤣😂🤣 No point in debating somebody who has absolutely no clue about politics or economics!
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  4803.  @derekwest4245  🤦🏼 Not when the welfare is a social investment. There's a risk and there's a return to the money spent.... so it's an investment. Subsidizing NASA has massive technological breakthroughs associated with it... It's a good social investment to fund NASA. Roads help people get places and increase economic opportunities by decreasing transaction costs... That's a good social investment. FDR put over 5,000 people to work during the Great depression by building the Hoover dam... That's a good social investment. You don't know much about economics, especially basic things like social marginal utility versus private marginal utility. C'mon, the dirty socialist knows more econ/ finance. Capitalists really need to understand their system before they start being apologists for rich capital owners.
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  4804.  @derekwest4245  If you think all subsides are the same, you don't understand economic investment... Like at all. Economics is not a zero sum game, even taxes. SNAP benefits have a ROI of 64x... That's 6400% and at a much higher marginal utility than bailing out billionaires.
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  4805.  @derekwest4245  What are you talking about? I think you need to tell the capitalist bankers, insurance and auto company about this moral hazard of treating the government like your parents.... But apparently you don't understand creating "pursuit of profit" as the goal will lead to shifting costs onto taxpayers to increase corporate bottom lines. Capitalists love big government. You're confused.
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  4806. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  4807.  @donswearingen9805  ...And you don't see how that applies to capitalism? Lmao
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  4808.  @donswearingen9805  Many socialists are anarchists, and some socialist acknowledge the need for some government but don't want big government. You seem kinda confused. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism..." - George Orwell
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  4809. And Mussolini never said it was socialism... He literally called it corporatism. "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini Hitler literally purged all the socialist out of the party after 1934, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.
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  4810. All ideology will be corrupted by people, capitalism included... So I'm not really sure what your point is.
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  4811. You probably think that because you don't understand what socialism is. Socialism is primarily democratic.... How do you think trade unions function? “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  4812. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  4813. You can't even get the year right, let alone the ideology. He was elected Chancellor in 1933 and by 1934 he was already purging the socialist within his own party. By the time the 1939 invasion of Poland occurred, it was just corporatist fascism. "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." - Martin Niemöller
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  4814.  @IgnoreMeImWrong  I mean he abandoned all socialist policies for fascist policy, but hey Jenna, you probably think North Korea is a democracy even though they rig the "elections". Jesus Christ you're amazingly dim.
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  4815. Hitler literally murdered all of the socialists in his party when he came to power... Learn some history please, because you're so gullible with the authoritarian propaganda. I wouldn't be surprised if you literally thought the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was a democracy.... Fyi, North Korea is not a democratic country even though it's in the name, it's called propaganda.
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  4816. Oh, dear ... You're falling for that old authoritarian propaganda? How is it national socialism after Hitler murders all the socialists in his party 🤦🏼 It's literally on par with calling the Democratic People's Republic Of Korea a "democracy". Besides, if you're going to quote Mussolini, you should know that he was in favor of 'corporatism'. Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini Corporatism is a type of economic model that's been utilized by various types of ideologies, but in the broadest sense of the term it means collaboration of the various classes of society (workers, bosses, govt, church, etc) to work together. It's not socialism, because it's not the dissolution of class but integrating class groups to work together, much like the bundle of sticks that the fasce represents. But due to a top-down structure of society, it wasn't so much based around 'collaboration' as state-capitalist subjugation where the fascist governments set up oligopolies and monopolies to better control supply chains and labor markets. Who did Hitler come for first... Yeah, the socialists; "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." - Martin Niemöller
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  4817.  @IgnoreMeImWrong  You don't know much about American history, smh. Pathetic, Jenna. P.S. socialism and capitalism are economic systems, you've been very misled.
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  4818.  @IgnoreMeImWrong  Capitalism requires other people's stuff. Workers make things, investors don't. Great job just ignoring capitalism genociding people for land... Typical.
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  4819.  @IgnoreMeImWrong  I don't think you know as much history as you think.
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  4820.  @IgnoreMeImWrong  Cooperative often buy the business from the founder 🤦🏼 Did you forget about how a lot of private property was created? Did they just leave the native Americans and Mexicans alone... Or did they genocide them redistribute their property and gave 160 acres to European settlers. Don't act like Capitalism is voluntary, so much bloodshed to impose private property law.
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  4821. Is that why George Orwell and Martin Luther King Jr were socialists because they wanted people not to be free? Lmao, ok
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  4822. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  4823. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  4824. Informative with lots of neoliberal propaganda, sure. But not actually informative about how economics works in the real world. He touches on economics in the real world but with an oversimplified and biased perspective. Many elected officials have thought through their policies, they just don't align with the citizens because that's not their fundamental constituents. The only way politicians have a chance to make it to the ballot box is by taking in large lobbying "donations" that come with strings attached. This has been proven through statistical analysis in a 2014 Princeton study on inequality
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  4825. Yes, this is why Neoliberalism always fails, and turns into corporate oligarchy. I'm going to assume that, ironically, by "proven economic theory" you don't mean empirical studies of behavioral economics that show real human resource decision making.
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  4826.  @metalman666ization  I find it hilarious that just the term 'behavioral economics' confuses you. You think it's a government program or something, when it's really just economics plus psychology.... 😂😂 Never go full classical liberal, Simple Jack.
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  4827.  @metalman666ization  I said the repeal of Glass-Steagall created more systemic risk in the system. I'm not for regulating the whole economy and making it command style top down bureaucracy. Again, nice straw man. You want to be taken seriously when you commit this many fallacies of purposefully misconstruing the argument? You're arguing in bad faith.
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  4828.  @metalman666ization  Oh I forgot behavioral economics.... Do you really think behavioral economics is just about government mandating things?? There's a whole concept of game theory that takes into account real human decisions. For instance If you ask two people to split $100 and one of them gets to choose the percentage each one gets and the other one gets to approve the ratio or turn down either person getting money, in classical economics one would expect a rational actor to take any amount that is more than they have currently, even if they just get $10 and the other person gets $90. Although when we conduct empirical studies, human perception of fairness comes into play and we see that if the ratio isn't close to 50/50 it will be turned down because people don't like severe inequality. From these studies we can see that emotional feelings of fairness override a rational desire to be slightly better off than one's current situation. Humans are apes that fell from trees, not homo economicous. This view of game theory doesn't demand any government, but it does show that humans are not the rational actors that classical economics assumes. Congratulations on another fallacy, it's unfortunate that you seem to have an opinion about a subject you know nothing about. Seems like you really like to bask in your ignorance, take care, buddy.
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  4829.  @metalman666ization  Wow, bud, I'm talking about externalities because you guys don't seem to understand the importance of externalities to mispricing of supply and demand. Secondly, I know democratic socialism is different from the Nordic model of social democracy... I'm more anti-capitalist than the Nordic model, but thanks for your strawman (ironic when you accuse me of strawmanning and you end up doing such). The Next System Project is a think tank that I like that is devoted to building communities back up by creating community driven institutions, like coops/ credit unions, land trusts, and labor unions. They have helped multiple communities recover from capital flight that left communities to scrape by- but I don't know, maybe you like when your job gets relocated overseas and It becomes hard to put food on the table. Third, I don't have to believe in the labor theory of value in order to believe the working class should have autonomy over their own labor- capitalism is based on commodifying humans and decreasing their freedom through exorbitant inequality. Instead of using government redistribution like in the Nordic model I think that there should be a fundamentally more fair distribution within property rights so the government doesn't have to redistribute as heavily to correct such glaring inequalities. Thanks for trying, sorry you fell into a hypocritical fallacy.... Maybe next time you'll be able to be a little bit more intellectually curious instead of assuming you know my beliefs... Maybe you shouldn't be guessing behavior either, lol 😉✌️
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  4830.  @SeraphsWitness  I guess that's a 'no'. It's quite ironic how the libertarians that squawk about understanding economics don't even understand what a basic externality is, lol. I think it's because externalities are external to the market and libertarians fetishize the free market as if it's everything... Even though it's clearly not. Feel free to comment anytime you find a source that proves me wrong, I'll be patiently waiting 😉😂🤣
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  4831.  @scottp2462  Lab tech, but I've studied a good amount of econ in the past decade.
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  4832.  @SeraphsWitness  Did you by chance get to read through the literature of how externalities push the needle further from Pareto efficiency (inefficient pricing info, i.e. mispricing)? Did the textbook help you understand that externalities shift costs onto unconsenting people? (That should be a problem if you care about the freedom of others) Do you have any source to prove anything to the contrary? I'm honestly now curious if you can even find a source for your opinion that externalities don't shift costs and don't decrease Pareto efficiency. I'd honestly be fascinated to read your sources. If you want I could pull up three other high quality sources that corroborate my thesis.
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  4833.  @SeraphsWitness  That Intermediate Economics textbook free online if you need to look through it, just sayin'. ✌️
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  4834.  @SeraphsWitness  You say Pareto efficiency isn't relevant to externalities.... Let's check the textbook; "Chapter 14 Externalities An externality is the accompanying impact (whether positive or negative) of one agent’s consumption or production activity on the utility or technology of another, where this impact is independent of markets or prices. .... Because externalities are external to the workings of markets, the prices at which trades occur do not reflect their additional costs (in the case of negative externalities) or benefits (in the case of positive externalities). Consequently, the First Welfare Theorem typically fails, i.e., *in the presence of externalities, the Walras allocation is generally no longer Pareto efficient.* We begin by illustrating this inefficiency and then consider three “solutions” that have been suggested to mitigate these problems and that have influenced government policy towards externalities." - Intermediate Microeconomics a tool building approach, by Economist Samiran Banerjee For clarification, the Warlas law is a concept of market equilibrium, which like I keep saying becomes unhinged in the presence of externalities. You can call me moronic all you want, but you can't cite a single source that proves me wrong. You're just talking out of your ass, I actually can provide textbook and real world examples of these concepts. Keep up with all those fallacies, it's a pretty cute look on you. Feel free to come back and comment when you can provide cited sources for your opinion or a source that critiques the chapter of the textbook that I quoted- until then I'll consider you very confused.
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  4835.  @SeraphsWitness  No, I did not say "affects pricing" , I said "MISPRICING markets". Of course thousands of things affect the price of a good or service, but I fail to see you acknowledging that markets often misprice resources for various reasons. If you acknowledge both, that many things affect market prices and many things can cause some prices to be mispriced, then there's no problem here- my main point is calling out neoliberals who act like without government the markets always hit a rational equilibrium.
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  4836.  @SeraphsWitness  If you know what an externality is why don't you admit that it has effects in mispricing markets?? If you don't want me to talk down to you, Why don't you just answer the question?
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  4837.  @SeraphsWitness  I hope you realize that the correlated tranches could have been less correlated if they weren't bundle and repackaged dozen times so by the time it gets to the last derivative you don't even know what quality of assets are fundamental underlying the CDO. Like I said, it being black and white, government or private is a fallacious line- there's a complex intermingling of reasons. Unfortunately neoliberals are lazy and they just blame everything on "gubernment" (and then usually try to enact authoritarian government policies, e.g. Reagan). I didn't necessarily say banks either.... Economic actors of all varieties, and yes, sometimes banks, fail to make proper risk assessments. You could look at the national chemical safety board videos, they show pretty obviously that long term risks will be eschewed if short term profit are available, from sugar mills to metallurgy factories. Like I said before I wasn't just talking about 2008 🤦 The reason why you can't respond to the externality portion of the comment is, because you don't even know what an externality is; That makes sense. Feel free to respond- although I think you shouldn't because you can't even understand that I'm not just talking about 2008 and you don't know what externalities are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ So keep clap trappin' about only half understanding '08 and keep ignoring the economics you completely don't understand. Whatever makes your 'feels' feel better.
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  4838.  @SeraphsWitness  A misunderstanding of risk correlation can happen without government intervention... 2008 specifically was a very messy situation and there is no black and white thinking that can be utilized. One thing that is important though is, that the repeal of glass-steagall regulations allowed the intermingling of commercial banking funds and investment banking funds, which pushed risk onto unsuspecting citizens and spreading systemic risk leading to market failure. I find it very cute how you leave out negative and positive externalities, lol. You still have not proven anything to the contrary that market mispricings exist and the idea of a perfect equilibrium is a fallacious grasp of economics. I wasn't originally talking to you, so if you're not going to reply to main concept, don't reply at all ;)
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  4839.  @metalman666ization  This is the irony, you say you understand economics, but you act as if negative externalities don't exist in the real world and mispricing's only come from government; This neglect of real economic events just reeks of dogmatic ideology. There is no such thing as a perfect market equilibrium, prices are always changing to meet available information BUT like I said AVAILABLE info. For instance, if you have an externality that by definition has value that is not being accessed by market mechanisms. You neglect these large concepts and yet you say you understand economics- that piques my curiosity. Do you incorporate behavioral economics into your perspective? If not, then you don't understand real world economic interactions. Between logical fallacies and behavioral game theory that stems from philosophical concepts of fairness, humans studied in the real world present different characteristics than neoliberal concepts of the "rational actor". Quite honestly I don't even think you know what I mean by a democratic socialist... You probably think of Lenin or something strawmanned like that. So we don't get sidetracked please reply to each of these main topics; 1) please address my two non-govt examples of mispricing; negative/ positive externalities and an ignorance to correlated risk 2) What role, if any, do empirical studies of behavioral economics factor into your concept of "correct economics", and 3) I don't think you know what democratic socialism means to demsoc's, but I sure would be curious to hear what your capitalist brain thinks it means.
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  4840. As a democratic socialist who has studied a lot of economics, I will tell you that prices come from the market. You can have set prices, but then that doesn't give accurate information on supply and demand, which is what prices are for; to convey information. That said, prices often fail to include proper risk assessment (think '08 correlated risk of different tranches of CDOs overlapping to make more risk than what was understood) or negative and positive externalities. Your Sowell quote is as daft as you are; extremely.
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  4841. "Basic economics", sooo introductory econ 101 as it's called, neglects humans innate irrational tendencies, because working with a rational archetype is a dumbed down and excludes a lot of the variables in real life. But that's right, Kirb, you don't believe humans use fallacies when arranging resources, like the sunk cost fallacy or the gamblers fallacy. Your comments are always such a joke, lol, you liberals are hilarious at denying reality. You can't even engage in a constructive dialogue where you provide cited sources as well. What a dingdong.
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  4842.  @jimhasanenterprise8763  Says the dude bragging about a Facebook argument. No one said it was about me, but you brought it up on a public thread, lol You did invoke identity politics, which is ironic for a group that constantly complains about identity politics. That's not a negative thing, I find your hypocrisy positively hilarious! Kudo on your keyboard krav maga, Killer.
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  4843. CONGRATULATIONS! Let's give this FB keyboard warrior a medal and a round of applause. The funniest part is that you don't understand how an individual's situation might be different from their parents and grandparents.... Almost like we shouldn't use identity politics, oh, yeah 🤦
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  4844. Do you want to work 16 hr days, 6 days a week for a small hourly wage? No? Because there are labor laws that prevent that. Go back to 1822, you knuckledragger. PS, that Reagan quote is really funny considering he pushed the war on drugs AND helped trade guns for drugs to help fund the Contras. Moral of the story; people who say they want small government usually want big government to enforce their morals or finances on others. Libertarians like the Koch brothers and Peter Thiel are prime examples of modern small government chatterboxes that lobby for laws and pull subsidies.
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  4845. I'm going to go out on a limb and say average citizens supremely benefited from labor laws that prevented 16hr days, 6 days a week for sub-subsistence wages. Papa can't bring home all the bread, so 9yo Jonny needs to work the factory for 12hr/d too.
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  4846. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ tenant laws like that are what you get when you try to enforce inequality through Lording over Land. It's almost like all these libertarians who say they understand economics don't understand the law of rent, and how renting out land is rent-seeking behavior. It's like you never read Adam Smith.
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  4847.  @FEV369  I just said people aren't rational... Which seems to confuse you, lol. Triggered much?
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  4848.  @FEV369  Hilarious, this conversation is been an fallacious back and forth.... And yet you still think humans are rational actors. See the irony ;)
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  4849.  @FEV369  Still lack the capacity to have a straightforward conversation? Word, lmao
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  4850.  @FEV369  evolution; that was your point? Okay, buddy, whatever. You're probably still a neoliberal who believes in the fallacious rational choice theory- Way to miss the point.
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  4851. And yet neoliberals try to argue that humans are rational actors.... Then they complain that humans aren't being rational. Hey, wake up, buddy- humans are emotional apes that fell from trees and started to walk up right. Ironically it would be more logical for you to assume that emotional animals, often don't provide logical explanations.
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  4852. The illegitimate invasion of Iraq caused the death of 1 million Iraqi civilians.... Are you going to blame any of that on capitalistic greed of corporations, like Halliburton, and the revolving door of govt-corporate capitalism? Are you just forgetting that the United States has a long history of killing lots of people for corporate greed? 1954 overthrow of the democratically elected government in Guatemala was literally so the US based United Fruit Company could run banana plantations.
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  4853. Lololol, classical liberalism is for losers. Learn some behavioral economics and learn how the world actually works. If you base your model on human rationality and humans act emotionally.... Then your model is bunk.
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  4854. Eh, all of (neo)classical liberalism is pretty mids. Maybe look up behavioral economics and see how economics actually works in the real world. If you think you can boil supply and demand down to human rationality, then you're not accounting for the irrational tendencies humans have.
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  4855.  @dlee73  I never said he was a Democrat... I said he was a Democratic Socialist 🤦 there's a difference
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  4856.  @dlee73  🤔🤔 let's look at his own words; “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” –Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “Capitalism forgets that life is social. And the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism, but in a higher synthesis.” –Speech to Southern Christian Leadership Conference Atlanta, Georgia, August 16, 1967.
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  4857.  @dlee73  And Martian Luther King Jr was a Democratic Socialist.... 🤔 Yeah, god forbid a free think black mam is a leftist
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  4858.  @grondhero  Still got nothing of substance, lol? Just checking in on your fallacious ass ;)
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  4859.  @grondhero  No response the list of logical fallacies regularly committed by irrational humans? Because all the empirical evidence is to the contrary to your fantasy neoliberalism. You're a wimp who can't back up their argument.
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  4860.  @grondhero  Sunk Cost Fallacy
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  4861.  @grondhero  Peltzman effect
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  4862.  @grondhero  Egocentric bias
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  4863.  @grondhero  Framing effect
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  4864.  @grondhero  Cognitive dissonance
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  4865.  @grondhero  Confirmation bias
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  4866.  @grondhero  Anchoring bias
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  4867.  @grondhero Do these fallowing actions seem like rational actors to you?
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  4868.  @grondhero  Still no rebuttal to the fact of human fallacies, nor any substantive critique of behavioral economics? You asked for sources, I gave you sources. You say you're correct but you can't even substantively address the topic.... Lol, what a joke.
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  4869.  @grondhero  Still not planning on addressing the empirical findings of behavioral economics? Typical dogmatist.
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  4870.  @grondhero  Did you plan on responding to any of the cited sources, or the topic of humans buying more goods when they're a higher price due to their emotional tie to status symbols- as contrary to typical supply and demand theory? Or do you just hide until your monthly dose of attention?
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  4871.  @grondhero  Behavioral biases that lead human actors away from predicted "rational" actions, one example being Veblen goods. I have given many other examples and cited sources. You literally called me irrational and in the same paragraph told me that humans are rational actors.... I am a human, so your syllogism makes no sense. I keep bringing up facts and have cited sources and provided links for your reviewing, but you don't seem to care.... So why are you asking me about facts now? I gave you resources, bud. The irony is that you keep proving my point that humans are extremely biased apes that have brain stems that were evolved in reptiles. We as humans can use rationality but we are not innately rational and we fight our natural instincts to become more, but never fully, rational. If you want those facts, scroll up and look at the resources I already gave you ;)
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  4872.  @jimwerther  You think I'm fooling myself. Do you think I'm being irrational?
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  4873.  @jimwerther  You never address Veblen goods, you critiqued my spelling.... (I already explained I'm dyslexic, you ass) It is very fallacious to dodge context for something as superficial as accidentally switching a 'A' for an 'E'. You make no attempt to show that buying more goods at a higher price is rational. Just a fallacy after fallacy with no attempt to address the underlying context. Wow, that's just embarrassing for you, we already went over these fallacies, buddy. You're just too absorbed in cognitive biased to actually admit that you're biased, lol, what a joke. I'd honestly laugh more if it wasn't so sad that people like yourselves delude themselves into thinking they're rational when they put up fallacy after fallacy. I acknowledge that I'm not rational, unfortunately you can't do the same. The lack of humility is sad.
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  4874.  @jimwerther  You have NOT address any of the cognitive biases that humans act on. Name one cognitive bias that you actually talked about in this thread? I bet you can't name one. You still don't even know what behavioral economics is! You just keep repeating yourself that you think you disprove something that you've never even learned about... The arrogance is astonishing.
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  4875.  @jimwerther  First you miss quote Churchill and you STILL neglect to address behavioral economics.... Ya great argument. Still neglecting behavioral economics because you're too biased to understand that bias effects economic decisions... 2Fitting2Funny
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  4876.  @grondhero  Still no critique of behavioral econ/finance?? What an echo chamber of non-thinkers, lol
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  4877.  @jimwerther  I've got to love how you say that I didn't provide an alternative while you ignore me bringing up behavioral economics as an alternative 50 times in a row. Lmfao, you have no understanding of behavioral economics, so instead of learning about it you chose to try to gaslight me saying I haven't provided an alternative 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Bahaha, you guys are daft af. What a sad echo chamber.
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  4878.  @jimwerther  So instead of admitting you made a mistake you double down and call them the same thing, lol. Democracy and capitalism aren't completely linked... That ideology is called liberalism and it expanded in the late 1700's. There are illiberal examples of capitalism, and examples of democracy without private property. Do you think kibbutz' were capitalistic in their use of democratic voting? (To be clear, whether they succeeded or not is not the issue, rather was their democracy "capitalistic"?) You're the one who started calling me lazy but then are offended by me calling you the same name? That's a little hypocritical, Jim. Sorry I misspelled a few things; it's called dyslexia. I'm glad you as a teacher, understand learning difficulties... You sure sound like a great teacher /S I don't think Morgan Housel is a deity, but it's obvious you think Sowell is- The irony is too funny. You can't even respond to my behavioral economics points??? *Just like all the rest, you'll ignore addressing behavioral economics* just like the petulant child you are. It's obviously a waste of time to talk to you because you won't address the main issue here; behavioral economics. You are ridiculous, and to have the audacity to call me the embarrassment. Sounds pretty lazy (lazy is your word, not mine, so don't cry about it, Jim).
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  4879.  @grondhero  It's been a couple weeks Kirby have you gone through the effort of looking up behavioral economics or have you been too lazy?
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  4880.  @jimwerther  Oof, you know just how ironic you have to be to ignore all my cited sources about behavioral economics, misquote Churchill, and prove to me humans are irrationally short sighted by doing both these things.... Just wow, Mr. LazyJim, just wow. E: oh god... You're a teacher? Do you call your students lazy after you make misquotations? Is that how you facilitate learning in your classroom? Oh, I feel sorry for your students.
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  4881.  @jimwerther  Ummm, that Churchill quote was about Democracy... "Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…" - Winston S Churchill, 11 November 1947 lmao, my laziness?? I've spent hours copy and pasting quotes, but you guys can't even be bothered to look up behavioral economics. Humans aren't always rational actors, they're emotional beings full of biases- I'm actually being pretty patient with you guys because I know humans are irrational so I understand why you're being irrational. Let's look at some more points; "Behavioral finance has revealed that real people do not behave like the rational actors predicted by mainstream theories and the efficient markets hypothesis."... "Real traders and investors tend to suffer from overconfidence, regret, attention deficits, and trend-chasing—each of which can lead to suboptimal decisions and eat away at returns." 4 Behavioral Biases and How to Avoid Them By TIM PARKER Updated July 25, 2021 Fact checked by PETE RATHBURN Let me guess you think going through the effort of correcting your Churchill quote and finding another web page on behavioral economics is "lazy"... Maybe next time you should double check your quote, Mr. LazyJim. Lmao, you guys are hilarious. Just read some behavioral finance, It's an interesting subject that can help you earn money off of people's irrationalities- The article and I have said Buffett made his money this way, as illustrated by Buffets quote "be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy". But please continue to believe that humans are completely rational and don't suffer from emotions, like fear and greed, that caused them to make suboptimal decisions for themselves ;) Do some more reading, Mr. LazyJim.
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  4882.  @tynj4173  It's funny how you refuse to acknowledge Vablen Goods. Are you scared of them?? 👻😂🤣 You're so pathetic you can't even have a honest conversation.
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  4883.  @tynj4173  Asking you about the economic phenomenon of Vablen Goods (Goods whose demand increases as price increases) is emotional? It's not that I don't understand these concepts It's that you don't want to have a conversation. Like I told the other dude, If I'm emotional then that proves human economic behavior is not necessarily rational... And you have no logical rebuttal. Run along, you guys are truly ridiculous.
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  4884.  @tynj4173  So Vablen Goods don't exist? Humans are irrational and sometimes want more of something the more expensive it is, which contradicts traditional notions of supply/ demand. Calling it "natural" when you can't even accept our observations of human behavior is hilarious- you're a joke.
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  4885.  @tynj4173  I'm waiting for you to prove rational choice theory. The burden of proof is on you, buddy.
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  4886.  @tynj4173  Said nothing? I'm convinced you don't even know what rational choice theory is! You're a joke.... Tell me again how Vablen goods are rational? I'll wait.
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  4887.  @tynj4173  (neo)classical liberals don't want to understand anything other than their propaganda. You have people here that think behavioral economics is about a "victim mentality"... Like what the hell does that even mean?? I'm sure you didn't read any of the cited sources either. Congratulations on not even trying.
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  4888.  @grondhero  Have you actually looked up behavioral economics and behavioral finance, yet? Or are you still committed to thinking the current panicked (emotional) stock market is rational right now?
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  4889.  @grondhero  I'm an investor in this current market climate, and things are irrational and emotional as hell right now. I understand my emotional inclinations and so I don't look at my investment account on bad red days, unless I'm buying what's now cheap. I have to factor my emotions into my basic investing actions- and I think this reveals something deep; it is more rational to take into consideration the irrationalities of humans than it is to make models dependent on humans divorcing emotion from their actions. I am inherently irrational but I am more rational when I consider and account for my irrationalities. Behavioral finances is a very interesting field, I suggest you look it up before you keep acting like it's nothing of importance.
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  4890.  @grondhero  The stock market is the worst example you could have given. People buy more when there's euphoria at a high price and end up selling when there's panic and fear at a low price. Is buy high, sell low a rational investment thesis, Kirb??? Euphoria and fear are emotions, and they often dominate the market. Behavioral economics and behavioral finance aren't "just another perspective", they have lots of Nobel winning empirical studies and profitable business models that show humans often don't act in their own self-interest. Behavioral economics is relatively new, I think it shows that classical liberals are stuck in the past, learn something new ffs. Warren Buffett has made a lot of his money by "being greedy when others are fearful and fearful in others are greedy".... That's sage investment advice that entirely centers around emotions and irrationality. Bahahahahaha, but yeah, you're smarter with econ than the guy who earned $110 billion by utilizing stock market irrationality; the very thing you say is false! Oh, boy, your humorous propaganda about rational choice theory is richer than Buffet himself. Keep on being a classical liberal NPC E: Warren Buffett's actually now worth $125 billion after buying (being greedy) more companies in this fear ridden market... Are you really going to go toe-to-toe in investment decisions against Warren Buffett??
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  4891.  @grondhero  Rational choice theory has been debunked and companies use it apart of their business models. If you still think RCT is a law of econ, you don't know econ, Kirby. "Because humans are emotional and easily distracted beings, they make decisions that are not in their self-interest. For example, according to the rational choice theory, if Charles wants to lose weight and is equipped with information about the number of calories available in each edible product, he will opt only for the food products with minimal calories. Behavioral economics states that even if Charles wants to lose weight and sets his mind on eating healthy food going forward, his end behavior will be subject to cognitive bias, emotions, and social influences. If a commercial on TV advertises a brand of ice cream at an attractive price and quotes that all human beings need 2,000 calories a day to function effectively after all, the mouth-watering ice cream image, price, and seemingly valid statistics may lead Charles to fall into the sweet temptation and fall off of the weight loss bandwagon, showing his lack of self-control. Applications One application of behavioral economics is heuristics, which is the use of rules of thumb or mental shortcuts to make a quick decision. However, when the decision made leads to error, heuristics can lead to cognitive bias. Behavioral game theory, an emergent class of game theory, can also be applied to behavioral economics as game theory runs experiments and analyzes people’s decisions to make irrational choices. Another field in which behavioral economics can be applied to is behavioral finance, which seeks to explain why investors make rash decisions when trading in the capital markets. Companies are increasingly incorporating behavioral economics to increase sales of their products. In 2007, the price of the 8GB iPhone was introduced for $600 and quickly reduced to $400. What if the intrinsic value of the phone was $400 anyway? If Apple introduced the phone for $400, the initial reaction to the price in the smartphone market might have been negative as the phone might be thought to be too pricey. But by introducing the phone at a higher price and bringing it down to $400, consumers believed they were getting a pretty good deal and sales surged for Apple. Also, consider a soap manufacturer who produces the same soap but markets them in two different packages to appeal to multiple target groups. One package advertises the soap for all soap users, the other for consumers with sensitive skin. The latter target would not have purchased the product if the package did not specify that the soap was for sensitive skin. They opt for the soap with the sensitive skin label even though it’s the exact same product in the general package." - Investopedia, behavioral economics
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  4892. And yet Sowell's classical liberalism doesn't account for human irrationality. Behavioral Economics is more informative about why people make the decisions they do.
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  4893. HB spared Scoob from this dumpster fire
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  4894. Yeah, watch a few videos and then it thinks that's all ya want to see.... I miss YT from the 2010's
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  4895. But how would Walmart steal hundreds of millions of dollars from their employees by not paying them their earned wage? You don't think corporations steal all the time?
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  4896. Remember that conservative success story of feudalism, and then liberalism took over....
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  4897. Don't Republicans give tax breaks to corporate criminals? 😅😅 They're all terrible.
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  4898. And if you don't punish corporate crime you hurt the middle class.... But they don't punish that!
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  4899. Unfortunately most people don't understand that trauma causes addiction.... We are a nation of trauma. Personal, social, and economic trauma.
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  4900. Capitalism, baby. A lower price for the same thing wins in capitalism, doesn't matter how it was gained.
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  4901. While that would certainly address the crime issue for drug addicts, not addressing underlying issues just leaves many on an government opium teat. Addiction is caused by trauma, resources need to be provided to the people who want to address their trauma and stop numbing their lives.
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  4902. 🤣😂 Always blame the other side! TOW THE PARTY LINE! You're clichè asf
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  4903.  @timothykozlowski2945  Cool, me neither.... What's your point? Nice job ignoring the context 👍
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  4904. Like what?
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  4905. The whole economy would be shut down if the government went after corporations that scammed individuals...
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  4906. What are you expect Republicans are fascists
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  4907.  @Upper-cr1kh  America First blow up our cities.... America First don't build a wall let the immigrants come in! 🤡🤡🤡 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
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  4908.  @Upper-cr1kh  You don't want to upgrade brakes. You get towns that get blown up.... But tell me about America first 🤡🤡🤡
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  4909.  @Upper-cr1kh  somehow all those Mexicans are still coming across the border even though Trump built that border wall... Didnt he? didn't he?
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  4910.  @Upper-cr1kh  Lol, get scammed. Trump will even pardon the people who scam you!
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  4911.  @Upper-cr1kh  Lol 😆😂 You control as much as you want doesn't change the fact that you're defending the guy who deregulated the industry and helped cause this to happen. Also you got scammed on your border wall, idiot 🤡🤡🤡
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  4912.  @Upper-cr1kh  I was just explaining how you guys get scammed... And then Trump pardons your scammers. Sort of like how you guys get scammed by deregulating the rail industry and then the train crashes in a county that 70% voted for Trump 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 Like, I knew you were going to say that because you're such an NPC you don't understand the connection 🤡
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  4913.  @Upper-cr1kh  So you're just going to change the subject away from the wall that Trump never built because you know that Trump's a failure and you can't defend him? All those Republicans on the border are actually pretty mad about the fact that there's no border wall. Lol, okay, lil btch. *upgraded brakes.... And the old brakes obviously didn't work, or they would have stopped the train miles before it derailed 🤡🤦🏼🤦🏼 Oh yeah, you're a Trump supporter; you just forget reality exists.
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  4914.  @Upper-cr1kh  It's funny how all the Republicans on the border disagree with you.... But it's not like you actually care about facts you just love feeling better than others
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  4915.  @Upper-cr1kh  If Trump built the wall then why did the Arizona governor build a wall out of shipping containers in 2022??? 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 You clowning yourself
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  4916.  @Upper-cr1kh  Why did Trump say that he built the wall.... When he didn't build the wall. Doesn't that kind of make him a liar? You're obviously side stepping the question.... Like a typical Trump supporter 🤡🤣😂🤣😂
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  4917.  @Upper-cr1kh  I'm still wondering where's your precious border wall that Trump built? Oh wait.... HE DIDN'T! Steve Bannon and others just happily grifted off of you mooks.
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  4918.  @Upper-cr1kh  Republicans didn't build a border wall so they can own the libs! 🤡 Republicans fly 50 immigrants for $12,500 per person further into the United States just to own the libs! 🤡 Republicans deregulate the rail industry so it can crash in a county that voted 70% for Trump in 2020... Just to own the libs! 🤡🤡🤡 Oof!
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  4919.  @Upper-cr1kh  Lmao, typical trumptrololol... Why debate policy that could save lives when you could just stick your head in the now contaminated sand. I bet you did go to Trump University... And I know you're happy you got scammed. Trump supporters love to get scammed... Remember when Steve Bannon scammed all that money off of the border wall and then Trump pardoned him and there's still no border wall 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Did you guys forget to build a border wall to own the libs? 🤡🤡
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  4920.  @Upper-cr1kh  deregulating is not creating laws, it's getting rid of them.... You don't really know much do you? Where'd you go to school, Trump University?
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  4921.  @Upper-cr1kh  He deregulated laws that would have created a breaking system that would have prevented this 🤦🏼🤦🏼 You guys literally don't understand how safety regulations enforce a safer environment 🤡🤡 instead of investing in a better breaking system and maintaining their cars and tracks, last year NSC did a $10B stock repurchase program to give money back to shareholders... You love that don't you when shareholders get rich and poor people get sick. I hope you realize 70% of this county voted for Trump. You also failed to realize that I blamed Pete Buttigiege for not reinstituting Obama era policies.
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  4922.  @Upper-cr1kh  Obama instituted rail regulations that would have prevented this... Donald Trump removed those regulations in 2018 and Pete Buttigiege failed to implement regulations again. You obviously seem like the type of NPC that buys into the red verse blue divide and conquer propaganda.
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  4923. Media suppression. NS rail want to reopen the railway as soon as possible so they can keep making money.... They don't want you to hear about how toxic they made everything.
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  4924. You're right. This is was an act of God in retaliation for the South illegalizing key pieces of women's health care rights. God is pro-abortion; Do ou know how many innocent fetuses he aborted during the biblical floods.... A lot!
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  4925.  @SUGAR_XYLER  I never heard of a 'nuclear atheist' before
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  4926.  @jusone4271  Eh, Republicans will blame natural disasters on gay marriage... It's ok, they can take it.
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  4927.  @marveljones7126  A woman with a stillborn that has to wait weeks to give "birth" to a dead fetus.... Not only is that traumatic, it also risks multiple health issues for the woman (or maybe it's an 11yo girl, Republicans don't care how young or traumatized she is). Ectopic pregnancies are also a big health risk. But apparently Republicans are more about pro-birthing than saving the life of the mother when the developed-baby is already going to die. You'd rather have the mother die too! You're not "pro-life", you're sick and deranged.
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  4928. God will be there because this was an act of God... This was retribution for eliminating key pieces of women's health care rights.
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  4929. Somebody never read the book of Job
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  4930. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  4931.  @phoenixblanco3892  What are you talking about? These ideas aren't "liberal"..... It's a different way of creating value. What you're saying has no connection to what I'm talking about. Do you know what a cooperative is? Although, I do have to ask do you think taxes produce zero value? Do you believe that we should have oil subsidies?
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  4932.  @phoenixblanco3892  So you're ignoring the actual improvements in these cities just because you're triggered by some solar panels and a rising concern about fascism? 🤣😂 You get so triggered that you won't even look at how working class people's lives have been improved.... Wow, no wonder we can't get anything done- You're too triggered by the culture war to actually focus on improving people's lives. Lmao, oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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  4933.  @waynehand4600  Except it's already started happening across the different cities. Community wealth building is a grassroots way of building a democratic economy... And it has actually helped improved people's lives- Preston, Lancashire was awarded the most improved city in the UK. These are examples from the democracy collaborative; "For example, in Cleveland, Ohio, the Cleveland Foundation – in collaboration with local institutions and community groups – partnered with TDC to develop progressive procurement strategies, to create the Evergreen Cooperatives, a network of green industrial enterprises that supply goods and services to large local anchor institutions like the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western University. Evergreen is owned by its employees, the vast majority of whom are Black, many returning citizens, and live in nearby historically underserved and under-resourced neighborhoods. In Preston, England a Community Wealth Building strategy was deployed after a revitalization plan with an international development firm failed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The city started with a progressive procurement strategy and expanded to integrate strategies within in all pillars with in the wedge to redirect wealth and reshape the economy. Preston has seen £70 million of anchor institution spend returned to the community and 4,500 jobs created. Once listed as one of the most deprived urban areas in England, Preston rated as PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC)’s most improved city in 2018 and 2019 and the “Best Place To Live” in the north of England. Other municipalities across the United Kingdom have taken note, working to replicate Preston’s strategy and tactics. In Scotland, UK, we are seeing a whole nation approach to CWB, where a Scottish variant of the wedge is embedded in the national economic plan, all 32 local municipalities within the country are developing bespoke CWB action plans, and there is now a Minister for Community Wealth within the Scottish government. National legislation is now being developed to strengthen the legal basis for CWB as a key element of economic system transformation. And the movement is growing! In Chicago, Illinois, in the wake of COVID-19, the City’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice (OERJ) identified CWB as a key means for delivering inclusive development. TDC has advised the OERJ team with key recommendations to embed Community Wealth Building throughout city agencies; partner more closely with key “anchor institutions,” including local universities and hospitals, on jobs programs; and create community investment vehicles to bring access to credit and finance to under-served communities, among other goals. TDC is also working with other local governments to develop key recommendations for CWB action, including Somerville, MA; Meadville, PA; and Alameda County, CA."
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  4934.  @phoenixblanco3892  Why do you assume my only policy actions are taxes and build a larger welfare state? I'm tired of those ideas... We need a system that doesn't redistribute but rather distributes in a more fair way. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives. Please, don't presume upon my ideas
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  4935. Republicans gaslight, telling you that they're not trying to cut Social Security while they continue to rally people to cut Social Security
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  4936. You've never listened to his lyrics.
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  4937. He drops bars whenever he wants... And they keep getting more technical. You're just triggered, lol
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  4938. You triggered much?
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  4939.  @rockygillman6404  I should have realized you wouldn't understand an exaggeration based on your past history with understanding art...
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  4940. Fascists love to dehumanize people. Typical fascist that cries about being called a fascist.
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  4941. That's a synonym, u tard
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  4942.  @CalCity101  😂🤣😂🤣 I'm talking about liberalism, you silly kuck. Leave it to a Republican to not understand anything about their own political philosophy and economic philosophy.... Liberalism is all of capitalism, i.e. the economic and moral underpinnings of Adam Smith and John Locke. You think I kiss Biden's ass but I'm happy to criticize him for siding against rail union workers who were pushing to help regulate the rail industry better decreasing pressure on workers who check rail lines- "precision schedule railroading" is a type of practice these companies utilize to cut staff and decrease maintenance in order to increase profit. The Biden administration also failed to properly regulate these corporations after Trump deregulated them. I'm an independent... why do you assume that I'm a Democrat? Probably because you're a sucker that buys into the Democrat/Republican dynamic whom are both bought out by the rich. Biden needs to retire. Tell me you're uneducated without exactly telling me you're uneducated....
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  4943.  @CalCity101  You know funny thing is is that I'm not a liberal..... 🤦🏼 And I happily criticize liberals all the time. Malcolm X was famous for calling out the duplicity of liberalism. Did you really write me a second comment saying that I wouldn't reply? Brah, I'm watching a movie.... You do not get priority in my life; humble yourself.
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  4944. There was a bunch of pac money to influence Donald Trump to deregulate the rail industry which caused this. Unfortunately Wall Street Pete is a spineless corporate hack and didn't choose to regulate before this happened. But Republicans hate when regulation happens, but then you get mad at Pete Buttigiege for not regulating 🤦🏼 vapid Republicans. Hope you're happy to know This county voted 70% for Trump in 2020.... Chicken's coming home to roost, btch
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  4945. I also like to extend my thoughts.... 🤔
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  4946. Disaster in Ohio... from Wall Street
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  4947. It's pronounced like Palestein... Not like the country
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  4948.  @FoxHoundsPain  OBEY Okay, you mindless consumerist
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  4949.  @paleocon777  🤮🤮 The guy is mentally deranged. Horrible. You probably act like you support the Constitution while supporting the guy who said this Constitution should be terminated 🤦🏼 C'mon, tell me buddy, why do you love the guy?
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  4950. Truth
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  4951. Schools have zero tolerance for violence.... When victims defend themselves.
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  4952. Says the group that keeps talking about Hunter's laptop 😂😂 Tell us more about how your morally superior to Democrats while you support a guy who cheated on his wife with a p0rn star then tried to cover it up with corrupt hush money.
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  4953. Have you heard of the term "an act of God"? God caused this... What are you praying to him for?
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  4954. This is God's retribution for illegalizing female healthcare.
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  4955.  @lionblood1268  Sarcasm, buddy.... Sarcasm....
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  4956. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  4957. Um, yes, it is. You lack an understanding of history.
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  4958.  @desistarktm7270  🤦🏼 Einstein was a democratic socialist that literally thought capitalism should be abolished, he literally wrote a book called 'Why Socialism'. He was more Left than all modern Dems, so you're going to have to make up another fascist lie because that one is too ignorant for me. Maybe other fascists will eat up your bullscheisse, but not me. Let's just bring up George Orwell, so we can talk about my other favorite world famous, democratic socialist that hated fascist scum. Big Brother is not your friend; you have no trusted friends under Big Brother. Everyone is an informant with love being replaced by the daily 2 Minutes Hate and the torture of 'a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.’ ... Wow, doesn't that sound just jolly? No, thank you O'Brien.
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  4959. God's plan 1939-1945 is apparently also considered "God's plan".
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  4960. Iboga (Ibogaine) apparently stops opiate withdrawals within a day. It's like a 50 or 70% recovery rate. It also makes you trip for 2 days... So there's that.
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  4961. Got it right the first time and the third time he says his name He emphasizes the word Block.... We will all miss Ken, but don't let your sorrow get you bent out of shape ✌️
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  4962. Are you not paying attention? Under the administration Biden has enacted given weapons to Ukraine, help pass the inflation reduction Act. As for oil/gas, look at OPEC....
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  4963. Based
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  4964. Landlords are always pushing the envelope. Landlords are parasites even Adam Smith knew that.
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  4965. You do know much of the Republican Party is Arab- and islamophobic, right? They've criticized our one Muslim congressperson for wearing a head covering 🤦🏼
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  4966. That's mean! Don't insult small pox like that!
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  4967.  @ostfactory4925  No they didn't 🤦🏼 He brings up Hunter Biden's d!ck pics and Calls the election fraudulent again- even though over 60 judges, some of which he appointed, have said it was a free and fair election. And then he goes on to say that because it's "rigged" that it calls for "the termination of all laws regulations and articles even those found in the Constitution.' And that's a direct quote- with context. Stop defending this fascist.
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  4968. "You have to fight, for your Right, to PARRRRRRTY!" - Beastie Boys
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  4969. "I'm kinda retarded" - Alex Jones on the JRE
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  4970. Freedom for me, not for thee!
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  4971. Sounds like he runs it like his fraudulent university.... With lies.
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  4972.  @poncholarpez6233  I don't know if you're trying to be funny, but yes they did. Look up the 'Night Of The Long Knives'. In 1934, after Hitler was elected Chancellor, Hitler purged large parts of his own party to whittle it down to just the people who wanted his very specific sick ideology. Fascists use stochastic terrorism to reach their goals.
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  4973.  @poncholarpez6233  We know that 🤦🏼 Does that change the fact that Nazis used it? Your whataboutisms are no good here. Holodomor to the Holocaust, totalitarianism is evil.
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  4974. The NFL are a bunch of fascists. Take your propagandic purity somewhere else.
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  4975. Wasn't it Trump who said he wanted to terminate the Constitution..... Keep standing with the fascists
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  4976.  @desistarktm7270  Did you just use Einstein's (a man who was refugee from the Nazis) name as a synonym for 'genius', whilst calling a poem to warn about Nazis 'stupid'. IRONIC. People like Einstein and Jesse Owens prove that Aryan superiority is a Nazi lie.
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  4977. Even Stevie Wonder doesn't support Trump.
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  4978.  @desistarktm7270  🤦🏼 So now your whataboutism-ing off Einstein? Lmao, what a joke. Oh, and talk about IRONY, I already posted Martin Luther King Jr was a democratic socialist- we get it, YOU'RE A LIAR. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” –Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967. May you find love in your heart, sooner rather than later ✌️
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  4979.  @desistarktm7270  And capitalism took what feudalism and mercantilism gave... history builds on itself. You're never completing an argument, you're just jumping from lie to lie as you get called out. Weak sauce, and it's obvious. Oh, buddy. When are you going to stop trying to hate and just give in to Love? Love feels better than hate- but Love takes courage, while hate is based on fear. Again, I wish you the best in your search for the courage to Love.
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  4980.  @desistarktm7270  You're free to think that. I'm sorry something affected you to the point that you feel the need to be so confrontational on a post that's about sticking up for your fellow Man. I wish you the best on your journey across this small rock in space.
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  4981. Ashli Babbitt got karma
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  4982. You mean the guy who inside it insurrection and then later called for the termination of the US Constitution? Fascism is a real threat.
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  4983.  @mrventriloquist2008  fascism is a far-right ideology so I don't really know what you're talking about. I'm firm believer in the Constitution... I don't support people who call for terminating the US Constitution, like Trump did.
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  4984. No, the atrocity is that 21 veterans take their own lives each day because of PTSD. That is a painful death, and one not in the field of battle, but back at home.
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  4985.  @kandihoarding7395  breaking in to the capital with a bunch of people who yelling murder Congress? That's peaceful to you?
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  4986. TIL The Apprentice was not about drama
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  4987.  @lieutenantdan417  Wtf are you talking about? I'm against these BS imperialistic war. I'm very much aware of the evils of the military industrial complex. I was naming a statistic that is also very sad. Jfc, maybe don't be so shallow and triggered.
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  4988.  @jasonbourne9819  They seemed really relaxed when they were chanting "hang Mike Pence" with a literal gallows set up 🤦🏼 The people you're defending are getting years in prison... Congratulations
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  4989. He lost 60 court cases. Judges some of whom he appointed, had to tell him over and over that he did not win the election. Now he's calling for the termination of the Constitution? Just Say 'No' to Fascism.
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  4990.  @ericscott9029  That's just flat out wrong. I'm happy to communicate, but not if you're just going to lie.
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  4991.  @mrventriloquist2008  since 2008? Are we not going to mention the Patriot Act and other mass surveillance measures put in place under the bush administration 🤦🏼 Why are you people so partisan? I'm happy to admit that Obama was terrible in going after Snowden... Why can't you admit Republicans violate the Constitution on a regular basis?
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  4992. Yes, he did. He wanted the central park 5 to get the death penalty and when it came out that they were innocent he never apologized. He will happily advocate for the death of innocent African Americans.
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  4993. Think dIFfeReNtLy
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  4994. Unprovoked? They are literally occupying Palestine and even have internationally illegal settlements. It's an apartheid. Both sides are horrible to each other.
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  4995. This is ironic, right?
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  4996. 🤦🏼 did you even listen to the report? Lower than it was in March, higher than it was last November... Literally she says this in the first 10 seconds
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  4997. Damn Biden and his low gas prices
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  4998.  @nateisinvincible  The redwave that has no morals? "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  4999. No but you can get the stupid neutered....
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  5000. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  5001. Yes you're much happier with Trump who created a fraudulent college.... You think he tells the truth, lol
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  5002. I have no faith in that. Are Bush and Cheney locked up? Or Tony Blair and the other Western allies?
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  5003. ​ @akshaysingh4712  Oh, dear ... You're falling for that old authoritarian propaganda? How is it national socialism after Hitler murders all the socialists in his party 🤦🏼 It's literally on par with calling the Democratic People's Republic Of Korea a "democracy". Besides, if you're going to quote Mussolini, you should know that he was in favor of 'corporatism', with famous quotes like; "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini Corporatism is a type of economic model that's been utilized by various types of ideologies, but in the broadest sense of the term it means collaboration of the various classes of society (works, bosses, govt, church, etc) to work together. It's not socialism, because it's not the dissolution of class but integrating class groups to work together, much like the bundle of sticks that the fasce represents. But due to a top-down structure of society, it wasn't so much based around 'collaboration' as state-capitalist subjugation where the fascist governments set up oligopolies and monopolies to better control supply chains and labor markets. Fascism is a type of corporatist capitalism. Who did Hitler come for first... Yeah, the socialists; "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." - Martin Niemöller
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  5004. Meanwhile in capitalism 64% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck 🙃
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  5005. It needed to be regulated- because this is what happens when it's not. This isn't a show trial, bud.
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  5006.  @Clementine.Pie.Am.I  It is the biggest LIVE podcast. Yes, they're the only podcast to do Madison Square Garden... and they also sold out the whole arena. You're downplaying 2-20M views per weekly episode, with over 100k watching live as they drop, just because you don't like his politics. I don't like his politics either, but I'm not going to lie about how big his show is.
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  5007.  @cassandratq9301  Well they're not going to. You guys have obviously never seen the show before. You don't realize someone tried to cancel him 3yrs ago, and that went no where... And now his show is bigger than ever. Sorry, maybe go see what Jon Stewart had to say about Tony on the Daily Show.
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  5008.  @Clementine.Pie.Am.I  So what? Do you think I'm against that?
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  5009.  @Vativ  Of course he was being serious about holding his breath like a free diver.
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  5010. "fungible"
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  5011. Let me guess you also think of yourself as a free speech proponent 😅
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  5012. And yet you guys criticize Biden for leaving Afghanistan... lol, Trump also fought the war in Afghanistan for 4 years.
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  5013. Lol, you're wrong. I voted for him because I didn't want a president who ran the country like his fraudulent private college 🤡
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  5014. Because they love it
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  5015. Eh, you do realize they all live in a colonialist state. Some want respect with Palestinians, but most think 132 is more important than 35,000-40,000.
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  5016.  @josephmartinez94  "African American if you want to be safe." Lol, what a joke. You're the type of person that would call British-born Idris Elba "African American" because god forbid we mention the fact that melanin causes people to be black 🤦🏼
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  5017.  @chocomalk  Capitalism is based on Lockean SELF-OWNERSHIP (it's amazing how capitalists always miss this part). No one said that you were the property of the employer, they are simply renting your human capital... But in doing so, they alienate and turn your labor power; your body and your mind, into a commodity to be bought by the hour. This is just the logical conclusion of liberal philosophy and neoliberal economics.
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  5018.  @rhetorical1488  MLK, Orwell, and Einstein were all democratic socialists.
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  5019. This conflict has always been over international legitimacy. After the Ottoman empire the people of Palestine wanted to have sovereignty over their own people's, the British denied this right and push the UN to legitimize violent Manifest Destiny-eques colonialism.
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  5020.  @HawkGirl0561  Great rebuttal 🙄🙄 Why don't you provide some actually useful information instead of your whineyBS.
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  5021.  @HawkGirl0561  So you support the IDF.... "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  5022.  @HawkGirl0561  Lies? 🤦🤦🤦 Let me guess, you think 10/7 came out of the blue.
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  5023.  @HawkGirl0561  It's the UN.... Way more reliable than numbers from 🇮🇱. Iz lies about everything, remember the list of combatants found at the hospital... oh wait, it was a calendar! They weren't even supposed to be in Gh_z_ after 2006.
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  5024. Lol. Why?! You racist or something?
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  5025.  PauloHernandezXD  WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY... That's kinda a part of it, lol
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  5026.  PauloHernandezXD  "We" as in humans, lol
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  5027.  PauloHernandezXD  You're hilarious. "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  5028.  PauloHernandezXD  😘😘😘 Til next time, Sweetie
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  5029. And started a fraudulent college...
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  5030.  @samuelgarrod8327  Did you really take the Captain Slow joke so seriously 😂🤣😂🤣😂
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  5031. Iz has blockaded Gaza for 17 years....
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  5032. IDF are të®®ö®ïsts
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  5033. Because Palestine has the right to self defense.
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  5034. Why the IDF fïre tänks at its own civilians?? Kibbutz Be'eri is a prime example.
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  5035.  @MariaFranco-l4q  That's what Israel did, they set up an apartheid ethno-state with the help of British colonialism.
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  5036.  @TheGanjologist  Well, you're talking to a Google (C class) shareholder. Google is definitely one of the companies that its shareholders use their product most. I despise capitalism, and Google, but hey, I'm here and it's not moving anytime soon. I have to be able to take care of myself when I'm sick because it's not like the United States has good safety nets.
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  5037.  @TheGanjologist  Then why do they have so many "prawn"bots. Half the videos I see have three th 0 ng pic in the comments 1min after posting. Yeah, "child friendly", the hilarity of the irony makes it not feel as hypocritical as it is.
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  5038.  @taylormajors5677  You do realize that they have a neural network system that checks comments based on parameters of the comment, other comments you've posted, channel you're commenting on, etc, etc. If you describe the horrors in detail they will definitely delete more comments... And then that leads to lesser comments also being deleted. I have respectful comments about economics that just get deleted meanwhile bots are everywhere. I'm not being paranoid or weird it's called Google being "advertiser-friendly".
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  5039. What kind of situation are you talking about?
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  5040. I just looked it up... Jeezus Christo. One of the articles literally said that "Israel gives the nod to Gaza" to extract their own oil. What is this kind of blockade BS?
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  5041.  @jungbolosse3034  1948 was internationally recognized colonialism, 1967 push the boundaries and authority was beyond what was set out in 48. The 2005 West Bank boarders are intersected with internationally illegal settlements and roads that Palestinians aren't allowed to drive on. Colonialist settlers have been claiming land in the region since before WW1.
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  5042. You act like Jews had the right to displace hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in 1948.
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  5043. Annnnnnnnnd it's gone
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  5044. All the black pudding goes to their heads...
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  5045. Well he is a Hegelian- Freudian -Marxist
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  5046.  @daniiitoma  Still waiting for this MLK quote that champions communism.... I'm not holding my breath, but I'm still waiting ;)
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  5047.  @daniiitoma  Why are you calling me a liberal..... If you had read you'd realize I'm not a liberal 🤦🏼 If you had read you would have realized that I provided a statement from Martin Luther King Jr that said he wasn't a communist.... So I'm still looking for your smartass to show me why you think he's a communist. Logically it makes no sense- Martin Luther King Jr says that he's a democratic socialist, but you claim he's a communist. On the other hand, I say I'm a democratic socialist and you call me a liberal... 🤔🤔 Lmao, Leninism is only good for trolling on the internet and murdering a 100 million of people.... Congratulations, you found a way to make capitalism more despotic.
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  5048.  @daniiitoma  Your response has zero substance. How is Martin Luther King Jr communist? 😂🤣😂🤣 Oh, right he wasn't..... Congratulations on just making things up. Leninist La La Land.
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  5049.  @daniiitoma  I'm intrigued you haven't chirped back yet..... Did the "uneducated" dyslexic who "doesn't read" school you to the fact that MLK was not a Leninist and explicitly he said he was not a communist 😂🤣 Dude.... like I said, Leninism is brain rot.
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  5050.  @daniiitoma  I literally told you I Iisten to audiobooks AND I literally watch MIT and Yale lectures on Marxism to capitalist finance to increase my education- you obviously need to work on your comprehension skills 🤦🏼.... Oh, and the emoji I use is just the first one that pops up I don't make a concerted effort to PC all my emojis unless I'm explicitly sharing interracial solidarity with ✊🏿✊🕊️✌️ Lmao, your actin' like a whiny b!tch with that lack of comprehension and shallow virtue signaling. Typical Leninist behavior. I, for one, subscribe to ideas that help empower the working class and don't murder them... What a concept!!!
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  5051.  @daniiitoma  I'm assuming you're saying material reality as if Leninism is the only way to read the dialectical materialism of Marx! 😂🤣 Lmao, surrrrrrrre- pretty ironic when you ignore the material reality of millions purged for your pure ideology of Leninism 🤦🏼
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  5052.  @daniiitoma  I'm dyslexic, so I prefer audiobooks and course lectures ;) But seriously Leninist vanguards usher in exploitative state capitalism that props up a small group of people that turn their back on the working class and retain power for themselves. Stalin, Mao, the Kim's- Those dictatorships have done more to torture, starve, and subjugate the working class than they helped.
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  5053. Psychological ticks
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  5054. Like what? Not press charge on Donald Trump soon enough?
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  5055. Well, yeah, we already settled the fact that Trump is a fraud multiple times... Now on to Weekend at Biden's
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  5056. Ikr... Like, are we going to say the French Revolution or the American Civil War was bad because "violence is never the answer", even though they freed serfs and slaves? Im anti-maga, but another one I find funny is when NPC liberals harp on the fact that treason is never okay as they try to protect the US Constitution that was able to be instituted because of treason against the Crown. Both instances they act as if legitimacy, or illegitimacy, doesn't have any impact on the need for radical thinking.
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  5057. Millennial? Wat?
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  5058. 🤮🤮🤮 How many mass shootings have Australia had since the last one that caused the massive ban? Lol, ok
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  5059. Lots of variables with lots of layers. Underlying issues along with economic anxiety and the inability of economic means to get care, all stressed with 'us vs them' 24/7 media coverage.... The whole system is sick.
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  5060. Except the GOP will never fund mental health care because the government funding anything is apparently socialism 🤦🏼🤦🏼 The GOP is all talk on mental health.
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  5061. "You only say that cuz you're a satanistic non-believer" - Republicans that have the audacity to call themselves pro-life
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  5062. ABBOTT IS A MURDERER! Blood is on his hand for doing nothing. #1 for mass shooting... Number one, sounds like a success.
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  5063.  @woah9122  Stupid? Okay, enlighten me; What policies are Republicans passing to decrease mass shootings and increase access to mental healthcare for all? No time or money for healthcare for all- which is as pro-life as you can possibly get- but there is endless saber rattling for the unborn. You're unbelievable if you fall for this double standard of "protecting" life.
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  5064. Eh. Does it matter?
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  5065.  @--_DJ_--  Distracted driving- like the report says- you idiot 🤦🏼🤦🏼 It doesn't justify being shot in the neck, but to act like this oblivious dipsht was completely innocent is irking. Pay attention when you drive.
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  5066.  @jumper1294  *Because capitalism FTFY
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  5067.  @Chet_Brinkley  sending $27B to help destroy an ethnic population is not helping the American people.
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  5068. ​ @EmmaTheresa-nl8rs  You might be the least helpful person in the world. How many people are you going to coordinate to get your right into actually matter? Tens of millions? Lol.
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  5069. Have you seen the size of a Chipotle burrito? Have you tasted how tasty a Chipotle burrito is.....?
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  5070. America lives in an oligarchy, but the people are too busy bickering about red versus blue to realize it's about the green.
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  5071. ​ @ReignSherrington-sl3bz  Ironic, so they should displace and murder others for their ethnicity? Ironic how Israel gets away with terror, but when Hamas does it it's bad m'kay.
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  5072. This gave me such a good laugh I had to sign in to 'like' it. With those tired eyes, he look strungout, and even more sketchy, lol, gotta love Hamilton though, tired or not.
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  5073. While the logic goes price gouging can spur new producers to the market in times of need, oftentimes natural disasters make creating that production very limited. A better way to deal with the problem is subsidies and government action that can help spur production and not overwhelm people in need, especially when the market isn't equipped to handle the situation.
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  5074. "Competitive advantage" has too many syllables in.
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  5075. Capitalism isn't consensual. You're the type of dingus that thinks OPEC creates competition. Capitalism is violent.
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  5076.  @vincesmith2499  Marxist? What? Lmao. Learn some basic econ.
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  5077.  @vincesmith2499  lmao, so you don't understand economics and you just 'like' your comments 😂😂🤣😂 cool, brah
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  5078.  @vincesmith2499  PS... I know you obviously liked your own comment. It's not winning anyone over.
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  5079.  @vincesmith2499  The pro athlete is obviously worth more than they get in salary because shareholders get a portion of the value of the worth of the athlete... Literally the same concept; wages literally don't equal the full value of work. Lmao, you don't understand basic economics.
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  5080. Lmao, you rtrd. "id go work for someone else"... Yeah, and they're paying $1.10. Competition isn't the goal of capitalism, Sweetie. You don't know econ, dingdong. "In business, competition is neve healthy as total domination." - Peter Lynch, Investor
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  5081. So? Bailing out the banks was welfare.
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  5082. Call this what it is; Fascism. The insurrection. The literal calls to end the Constitution. The random acts of violence against minorities and meetings with literal white supremacists. Call it what it is!
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  5083.  @aarongillingham598  Which God? Do human rights not matter?
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  5084. Why are you a right wing libertarian?
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  5085. @6:24 Lmao, 420HP LV69
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  5086. Kinky hammer BDSM gone wrong.
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  5087.  @GANTZ100pts  Do you understand what a negative externality is? Just because the pipeline is not on their property doest mean the it won't affect the area. Now, on to the legitimacy of this trade, seems rail companies took away their main source of food in their nomadic lifestyle. Putting them in a position where the government takes part of their land for the railroad capitalists and the government would help them after railroad capitalists destroyed their way of life. Let's not forget 99% of US government treaties were broken by the US government. "In the late 19th century, railroads wanted to build tracks through Indian lands. The railroad companies hired hunters to exterminate the bison herds, the Plains Indians' primary food supply. The Dakota and Lakota were forced to accept US-defined reservations in exchange for the rest of their lands and farming and ranching of domestic cattle, as opposed to a nomadic, hunting economy. During the first years of the Reservation Era, the Sioux people depended upon annual federal payments guaranteed by treaty for survival." - Wiki for the Sioux
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  5088.  @ian9toes  remember the United States Homestead Act that gave away free land that they had just stolen from native Americans.......
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  5089.  @lpappas474  Like I said, I'm happy to hear about your experiences if you'd like to share... Even though you keep devolving into childish ad hominems. But it's okay, I've been less than compassionate in the past, so I understand.
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  5090.  @lpappas474  Content? Lmao, nah, I'm rage filled that we all can't be better. You keep making baseless accusations. Seriously, it's clear you don't know me, and your presumptuous are making you look bad- I'm happy to hear your experiences with unions, but when you start talking about things you're clearly naive about, you really should just stop ;)
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  5091.  @lpappas474  Are you unaware of how collective bargaining increases negotiating power which is usually divided and conquered down to the lowest morsel? You probably think people should work 12 hours a day 6 days a week... Damn those unionists and socialists that fought for your 8hr workday, higher pay, and more humane work conditions. P.S. I don't like big government. You're the type of person that would call George Orwell and MLK, who were a democratic socialists, "authoritarians".
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  5092.  @lpappas474  I am well aware that unions can at time protect incompetence... I've had that PE/ Study hall teacher, we called him Mr. Coughballs. But you know what, I value the teachers that inspired me and believe they deserve the increased protection and salaries. Life isn't black and white, buddy.
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  5093. I didn't realize you could drive any car from North America to Europe....
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  5094. Oh look another person too stupid to realize that they're more jobs and renewable energy than there are in fossil fuels. You're literally too stupid to look at two numbers and tell which one is bigger.... Moronic.
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  5095. You realize it's cheaper to run a electric car.... And that renewable energies have more jobs available than oil and coal. Oh wait you probably didn't realize that because you're such a knuckledragger. Catch up to the times, you might as well go advocate for jobs in the horse horse and buggy industry.
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  5096. And renewable is getting cheaper
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  5097.  @lpappas474  "PER MILE". Smh. If you understood algebra, you'd understand how that factors into the y = mx + b of total cost of ownership. My whole point was that will be cheaper within 10years and so you shouldn't make large infrastructure investment that will take decades to recoup.
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  5098.  @track1219  Yet, it IS currently cheaper per mile. Lol.
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  5099.  @track1219  Wow, I hope you realize ICEs have lots of moving parts that wear and need more maintance than an electric motor.... Jfc, if you don't understand the basics about the two technologies how do you expect to compare them??
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  5100.  @track1219  You're setting up infrastructure projects that will be used for decades to come..... EV will outpace ICE within just a decade or two. EVs already cost 25 cents per mile compared to $0.70 per mile for an ICE.
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  5101.  @track1219  Luddite term is used for anybody who dislikes technology and is fearful of that it might take away jobs.... Just admit it, you don't like innovation.
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  5102. Energy storage technology is quickly changing... Electric cars are already cheaper per mile than ICE. In 10 years we're going to have an exponential growth curve.... But of course what do you Luddites know about technology innovation.
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  5103. Maybe oil companies should have invested in greener technology instead of being so depending on large negative externalities to make profits.
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  5104. Better than Trump beckoning a riot at the capitol, and a fumbled pandemic..... Gone by Apirl, surrrre.
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  5105. Imagine being so ignorant that you don't realize there are more jobs in renewable energy than oil and coal.... But of course you're too stupid to look at facts.
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  5106. You okay....?
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  5107. 🟥⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜ 🟥🟩🟩🟩🟩
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  5108. Got to love all the Russian bots on this channel. Everybody loves Putin here, f@qqz
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  5109. Lol, and Republicans don't even care when their kids get shot up in schools. They hate abortions but once that kid is born they shrug if it dies.
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  5110. He filed today.... So how can it be old news? 🤡🤡🤡 We all assumed he would have to file for bankruptcy because we all know he doesn't have 1.5 billion.... But him actually filing for bankruptcy is new. Smdh.
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  5111.  @User_1dashzero  🤦🏼🤦🏼 You think it's odd that Russia just tries to piss off the US by offering one of their biggest whistle blowers asylum in citizenship??
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  5112. Good thing DNA evidence doesn't need to "remember". Why are you still defending somebody who's literally bragged about sexual assault and is a serial fraudster. Lmao, you like getting scammed.
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  5113. Seethe and melt, snowflake
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  5114. Cry more, snowflake
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  5115.  @ry54  Don't worry we can both laugh at you
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  5116.  @ry54  What? We u? 😂🤣 Try again.
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  5117. Good, we dont want you
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  5118. Yeah, people usually need help after they've been sexually assaulted
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  5119. ​ @clownphabetstrongwoman7305 Tomorrow is Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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  5120. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  5121. ​ @sk00p  Hamas is just a symptom of Izraeli occupation. Gaza is treated as a concentration camp as they push Palestinians out of their homes. Stop supporting an entho-state.
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  5122. You just ignoring that Israel is an apartheid state that has illegally occupied the West Bank and pushed Gaza into poverty due to illegal blockades? "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  5123. And I thought the reason why Israel was retaliating is because they hated the killing of civilians but apparently they don't mind killing civilians. Ironic.
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  5124. Considering that 1,434 Palestinian children have been killed since 2008 to oct 6th... Yeah, they're victims of apartheid
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  5125. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023​ @colinfarrelly2513 
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  5126. In 1967 they took more land through the West Bank, which is still ILLEGAL under international law.... And they are still building illegal settlements. They literally bulldoze buildings people's homes and take the land. Those are just facts.
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  5127.  @JimPlebeian  How is it stupid? The land was taken away from the native population in 1947-1948, that was internationally recognized without the consent of the local people. In 1967 they took more land through the West Bank, which is still ILLEGAL under international law.... And they are still building illegal settlements. They literally bulldoze buildings people's homes and take the land. Those are just facts.
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  5128. Israel is the one with the ethnostate apartheid. You support racism.
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  5129.  @alexcorvuscazador5596  Yet you think Israel bombing 9,500 kids is about "Israel justly defending itself"... You support the genocidal ethnostate.
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  5130. Hamas only exist because of Israeli occupation, heck EVEN BIBI supported them to make the 2 state solution more untenable.
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  5131. Zionism is hate speech
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  5132. Most of them are racists.
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  5133. This is humanity...
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  5134. Biden the type of guy to tell Israel to cut it out on 3, then calls "1 ...2 ... 2 and half ... 2 and 3/4s ... 2 and 7/8s"
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  5135.  @barleyhopps  “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening Hamas.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference
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  5136. Never if the US signs off on it and the UK just sits in the background playing dumb about the colonists ethnostate they empowered.
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  5137.  @harrisgreenberg9969  Palestine has the right to defend itself from foreign occupation, besiegement, and apartheid. But for some reason you just gloss over the harassment by an ethnostate.
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  5138.  @fernandohood5657  “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference
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  5139.  @johnbees4443  Lol, yes, they can have that "land without a people".
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  5140.  @fernandohood5657  They didn't start the war, it was started by British colonialism and the League of Nations. The slogan "a land without a people for people without a land" is a complete lie since people were already living on the land. The British literally promised the land to the Palestinians for helping them push out the Ottomans and then they turned around and promised it to the Jews with no recognition of Palestinian rights.
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  5141.  @Healhtyour  You support killing thousands of children.... You don't get to complain about terror. You support terror.
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  5142.  @Anglo-Brit  You support apartheid? You're right, you reap what you sow, the IDF sow terror... Oct 7 was blowback. Bibi even supported Hamas, maybe take Oct 7 up with him. You support a racist ethnostate. ‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state. - NYT “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening Hamas.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference
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  5143.  @IBTU  Okay IDF ambulance bombing fan. I bet you were really happy when they forced the evacuation of the hospital making the doctors leave the premature babies that the IDF said they'd help... Days later those premature babies were literally found decaying. You support terror.
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  5144.  @MarkyMark2177  No, that's the UN. How much did the IDF pay you to turn off your brain?
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  5145. So you support genocide? How dare they cover the lives of an occupied population.
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  5146. The IDF will find the same success as the US in Afghanistan... Literally make the terrorists they funded, then fought into the government. "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  5147.  @TempinoTuMadre  The Taliban won that war... Doesn't mean they can govern well. I don't think Hamas could govern well either.
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  5148. The Zionists that expelled the Arabs in facor of Jewish Supremacy. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023 Huh, I wonder why Palestinians are mad 🤔🫠
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  5149. 🙄🤦 Someone should learn about British colonialism. Next you're gonna tell me blacks in South Africa agreed to apartheid. "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  5150.  @jamantial  Palestinians live together with Muslims and Christians.... In the West Bank Israeli set up over 600 illegal checkpoints and 144 illegal settlements that segregate Arabs from the Israeli population and limit their freedom of movement. It's definitely āpārthēīd mixed with Zionist Manifest Destiny. Since 1967 the West Bank and the Golan has been the longest ōccupātīōn in modern history.
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  5151. They popped 3 of their own waving a white flag... They don't care.
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  5152.  @BatCountryAdventures  I am financially educated, being financially educated doesn't let you math out of reality. Under Capitalism, capital gets biased disproportionately because it has primacy of power. Capital is just past labor, and finance is just future labor... The primary force is labor, not capital/ finance.
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  5153.  @jakel8627  Gross kil me now
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  5154. Lol, ok, live forever wacko
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  5155. ​ @royjacobs1204  So you support ethnic cleansing? 🤮
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  5156.  @momoneyinvesting  so you don't see anything wrong with the apartheid state in the West Bank or literally blockading Gaza off so civilians can't receive food or water? You believe in war crimes? 🤢🤮
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  5157.  @momoneyinvesting  so you don't think Israelis have hate in their hearts? The UN reported 1434 kids died... You don't think Israelis have hate in their hearts to kill innocent kids? They have literally violently displaced millions of the native population... Is that not hateful?
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  5158.  @momoneyinvesting  It's not just Gaza, it's the West Bank too. I'm not justifying the brutal actions of Hamas, but there is a reason they have so much hate in their hearts to do something like that. Palestinians have had their homelands stolen from them and Israel operates as an apartheid state that segregates, alienates, and murders the Palestinian population. The UN says 1,434 children were killed by Israelis between 2008 and Oct 7th 2023. The kids that do live have family members that are killed, well they say "Marytered" because just living as a Palestinian is an act of resistance against an occupying force that wants to expel them from their homelands. Israel is committing war crimes by stopping civilian food supplies as a weapon of war. Israel displaced 700,000 Palestinians after 1948 and then another 300,000 after the 1967 war. Those 1 million people from 1948 and 1967 are now over 6 million human beings forever living in refugee camps.
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  5159.  @momoneyinvesting  Why just in Israel?
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  5160.  @TheOneManWhoBeatYou  Even a UN official said "this didn't happen in a vacuum", research the Israeli occupation and blockades that have murders thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands. Between 2008 and Oct 7th 2023 Israeli soldiers and settlers had MURDERED 1,434 KIDS. There's a reason they are fighting back, it's sad and not justification for murdering more civilians... But you should learn the history. Israel is an apartheid state that wants to kick out the native population, basically like South Africa. There are over 6 million Palestinian refugees still after decades in refugee camps in Jordan, Syria, and Egypt that were kicked out of their homeland.
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  5161. Israel doesn't care.
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  5162. People don't seem to understand that they really don't care. They want an ethnostate. “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is “not a state of all its citizens”, in a reference to the country’s Arab population. In comments on Instagram, the prime minister went on to say all citizens, including Arabs, had equal rights, but he referred to a deeply controversial law passed last year declaring Israel the nation state of the Jewish people. “Israel is not a state of all its citizens,” he wrote in response to criticism from an Israeli actor, Rotem Sela. “According to the basic nationality law we passed, Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people – and only it." - The Guardian
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  5163.  @alviverdeus  They were obviously h@m@s...
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  5164. And Israel had internationally ILLEGAL raids on Palestinians. Maybe stop the apartheid.
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  5165. You might want to reevaluate that, blame occupation and apartheid; “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  5166. Did she really just say "who of course committed sūīçīdē"... 🤔🤫🫠 Yeah... ""Of course""
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  5167. Then be shunned by 80% of your community....
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  5168. Internationally ILLEGAL settments have ILLEGALLY seized 60% of the West Bank. Palestine has a right to defend itself. The IDF can rain kilotonnes on to Gaza but a Jenin boy can't throw a rock. This IS apartheid!
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  5169. Why do they keep locking up pro-Palestinian activists?
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  5170. “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  5171. Yet they've only freed people through diplomatic channels.... 🤦
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  5172. I think that really puts things into perspective a 10 billion dollar stock buyback and something they call 1 million of "charity".... They say they don't have enough money but they have 10,000 times the amount that they begrudgingly hand over for their wrongdoings and they call it "charity" instead of restitution. Gross.
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  5173. Weapons in incubators.... Umm, I call bs. Yeah and Al Shifa was a "command and control base". Lies.
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  5174. Yep, that's exactly their "logic".
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  5175. Why do you support that authoritarian rule by an āpārthēīd ethnöstäte?
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  5176. Sen. sore ship on dis chan is sad for a place okkupied by da NatSeas
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  5177. F24 sue - ports NatSeas.
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  5178. War crimes... But if the US government is okay with it then it's A-Okay.
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  5179. Yet they have security cameras all over the place, but that's for oppression. This journalism is for freedom.
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  5180. The IDF march's Palestinian men in their underwear in front of them to literally use them as human shields. Israel pops its own hostages trying to escape.
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  5181.  @cdesha  You do... Yet act like social democracy isn't a type of capitalism "cuz everything isn't privatized". Smh- why are you even here?
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  5182.  @cdesha  Sounds like a cute deflection from the fact that you really don't know the similarities and difference between classical liberalism and social democracy ;)
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  5183.  @cdesha  Says the person who reads one encyclopedia entry and think he can "No True Scotsman" a whole ideology with thousands of iterations. Honestly, just tired of this BS line of lazy thinking that completely misses any nuances- it's actually is a rather bone-headed thing to do (sure it's an ad hom, but it's also fact). Congrats on barely understanding the definition of capitalism; I don't think you even know the difference between classical liberalism and social democracy. Lmao, thanks for the laughs, bud.
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  5184.  @cdesha  And you're so bone headed you don't realize that your platonic forms don't mean anything in the real world. Apparently we don't have capitalism because we have publicly funded law enforcement and public schooling... Hurr durr. I already said we have private property, therefore capitalism. It's you who so daft they don't realize there is a range of capitalistic ideas from classical liberalism to social democracy. Read some more political philosophy other than just a sentence of a fucking encyclopedia.
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  5185.  @cdesha  Yeah... That's the claim you failed to prove. Solid work.
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  5186.  @cdesha  Lmao, says the guy that hasn't proved anything either! You're hilarious!
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  5187.  @cdesha  Lmao, you realize law enforcement of private property is done by the state, right? You're acting like the real world is built with platonic forms where things are never shades of grey, and frankly it's just silly. And I clearly said the authoritarianism was largely a result of a monied elite, which is created because of private property. Smh.
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  5188.  @cdesha  "Real world, historical capitalism isn't capitalism." Lmao, okay, dude.
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  5189.  @jacksonunreal2481  Even with a small government capitalist brutalize their employees, but I Guess you actually like working 12 hours a day, 6 days a week in dangerous work conditions with no workers compensation. Capitalism is authoritarian and is the antithesis of freedom.
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  5190.  @OtakuUnitedStudio  Yep. The wealth/ power just concentrates. For anyone who values a Democratic society it should be troubling.
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  5191.  @Elizabeth68337  To be fair He's not exactly just sitting on his wealth, most of his wealth is in stocks which means it's invested in productive capital... Which he has been pretty good at managing to increase shareholder value. AMZN is trillion dollar company because they maximize investor profits at the expense of society. There were industrious feudal lords but that doesn't make feudalism legitimate, same with capitalism.
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  5192. As it should...
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  5193. What? You don't like corporate plutocracy?
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  5194. Large amounts of stocks give massive amounts of power
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  5195. As an American I feel your pain about having such a terrible government. We have somebody running for a Senate position in one of the states and he's "pro-life" but has paid for several abortions... The conservatives defend him with rhetoric like this; "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch Absolutely abhorrent.
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  5196. And some people still think capitalism hasn't killed people for profit
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  5197. Why do you support expelling them from their homeland?
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  5198. "Toyota, the official truck of ISIS"
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  5199. "Ah... Uhh.. Ummm, ah" - SBF, 2022
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  5200. FTX: "ANNNNNNNNND ITS GONE!"
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  5201. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  5202. Lol, if you're that mad about this, I can't imagine how you'd feel about the rest of corporate America.
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  5203.  @Ash_Queen16  Who says I haven't? But I'm not going to say I have, cuz that would be self incrimination 😉😘
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  5204. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  5205. Republicans care about border security, but not the security of classified national security documents? I'm confused.
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  5206. Why are you still talking about Obama?
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  5207. I mean, take care of themselves better if there wasn't an internationally illegal blockade and they didn't come in and t3rrorize the population. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  5208.  @jackietate5222  Citations; "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023 “According to the basic nationality law we passed, Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people – and only it." - Benjamin Netanyahu
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  5209.  @jackietate5222  You're joking, right? You do realize that 60% of the West Bank is under öccüpåtion? As in they have over 600 internationally illegal checkpoints that discriminate against Arabs, 144 gated/ segregated settlements built on the bulldozed land that used to have Palestinian homes, restrictions to Holy sites and even raid them to harass civilians. There are different color license plates for Arabs and Isrāelis because some road Arabs are not allowed to drive on. They don't have legal rights because they're under öccüpåtion, so over 1,000 Palestinian men, women, and even kids are arrested without due process for days to decades. That's just the öccupïed West Bank, supposedly in 2005 Izrael was supposed to leave Gaza- because again, their settlements are internationally illegal settler colonialism- but they inflicted a 16 year besiegement, also internationally illegal, on the area. The IDF would regularly raid Gaza and kïllëd 1,025 kids before the 7th. These blockades were a large contributing factor to the 50% unemployment rate pre-October. Even Arabs living in Isrãel have lost real estate rights (because this is a land conflict motivated by Zionist Manifest Destiny). All of this is just the tip of the iceberg for Palestinians, there is theft of aquifers leading to unsafe water and pregnant women that miscarry at checkpoints because they get stopped try to go to the hospital.
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  5210.  @jackietate5222  lol, okay, wheres the āpārthēīd?
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  5211.  @jeffw1267  Lol, you can't even give him credit for the gas prices 🤡🤡🤡 You just proved that nothing will make you happy.
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  5212.  @blackspiderman1887  Did you just blame inflation on one reason? Are we just going to ignore the past decade of QE and super low interest rates paired with a crisis that forced trillions of dollars of spending and welfare subsidies? Up until early 2021 the FED was buying $100B of treasuries and they started buying corporate bonds too (they usually just buy UST Bills). There are three main causes for inflation; relative supply shrinkage, relative demand increase, and an increase to the money supply- All three of which have been heavily affected in the past 3 years. Anybody who tells you it's just one reason certainly doesn't understand economics in the slightest.
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  5213. ​ @jenniferchilders8020  Of course it's going to pass unanimously on this channel... Do you think James would post anything non-conformist?
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  5214.  @MaxMax-nb1lm  I agree, the democracy we are given is full of false choices. One of the sad things about Trump's election lies is that it diverts from the real election rigging of campaign finance. Don't get me wrong I can be quite cynical about what we call democracy in this country, by the time the right to vote was granted to blacks (who still had to deal with Jim Crow) and women corporations were more heavily influencing elections. BUT, I will say I do see hope through all the fog. I was lucky enough to be stopped one day by a woman with a clipboard asking for signatures to legalize medical psychedelics in Colorado- I of course jumped at this opportunity to provide compassionate care. The referendum received enough signatures to be placed on the ballot... And now Colorado is the first jurisdiction in the United States to legalize medical psychedelic assisted therapy, just like we were one of the first jurisdictions to legalize recreational cannabis. The journey seems like it takes too long, but progress has been made to stop the inhuman war on drugs and to provide a new avenue of compassionate healthcare. I struggle with hope, so I have to remind myself that we have accomplished something.
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  5215.  @davidcertain2492  What are you talking about? I support funding Ukraine and I'm not pro-Russian so I don't understand the connect.... It's almost like it's a straw man fallacy wrapped up with a little bit of ad hom
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  5216.  @omotayosatuyi252  Looking back, I can't believe you suckers don't care that the big banks that crash the '08 economy bribe your politicians- Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo.... Such working class allies! And you're so naive you don't think it affects the way Congress members vote? Wow. The sheer partisan lack of self reflection is sad, and reminds a democratic socialist like me why I'm an registered Independent even though I vote Blue all the time. Partisanism 🤮🤮🤮
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  5217.  @juliaheger8127  No it's the first true statement I made that you want to accept ;) Big Difference.
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  5218.  @RM-gm9fs  "Don't overthrow the government, Mr. Washington" - King George III Lol, the irony.
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  5219.  @ken7165  Strawmen arent attacking my belief.... That how strawmen work, You make up an argument that your opponent doesn't believe and make it seem like they believe it. I'm not pro-Russian, I believe in the American Constitution- Don't ascribe to me believes I don't believe, then maybe I'll stop complaining about your fallacious attitudes.
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  5220.  @madmaximilian5783  Infantile
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  5221.  @AlleyandGrey  P.S. I voted for Biden and Hillary... But surrrrrrre I just side with the GOP. How dumb are you?
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  5222.  @AlleyandGrey  I'm more Progressives than Dems... Ffs, I'm not American because I'm more Progressives than you (yet you want to act like Im a goo sympathizer) 🤦🏼 You obviously hate America if you don't want single payer (oh was that fallacious of me? Lmao, you asswit)
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  5223.  @omotayosatuyi252  The GOP is fascist.... Not pro-worker at all- cute whataboutism tho. If you think the Party of Corporate Gaslighting is for the People you need to look at Citizens United affects politics- we could have had Single Payer if Obama didn't give in to insurance companies (yes, I love that I benefited from the ACA, but now I'm 26 and want Single Payer, don't act like there isn't nuance). I bet you love that Banks got bail outs in '08 but not American families... Yes, so pro-worker definitely not bought out 🤦🏼
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  5224.  @electric8668  I wish yt didn't delete your comment, it perfectly explains how capitalists use race to divide us.... But YouTube wants to be so woke that it actually deletes woke comments 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Censorship is gross.
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  5225. "vote blue no matter what" "What if theyre a DINO?" "I SAID NO MATTER WHAT" Lmao, Democrats did it to themselves by dissuading any critical thinking in their voter base.
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  5226. You're a simpleton that views everything as a binary. She doesn't have to be a Republican just because she's not a Dem. Wow, liberals have some dumb takes (no Sweetie, I'm not a conservative).
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  5227. Are you just forgetting about his coal investments?
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  5228. And you love being so loyal to the Democratic Party that keeps screwing over their voters with candidates that say "If you don't vote for me you ain't black" and then do very little for the black community... Lmao!! Democrats are delusional.... You're not progressives.
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  5229. So you want to keep the fake democrat? 😂🤣 Ok
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  5230. Lol You're probably one of the people who said "just vote blue" without even considering if the person is actually progressive.
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  5231.  @leannaburroughs-pz1np  It's their whole catalog... They use "MASSIVE" to describe almost every turning of event. Their sensationalist language gets tiring I don't know what's actually a big development and what is just a piece of getting to the big development. I understand that we have to celebrate the battles to win the war but they act like every single skirmish is something to BOLD. Eh, it just wears thin after awhile. This is why I watch a local news show and international news, wayyy less sensationalism.
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  5232. ​ @blackraven763 can you not handle a criticism? I'm definitely far more leftists than you and I tired of the hollow virtue signaling... Just give me the news without the bolded sensationalism. They do a great job at legal facts but they pour a decor of annoying whining over it. I just want the fact without calling him a baby every other sentence... like I totally agree but let's just get on with the story. I could go somewhere else or I could also make my voice heard... Sorry you don't like democracy
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  5233. Who woulda guessed! Ol' Jamesy Boy is at the same old schtick. Do you post anything deeper or just different? Keep the left dumb- why elevate your thought above a played out meme ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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  5234. "Small government"
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  5235. Yep, their ideology is basically nationalistic survival of the fittest. Their dream world is a bunch of ethno-States fighting against each other to prove nationalistic superiority. It's a sick twisted nightmare that has no room for peace.
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  5236. You can bet your ass that if Trump was still polling well Republicans would be behind that fascist!
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  5237. A bunch of them are crying on Fox news's coverage of Biden signing the respect for marriage act. It's hilarious seeing them melt.
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  5238.  @jamesvelez2508  Thank you my Bot
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  5239.  @josephhamrick2488  Lmao, here to defend lazybones, again? "Lock em up, lock em up, lock em up...." Lmao we get it, maybe we should stop being lemmings and have a unique thought for a second. But nah, just keep the broken record playing. Haha, you crack me up.
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  5240. ​ @dalkurd1  How do the swedes feel about worker cooperatives? Are they common around the Scandinavian area?
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  5241. He's been attacking Trump for months
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  5242. Cohen was a criminal, the Injustice is that Trump hasn't been sentenced to at least 3 years in prison.
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  5243.  @jamesvelez2508  Bruh... Still nothing unique. LAME. You're basic.
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  5244.  @jamesvelez2508  Hahaha. You literally can't say anything unique, can you? 🤡🤡
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  5245.  @punchingplugscf260  Who tf are you?
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  5246.  @jamesvelez2508  Lol, says the guy that can only say one thing 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Dude... Just post one unique thought. Just one. I bet you can't- in fact, I know you can't.
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  5247. Thank you my bot
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  5248. Is classism a go to insult for you? Don't most sub-28 years old live at home these days in this economy?? Find a better insult.
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  5249. 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Anarchists are anti-fascist and anti-Trump. Lmao, smdh.
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  5250. Lmao, let's class action this shit
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  5251.  @danaconley1123  You're insane. Not a trump supporter.... And I honestly have no idea how you think this is racist.
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  5252.  @Frenchblue8  Well, that's rather an open answer... A lot of productive things could be done instead of meeping like a bunch of Finding Nemo seagulls. Personally, I like to identify the societal problems that created the viability of Trump as president, and the rise of other fascist candidates like DeSantis and MTG, then research and communicate ways to address them. I'm partial to democratic socialist concepts, like the Preston Model of community wealth building.
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  5253.  @stacyobrian2358  You both seem like you're having a hard time expressing yourselves. You guys don't even know who you're talking to 🤣😂
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  5254.  @stacyobrian2358  I'm an independent... Because as you can see I don't tow your party line, but yes I did vote for him because it's a lot better than a proto-fascist 🙄
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  5255.  @debbydeberardinis8221  You're braindead, Debby, I voted for Biden. Wow, if anybody disagrees with you, you'll call them a Trump supporter 🤣😂 You guys are nuts.
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  5256.  @ileneplantone3817  I voted for Biden, does that make me a cult member?
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  5257.  @stacyobrian2358  Why, yes, I am a district attorney....
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  5258.  @stacyobrian2358  lmao, life isn't fair. You got accidentally tagged... Thank god its just a yt comment, not a war zone.
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  5259.  @stacyobrian2358  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5260.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5261.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5262.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5263.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5264.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5265.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5266.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5267.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5268.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5269.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5270.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5271.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5272.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5273.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5274.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5275.  @jamesvelez2508  James, YOU LOVE CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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  5276.  @WinterberryThyme-3333  Theyre bots that post the same low wattage posts. It's literally nothing intellectually informative. I mean I'll post quotes and sometimes rehash my own thoughts... But those are a lot more complex than a rehashed Trump meme "lock x up"... Cmon. You're an NPC if you cant see the issue.
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  5277.  @rip666S  James doesn't have the brain cells to figure that one out.... Just yesterday he literally said the First Amendment should be violated.
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  5278.  @sickandtiredofbeingsickand  🤦🏼 I'm a socialist I don't know how you think I'm a MAGAtard, lmao. You just can't handle anything but an echo chamber.
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  5279.  @adria89  That's just getting rid of fascism. That's not supporting democracy 🤦🏼 If you want to support democracy then you have to critique the corrupt DNC and all the Democrats in power who use insider trading. Being pro-democracy is not a partisan project... It means critiquing Dementia Feinstein and Nancy 'insider trading' Pelosi as well as MAGA fascists. I don't think you guys realize that the alienation of the Democratic Party to workers in this country has created MAGA. You guys just think Trump is the problem, you don't realize he's actually a symptom of an underlying problem.
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  5280. That's blasphemy young man, say three hail Marys and an all father
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  5281. All politicians are liars but they voted Republican they know that they voted for a full-blown Lair.
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  5282. Yes, we know that you love them...
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  5283. Yes, and....
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  5284. Ok
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  5285. How did he decapitate himself from inside himself?;🤔
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  5286. I didn't realize Jesus taught auto-ignition
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  5287. Lmao, what? How?
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  5288.  @ronaldturner4849  You might want to read the First Amendment again. Having the right to express yourself without being jailed is not a privilege, but it also does not come without consequence of people being able to distance themselves from such speech.
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  5289. Republicans love rights without responsibilities. They claim to be individuals but when asked to offset their pollution they will have non of it. I'm not even talking about CO2, just the poisonous chemicals that we know cause cancer and respiratory illness 🤦🏼 For being "patriotic" they really do not care about their fellow Americans.
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  5290. They're not happy with the corporate-backed duopoly that we have now. They need more power, so why don't they just monopolize the government for their own depraved bidding.
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  5291. You proved me wrong, you came up with something different! BUT somehow you thought up a way to say something even more ignorant 👍
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  5292. This is a wholesome way to talk about a woman's appearance.
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  5293. I've been trolling a Trump supporter by calling him a FraudLover. He literally does not care that Trump is involved in copious amounts of scams.... He doesn't see the connection between Trump scamming and him being taken advantage of. These people are simpletons, and I'd almost feel bad for them if they weren't such disgusting pieces of trash.
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  5294.  @chiguireespacialespecial  I'll feed the hens
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  5295.  @michellewilcock6827  They got ideas.... Just not ones that help Main St :/
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  5296. Lmao, NPC JamesBot couldn't figure out spaces between the names. What a typical NPC loser. Say something of value, James... Oh wait, you can't.
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  5297. Humans are idiots, money and power are just amplifiers
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  5298. You don't get equality under the law... That's a lie.
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  5299. Popock doesn't seem like that bad of a guy.... Jk, I know what you meant.
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  5300.  @kasahadragon9499  lol, as someone who believes in a democratic government and an economy where workers own the means of production I can confidently tell you socialism often refers to abolishing the private control of the means of production. Go look up social democracy if you're confused on what the difference between the two are.
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  5301.  @joshuabrady6182  You got bored so you came over for more? If you were bored I think you'd go somewhere else, lmao. I'm not a party member of the Democratic Party because I lean far more left than corporate Democrats embody 🤦🏼 I can't imagine being this dim.
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  5302.  @robertb.australia.8801  Last time I checked Australia is a capitalist country and certainly hasnt abolished private property is the means of production 🤦🏼 This one's even more ridiculous than people who think Nordic countries (social democracy) is democratic socialism.
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  5303.  @ericmaclaurin8525  This guy is a troll that supports Herschel Walker and sees nothing wrong with Trump organization receiving 17 criminal fraud charges- save yourself the energy and don't waste your time... Unless you enjoy toying with rubes, then it's open season!
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  5304.  @byersnathan-ic7cj  Oh look it didn't happen yesterday!!! Why don't you support your opinions with facts 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Dopey asf You have no critical thinking. You're a gullible dupe.
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  5305.  @missella7339  Yeah but I was speaking specifically to TODAY 🤦🏼🤦🏼 Jfc, you guys don't understand it even the simplest of concepts
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  5306.  @missella7339  how'd that work out for ya?
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  5307.  @byersnathan-ic7cj  I'm still waiting for the proof that he'll be locked up today.... You literally can't support your opinion with facts 🤡
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  5308.  @byersnathan-ic7cj  I'm still waiting for your facts....
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  5309.  @byersnathan-ic7cj  When is he being locked up today... I'm waiting for proof.
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  5310.  @WhittyPics  So was yesterday.... What dosage of Hopium are you on?
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  5311.  @byersnathan-ic7cj  My ignorance? First of all I hate Trump so he probably hates me... Second of all I know he's not going to prison today. It's really cute how you think I'm a Trump supporter when I'm far more progressive/ left wing than you liberals. You guys actually think you're saving democracy by getting rid of Trump... But forget that we're an oligarchy 🤦🏼🤦🏼
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  5312.  @byersnathan-ic7cj  is not going to prison today..... That's just a fact I don't know how deranged you are but he's not going to prison today. Hopefully soon but its realistically not today. Geez you people are in a freaking cult. I don't even like Trump but at least I'm not brain dead enough to think he's going to prison today
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  5313.  @scottcoolum  All the dorito/ Cheeto/ mango/ orange insults kind of skin deep... No pun intended. Seriously, why not actually call him out for scams, sexual abuse, mass hoaxes, treason, and fascistic terrorism rather than the color of his skin and playing into the idea that he actually even built a wall (even though he barely even built much of a wall)?
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  5314.  @douglashagedorn7717  That doesn't even make sense. Why won't you guys just focus on just being nice. Like no offense but you guys are absolutely terrible at trying to be edgy. Just pick what you're good at, which is being empathetic and just stop trying to sink down to Trump's level of insults.
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  5315. I thought you wanted Joe Biden to be president? Oh you're just going for the cheap copy paste "President 2024"... What a loser. Figure out some principles.
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  5316. LMAO, LAZY NPC
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  5317. Trump created a fraudulent college. Trump criminally misrepresented facts under oath. You like con artists, so you lose credibility. What's wrong with you?
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  5318. The stench! It makes me nauseous!
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  5319. She actually hates the first amendment.
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  5320. #investigatePizzaTate
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  5321. How do we not know more about Epstein's clientele list? The powerful protect their own. Either through common interests or copious amounts of dirt.
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  5322. Get a chatroom
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  5323. ​ @eagle-eye29  "Ask not what memes can do for you, but what you can do for memes" jpeg.Kennedy
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  5324.  @cloudie9druoid172  You say stupid never stands a chance.... And yet Donald Trump stood a chance of winning in 2016 If you look at the facts, your statement makes no sense. But I don't necessarily expect you to be bright enough to be self-reflective 🤡
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  5325. Obviously, you've never heard of dumb luck. It's hilarious how people make these statements about their morality being coherent with reality, lol. Of course somebody who supports Wall Street Pete would say something that hacky. I bet you love corporations buying out your politicians and corrupting them
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  5326. Wall Street Pete didn't say anything about the derailment for weeks.... And now you're congratulating him. You're the reason why Democrats are basically seen as center-right wing everywhere else in the world. You're the reason why we don't have a functioning leftist labor party in the United States.... Because you're so happy with Wall Street Pete 🤮🤮🤮
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  5327. This channel is only about bashing Trump, which I'm all for.... But they don't care that Democrats are Wall Street sycophants. This channel is hilarious- If you say anything that challenges Democrats in the comments you'll usually get met with claims that you're a Republican or a Russian bot. This audience can't take a criticism of the Democrats.
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  5328. "Liars"..... It's with an 'A' with no apostrophe.
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  5329.  @lynnybogard9371  I agree, an Oldfolks home for Ol' Joe, BUT that also means a prison cell for Donald "Document Thieving, Tax Dodging" Trump. They both need people to watch over them, but in a different sense for each.
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  5330. You have to acknowledge fascism to fight it.
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  5331. Lmao, you should be ashamed.
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  5332. Yes, blame all if Colorado 🤦🏼 Even in the 3rd district she only won by 500 votes
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  5333. So called? Lol. Try again.
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  5334.  @THINJIMI  So you want to be like Russia? Prisoners in the USA still have rights, like the right to no cruel and unusual punishment for one, ironically that doesn't include slavery as denoted by the 13th Amendment, but these are just facts, not my opinions. What makes America great is the fact that we guarantee inalienable rights. I'm a literal socialist and I understand this point.
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  5335.  @seniorrider9337  Contempt of court is a crime, so I'm not sure how that's an issue.
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  5336. Just because the Democratic Party is miles better than the GOP doesn't make it a group of good people trying to better the world. They do good things sometimes, but theyre Still lying power hungry politicians who have to work with an assistant that demands they take money for favors. Democrats are bought out by big business too. Let's not forget the DNC is a little corrupt too.
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  5337.  @jasondavenport5577  Big butts
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  5338. Go Nuggets!
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  5339.  @hunterharpool4001  What's sad is all the brain dead people that come to his defense and act like your pro-Trump just because you have a critical opinion, lmao. I seriously wonder who runs these bots, is it somebody connected to MT, or just some bored dude.
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  5340.  @Mister_Grey  Lol, nah, ShatGPT is useless for political discussions because it always gets bogged down by "I am an AI language model I can't say anything controversial".
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  5341.  @mrsmibbs  Why does it matter, Lardo?
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  5342.  @xmas4203  Learn to read more than two sentences at a time or walk away Srry. Get fked. Tht short enuf?
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  5343. I wasn't sure if it was ironic or not. I'm glad somebody else caught it, lol
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  5344.  @mimirose71  🤦🏼 just because I don't think thought crimes should be prosecuted but I think her vocal advocation for treason is admissible in court? Dude, chill out- I just don't want to live in an Orwellian police state. What's funny is I'm probably way more left-leaning than you are so don't confuse me with right-wing nuts like MTG.
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  5345. We live in a corporate oligarchy. If you want to fight for democracy you have to stand up to Citizens United... This is just preserving the oligarchy so we don't move into fascism.
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  5346. They literally don't care; I've tested the waters, they happily support swamp creatures as they talk about draining the swamp. You can't have a rational conversation with these people. Who cares if the Trump organization CFO testified that Trump overvalued is penthouse by $200 million... They don't see how committing fraud is relevant to Trump's legitimacy in terms of all his crying about fraud. They don't have two neurons to spark together.
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  5347. Let's not act like Joe Biden is a great president... Better than most Republicans, but he is still no friend to the working class. Most Democrats are still in the pockets of corporations. We need more progressive that will fight for Main St. (Like Fetterman, AOC, and Sanders).
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  5348. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  5349. James doesn't support economic democracy. James doesn't support democracy.
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  5350. Tie 'em upside down like Mussolini! Mandarin (Now I don't know if it's talking about the color of an orange or the place in China) Mussolini needs to get his juice squeezed!
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  5351.  @jamesvelez2508  You keep proving that you're an NPC.... You literally won't say anything off of your programmed responses! Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
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  5352.  @Mark1615-zi4er  Numbers 5: 22 "May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”
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  5353.  @jamesvelez2508  Says the robo clown that only has three programmed responses 🤖🤡 Dude, you're such a limp noodle.
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  5354. Putting him in prison isn't going to fix the justice system..... 🤦🏼🤦🏼 He needs to be in prison, but liberals need to stop talking this way. It's goofy. Trump being free is a symptom of a bad justice system, Trump being president is a symptom of a toxic culture- getting rid of symptoms is nice, but that doesn't necessarily take care of the disease.
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  5355.  @pjpredhomme7699  Way to take a playful joke seriously.... Lmao. You must be really fun at parties.
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  5356. ​ @Iseerightthruyou as somebody who is very academically inclined but had to get their GED for medical reasons... she's the associated reason why I have a hesitant shame about saying I have a GED. Lmao. Dumber than a box of rocks, at least a box of rocks doesn't yell disrespectful rhetoric after a national tragedy.
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  5357. "Anything but a Demonrats" No... Literally, there's a famous photo of two Trump supporters in shirts that say "I'd rather be Russian than a Democrat". Just straight up siding with the complete authoritarians, like fascists do.
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  5358. Remember when the GOP was just about destabilizing middle Eastern governments? Now they want to destabilize the US.
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  5359. Count the votes here! Stop counting the vote over there! Just count the vote that I need! Of course it's MAGA that tampers with voting machines. In Colorado we have a MAGA election person who can't run anymore because she tampered with the voting machines.... But yet they think antifa did it, lol
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  5360.  @Historia.Magistra.Vitae.  That's really not a sufficient explanation if you ask me but that's just me
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  5361.  @Historia.Magistra.Vitae.  That's really not a sufficient explanation if you ask me but that's just me
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  5362.  @Historia.Magistra.Vitae.  What was the most socialist part of Hitler's regime?
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  5363.  @Historia.Magistra.Vitae.  You keep calling it socialism, but it's renownedly known as a far right-wing ideology. As for the writings that you posted I'll have to look into them, I'm certainly interested in learning more. But as for Trump being a fascist I think it's pretty clear that he embodies much of the rhetoric of threats, nationalism, anti-PC populism, anti-Marxism, and an energetic rally of propaganda to justify his lust for complete power. This is just fascism 101. Here's an interesting video about Salvador Dali and fascism; https://youtu.be/FecpubFKvcA
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  5364.  @Historia.Magistra.Vitae.  Mussolini was a Marxist in his early years but renounced it, and like you said Hitler denounced Marxism. He called it socialism but then he murdered all the socialists in his party 🤔 like I said it's propaganda meant to confer some sort of virtue signaling legitimacy, just like the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. No elections go on there... I mean they tell you that they do but you just have to realize that it's all fake. As for the night of the long knives; was a power struggle but it also resulted in the purge of others, like Otto Strasser.
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  5365.  @Historia.Magistra.Vitae.  Socialists? Have you read the Doctrine of Fascism? It's not very long and it's actually pretty interesting. Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile (co-ghost writer) describe fascism as opposed to Marxism, liberalism, and anarchism. It is staunchly against leninism- socialism is usually internationalist, where as fascism focuses on nationalism. I will say that there are a few socialist types of fascism that utilize trade unions (syndicalism) in the corporatism of negotiation between labor, big business, and the state. Strasserism and Sorelism are two revisionist interpretations of fascism that are influenced by socialism. That said, fascists that rose to power usually were not friendly to socialists and communists. I assume this idea comes from the fact that Hitler named his party the National "Socialist", but this is nothing more than propaganda like the Democratic people's Republic of Korea not actually being a democracy. If you look at Hitler's rise to power he did utilize trade unionist rhetoric in the beginning, but then eventually had his brown shirt thugs beat them into submission and out of order. In 1934 there was a purge called The Night of the Long Knives, in which socialist fascists, like Otto Strasser (who was earlier exiled in 1930), and other people less loyal to his cause where purged. I will admit fascism can be a fuzzy ideology because it really is just totalitarianism with various types of rhetoric. As such it often can be likened to Stalinism (Orwell called it "red fascism"), sometimes the only difference is the rhetoric and which people they choose to persecute.
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  5366.  @Historia.Magistra.Vitae.  Not fascist? 🤔 Isn't it a hyper nationalist autocratic government with a strongman dictator who riles up a popular base, and then takes totalitarian control enforcing traditionalist or regressive social policy (often with the use of violent by thugs) and bringing the economy under the control of the state? With the nuance that it can take many different forms but that is the general gist of the concept as outlined by Mussolini and others. Let's see; He takes on a strongman personality, and demonizes his opponents and rallying his popular base to be nasty to minorities. The hate builds and is released in random acts of violence like the Club Q shooting and many others around the country. During 2020 he thought he could overrule the governors during the lockdown and all his lawyers rushed to remind him that he doesn't have that power, because we have a thing called federalism and he's not a dictator. He denies a free and fair election, that has been confirmed by over 60 judges, many of whom he appointed. And he committed election fraud by asking for more votes some areas and then requesting the stoppage of counting in others, whichever way suited him best. He riled up a violent insurrection attempt and denied National guard assistance while the Capitol was under siege. With recent sedition charges for one of Trump's pledged violent thugs. Along with a host of other charges for hundreds of others that literally called for executing members of Congress and VP. He recently posted a dinner with Kanye, a known anti-Semitic, who brought his white nationalist friend. He recently confirmed that he doesn't believe in federalism and thinks he's a dictator by calling for the "termination" of the US Constitution because he is still pumping the propaganda about the election, and also using hollow propaganda involving Hunter Biden's D pics as "proof" of government censorship, even though it was a private campaign that committed a rules violation request. The man didn't want to show his taxes or his other finances, but now pieces them are being released- apparently had a $19 million loan associated with a South Korean company that has North Korean ties in which he had during his presidency but never disclosed it, which is a conflict of interest along with many of his other business dealings. Blatant disregard for the law as if he is above the law- because again he thinks he's a dictator. Yeah, I don't know why anybody would call it fascist..... Lmao.
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  5367. Lmao. You're such a liberal, not progressive at all.
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  5368. ​ @garysmith9265 It certainly is a predicament isn't it. We can do things on national, local, and personal levels. Any money out of politics is a must, but locally supporting community wealth building, like co-ops/ credit unions (look up the Preston Model). On a personal level, we can remember to be kind and empathetic to people. Remember that although we want to get mad at our political 'others' that is exactly the 'Us vs Them' dynamic the investor class is happy to cultivate. Some are too ideologically gone but if you introduce 'socialism' to some right-wingers through cooperatives and community land trusts... A lot of them actually don't mind, lol. Which is why I find the Preston model pretty impressive because it appeals to many of the values that conservatives want, like empowering them at a local level- honestly though I think that's something most all of us can all support.
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  5369.  @bluetarot9244  They speak facts but they also say a lot in what they don't say ;) Why don't they talk about the anti-democratic shenanigans with Diane Feinstein??? Oh, that's right they don't actually care about democracy for 40 million Californian's. Until you realize that what is not said is sometimes more important than what is said, you wont get it. CORPORATE LOBBYING IS NOT DEMOCRATIC! I know i'm way more progressive than you, so don't act like "leftist". You're a corporate liberal, not a leftist.
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  5370. I am Jack Smith, thank you for your recognition.
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  5371.  @donnakubiski5572  Social experiment update: I posted MLK quotes about democratic socialism on the recent Midas Touch George Santos video... Got 212 likes so far. Democratic socialism necessarily means questioning the corporate media and they're lying spokespeople.... And yet I found not one person who would question Rachel Maddow's journalistic integrity over the past decade. And I don't believe that's because there's no criticisms to be made- everybody's human- but rather I believe this channel stokes an echo chamber. So there's my half-assed scientific hypothesis, test, and conclusion.... Now I have to go buy a white lab coat and send my data to the Journal of Sociology and Political Science
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  5372.  @donnakubiski5572  I'm on the MT because I'm a leftist- When I post MLK quotes about democratic socialism everybody seems to love it.... But I talk about how corporate media lies to people then everybody here hates that opinion. The irony is that in order to have democratic socialism you have to get rid of the corporate media, lol. As a leftist I am absolutely astonished that people who call themselves leftists here won't acknowledge that corporate media like CNN and MSNBC lie .... I don't care if they're liberal they still lie and distort the truth. I'm not sure why that is such a controversial view- It's kind of funny when you think about it though, everybody will say the media lies, but not the media that they watch. I actually find it quite interesting that nobody here agrees with me.... As a socialist, it reminds me why people like Malcolm X don't like liberals; they hypocritically talk about "progressive equality" while continuing to uphold institutions of power and privilege that create inequalities. I keep repeating myself because I'm hoping to find somebody else who will stand up to corporate power in this comment section... But unfortunately I can't find any real leftists here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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  5373. Lol, tell me another joke 😂
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  5374.  @charliefreemana.k.a.thesou197  Rachel Maddow worked on MSNBC which is corporate media... She lied for corporate media for a very long time. I'm not sure how you don't understand the connection. E: Did you literally just say I got 'owned' even though you don't even understand that she worked for a corporate media company? 🤦🏼🤦🏼 Lmao. What a NPC lemming thing to say.
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  5375.  @charliefreemana.k.a.thesou197  look up her Politifact and see all the times she's spoken things that were not true.
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  5376.  @charliefreemana.k.a.thesou197  Did you just call me a cry baby troll for speaking the truth 🤦🏼 Do you understand how corporate media works... They sell ads.
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  5377. MSNBC is just as bad as CNN and Fox.... 🤦🏼
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  5378. Do you trust corporate media?
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  5379. The meshing of two horribly brainwashed audiences who think anybody that disagrees with them is automatically a Russian bot 🤣😂
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  5380. Rachel maddow lies for corporate media. You shouldn't idolize somebody who's deceived the American public for corporate profit as much as she has.
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  5381.  @spacelemur7955  You're right those are easily accessible quotes because I store them in my phones keyboard so I can meme them. It's handy because sometimes I'll get a Midas touch notification and I can easily paste it and post it... And it gets hundreds of upvotes, but now everyone is skeptical 🤦🏼 Wow.... I don't know why I need to jump through your hoop and explain Marx's theory of capital, but I do understand the concept of dialectical materialism. Besides, Martin Luther King Jr was a religious democratic socialist and not really a Marxist.
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  5382.  @jessicacooper2705  You're correct; I said that she (and MSNBC) got a lot of things incorrect about Trump. There are so many things to legitimately bash Trump for you don't even have to make things up, but for some reason they did. Why do they make things up and sensationalize topics? It's so they can spark more views and get higher returns on their advertisement slots. I'm not just saying randomly disconnected things.... These ideas come together to form a systematic understanding of how corporate media exploits 'us and them' dynamics to turn a profit at the expense of truth and social stability. People are happy to just write me off as a Trumpist troll.... But I'm the only one here providing a comprehensive leftist perspective. The irony is kind of sad.... Like, girl, I'm on your side- but I believe that the left should be self-reflective.
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  5383.  @spacelemur7955  I'm a socialist, Sweetheart, I'm way more of a leftist than you... If you're acting like I'm a Trump supporter you're positively confused. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  5384.  @jeannelee4821  I can't even bring up the fact that corporate media lies for advertiser profit... Why is that so controversial? That's not being jealous or lost... that's just the truth. Why is acknowledging that corporate media lies so offensive to you? You realize it's pretty right-wing of you to not be able to acknowledge that capitalism perverts truth in media.
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  5385. Lmao.... I don't even like Trump but she couldn't even get basic facts about Trump right. E: I'm a Democratic socialist and I don't support Trump for anybody who is curious... I'm not sure why I can't have a different opinion without being labeled a Trumper or a Russian troll. Come on, this is really disingenuous....
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  5386.  @jeannelee4821  You realize the irony of you acting like I'm being accusatory after you and others were teaming up against me and accusing me of being a "trumper" and a "troll".... But you can't handle me asking you what kind of progressive policies you support? Lmao! C'mon, Jeanne, I took your insults and disrespect in stride, but you're insulted when I asked you a question about what progressive policies you support? I asked you questions so I could learn more about your perspective before I judge... Apparently you judge people before you ask them questions 🤦🏼 Seems pretty prejudicial. Welp, I guess you just gave me enough information that I can judge you without being prejudicial. Thanks for outing yourself.
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  5387.  @jeannelee4821  "Progressive" and yet you constantly watch and defend corporate media like Rachel's show.... C'mon. What key Progressive policies do you support?
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  5388.  @jeannelee4821  You're a right wing liberal. All culture war, no middle class.
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  5389.  @jeannelee4821  Of the times that I've watched her show I saw narratives spotlit by an ideologically liberal bias- liberalism is too right wing for me. She doesn't strike me as someone who speaks up when corporate Democrats do terrible things...and that's not a "both sides" -ism, that's just acknowledging that truth matters more than ideology. She participated in a type of news cast that over sensationalizes and misrepresents the truth in order to sell ads.... Her show is an embodiment of capitalist propaganda that seeks to push the 'us and them' of the Red vs Blue, meanwhile corporations are robbing the working class blind. It's precisely the issue of focusing so much on Russia gate and not enough on Wall Street. Personally I like PBS, DW (German World news), 60 minutes, and Frontline because they aren't sensationalist and they will actually look at the underlying problems of capitalism. I could be off base, but it seems like Rachel Maddow is a part of the group that complains about Donald Trump as if he is the root of the problem, instead of understanding that Donald Trump is a symptom of a problem that is created by capitalist elitism (like MSNBC) that disenfranchises some people to the point they become fascists that love Trump, Desantis, MTG, etc.
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  5390.  @jeannelee4821  She was a mouthpiece for corporate media... And corporate media lies, which means she lied. The corporate media that lies to prop up its own power is not progressive/ leftist. All three of those are facts, I wasn't imposing my ideology. My point is that there is no left-wing corporate media- that's all (I don't know how you somehow turn that into me being a jealous Trump supporter). You realize that people in European countries see the US Democrats as a right wing political party and Republicans as super far right wing.... Similarly MSNBC is right wing "news" and Fox is super far right wing "news". My whole point is that the liberal media isnt that far left... E: Don lemon has the same problems, but I think Anderson Cooper is a little bit more of a thorough journalist.
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  5391.  @jeannelee4821  You actually did ask "can I just say how much I absolutely love this collab?!?!"...... But, why are you so offended that I pointed out she's a part of lying corporate media? You can't tell me that I can't have an opinion about your comment.... I'm free to have an opinion.
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  5392. She's not left wing, she's a corporate liberal... Which is fairly conservative. If she was actually a leftist she'd be telling you why MSNBC promotes lies for corporate profit.
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  5393. Why do you like her?
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  5394. She also lied for MSNBC's corporate profits for years.....
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  5395. I think this guy wants to terminate the Constitution too... Fascism is on the rise in America :/
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  5396. Remember how his mouth was writing checks to Disney that his fascist ass and 3 FL counties couldn't cash?
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  5397.  @twistoffate4791  Psssst... Citizens United v FEC allows legalized bribery, meaning that lobbyists get to use money to filter which politicians you can vote for. Just a reminder.
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  5398.  @twistoffate4791  Hahahaha, I love how you think you can't be against both the capitol rioters and capitol lobbyists 🤦🏼🤦🏼 I'm literally a democratic socialist, who's tired of corporate control of your democracy, but you think I've watched Fox News 🤣🤣 I love how you guys get so triggered by people on the left that you call us right wingers. Just forget about Citizens United v. FEC, you punk- You deserve corporations buying your politicians.
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  5399.  @twistoffate4791  Didn't hunt down your officials... They hunted down the politicians that have been bribed by corporate lobbyists and their own investment account.
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  5400. There should be zero leniency for Capitol attackers and Capitol lobbyists, both are destroying democracy
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  5401.  @phatboy243  So you think of a Saudi Arabian diplomat beats their wife to death for an honor killing that they're going to be held properly accountable, by US standards? Lmao. Derek Chauvin was one example of justice after tens of thousands of examples of it not going that way; probability still says you wrong.
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  5402.  @B_Bodziak  Why, yes... My comment in the comment section currently has 37 likes, says "Some people are above the law Clarence Thomas is one of those people." I go on to elaborate; " Above, everybody wants to get moralistic with it and act like just saying "Nobody is above the law" will make it true- it's not true. Cops are protected by qualified immunity, diplomats are covered by diplomatic immunity. Billionaires are in a legal class of their own. I'm just injecting a little bit of realism into the conversation." So, yes, I do possess the ability to not only form a unique thought- but form a thought that runs counter to what the main memes are and have it pick up traction. James' comment currently has 20 votes, and I have 37 votes- I don't say that to gloat, only to show that honesty can gain more traction than hollow saber rattling.
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  5403. ​ @jamesvelez2508  Lol, I only give you crap because you only post "X person for prison 2023"... Bro, form a unique thought for once. You're LAZY.
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  5404. Accountability? Corporations are still buying out your politicians, Republicans and Democrats.... There's no accountability until we get money out of politics.
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  5405. ​ @jeanne1271  I wouldn't go that far, there are literally War Lord countries in Africa and Cartel riddled areas of South America... I'm happy to criticize America all day, but we should really properly contextualize things. The unfortunate thing with America though, is that even if we get rid of fascists like Trump, DeSantis, and MTG, we still live in a corporate oligarchy. Getting rid of the fascist does not save democracy... In fact the fascists are a symptom of a corporate oligarchy that has disenfranchised the people to the point that fascists can use racial and LGBTQ scapegoats to rile up a crowd. Democrats like Nancy Pelosi have continually pushed for corporate collusion with her politics. Unfortunately the solution isn't just to vote blue... We have to look for actually progressive candidates who care about voters. Katie Porter who's running to fill Diane Feinstein seat is one of those people, and unfortunately Diane Feinstein is one of the people who is getting in the way of progress... This is what I mean by just voting Blue (Feinstein is literally more brain dead than Herschel Walker) but we have to vote for progressive politicians like Katie Porter who will stand up to corporate power.
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  5406. I wish the DNC wasn't so rigged. Marianne Williamson actually cares about humanitarian projects, she wouldn't abandon the rail unions like Biden.
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  5407. Marianne Williamson is so awesome. She seems so kind and the type of attitude we need to knit America back together.
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  5408. Nope
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  5409. ​ @archstanton2719  Wouldn't that still be 2023? Lmao
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  5410. THIS JUST IN: Trump hates America
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  5411. I've talked to multiple Trump supporters that literally don't care that Trump settled his Trump University fraud for 28 million (after saying he would never settle). They see no reason why being guilty of fraud is any reason to not support the guy, but Dems suspected of doing something- oh boy, do they write paragraphs of drivelish nonsense. One guy asked me why I kept bringing up his fraud case.... Like, dude, because he is a serial scammer. But they literally don't care. Fking sad, man.
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  5412. Donald Trump just acts like a child... All of his insults sound like something you'd hear on the playground in 5th grade. It's honestly an embarrassment to even know that this was our head of state for even just 4 years. What's even scarier is Trump is just a symptom of fascist beliefs on the rise in America; the fascism doesn't die with Trump.
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  5413.  @jamesvelez2508  lmao, typical Jimmy. Not a creative thought in mind. You're literally just using a Trump meme, lmao
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  5414. James Velez for prison 2023
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  5415.  @domainmojo2162  Does it exist though?? What's one of the biggest incentives that prevents the two parties from representing the people.... Corporate lobbying, the exact same lobbying that undermines meritocratic values like education, hard work, and equal rights. Not to mention undermining your democracy and destroying the working class to the point of creating a political and social landscape where extremism is rampant and the average life expectancy in the country has decreased because people have felt disenfranchised to the point of increasing opioid usage and suicide.
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  5416. ​ @jamesvelez2508  How am I a bot? I don't post the exact same thing every single time within mere seconds of a video uploading.... 😂😂😂 You're a joke. JAMES VELEZ FOR PRISON 2023
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  5417. Come on, man she's obviously legally insane, just throw her into a padded room.
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  5418. I just made a sign that reads "Calls 2 End the Constitution is Fascist Love > Hate" ...and stood out on my busy street corner. The Republican Party is feeding into the Hunter Biden Twitter suppression lies that Trump used to justify his advocacy of the termination of the Constitution. They push fear, which fascists use, and they're pushing the Biden story... Even if they denounce Trump's calls for ending the Constitution they are still complicit in fueling the fire with hate. We need to fight fascism with free speech and kindness.
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  5419. Another Elon dud! This dude is a real loser- billions can't buy style.
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  5420. JamesTard only knows how to call for locking people up in prison... Not a single original thought in your dopey brain
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  5421. ​​ @jamesvelez2508  Oh, I see... You did post a unique comment; You literally said people should be jailed for their opinions, even if they are racist that's a violation of the First Amendment. See, you don't respect the Constitution. You don't even care about the democracy our Constitution protects. One time you literally wanted a 32-year-old to be present 🤡🤡🤡 You're such an NPC.
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  5422.  @jamesvelez2508  Why don't you support economic democracy?
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  5423.  @jamesvelez2508  I do support democracy... In fact I think workplaces should be run democratically. I'm a Democratic socialist, lmao. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961.
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  5424. Can you please give us a unique thought? Why don't you support economic democracy? I thought you were pro-democracy, James. E: Call me anti-democratic but now I have a post with more likes than yours that's literally pro-socialist, lol. The irony.
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  5425.  @chumpthetraitor7331  What are you talking about? This has nothing to do with crypto, you NPC chump 🤦🏼
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  5426. Lazy bones
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  5427.  @tmcd5049  Let's face it I just want to stand up for the Constitution.... Ironic when you're mad at Trump for trying to violate the Constitution and you don't even understand the 5th Amendment? Get a grip, you turd.
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  5428.  @tmcd5049  lol, because make a referral to the doj containing a bunch of non-admissible evidence totally makes sense 🤦🏼 Okay, you win; You have the first amendment right to say thing that dont make sense! Congrats.
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  5429.  @tmcd5049  Of course they're trying to slow down justice, I simply said that such a claim is not admissible in criminal court.
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  5430.  @APissedOffVeteran  doesn't matter if you think it's silly, matters what the Constitution says. Get a grip- The only question that you can't plead the fist to is your name.... get over it, and take it to civil court where pleading the fifth is admissible evidence. Fking liberal fascists.
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  5431.  @APissedOffVeteran  So you're just ignoring the Constitution while berating people for ignoring the Constitution? Moral self righteous liberal hypocrites.
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  5432.  @juanfigueroa9148  Okay... So, why are the people here that are so mad about trump ignoring the Constitution also ignoring that the usage of the Fifth Amendment is only admissible in civil court? It makes no sense
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  5433.  @ficialintelligence1869  I wasn't talking to crashburn 🤦🏼 If you read the comment you would know it was sent to the first person in the reply thread who said "Well [Trump] is right" , not the original comment..... Ffs stop @ing me with half baked "but ackuallys" E: 5 likes? Are you people braindead? I want talk to OP but you just act like it? Wow, what idiots.
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  5434. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  5435. Every single post he makes is the *most reprehensible"..... MT has some great content but the clickbait is annoying and half the audience can't see things from an objective point of view 🤦🏼
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  5436. Katie Porter and her kickass whitebroad 💪✊
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  5437. Lol, truly ironic. So much of a boring intro to a question about making better messaging.
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  5438.  @joeljoss1916  Lmao, oh my, you are cute.
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  5439.  @joeljoss1916  🤦🏼 I obviously knew it was a joke, I acknowledge that multiple times... I was asking for a real legal answer, Einstein. Wow, congrats on not understanding a basic premise- even though I asked for a legal reason multiple times, the fact that so many jokes came in before a real answer is quite telling.
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  5440.  @joeljoss1916  I'm bright enough to not be a lemming line and ask inquisitive questions. I think it's hilarious how asking a legitimate question to see if other people have an actual legal reason or are just perpetuating the "lock him up" meme makes you think that I'm "not bright". Being inquisitive is not being smart to you... Lmao! It's honestly pitifully sad how fragile you are, and apparently you're not bright enough to list the legal reason why you want him locked up... 🤣😂👍
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  5441.  @joeljoss1916  I outted you for not providing a real LEGAL reason, smh. I thanked and congratulated people who responded with actual legal reasons. Definitely sus if you are more worried about a toupee instead providing comfort to seditious actors.
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  5442.  @davidhamburg7868  Can they be blamed? Yes and no.... Yes, because the MT audience has been mad about Trump's anti-constitutionality, but now they hypocritically want to arrest people without having a reason 🤦🏼🤦🏼On the other hand, no, because we are all irrational and hypocritical apes... me included, so yeah, I'm not throwing rocks in my glasshouse.
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  5443.  @bobbyhaines1813PatriotVet  Of course- I asked honestly, because locking people up is the new MT meme. I was just checking to see if people had a logic in mind or if it was sheer fervor. I think the number of jokes before a real answer and someone calling me a Republican are two red flags for this audience. As I get older I find myself far more leftist (literally socialist) and also criticizing the left more, because self reflection is how you get better.
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  5444.  @davidhamburg7868  Yeah, you'd really think that the Midas Touch audience wouldn't want to be like their Fox News counterparts, but hey, maybe....
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  5445.  @RubbishFPS  Congrats, you're the only one to put up a legal reason. Terror: probably wouldn't hold up in court Espionage act: maybe depending on the details
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  5446.  @sandyd3686  "lieing".... Well that's just a lie.
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  5447. ​ @calinasagilitypartner4444  You do realize former presidents are still called "President", right? 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 I love how you couldn't just be content with throwing him under the bus for being a scam artist a fascist and a rapist....
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  5448.  @bigoldgrizzly  Thank you my friend
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  5449.  @jamesvelez2508  Thank you my friend
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  5450.  @bigoldgrizzly  Yes, I bet they are very tolerant of intolerance and injustice. "I am tolerant of fascism" - SmallYoungGrizzly
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  5451.  @bigoldgrizzly  Well, I see his posts everyday, I smile, and I stick around. See it's people like you, that don't stick around in people's lives, that are the problem. You're just like my father!
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  5452. ​ @bigoldgrizzly  I'm committed to the cause but you don't see me just providing the same basic idea. If I'm going to Post something over and over again you know it's going to be something that most people haven't thought of before... This one is on half of America's mind.
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  5453. NPC James with another unique idea! Why don't you ever come up with something witty and clever? LAZY
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  5454.  @TheJakeVegas007  lmao, I have dyslexia... I'm sure you make fun of all the learning disabilities don't you 😂🤣 Fun fact: Dyslexia isn't a messure of intelligence. 1) Most of the insults the liberals here throw at Trump are absolutely terrible, and they are often just as childish as Trumps playground namecalling... That's not an assumption, that's a fact. 2) Trump admitted during the Access Hollywood tape that he snatches snatch unconsensually, thats a fact. 3) I made a rhyme based on Snoop Doggs 'Lodi Dodi'... That was a joke, not a fact... But it was based on facts 🤦🏼😂🤣 Oh boy, if you think facts are assumptions, you obviously don't know what assumptions are. Get lost, go listen you that Access Hollywood tape again.
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  5455.  @TheJakeVegas007  Wtf is your point? Feeling aren't facts... So what? Random conjecture with no point 🙄
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  5456. First he's orange, then he's a nut, personally, I think he's been recently looking like a beet-red lobster.
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  5457. Humans are a commodity to capitalism. Wage labor is just renting another human being by the hour. Capitalism commoditizes everybody as Human Capital under the shell game of self-ownership, where most people have to rent themselves out to those who have more capital.
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  5458. Okay, 3 Day Grace
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  5459.  @rthomas7387  Lmao, I hate Trump the con man. I want Trump & Co. locked up, the Trump Org dissolved, and his kids fined out the ass. Sorry you don't understand that the Carrol case is civil. Look to the Georgia and criminal J6 cases for prison time 🤦🏼 lol, you're a bad detective; ignore facts and make obtuse assumptions. Where'd you get your bogus C.I. degree, fraudulent Trump University?
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  5460.  @rthomas7387  Okay but that's not what this video was about....
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  5461. In a civil case??? How?
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  5462. At the time we thought it would be terrible for the country, but would it have been best if they pulled him up by a rope on J6? I still think the chaos would be too much, but with every fascist breath they breathe my skepticism in that belief grows stronger. Truly a surreal time.
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  5463. Will trade Snowden for Trump
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  5464. Was Jesus in his pants ... is that why she was grabbing down there?
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  5465.  @Pinkythepainter777  Fetuses aren't viable people. Besides, no one asked to be here. Abortions prevent suffering.
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  5466. So you're cool with her vaping in front of a pregnant woman who asked her to stop? 😅 Btw, abortion isn't murder. Why do you assume they want to be born?
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  5467. This is why I don't like all the Midas Touch titles with "MASSIVE ruling".... It always gets my hopes up and then I have to remind myself it's just a small battle... Like, great win, but I'm tired of Midas Touch always bolding their titles.
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  5468. ​ @tanya45096 Exactly. Unfortunately that's a problem with how liberals are addressing this issue. They look at symptoms, like Trump, but then continue to ignore real systemic issues and only focus on identity politics. Trump, DeSantis, MTG, etc are symptoms of systemic alienation and a broken system. As much as I dislike the Right wing, we have to help them address their basic needs or else they're going to go full fascist, just like in 1933.
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  5469.  @GroovyVideo2  As somebody with a GED and dyslexia, I'll take that as a compliment 😜 I'm not usually a fan of dumbing down my language because I believe language should be elevated. Unfortunately, the average reading level of newspapers has decreased over the decades. I do understand the importance of being able to understand, so I'll take it into consideration, but I would hope continuing to use higher grade level words interjects them into others speech and social consciousness. Perhaps, I'll meet them halfway... I'll admit my second paragraph is quite abstract and verbosely polysyllabic (oh, dear, I'm doing it again), I could probably reword that. Thanks for reading, and your thoughts.
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  5470.  @user-oldblindguyD  lmao, wow, great comeback! Have a great day, Sunshine 😘
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  5471.  @user-oldblindguyD  Lmao, I was bring tongue and cheek, you cheeky bastard.
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  5472. Lol, you believe this clickbait..
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  5473. Keep your pants on...
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  5474. Yeah but we can keep making clickbait video titles... So it's okay
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  5475. Lol, Don Lemon fired from CNN. Fire em all.
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  5476.  @miscellane245  If a religious person made up frivolous reasons like the ones you two are suggesting, much of this audience would be up in arms. Amazing how fast we went from equality under the law to just apply the law where I want.
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  5477. I'm very pro-LGBT rights. But this is certainly a freedom of speech issue, I wouldn't want to be compelled to make a website for the Westboro Baptist Church that is known for spreading LGBT hate.
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  5478. Would you want to make a website for the Westboro Baptist Church?
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  5479. Is that the same 'Hillary' Hillary Clinton is named after.... Even though he's summated Everest 2 years after she was born.
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  5480. ​ @juliaheger8127 I think he's just an NPC bot
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  5481.  @alexbotsama7086  Is this at me or the others in the thread?
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  5482.  @34blackula ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I just googled it... Okay I guess I used duckduckgo for this one
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  5483. MTG Christian Nationalist? More like "fascist"!
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  5484. ​ @iangator  James is kind of slow, he doesn't understand how long trials take
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  5485. Nice creativity.... Lmao
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  5486. NFTs are limited in supply. That's half the point of being non-fungible. NFTs digitally introduced scarcity of Title by creating a fixed number of URLs on a blockchain.
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  5487. Con artist of the Deal is the best book, I don't think I've ever read a better book. So many ideas, so many. It really makes you think. I have a big brain. That's why I get away with not paying taxes because I'm smart.
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  5488. How do you add to it? I mean just look at the NFT where Trump has his face photoshopped onto a tuxedo on the red carpet.... All of the pictures are bad but that one in particular just looks horrendous! How do you make a parody out of something that's already so absurd?
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  5489.  @jamestang9095  Lol. You need to ask who? You should know if you're so smart. Controlled? You're the one complaining about oligarchs then flaunting the latest grift from a fascist oligarch. Keep licking them boots, boy.
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  5490.  @jamestang9095  Lol, not like he was important enough for me to care that much. You sound like a Peach, yourself.
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  5491.  @jamestang9095  Stirnite Egoism? If not, it'd fit.
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  5492.  @jamestang9095  You're the one bragging about your return on investment for NFTs which give Trump royalties.... Lol. Did I hurt your feelings by calling you weird? Lol
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  5493.  @jamestang9095  You're a weird "anarchist", lol
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  5494.  @BernardGreenberg  I don't care who killed Hitler, whoever he was, he was a great man! I would love to stay with Trump in his Archie Bunker, at least those Pinko Kommies won't get us like they went after Hitler- but they never got him did they, haha, checkmate liberals!
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  5495. I really admire the guy who killed Adolf Hitler! That guy must have been an awesome dude.
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  5496. Can you imagine being a fiscal conservative and immigration hater justifying paying $12,500 per seat to fly immigrants further into your country?
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  5497. The hill is nothing without Krystal and Saager- even the rest of breaking points is trash.
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  5498. As much as I think the joke's funny I would also hate to see his face every time I walked into my bathroom. I see him and I literally think of American fascism. Not even a joke. If you remember the band The Flobots and their song Handlebars, he looks like the wrinklier Tanner embodiment of the corporate fascist that brings about totalitarianism in the music video for the song. I shudder when I see him behind the American flags and I'm just reminded how easily things could slide into such type of totalitarianism- Honestly scary.
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  5499. @jisundergroundfornow2548 $99 now, but when we take over, the you know who, they'll be worth $69,420. You wish you were as much of a winner as Trump! Trump 2024-2028 2032-2036-2040! Long live the king! E: Trump takes enemas with liberal tears!
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  5500.  @randy7003  So... Sink to his level? Nah, I'm good.
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  5501. You are 3rd ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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  5502.  @waynereynolds7598  Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  5503. Is that what you yell during sex?
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  5504.  @playnicechannel  Lol, woah- calm down... It was just a fun fact 🤦🏼 I don't know why you're calling me fascist when I literally posted the original quote.... Dude, your antagonism is just childishly edgy and unproductive.
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  5505.  @sr2291  Thanks for listening and understanding. I hope you have a good day.
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  5506.  @beachcomber4141  Dude, I will. I got diddled at 4... I was still able to make jokes through the tears of PTSD. Sorry you don't have a sense of humor, that's an unfortunate deficiency.
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  5507.  @beachcomber4141  😂🤣😂🤣 Hahahaha! You can't laugh during serious things? Lmao, sucks for you.
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  5508. @dan mac Wow.... Calm down, I know he is a troll. You really misunderstood me, lol- I don't even know what got you riled up in that last. I know you were talking about the guy I replied to as being the troll 🤦🏼 Do I need to look at your sign up date, lmao 😉
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  5509. @dan mac It was deleted by YouTube. YouTube censors a lot of comments. Probs a troll, but funny none the less.
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  5510.  @raymondg7565  The very first comment in the comment thread explains one example of reform 'the Preston model'. With real world examples like Preston, Lancashire, which received the award for most improved city due to its community wealth building projects. Democratic socialism is mainly dominated by reformists, so yea, reform was kinda implied. Your first comment is literally the "the entrenched powers that be don't want that"..... Like- okay- I agree, but isn't that obvious? Isn't that literally what Marxism is all about?? So then the next logical thing to ask would be, "so what are we going to do?" If you don't have anything deeper to share that's okay, it's just I was looking for a little bit more than just "the powerful dont like that".... Like ya, mate- we know, that's why we're all here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If you have something more intricate you would like to share, please do.
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  5511. Say something unique! Stop rehashing Trump memes.... Thats loser material.
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  5512.  @rt-420  He's a Democrat right? Vote Blue, right? That includes Joe Manchin 💙 🌊 Who cares if he's a Democrat in name only and will work with the Republicans to sideline the Democrats... Vote Blue, amiright? C'mon, are you really not understanding the point here? 🤡🤡 Do you guys understand that I'm just saying that the quality of candidates matters regardless of party? The whole DNC is rigged but you guys don't seem to care. Nancy Pelosi's insider trading like crazy, you guys would still vote for her if she was running again. We have Democrats selling stocks before they tell you that the Corona virus is going to shut everything down and your just fine with Democrats doing insider trading, or at least that's what you guys are telling me by just saying "vote blue" even if they're corrupt insider traders. That's a big problem. I'm the one actually trying to interject some critical thinking here beyond "tow the party line"... And you have the audacity to say I'm the one being "generic" 🤣😂 This feels Orwellian asf.
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  5513.  @cynthiasheffield4923  #FullCommunism
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  5514.  @rt-420  Generic? Nah, bud... Generic is saying "vote blue no matter who". Are you saying you think Joe Manchin is a Democrat worth voting for? C'mon. You're not Progressives.
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  5515.  @geeewiz2231  I love how you're making excuses for somebody with dementia being in Congress.... Don't you realize you're justifying brain damage representing 40 million people? What the heck is wrong with you?
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  5516.  @sidsuspicious  Lmao, you guys are saying "vote blue" with literally no regard for who the person is you're voting for (just Blue apparently)... And then in the next breath you want to say you're not saying that! YOU'RE A JOKE 🤡🤡
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  5517.  @rt-420  lmao, you don't get it, do you? Wow.
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  5518.  @LinasMuliolisC21Homestar  So... If you are saying you have standards then saying vote blue down the line like the original comment suggests is improper because it negates qualifying standards of mental capacity. So anybody who agrees with you should disagree with the top comment... Just sayin' You guys love to support Joe Biden but someone like Marianne Williamson who's way more progressive (she actually supports unions for more than just one sick day, she wants universal healthcare for all, and she actually wants reparations)... Joe Biden is a corporate Democrat. You guys are much more likely to support corporate Democrats than you are progressive Democrats. And they are not equatable, one will sell you out and the other has principles. This is why I criticize the "vote blue no matter who" rhetoric. If you have standards, you should agree with me.
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  5519. ​ @erichoppe8228  What are you even talking about? More bad comments from James? If you think I'm complaining about the Trump indictments, I love the Trump indictments. Critiquing the comments on this video not the Trump indictments.... Maybe some of you are really that low brain-celled.
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  5520. ​ @stephenfrench3888  No, I'm not a two-time Oscar winning movie. Thanks though.
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  5521. Nope, a bot beat you :/
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  5522. ​​ @jamesvelez2508 Bro, you don't have a single thought other than imprisoning people. You're the laziest person here. Come up with something interesting. At least when I meme within the first minute I post quotes from MLK or Orwell... Not just the same lemming reply that you always post.
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  5523. 🤦🏼 So you'll vote for corporate Democrats that take lots of lobbyist bribes and sell out their constituents? You guys honestly don't care about how Citizens United affects democracy.
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  5524. ​ @anneguetschow3932  You guys are utterly brain dead.
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  5525. .... Most coups usually are
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  5526. Stop sucking up to Joe; better than the Republicans, but democrats are still Right winger corporate shills in the grand scheme of things. Labor is oppressed by both parties.
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  5527. "Can we keep this about Hunter Biden" does the Republicans who would bring up Joe/Hunter Biden every time you talked about Trump.... Typical (R)etarded hypocrites.
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  5528.  @archangel9727  When you distill you're not taking the water out you're taking the alcohol out because the ethyl alcohol boils at a lower temperature. I think like 179°f (might be wrong) compared to water boiling at 212°f, and methanol boils at even a lower temperature than ethanol. Because of this gradient in boiling temperatures The methanol is stripped first then the ethanol, and then water. With other volatiles being collected throughout the process. If you merely want to take the water out you can do a process called 'freeze distillation', or in the colonial America's known as 'applejacking' (due to their use of hard cider), where you freeze and alcoholic beverage and then remove the ice layer on top. This can be done multiple times to increase the proof, but the higher the proof the colder it has to be to freeze the water out of solution.
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  5529. Just because you're distilling and concentrating doesn't mean it's safe. The first drops and stream off of a still is called the "heads" and it contains more of the volatile chemicals, like methanol. Methanol can cause blindness and even death, which is one of the risks of moonshining. The 'heads' is separated from the 'heart' and the 'tails'.
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  5530.  @dr.vikyll7466  Lol, Owenite cooperativism existed before Marx's main works and was chastised by Marx as "utopian" and unscientific compared to his concepts of dialectical materialism. Orwell was distinctly anti-marxist largely due to his experiences with communist in Catalonia and the authoritarianism of most Marxist groups. Personally, I like Zizek, who is more Hegalian than Marxist.
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  5531.  @rsmlinar1720  If you're so concerned about the government depriving people of property, why aren't you concerned about capitalism? Have you learned about Manifest Destiny? I never said "no true socialism" nor did I say socialism hasn't used a lot of violence too, but you're acting like capitalism never deprived people of property using the government. I'm just pointing out your double standard... Soviet purges = Bad Capitalists lobbying for oil wars that murder civilians = A-Okay 😎👍 Both are bad in my mind.... But you won't criticize the latter. See the difference?
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  5532.  @rsmlinar1720  As if capitalism does use private property to allow a few to bully the many into conformity. Heck, capitalism has a long history of using violence to get its way. Social ownership with bylaws protecting individuals isnt just allowing the community to do whatever it wants, but the community should have more control over itself than being controlled solely by the wealthy.
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  5533.  @willnitschke  You're still here? Bitch you didn't even know the difference between corporation and corporatism, I brought up for-profit shareholder corporations and you start talking about corporism, it not the same thing 😆😂🤣 Who are you to act like Mr. Dictionary? The word liberté is a French word meaning liberty. Originally libertarian referrred to people who believed in free will as opposed to determinism, it took on political meanings describing revolutionists opposing the monarchy, with the first print occurrence happening in the 1790s. In 1857, French poet Joseph Dejacque was the first person to describe himself as libertarian, specifically in regards to his anarcho-communist ideas and lambasting the oppressive beliefs of Pierre Joseph Proudhon for his sexism and anti-Semitism. It wasn't until 1955 that libertarian was first used in the United States to denote classical liberalism, which tried to fight a literary battle against the FDR social liberals who were appropriating the term "liberal" from the Classicals. Between 1857 and 1955, the term 'libertarian' was used exclusively by anti authoritarian socialists and communists. You should know that words are subjective and take on different meanings depending on their social contexts and social understanding of history. No word is more evident as subjective in meaning as the F word. In addition to a literary lesson, I hope you got a history lesson as well, clown 🤡
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  5534.  @willnitschke  He's a syndicalist, obviously you don't understand the concept. Stop being disingenuous. Cooperatives/ credit unions, collectives trade unions and community land trusts are NOT government entities... Are you purposely being dense or are you natural this thick? Either way, you're a joke 😂🤣 You think all cooperative are government run??? Bahahahaha, okay, bud. Ideas around the Pluralist Commonwealth have helped real communities, like Preston (UK) and Cleveland, start to rebuild after capital flight. Feel free to look up The Next System Project, which has helped build out these community driven economics in these cities. P.S. You thought I was talking about corporatism? 🤡 No, bud, I was talking about corporations... They still have shareholder corporations in Nordic countries, LOL 😆🤣 Have you ever heard of Nokia? Based in Finland, you clown. Dude, you're not even trying to think, you're tapped out 😜 But keep it up, What other fallacious strawman arguments can you make up?
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  5535. He stole TS/SCI national security documents... But for some reason this "patriotic" voter base- the group that says America First and always complains about border security- doesn't care about American national security. Sorry, I can't remember: did Trump declassify the documents with his mind or were they planted there by the FBI.... Because his legal team told us both. Lolololol 🇺🇸👍 ( Key fact: as referenced in PDFs that you can find on the Library of Congress website, presidents need to sign an executive order to declassify things. That's how a bureaucratic government, with documents archived across the country, knows what papers they can hand out and what they can't. So that's another lie). The cover of the Trump book was that of a self-centered reality star, who enjoys firing people, and lied creating a fraud college to scam people out of a legitimate education.... And that's exactly the type of book we got, lololol 🤡🤡
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  5536.  @letsgowinnietheflu5439  Nope, I seriously I'm curious, because he said both but they conflict. Either he took them or they were planted; pick one, TROLL
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  5537. Was Trump doing what is good for the people when he set up a fraudulent college to scam uneducated people? Trump really cared about the people when he lied and he downplayed the severity to the public telling the country the pandemic would be gone by Easter 2020- but a month and a half prior he was telling Bob Woodrow in February that it's going to be a really big concern. Sure felt like he was doing what's best for the people by preemptively telling voters that if he loses the election that it's rigged, but if he wins it's fair 🤔 If you think someone that sets up a fraudulent college to scam money from less educated people is a "good representative", your either high or in on the grift.
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  5538.  @locly4692  No... Weird Strawman. Prax is the one that acts like people will always be rational.
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  5539.  @locly4692  Lol, you're really losing me with this astrology quackery. I prefer rockets and massive nebulas.
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  5540.  @locly4692  Well the simple behavioral economic explanation for why people don't maximize their economic utility is because that not what humans do, lmao. You do realize that one of the core concepts of behavioral economics is that humans do not maximize economic rationality. It's ironic because if you educated yourself about what you're arguing against you'd realize why that question is so silly. I didn't have to spend a bunch of student loans to learn that... You're able to watch MIT lectures for free, just saying.
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  5541.  @locly4692  Economic astrology is more like Prax, whereas behavioral econ is more like economic astronomy.
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  5542.  @kimobrien.  So is life, I suppose. That's why it's a board game.
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  5543.  @kimobrien.  So true. Since I ask the other guy; What do you think of behavioral econ?
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  5544.  @tavernburner3066  So you don't fully believe in the science? Behavioral economics is based on neuropsychology and evolutionary biology. It's interesting how capitalists promote survival of the fittest type of market competition, but when it comes to introducing evolutionary biology they seem to get really apprehensive about what it actually means for their ideal notions of capitalism. What's something from behavioral econ that has influenced your perspective of political-economy?
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  5545.  @tavernburner3066  Ah, no prob. But on the subject though, do you support behavioral economics?
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  5546.  @tavernburner3066  Oh, I don't want to hear it from people that ignore the basic science of behavioral economics and finance. Lmao. Why don't you join the 21st century of economics?
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  5547.  @tensebeastgaming8527  Sorry if I came off as flippant or rude- maybe I'm inadvertently being an irrational ape myself. Tbf, I did already explain that Behavioral econ has scientific evidence, Prax not only has no evidence; it rejects positive evidence and the scientific method. I guess my failure is not knowing how to rationally argue against a philosophy that doesn't use rationally collected data. Sorry about that.
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  5548. “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - MLK, Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – MLK, Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  5549. Shafer did no such thing, this is just commie propaganda. Reefer kills- just say know!
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  5550.  @toneloc7910  Iz set up illegal blockages and made many illegal entries into Gh_z_ and the WB. That's in addition to stealing East Jerusalem and moving their capitol, the Abraham accords... And just a generally stealing their homelands since before 1947.
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  5551. Kevin James lokking like Lee Syatt
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  5552.  @datapusher-  Lmfao, the fact that you think in such childish binaries qualify you for a sippy cup. Both parties are trash. I'm an independent..... But at least I can recognize the rise of American fascism, with Trump, Desantis, Lake, MTG, Boebert. But you're happy with fascism, aren't you.
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  5553. Is Shane still a Trumpie?
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  5554. NSC conducted a $10 billion stock buyback program less than a year ago. Now they offer only a million dollars to the sick residents.
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  5555. Last year between April and March they conducted a 10 billion dollar stock buyback program.... Let that sink in for a second.
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  5556.  @tonymoore9225  u replied tho.... If u so busy, y reply? Gottcha, lol
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  5557.  @tonymoore9225  kind of ironic that you were saying that Joe doesn't know anything... And you didn't know that he was still being held 🤔 Lol, who would have thought the people who believed a misogynistic scammer wouldn't have the ability to do two seconds of research. What a joke.
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  5558.  @tonymoore9225  😂🤣😂🤣 Yes, he is, in Romania. From Daily Star; "Andrew Tate is being held in jail for 30 days after he was arrested alongside his brother and their alleged two assistants - his detention was confirmed by Romanian courts in December" Lmao
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  5559. Lol, poor TaterTot. Maybe he can hustle himself out of those chains.
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  5560. "Liberal" I really doubt you even know what the definition of that word is....
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  5561. Lol, Tate is a scammer
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  5562.  @globaltransport7839  You certainly call somebody names and be correct-saying otherwise would be an a usage of the Fallacy fallacy we're just because somebody uses a fallacy doesn't necessarily mean they're wrong ;)
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  5563.  @globaltransport7839  How is he gaining wealth from my comments? I've never paid him, lmao. Love how you're glorifying his scam "University" that takes advantage of lonely men lacking purpose. You're an idiot if you actually think his success is something to look up to.... But maybe you idolize scammers that take advantage of broken people. Notice how he is never on his own forum.... Just give him money to be a Red Pill-head.
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  5564.  @globaltransport7839  Tate is abusive asf, you bonehead
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  5565. Lol, suuuuuure. The Bible is pro-Cam sites, right?.... Right? Keep lying to yourself 👍
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  5566. Do you think he makes perfect sense, youre a nutcase
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  5567. I miss YouTube 2015... Back when you could actually search for something instead of having the algorithm recommended to you.
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  5568.  @dankc60  🤦🤦 I'm bullish, but not ret__ded
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  5569. "B-b-b-b-bitcon will save us all!"
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  5570. The problem isnt electric vehicles... It's capitalism
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  5571.  @snootyfox.indahouse  As if oil has clean hands.... Lmfao.
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  5572. 🐒🧑‍🚀🛸
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  5573. I don't have a job I could easily take out 20K for my stock account.... Are you going to blame capitalists? Lmao. You should have been at the H&M picking up some red shirts, freshly died.
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  5574. Ummm, of course. Did you think the American mental health system was actually a functioning system... Lmao America's chickens have come home to roost
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  5575. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I don't know, Hun. God works in mysterious ways...
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  5576.  @GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435  it's so hard to communicate on here, yt deleted my comment where I explained things better. 🇮🇱 is fascist, and literally just Manifest Destiny, but there's a lot of nuance that I can't get into because I keep getting "sensored".
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  5577.  @GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435  In1930s Germany the term was used to entice workers/ trade unions to support Adolf. Then he turned his back on the trade unions by purging them. Socialism is largely a workers movement. Fascism can co-opt some aspects of socialism.
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  5578.  @GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435  The best example of anything actually resembling a type of national socialism would be 🇮🇱 with it's z|_n|st Kibbutz's. Many Kibbutz's used to, and some still do, have equal pay for all workers, workplace democracy, and free community cars, among many other social ownership concepts. Very nationalist, very socialist.
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  5579.  @GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435  In terms of Germany, 'NatSoc' was used by Hitler to entice workers/ trade unions to support him. Then he turned his back on the trade unions by purging them. Socialism is largely a workers movement. Fascism can theoretically co-opt some aspects of socialism, but only so far.
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  5580.  @aeriinyanu  tbf, please should have sociology training. Most have zero EQ in how to de-escalate situations. Instead they get training on how to be better jackboot thugs.
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  5581.  @blindsr  You know there are bears, mountain lions, and wolves in the US right? You gonna use a tazer when a 300lb bear is about to maul you? Or maybe you think some pepper spray will stop four guys from breaking and entering into your house. That's not even touching on the main reason it's in our most fundamental laws of the land, it's because this country was founded to get away from government authoritarianism.
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  5582. Lol. The Weimar republic would like a word
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  5583. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  5584. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. During economic downturns cooperatives seek to preserve jobs instead of laying off their members... because they're members are the owners who make the decisions. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  5585. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  5586. We had massive government payouts during 2020 and interest rates dropped to zero.... Both of those induce inflation. Not to mention supply side inflation due to supply chain disruptions from supply decreasing relative to demand. Some sectors also saw increased demand which increased inflation relative to their production. Supply side inflation. Demand side inflation. With trillions of dollars of monetary policy and zero interest rate.... That's how you get inflation without increased wages (wages can increase inflation by increasing consumer demand relative to supply, but this is with all things being equal and not all things are equal).
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  5587. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  5588. ​ @Degenerate-sports-gambler  QThe employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  5589. Terps > CBD Terps rule everything around me.
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  5590. Socialist?? Bahahaha, surrrrrrrrre.
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  5591. Smokin that Kool-Aid, huh?
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  5592.  Central Intelligence Agency  You know pharmaceutical companies already sell THC under the name Marinol?
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  5593. Smoke DMT on your weed. Tax it.
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  5594.  @milt0n290  Big business is bad for society. Unless you think a few mega wealth investors should control society... That's called plutocracy.
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  5595.  @milt0n290  That's not what I said, but okay, be childish.
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  5596.  @milt0n290  Corporations will always try to invade government to increase their profits.
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  5597.  @milt0n290  I know that I was saying they should also stop letting corporations bribe Congress members.... And then there wouldn't be so many ill effects of legalization dominated by a few corporate players.
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  5598. He literally said America is too corrupt for cannabis legalization.... Maybe we should focus on legalizing cannabis and ending the corporate domination.
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  5599. People used to smoking can drive fine high, I literally took my driver's test stoned as a teenager and passed. Since they thought I drove well enough to issue me a driver's license, I don't see the issue.
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  5600. Really?
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  5601. But it should be legal.... That's the thing.
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  5602. So much for Southerns not wanting the government to tell them want to do...
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  5603.  @brute6896  Here is why Carl Sagan like cannabis, I happen to agree with many of his points relating to the expansion of consciousness. https://www.organism.earth/library/document/mr-x What's your drug of choice?
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  5604. I mean other than the recreational dopamine? It's medically usefully and and can be used spiritually.
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  5605. Yeah, Mike Tyson and Carl Sagan sure had mush for brains.... What losers amiright?
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  5606. Oh pharmaceutical companies made it so THC could be scheduled 3... if it was synthetic.
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  5607. You're joking, right? I work at a cannabis business and we're all very productive stoners. My boss is a serial entrepreneur who's smoke regularly and has gotten high with us on multiple occasions. Let me guess you think Carl Sagan and Mike Tyson were both lazy because they smoked cannabis. Hold this L.
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  5608. Hate freedom much?
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  5609.  @thrivinganarchy5267  There are others that have corroborated the study but this is the first and most famous.... You could look those up but it's obvious you're not interested in scientific papers no matter how many there are. Not to mention the paper kind of just verifies what is obvious, politicians don't have the best interests of their constituents at heart as seen during these economic downturns where corporations (who spent all their money on stock buy backs) get more relief than the citizens. Wake up, bud.
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  5610.  @thrivinganarchy5267  I literally referenced a scientific paper.... But all you have is a "nawhuh" claptrap. Lame.
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  5611. Why?
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  5612. Plutocracy...
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  5613. I mean technically THC is considered schedule one If it's more than 0.3% concentration on the cannabis plant, but synthetic THC is actually scheduled 3.... Never mind the fact that it's less safe than cannabis and has more side effects, it has the desired effect of increasing pharmaceutical corporations profits.
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  5614.  @wymans668  That's not the point, antitrust is only geared at anti-competitive action. The fact that there is a concentration of players to a few or just one is not enough to break up players. In most major industries there are just a few key players, this is corporate oligarchy. Not to mention they buy out politicians with campaign funds and dinners.
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  5615. Lmfao, if you think antitrust limits corporate domination you've been asleep for the last 20 years.
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  5616. You mean stopping criminalization of cannabis is decreased the number of criminals arrested due to cannabis? Woah...
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  5617.  @ivanrojasmorales420  I think you mean it's scienciftic latin name, Jazz Cabbage.
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  5618.  @aznosu  Nah, naive thinking that that's sufficient. Literally doesn't solve 70% of capitalist alienation.
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  5619. Lol, wealth cap?! How naive.
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  5620.  @nietur  🙄 That's the thing their wages are being whittled down... Soon white collar will take the same status or lower than blue.
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  5621.  @nietur  Workers make 300k and are still alienated
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  5622. Lol, you might not understand economic productivity
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  5623. This perspective is pretty stupid considering that it favors the elite and probably not you.... Lol, what a rube.
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  5624. What? Amazon can keep costs low and pay workers more, while also investing heavily in their delivery network and AWS server business. They do this because they can write off reinvestment AND wages/ compensation.... That's the whole reason why Amazon doesn't pay any corporate tax because they write off all their profit as reinvestment/ labor costs. It also means that they attract higher quality labor by offering more competitive wages. Amazon could become profitable at any time but they choose to grow their business, because that has been their business model since the '90s and what has made them so big.
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  5625. Huh?
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  5626.  @traveldavid6085  Okay... Your point? Elon doesn't believe in having a lot of government assistance.
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  5627. They all pay their taxes and they ALL avoid as many taxes as possible. Tesla doesn't go out of its way to pay more tax than necessary, they have lawyers that search for loopholes too 🤦
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  5628. What is the government going to invest in to yield 6% annually, consistently?
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  5629. Or you could just own stocks and not take the risk of starting a business ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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  5630. They are corporate persons... Which means they can lobby the government for better tax treatment.
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  5631. There are only two things I agree with Milton Friedman about... And they're both about positive ways of structuring the tax code. Firstly a land value tax, which taxes the ground value of a property, the second is a negative income tax, that creates a progressive tax code without a poverty trap.
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  5632. No, just no. That sounds atrocious. Do you think corporations are going to increase their lower employee pay or give the c-suite more benefits and to share buybacks??? You are out of your mind if you think thats good for the country- and I'm an investor who would benefit from that tax scheme.
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  5633.  @A.P.P.1.1.3  Funny you mentioned that; you said you want the right to question your government.... Do you know what the first amendment on the bill of rights is? 😂🤣 I think some dudes in wigs beat you to the punch by 246 years. Maybe go read the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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  5634.  @axelband1770  Lol, If you think you need a work hard to be a millionaire in America, you don't understand capitalism. You have to buy assets... Stock, real estate, bonds, etc. Especially in tax advantaged accounts, like an IRA, Roth IRA, or 401k (You too can benefit from not paying taxes!) Start soon, because capital compounds, leading to gains larger than the principle if given enough time.
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  5635.  @WildhareT680  Are you really crying over $8.5 B? Don't you think more efficient tax spending might take care of that a lot quicker? I mean we have the largest military budget in the world, $728.5B in 2022, I don't think we could get by on $720B? The whole system is effed.
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  5636. People complain because they know corporations are screwing them over but they don't really understand how- honestly I think people complain too much about a loss of 8.5 billion dollars when the government spends that in half a day. But I think it's also important to consider that while both corporations and individuals can take deductions the scope of deductions is different. For example if a company spends money on food for the employees they can write that off as an expense of keeping the business running... For me, I don't get it right off all my food expenses to keep me running.
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  5637.  @douglasbrittain7018  Raise taxes? That's sooo basic. You'd make all the plebs mad at you. Just inflate the currency and take out large amounts of debt in their grandchildren's name.
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  5638.  @jiaweichew3370  Ah okay. What kind of return have you gotten off of your EPF?
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  5639.  @jiaweichew3370  You don't see the value of a Roth IRA?? Oof.
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  5640. Lol, sure you will. Please don't use an IRA or other tax advantage accounts to AVOID tax liability.
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  5641.  @dieterrosswag933  National debt....
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  5642. After we spent 6.4 trillion dollars on oil wars in the Middle East that helped create this problem....
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  5643. So you're happy pushing costs onto innocent bystanders (what are called negative externalities, like pollution)? That doesn't seem to be inline with all the personal responsibility rhetoric Republicans talk about. 🤔
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  5644. @CIA Lmao, what a terrible come back. You seem worked up I said that Western expansion was based on native American genocide. Lol, okay, bud.
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  5645. @CIA Prefect name for you.... Know ya know since the CIA destabilizes democratically elected governments across the globe. Please tell me more about this "free market liberalism" that uses genocide and imperialism for economic gain.
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  5646. Remember when gasoline was a quarter per gallon..... Yeah that's how inflation works, buddy.
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  5647.  @gearbanger57  What would you have like to see different with the ACA?
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  5648. He passed the Crime Bill and supported Mitt Romney's healthcare plan....
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  5649. And yet Trump still hasn't shown any evidence that there was fraud. Republicans from Georgia have confirmed three times already that Biden won GA.
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  5650.  @chrisiver8506  Prefect.
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  5651.  @chrisiver8506  Hint: you are now apart of the joke
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  5652.  @SlyFan-mp8dc  Yes, because The government owned feudal knights that violently threatened agrarian communist in 1649 were also commies. Smfh- you seriously have no clue what communism or socialism is for that matter.
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  5653.  @StephenKershaw1  So you think feudal knights are socialism just because "muh govt"?? Smdh, socialism is a worker's movement about community control of the means of production.... Not control of production by a government that's been bought and sold by the capitalist class.
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  5654.  @CGoffgrid  let me guess you support personal responsibility while supporting the production of externalities that literally shift cost to innocent bystanders rather than somebody take responsibility for the waste they produce. What a twit.
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  5655.  @CGoffgrid  Smfh, I understand the negative impacts of most forms of taxes, but industries most certainly should be taxed based on the types of negative externalities they create. Unless you think the production of negative externalities is a good thing..... Mook.
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  5656.  @CGoffgrid  What you just said is amazingly stupid.
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  5657.  @Fals3Agent  Considering that they're useful idiot for the billionaire class... Yeah, they forgot or just never learned it.
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  5658. I'm a guy and it sounds like, you're fragile asf
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  5659. That's really just a sad manifestation of surveillance capitalism with a green tinge. They collect your data, sell it other advertisers and then "do good".... It's simply exploitation to cover up other exploitation, that's the Capitalism "with a happy face" shell game.
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  5660. Trump just sold over a hundred billion dollars in weapons to a Saudi Arabia, which is the terrorist state that funded most of the 9/11 hijackers. You realize that both Democrats and Republicans raised war spending the past five years throughout Trump's administration. If you're blaming this on just the Democrats you're an idiot, if Democrats are just blaming this on Republicans they're idiots too. You're both being robbed blind.
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  5661. Yes, they were always diametrically opposed. That's why it's the wealthy, slave owning founding fathers did not want democracy.
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  5662. Hardly, 2 trillion dollars is a very small amount of money to start making sure that our grandchildren can survive on this planet without horrible storms, disease, and sea level rise. 2 trillion dollars is absolutely nothing when you think of the destruction that climate change will inevitably cause.
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  5663. Democrats run on progressive ideas but they're hardly progressive at all.
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  5664.  @Beauty-mt5ts  All caps.... Exactly what I would expect from somebody is deluded as you. Please throw your phone away. I hope you understand that N95 masks scienciftically works through particle size filtering as well as static charge that pull covered particles out of one's breath.
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  5665. How can you just ignore science so much while you type on a device created by science..... Smfh. People like you are the reason why America is headed for disaster, scientifically illiterate conspiracy theory-minded sheep that can't see that billionaires like Donald Trump are the reason that America is really suffering. But please give more of your money to support a billionaire who already has enough money... this is Trickle Up in one snapshot, and you're the Mark.
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  5666.  @DjGuanacOfficial1-L.A  You do realize it was a Republican that got us into the war in Afghanistan, right? Your partisan bias is making you braindead.
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  5667.  @gregorymalchuk272  That's not really the core issue. The problem is the alienation and commodification of human beings. Buying low-cost diversified index funds is a great strategy to build wealth within capitalism, but it doesn't address the core problems. Everybody owning stock sounds great, but it just creates a circular system of rentier alienation.
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  5668.  @testing6753  I was going to respond to you but YT keeps "sensoring" my reply.... God this monopolistic capitalist platform is authoritarian.
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  5669.  @testing6753  (2/2) Personally I find the more obtuse idea to be that capitalism will persist forever and we will never find a better system. Feudalists believed the same thing about their systems, now look at us. Change happened, and I think it's important to think about what concepts can move us in a positive direction knowing that dynamism is inevitable. Focusing on decreasing alienation is important and is how people become sublated into self actualization. Capitalism has provided a lot of material wealth, which has increased the quality of life of many, and yet it has distributed it in an awful way that decouples humanity from humans.
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  5670.  @testing6753  (1/2) The rise of capitalism took several hundred years to enclose land into private plots and move from feudalistic interest-bearing money lending through mercantilism to fleshed out capitalism on a global scale. I don't necessarily think there will be an inevitable change in one direction or another, just that change will happen, but asking why things haven't happened yet is a little premature.
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  5671.  @testing6753  The rise of capitalism took several hundred years to enclose land into private plots and move from feudalistic interest-bearing money lending through mercantilism to fleshed out capitalism on a global scale. I don't necessarily think there will be an inevitable change in one direction or another, just that change will happen, but asking why things haven't happened yet is a little premature. Personally I find the more obtuse idea to be that capitalism will persist forever and we will never find a better system. Feudalists believed the same thing about their systems, now look at us. Change happened, and I think it's important to think about what concepts can move us in a positive direction knowing that dynamism is inevitable. Focusing on decreasing alienation is important and is how people become sublated into self actualization. Capitalism has provided a lot of material wealth, which has increased the quality of life of many, and yet it has distributed it in an awful way that decouples humanity from humans.
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  5672.  @danielmcdermott3558  That last line, lol. Zizek has said he's more of a Hegalian than a Marxist (as he mentioned in his JP debate), although he does have a similar concept of Marxist alienation with a Lacanian twist. Personally, I see a lot of Marx's ideas are presented as inevitabilities that I don't agree with. By keeping things continually open to a Hegelian dialectic it presents the only inevitability as sublation, rather than divining a particular direction of sublation. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I would prefer not to read more Marx... But I probably will at some point.
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  5673.  @givemeabreakdoc  🤦🙄
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  5674.  @danielmcdermott3558  I prefer Zizek. Besides, I literally described Marxist alienation through the commodity fetish just with different words. So, I'm good.
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  5675. ​ @donnelljunior4198  No we're not. That was a while ago. Corporate earnings are up.
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  5676.  @b0ys0l09  Either way, how would you know? You know him?
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  5677.  @2bRealist  I bet you only used to buy sugar when it was made with slave labor because it was cheaper that way........ O_o
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  5678.  @eliudnjai  Probably BECAUSE it hurts others. Jk, but seriously, people are just accustom to paying too low of a price for human labor. Ironically it's often because people are paid low wages that they have to look for low cost options which means they have to fund low-wage jobs which furthers the cycle.
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  5679. How easy you are to replace is not necessarily related to skill.
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  5680.  @npc2480  Fitting name you NPC hack, I didn't go to college... I went to work in the real world. You're delusional.
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  5681.  @crackthecode1578  (E: got confused on what thread I was in, this reply missed the mark, sorry) Well it's a very simplistic explanation, they're very more in-depth analysis of the model, and it is only one model of many- and yet it is still helping to revitalize communities like Preston, Lancashire and Buffalo, New York, and these ideas are also being implemented in small ways in other communities which have positive effects. You can call the infographic simplistic because it is simplistic but don't deny the fact that it's helping real people in the real world. Now that's a simple fact.
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  5682. No, I still don't want a neo-fascist in the White House. Thanks though.
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  5683. You good? Did you have a stroke?
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  5684.  @FrankHeuvelman  B-b-but, that means we need socialism
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  5685. Probably in RON, which would be equal 88 US octane.
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  5686.  @scoobdooittoo  I assume that's only for non-direct injection cars?
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  5687.  @brittneylately  They also suppress your right to organize a union, But then want to talk about win-win-win?
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  5688. I need tennis lessons, you think they would show me how if I subscribed to their SubStack?
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  5689.  @Zelorp  False and pathetically simplistic.
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  5690.  @Zelorp  Not really. I'd rather a guy 'S' a 'D' rather than talk some fyahg shiet. The word can have multiple intents... Your job as a functioning human being is to not be so simplistic as to just assume one thing maybe use your prefrontal cortex to figure out what the words actually mean.
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  5691. Wow, you have a really low bar for corporate media. Did they train you to have those low expectations?
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  5692. Brian Tyler Cohen loves interviewing this corporate hack, it's sad to see all the NPC liberals fetishize over these corporate Democrats.
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  5693.  @JRandaII  *idc
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  5694.  @Justin_Beaver564  What DNC primary? They shut them down in some places and didn't have a debate.
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  5695. I mean, I am helping my mom buy the dip to her save for retirement. So I guess that's a shred of a silver lining.
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  5696.  @Mopjitsu  I got some today and it was little chunky at first but was smoother as we got through the dip, then it was almost all gone, we left only 0.76pct of it. Last time I went to the store, demand had gone up so I couldn't buy any of that dip because it was all out of stock. I'm broke because all my investing ideas are jokes 😅🤡😭
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  5697. Salsa, gauc, or queso? I personally like guacamole, but as corny as it sounds I think the chip sector is great to buy with dips.
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  5698. ​ @tonedowne  Then the US funded it, ever since its creation they have taken US taxpayer money so they can steal more land.
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  5699. Journalists, medical staff, and children.... Easy to see that's evil.
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  5700.  @williamfryer4528  Apparently these "fiscal conservatives" want to spend twice as much money for the same quality of healthcare as other developed nations ;)
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  5701.  @BetaCuckAlpha  I don't want the government to control the means of production, I want non-governmental organizations that are socially managed. Networks of cooperatives, credit unions, mutual aid associations, unions, and community land trusts. Yes, I believe in some municipal, state, and national government coordination of some thing but it's hardly the authoritarian monolith you're probably thinking of. There are many anti-authoritarian socialist schools of thought.
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  5702.  @stephj9378  I listen to Dave and he has good insights on wealth building, but his chalking it up to "not pulling up on your bootstraps hard enough" mentality ignores many real world issues. Firstly his is a pandemic- this type of event requires government intervention- not to mention Americans weren't in the best financial position since wages haven't even kept up with inflation for the past 50 years yet, education, housing, and medical all have increased much faster than inflation... While capitalist like Dave get rich and scold the poor for losing the class war. Yes, I'm a socialist with a portfolio... Because owning the means of production is power.
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  5703. Lol. He's always had a bootstrap mentality... Even for the people who are too poor to afford boots, then he blames them for having high medical bills for removing the glass shard in their heel. To a degree motivation is an important factor, but these assholes over exaggerate, holding up privilege and survivor bias as if it's an example for everyone.
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  5704.  @1986tessie  I just love how you had no clue what you were arguing against... Yeah, go support laws enforced by violence and then condemn me for supporting violence too... Is the glaring hypocrisy lost on your neurons? Ahahahahahaha, it's hilarious how naive you are. You're a silly goose.
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  5705.  @1986tessie  As if you haven't done the same thing.... Calling me a "Murderer" for wanting to stand up to authoritarians. You're such a hypocrite.
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  5706.  @1986tessie  Because fighting oppressors is so horrific.... You love to coddle slave masters, terrorists and genocidal maniacs. If it was up to you, you wouldn't free concentration camps because it involves using military violence.... What a sick joke. I love how you have no consistent definition of anarchy, first you say it's about violence and now you're framing it in reference to peace. Lmfao, you're dim asf.
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  5707.  @1986tessie  I literally said I was okay with laws and violence, I just don't like politicians self-serving hypocrisy.... You're the ass that said violence was wrong. Jfc, you're so confused you don't even know what you're arguing against.
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  5708.  @1986tessie  Can't wait until you realize Laws themselves are enforced with violence. Smfh... Tell me against how laws/ violence doesn't solve anything. Lol.
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  5709.  @Visitormassacre  Lol, downplaying it IS denying the severity. Oh, and every president since Clinton has had large deficits... I don't even like Clinton, but that's just the facts.
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  5710.  @Visitormassacre  "Gone by April" when he knew that it would last much longer, as heard in his interview with Woodard.
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  5711.  @Visitormassacre  Oh, I'm not expecting much from Biden, but for some reason you keep insinuating I would- still better than a pandemic denying, "white power" retweeting, con man, but Biden is still a status quo POS.
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  5712.  @Visitormassacre  My side? 😂 surrrrrrre. I don't claim association to those people. I'm a resigtered Independent, my views are rather idiosyncratic.
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  5713.  @Visitormassacre  Lol. I'm a leftist, and I hate the Democratic party. Malcolm X's sentiment about white liberals being disingenuous is so on point just as it was over 50 years ago.
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  5714.  @Visitormassacre  You realize that the person above doesn't think politicians that push us into 20 year wars that killed millions of innocent civilians should NOT be killed for oppressing innocent people. The person seems to have a problem with killing slave owners in the Civil War 🤯
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  5715.  @1986tessie  The South wasn't going to let go of their slaves without a fight.... So how would slavery have ended without a war?? The antebellum could have emancipated them.... But they didn't. It's pretty cowardly to say that we shouldn't have killed people who literally were fighting to continue their murderous racist enslavment of others. What gets me is this notion that "violence doesn't solve anything"... Yet it stamped out a treasonous slave owning rebellion. And yes, I think that's a good thing. People die in war, and the death of innocence most certainly pains me more than the death of dictator. Of course I believe in courts and trails, but war is a messy event, it's not always that simple.
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  5716.  @1986tessie  Please correct me if I'm reading this wrong, are you saying that the bloody Civil War that freed the slaves was just as bad as the slavery that kept them in bondage? Do you think the Italians "murdered" Mussolini, or killed a fascist dictator that murdered hundreds of thousands?
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  5717.  @1986tessie  If this is your view of interrogation, I feel bad for you. You're safe behind your little screen. I can't believe you think me asking you if slavery is okay is your idea of a "confession". Anybody who's not a piece of shit would denounce slavery on the spot... Why do you waiver?
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  5718.  @1986tessie  It was posed as a question at first, but you didn't seem to want to agree with the statement that violence is okay to use against feudal bonding of serfs or violently imprisoning other Human Beings a property to be bought and sold like objects. Is fighting against slave masters wrong? Pretty simple question.
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  5719.  @1986tessie  So, historically speaking, you'd rather have murderous racist slavery than the American Civil War? There you go, buddy, keep defending murderous slavery rather than fighting against owning other Human Beings as property to be disposed of at will by a Master. Such audacity to say that slave masters "just had wrong opinions"... You're so right rightous, and Abraham Lincoln was such a terrible person /S
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  5720.  @1986tessie  Running with the feudalist symbolism, you seem to defend royal kings, queens, lords and ladies that violently subjugated the poor as their bonded property (serfdom)- you don't think it was good to rise up against feudalism?? You probably think fighting against slavery was bad too... The Civil War was America's bloodiest war, and yes, I'm happy Gen. Grant violently broke the slave owning South. If you don't think fighting against slave masters is justified, you're disgusting. Shifting back to a modern frame, I mean, you're against resisting an establishment that has perpetuated actual war for profit. We can go through history from the Banana wars- murdering people for fucking bananas- to our longest wars in the Middle East for oil, with the US Govt supporting a terrorist state (Saudi). Don't act like politicians don't use violence every single day that murders innocent people, and don't act like fighting against evil people is "wrong". Maybe I've just read too much political philosophy that I've been desensitized to the notion that violence is basically inherent in politics. You accept the notion that violence doesn't solve anything, yet seem to be okay with a country that uses violence to "solve" so much.
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  5721.  @1986tessie  Then you're wrong, because I'm right :P So, productive, amiright?
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  5722.  @1986tessie  "Bad", lol. By what measure?
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  5723.  @X2LR8  Sovereignty... That's what you respect? Well, on March 22nd 2024, the Israeli Government seized 1,977 acres of Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley. That's not respectful of another nation state's sovereignty.
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  5724.  @X2LR8  (1/3 sanitized & reloaded) So you like Manifest Destiny, the Trail of Tears, and pushing Native Americans into reservations even though you consider 🇮🇱 to be the native population. Not to mention the Mexican-American Wär. Colonialism is bl*0dy and håte-filled. You talk about sovereignty being important yet you deny the sovereignty of the Palestinians. You support the violation of their sovereignty by another country annëxing resources? This just keeps getting more ironic.
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  5725.  @X2LR8  (1/3 reloaded) So you like Manifest Destiny, the Trail of Tears, and pushing Native Americans into reservations even though you consider Israelis to be the native population. Not to mention the Mexican-American War. Colonialism is bloody and hate-filled. You talk about sovereignty being important yet you deny the sovereignty of the Palestinians. You support the violation of their sovereignty by another country annexing resources? This just keeps getting more ironic.
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  5726.  @X2LR8  (3/3) Oh and "🇮🇱 just responds"... Is that why they made a preemptive strike in 1967 and then annexed a bunch of land that didn't belong to them.
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  5727.  @X2LR8  (2/3) It's always hilarious when people bring up the ancient times argument. You do realize that the Palesets were there within just a few decades... So you're arguing about 30 years difference over the course of 3,000 years. Lmao. Get over it, share the land. How can you say that the world stage is a zero-sum game when trading literally increases the comparative advantage of both countries. That's basic econ; please explain to me how China doesn't benefit from economic industrialization and the United States doesn't benefit from low-cost products. That hardly sounds zero sum.
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  5728.  @X2LR8 (1/3) So you like Manifest Destiny, the Trail of Tears, and pushing Native Americans into reservations even though you consider Israelis to be the native population. Not to mention the Mexican-American War expelling the native population. Colonialism is bloody and hate-filled. You talk about sovereignty being important yet you deny the sovereignty of the Palestinians. You support the violation of their sovereignty by another country annexing resources? This just keeps getting more ironic.
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  5729.  @X2LR8  Sooooooo much sovereignty; On March 22nd 2024, the Israeli Government seized 1,977 acres of Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley
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  5730.  @X2LR8  So you like Manifest Destiny, the Trail of Tears, and pushing Native Americans into reservations even though you consider Israelis to be the native population. Not to mention the Mexican-American War. Colonialism is bloody and hate-filled. You talk about sovereignty being important yet you deny the sovereignty of the Palestinians. You support the violation of their sovereignty by another country annexing resources? This just keeps getting more ironic. It's always hilarious when people bring up the ancient times argument. You do realize that the Palesets were there within just a few decades... So you're arguing about 30 years difference over the course of 3,000 years. Lmao. Get over it, share the land. How can you say that the world stage is a zero-sum game when trading literally increases the comparative advantage of both countries. That's basic econ; please explain to me how China doesn't benefit from economic industrialization and the United States doesn't benefit from low-cost products. That hardly sounds zero sum. Oh and "🇮🇱 just responds"... Is that why they made a preemptive strike in 1967 and then annexed a bunch of land that didn't belong to them.
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  5731. Why would you support 🇮🇱?
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  5732.  @innovationhq8230  Lol, Yes today's conservatives are more liberal than yesterday's conservatives.... Apparently you want to go back to an era before civil rights and before women could vote, you regressive POS. Why not just have slavery and treat women as property if you want to be so "conservative"?? If you don't want to treat humans as property then you're more liberal than those conservatives.... So tell me what is the correct balance of liberalism and conservatism? I doubt you're so conservative you want feudalism, but you seem to be enough of a clown to think that regressive measures that take away modern human rights are good to some extent. Ironically, the classical/ neo liberals are the ones that cry about liberalism, lol. They want capitalism but whine about the market fueled creative destruction that is destroying their conservative values. Lol, what a joke.
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  5733. This just in: Dumb and entitled people aren't self aware
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  5734. It was a restaurant called Shooters that had bad food/gun puns, like a Glock'omole Burger... But the real I catcher was that all the waitresses open carry. Her restaurant and her campaign office were both evicted from their location in Rifle, Colorado.
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  5735. Why are most the common threads censored? Is anybody else saying multiple replies and then clicks on the link and sees nothing?
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  5736. Bro, they came down with a Syndrome from your hometown....
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  5737. Weed makes you woke... It's a downstream pipeline.
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  5738.  @Boredasfuck29  How are the protesters clueless? Less clueless than Hillary Clinton who thought there was a ceasefire on the 6th, lol.
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  5739. Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children
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  5740.  @sawtooth808  What? Isn't that what we mean by make America great again? Personally I want to go back to the time before women can vote, that time was GREAT 👍
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  5741. MAGA! ..... I was going to put an emoji flag but they don't have any Confederate or TRUMP flags available :(
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  5742. Lol, 'cult 45' first time I've heard that one
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  5743.  @X2LR8  Look at this chump thinking that just because someone doesn't like capitalism... Cuba is the ONLY alternative. Get an imagination, Cuba isn't the only other option out there.
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  5744.  @julesdalli9716  Cooperatives democratize voting power by democratizing equity. Firstly there needs to be a lot more literacy about cooperative enterprises because they are a different type of organization that is normally not taught in Business School. On a more policy level, I think governments shouldn't pass laws that allow workers the first right to buy their company if it is being sold or up for an IPO (called The Right of First Refusal). We also need more public banks and credit unions that will lend to co-ops, as finding financing is harder. Ultimately though, cooperatives should become the main form of economic development through an abolishment of private property in favor of social ownership of capital. That means people would have the Right to have a vote, just like being a citizen of the US gives you a vote.
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  5745. I really wish Kyle would have taken a few minutes out of his day before he made this video to try to find his name. Walter has some great content- his Jan 6 interviews were nuts.
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  5746.  @123rockfan  Why do you say "pure socialism"? Does that mean that you think social democracy is a mix of socialism?
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  5747.  @gaston6800  and yet the budget still runs a deficit and they tell us we don't have any money for social programs. Your profile pic definitely pegs you as a limp centrist.
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  5748. "It's when the government does a lot of things, socialism is where the government does some things, and capitalism is where government does nothing!" /S
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  5749. Here's an idea: workplace democracy. Don't let the rich disenfranchise the working class from the economy they help create.
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  5750. ​ @NevadaSmith2  It was the ivermectin... It made his brain worms worse
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  5751. I just wanted to let you know that I saw your comment on Kyle's video (SecTalk) time stamped at 17 seconds and when I want to respond to it, it was gone. I was able to click through to another one of your comments to let you know. Looks like you were too truthful about the G word.
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  5752. 2025? Wat?
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  5753. Oh, they love it! They took bets on knee capping people in the Great March of the Return.
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  5754.  @RyuLongRHOG  Corporate overlords. Everything must be advertiser friendly so shareholders can make money. But they love Logan Paul... 😂🤣
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  5755. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  5756.  @dvdv8197  Is that why Kyle is breathing on it?
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  5757.  @Khalkara  You deflect more than a convex mirror. Very con vexing.
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  5758.  @Khalkara  I didn't ignore your comments on a planned economy, I literally asked you what type of planned economy you would prefer. You say I know nothing, but I know enough to at least realize that there are various types of planned economies, like Chilean Cybersyn or Leninist democratic centralism or Participationism. I've asked you to elaborate on how your system would work and you seem very disgruntled to even answer the question, which I find quite telling. I've been asking you to cite various sources or thinkers for the whole thread... Now you say I haven't inquired? 😂🤣 Oh, dear, you are lost. So stop deflecting and just elaborate. But we know you won't because you just hide behind vague words and call everyone else wrong. It's quite immature.
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  5759.  @Khalkara  I find it quite hilarious that you can never cite a place where you want me to look up/ learn the definition, even though I've asked multiple times. There are a large number of sources that would disagree with you. Lmao, you're being so purposely difficult it's actually comical at this point. You won't even name your preferred method of planned economy, either because you're a coward or you just don't know. What a joke.
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  5760.  @Khalkara  I was just thinking about how silly you have to be to forget that trade unions, who exclude anyone not in the industry, are a key element of socialist movements. Syndicalism is literally based on trade unionism ... But you don't think they're socialist because they exclude the rest of society not in the industry. Lmao, that's freaking hilarious. Thanks for the laughs.
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  5761.  @Khalkara  I'll ask again, because I am legitimately curious in your reply. Please explain how you plan to make any form of market unnecessary? How do non-basic/ "luxury goods" get allocated when there is often not enough for everyone who wants it? What kind of socialist institutions do you purpose?
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  5762.  @Khalkara  Dude, you've provided no sources, just baseless rhetoric. The anthropologist David Graeber has shown how credit markets historically are different from capital markets (in his book Debt: the First 5,000 Years). Graeber was a socialist too, so maybe you're calling him "not a real socialist" because he understood the difference between capitalistic markets and non-capitalist markets. So, historically speaking, you're just incorrect, but we both know you have an inability to accept when you're wrong. See what cheeky thing I did there? The arrogance. Jeez, get a grip; cite a source or argue against my source. Market socialism abolishes private property and capital's control over production. Ownership is socialized because democracy becomes a legal right, that's VERY different from private property that alienates workers, tenants, and debtors. Personal property doesn't come with the right to alienate people by capital, which is why every member is entitled to a vote. Labor suffrage is very socialist. Robert Owen was creating socialist communities while Marx was a child, get over it. Being able to form cooperative associations is just like how you get to decide with your friends what you do in their company (yes, I do mean the double entender of social companionship and an economic enterprise); you don't ask me to vote on what your group does when I'm not in your personal circle. Regulations, trade unions, and community involvement are important, but so is a degree of personal autonomy. Personally, I think hybrid co-ops are important because they allow workers, consumers, and aspects of the community to have a voice in the institutions they utilize. I get that some socialists want everyone to have a vote, but I think people closer to the affects of the institution should have more say. Saying labor should control production is not anti-socialist... Do you realize what a trade union is, right? Workers in one industry voting on economic positions and excluding/ alienating anyone not in the industry. Are you gonna tell me the long, long, long history of trade unionism was not historically socialist? You're sectarian as hell if you think labor control of the workplace isn't a key aspect of the socialist vein; have you heard of the labor theory of value? It's not even funny, it's just annoying how you won't cite any sources or thinkers after being asked multiple times. Your rhetoric isn't convincing, especially when you downplay the labor movement aspect of socialism. Here's a question for you; please, politely, explain how you plan to make any form of market unnecessary? How do non-basic/ "luxury goods" get distributed, like who gets handcrafted furniture versus mass produced furniture? People need furniture but there is a difference between basic goods that meet basic needs and high quality goods that exceed any reasonable sense of "need". As such, platitudes like "according to need" makes no sense. How is economic information aggregated? Like I said, I'm not dogmatically for markets, so if you show me something good I might change my tune. Rather than just saying "you're wrong", show me a better way, please.
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  5763.  @Khalkara  "hAvE yOu LoOkeD iT uP?" 🤓 Yes, I have. Hilarious you don't cite any sources or thinkers. Unfortunately you don't understand the concept of reformist democratic socialism, but cool, whatever, man. ✌️
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  5764.  @Khalkara  I talked about decommodifying many important aspects for life, but yes, markets still have utile functions for some things. How is that deflecting, lmao? It's pretty direct. Most forms of democratic socialism still use markets to varying degrees. A Cooperative economy is socialist because it abolishes private property and socializes ownership of the means of production to labor and the community. I'm not opposed to having less markets, but it hardly seems practical to eliminate all markets. A goal of a cooperative economy is to build democracy cooperation between co-ops to gradually decrease reliance on a cash nexus. But that's not good enough for your PURE IDEOLOGY. Good grief. Maybe you should learn about the range of socialism instead of being a goofy sectarian gatekeeper.
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  5765.  @Khalkara  Not all markets are capitalist. I'm against capitalism, not markets in general. Markets have their faults. Democratic cooperation as a way to alleviate some of the less desirable aspects of market mechanisms, but it's hard to eliminate markets all together as they have useful aspects. Not sure what's so complicated, I was literally advocating for a single-payer system, which is literally an end to the health insurance market. But sure squawk at me about "free markets" when I literally suggested ending the health insurance market 🤦🏼
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  5766.  @Khalkara  Capitalism doesn't use free markets, it prefers using market domination and violence. "Free market" is an economic market condition, in which there is a fully competitive market. Due to competition this also means that profits are also driven near zero, this is why capitalism usually hates free markets, in addition to the fact that large amounts of government violence are required to sustain private property. Capitalism =/= free markets Even the socialist anthropologist David Graeber agrees.
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  5767.  @Khalkara  lmao, I wasn't. I'm a democratic socialist.
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  5768.  @Khalkara  The literal definition of a free market means that there is no Monopoly power to consolidate the market 🤦🏼 I agree that capitalism is Monopoly and anti-free market, but saying that free markets are pro-Monopoly is pretty ridiculous because they are too opposite ends of the economic spectrum between complete competition and monopoly. Maybe you're talking about the people that push "free market" rhetoric?
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  5769.  @Khalkara  Markets are cash nexuses, you're just talking about war. It's a pretty useless analogy. Markets can be an exchange of money and war is an exchange of armaments, but just because there is an exchange doesn't necessarily mean that it's a "market". Like, come on, do you not understand the difference of markets along the lines of a common property law versus literally warfare??
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  5770.  @Khalkara  I honestly don't know if you're being serious or not, but if you are that's not a market...
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  5771.  @John-gi6yh  If capitalism is so great why did it take 1,000 year of feudalism to get to Adam Smith :/ Sounds like a bad system if no one was shouting about it for centuries... Lmfao, what bad reasoning. When I post about real world co-ops you still act like it's not realistic, lol, what a goofball.
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  5772.  @John-gi6yh  You have no evidence for what you're saying. Worker co-ops Presley tried to decrease the amount of layoffs, and consumer co-ops allow consumers to buy things without being gouged by corporate profits. I'm not sure what you're talking about.
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  5773.  @justsomeguy6336  😬😬😬 Hard stop on that one, bud. You're the one that values Dr. Mengele 🤢
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  5774.  @justsomeguy6336  Lmao... Did you just defend Nazi docs that committed horrific experiments on concentration camps victims? Cuz, "Hey, their a doc" 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 You really value Josef Mengele, huh? ... Talk about not grasping simple concepts, wow.
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  5775.  @John-gi6yh  "That's not how life works"... Um, co-ops exist. You're actually like a pro-feudalist as capitalism started to take over; systems change and people adapt. "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  5776.  @John-gi6yh  Yes, but like I pointed out the ability to return profit does not necessarily dictate how important somebody is to society. Diogenes didn't work the Buddha didn't work and yet somehow they created massive philosophical movements that persisted for thousands of years. But on a more tangible level just because somebody may become disabled beyond average work at a young age doesn't mean they won't have a positive impact on their family members and community around them. Creating a more cooperative society can also increase opportunities for those with handicaps by decreasing the emphasis on profit at all costs to ensure that people have fulfilling ways to contribute to society. A cooperative economy is a more inclusive society.
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  5777.  @sabin97  Capital bias is a btch. Hell, investors and creditors often demand remuneration even if it k!lls large groups of people. The first chapter of Debt: The First 5,000 Years has many unfortunate stories of nations being driven into fatal debt peonage. Good book, I would recommend the read if you haven't already.
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  5778.  @rosariocannistraro3561  Typical US government with it's double speak propaganda. Peace activist = terrorism
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  5779. E-Yawn Musk... BORING Free Speech, but pay me a dollar to talk 😂
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  5780.  @justsomeguy6336  Have you started reading yet?
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  5781.  @justsomeguy6336  I literally wrote you three paragraphs 6 days ago.... and you failed to make any response to me. The irony. Money comes from credit/ trust. Shareholders can literally change the value of a company from $1B to a $100B and back down to $1B just by changing the amount of trust they put in the risk of a business to return a profit. The value of companies gets bid up-and-down everyday just based on the "magic" of trust, the same is true for currencies. But, hey, you're the one that doesn't want to read the book. You're trolololin and don't want to learn.
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  5782.  @justsomeguy6336  Have you read Debt, yet? I'm still waiting for you to educate yourself so you can speak knowledgeably about the concept of money. I read Debt because someone in a yt comment recommended it to me... But, hey, maybe you just like to argue rather than learn. Up to you, the ball's in your court if you want to play.
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  5783.  @justsomeguy6336  First, I'll respectfully let you know off the top that I did explain that debt is a social fiction that is negotiable, please look into the tradition of the jubilee to see how debts were regularly expunged. But seriously, I encourage you to read 'Debt' not just because of a silly yt argument, but because I found it very informative on understanding what debt and money is. He debunks the notion of barter and lays bear the fact that all money is a debt either to the state or each other. HERE'S THE COOL PART; the PDF is FREE and the audiobook is FREE here on yt! I tried linking to it a couple times but I don't know if yt shadow deleted those, but just search it. It's not for a yt debate with some other guy, it's because it is a critically acclaimed book about something you seem to be interested in- it's a genuine recommendation for you, not for me. That's the core point, it will be useful to you. Never was the point that debt is not important, it's just that it's a negotiable social fiction and not bound by some universal demand to mathematically reconcile all debts. Interest payments are largely a function of credit risk, risk necessarily entails the acceptance of the uncertainty that money might not be repaid. When talking about US Treasury bonds compared to corporate bonds there is an agreement that treasuries hold less credit risk than corporations due to the fact that the US government has the ability to tax and create demand for its own money, in coordination with the FED, based on its legal powers of institutional violence. Dip your toe in the water, the first chapter David graeber recalls a conversation with a lawyer for a NGO in which she literally says "But don't debts have to be repaid?!". This is used as a jumping-off as he examines the history of the usage of debt and how it has illegitimately subjugated many cultures. It makes sense that not all debts have to be repaid when you learn about the debt of Haiti to France for trying to free itself from literal slavery, only to find themselves indebted to their former masters. In the conclusion, he reiterates how debts don't have to be repaid because it's all made up. It's useful to make credit, but it's not useful to bind society to usury. Credit is a social extrapolation of promises that must be used wisely to up lift, not to suppress and exploit.
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  5784.  @justsomeguy6336  See, the problem is in your assumption that the debt HAS TO be repaid. That is the main premise of David Graeber's book 'Debt'.... Which is why you should read the book on the anthropology of debt, or at least Chapter 12 that I referenced already. It's a really good book, I'm not sure why you're so resistant to just check it out... I checked out your stuff. Historically, the Jubilee freed debtors from their creditors, and as such we can see that debt is just a set of quantifiable social promises that can be rearranged and don't obey any Newtonian "musts". So, no, debts don't necessarily have to be repaid... But as Graeber talks about, this might be a hard pill to swallow because debt is largely framed in a moral language. Like I said, I highly recommend the book.
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  5785.  @justsomeguy6336  Lmao, when the debt does have to be repaid it does matter; You did obviously did not listen to the chapter. Fine, don't learn about what debt (money) really is. Bye 👋
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  5786.  @justsomeguy6336  Let's see if yt takes this link to the book down again https://youtu.be/c4FzOyvGabg?si=yWtOEBOK5C9nLHq9
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  5787.  @justsomeguy6336  I did do the math... And if you look at the wiki for the 2022 Budget easily shows the $1.375T deficit. The government isn't insolvent, but if you listened to the chapter of Debt I recommended, you would understand that. Look, I know what you're talking about, but you don't know what I'm talking about- sovereign debt isn't the same as household debt. Seriously, just listen to the chapter, I guarantee you will learn something useful.
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  5788.  @justsomeguy6336  Yeah, I already double checked it last night just to see the numbers- both the debt and the budget, weird you don't reference tax revenue to better highlight the deficit. Your homework is to learn why the US debt will, functionally, never be fully repaid. Seriously, Debt by Graeber is a great book, just Yt search the chapter "The Beginning of Something Yet to Be Determined | Debt: The First 5000 Years | David Graeber Audio" which explains why this is the case. I just listened to the whole book, would recommend if you want to speak knowledgeably about money/ credit 9/10.
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  5789.  @justsomeguy6336  Wonderful argument, lmao. Ask yourself how the dollar is backed up. I recommend the book Debt: The First 5,000 Years by anthropologist David Graeber... I provided the link to the relevant chapter but YouTube thinks citing sources is spam, lol. Ironically, your reply is the intellectual equivalent of spam; "Nuh huh" with no logic.
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  5790.  @justsomeguy6336  Government debt doesn't run on normal "math" like private debt, it's created and kept aloft through violence. I'm not saying the math has no bearing on the stability of credit institutions and the economy at large, but there is a lot more wiggle room when you're a world superpower with the dominant monetary institution. Even with the US having its credit downgraded, this doesn't mean we have to cut Social Security. You can decrease deficits by taxing the rich.
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  5791. "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  5792. "You ain't black if you don't vote for me, Jack." - Joe "Jivin'" Biden
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  5793. They're probably the people so dumb you're rather kind of happy they're not that into politics
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  5794. Why?
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  5795. Lol, how is pakman a neoliberal?
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  5796.  @ELTEAESS  Okay. Yeah, now he's peddling masterworks, which sounds super scammy.
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  5797. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  5798. Lol. I bought the new sources you watch are full of propaganda.
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  5799. I'm already offended by the inequality of capitalism​ @kozukizaki8675 
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  5800.  @jodinha4225  I agree, I'm more pro- coop (hybrid worker/ consumer) than just unions. But unions could still be important in that system. As for the current system unions are better than minimum wage.
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  5801.  @Dennis-nc3vw  Nobody said there was...
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  5802.  @dritzzdarkwood4727  Thanks for your input, I appreciate the local perspective.
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  5803. Did You Know: 60% of the West Bank is controlled by Area C Israeli occupation. They literally have thousands of demolition authorizations to go into Palestine and randomly demolish Palestinian homes and start taking their land. That's the violence behind the innocuous word "settlers". There are literally separate roads for Jewish people and Palestinian people, and there are over 600 internationally illegal checkpoints that prevent Palestinian people from freely moving about their own country.
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  5804. No ethnostates. Apartheid lover.
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  5805. The leader of Israel is literally a Hamas supporter... "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  5806.  @lilben4184  I'm not a liberal, lol, and I know that I'm not great... Geez, you are so wet for a gotcha moment that you missed the point.
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  5807. I agree, we need people who have solid policy ideas that are witty enough and not afraid to throw a quick quip.
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  5808. Remember to donate on his website
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  5809. It blows my mind how they honestly don't care that he's a serial fraud. They want someone who constantly misleads people to be their leader. What a bunch of gullible wackos.
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  5810. Don't forget the 2.2 million hostages held in all across the Gaza Strip and millions more controlled in a colonized and separated West Bank. Did you know there are roads only for Israelis? Basically Jim Crow.
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  5811. He has... Many times.
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  5812. "But we're a "political commentary couple" we have to make road trip content!!"
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  5813. ​ @TheFifthWorld22 Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  5814. Um it didn't start on the 7th... "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  5815. I have mental health problems from Fetal TidePod Syndrome.
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  5816. Justice doesn't matter to these people in power. And people around me wonder why I'm a cynical person.
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  5817.  @portshore8552  From a presentation by Colorado's: Department Of Local Affairs ●"Leading cause of homelessness is economic: housing costs are higher than income. ● McKinsey & Co. reports highest correlation to homelessness is increasing rent. ● $27.50 = Hourly wage needed to rent a 2 bedroom in CO, ranking us 9th most expensive in the country."
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  5818. You over estimate Paul's morals and you under estimate his ability to get blue pills.
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  5819. You know, not all Americans and Jews believe in such forgien policies, right?
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  5820.  @Jubafree  Oh, boy, is it. According to one study, the U.S. performed at least 81 overt and covert known interventions in foreign elections during the period 1946–2000.[9] Another study found that the U.S. engaged in 64 covert and six overt attempts at regime change during the Cold War.[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change
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  5821. "Capitalism forgets that life is social. And the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism, but in a higher synthesis." -Speech to Southern Christian Leadership "Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." - Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961 "We must recognize that we can't solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power... this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together... you can't really get rid of one without getting rid of the others... the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order." - Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967 "The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism." -Speech to SCLC Board
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  5822. Based, per usual, Kyle
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  5823. Probs a brain clot moment...
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  5824. @cp3190  I mean, I did reply.
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  5825.  @cp3190  I tried to but they kept getting r3m0ved. This platform is Orwellian. Cooperativism is a better alternative.
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  5826. @barbiquearea  Lol, wow, you understand finance 101; now tell me about the risk premium between T bill, corp bonds, preferred stock, and common stock, I say sarcastically. Dude, fully understand intermediate capitalism, my original piece is literally worded with obvious influence from neoliberalism and Lockean classical liberalism. Labor is fundamental to any business, there is no reason why capital should be biased in terms of fiduciary and voting rights when labor is deprived of such rights. In Germany the concept of codetermination allows both labor and capital to have voting rights and the to right to prioritization of labor interests.
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  5827. @cp3190  The Cleveland Model/ Preston Model, which is a system of anchoring democratically managed worker co-operatives into communities by securing stable contracts with local institutions, like hospitals, universities, and municipalities. This helps jobs and wealth stay in the community rather than work being outsourced and profits being shipped to Wall St. It's a great benefit to the people that have been involved in such a type of community wealth building... Because that's the thing, the main goal is about building wealth not government redistribution.
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  5828. ​ @cp3190  Cooperativism
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  5829. Is this one of those news headline puns?? 😅😅
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  5830. The stock is up 30% today... Smh
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  5831. Kyle still wets the bed 🫢
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  5832. Read that the same time as I heard it and had the same reaction. It's quite scary though fascism is on the rise in America and Donald Trump is merely a symptom, people like rotten (That's how my speech to text heard Ron but I like it better) DeSantis and MTG.
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  5833. The Republican Party is doomed! The Democratic Party is doomed! The goddamn world is doomed!
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  5834. Can I ask what you think fascism is?
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  5835.  @waltergrace565  Are you bragging about being the sucker that we spotted in the first half hour?? 😂🤣😂🤣 You don't even know what fascism is and you want to come around here acting like a know-it-all, then you get schooled. You crack me up, Walter.
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  5836.  @maingun07  Yeah and it's based on a real interview... 🙄 I don't know if you noticed but these are jokes, buddy. Just a heads up, Joe Biden never said he could "see the Nile from his house" https://youtu.be/JXL86v8NoGk
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  5837. Not much longer with that testicular cancer he has.
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  5838. ​ @lowboyyy  So you like treason? Lol. How are you still wrapped up in this either or decision. It's called 'neither'!
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  5839. SecularTalk Slim Shady can always talk about rap beef
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  5840. Maybe because he actually is a democratic socialist who usualizes social democratic methods of progress? Just a guess.
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  5841.  @jeffandersen7397  Woah! 😯 Is that like a reverse oven?
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  5842. Lauren Boobert/ Gropert/ Bimbobert hates the First Amendment; https://youtu.be/lCG41BmwCTk "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof... " - Bill of Rights, 1st Amendment
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  5843. He was a fervent supporter of a fascist...
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  5844.  @whiteymcwhiterson3974  I'm not a hypersnationalist, I cannot be a fascist 🙄
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  5845. ​ @whiteymcwhiterson3974  Freedom to be a fascist
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  5846.  @mikem1917  'Testing theories of American politics' by Page and Gillens, 2014, Princeton
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  5847. Lol, yeah and the still ongoing Korean "police action" has been the longest police action in US history... oh wait we just called that the Korean War (1951- present).
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  5848.  @uioplkhj  lmao, apologetics to the max can you find any more excuses out of your magic hat. Next you're going to tell me the Hannibal Directive wasn't a real thing. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  5849.  @uioplkhj  Secondly, do you know about the USS Liberty... That was our ship an allied ship. (I had to re-edit this because of the sensor ship)
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  5850.  @uioplkhj  Secondly, do you know about the USS Liberty... They literally destroyed an ally ship, OUR SHIP, during the Six-Day War in 1967. [I had to re-edit this one because apparently facts are too much for the algorithm]
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  5851.  @uioplkhj  In the most respectful way possible, please educate yourself on the ways that they do fīre on the innocent. Sorry, but I had to cut up my replies because the infallible algorithm decided to sink my battleship.
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  5852.  @uioplkhj  And even on the 7th they lobbed t@nk shells at their own citizens at Kibbutz Be'eri and other places.
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  5853.  @uioplkhj  They popped 3 their own people when they're waving a white flag yelling 'help' in Hebrew trying to escape Gaza. .
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  5854.  @uioplkhj  Secondly, do you know about the USS Liberty... They literally firëd on an ally ship, OUR SHIP, during the Six-Day War in 1967.
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  5855.  @uioplkhj  Firstly they literally seized humanitarian vessels trying to provide food and medical aid to the citizens of Gaza.
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  5856.  @uioplkhj  Firstly they literally seized humanitarian vessels trying to provide food and medical aid to the citizens of Gaza. Secondly, do you know about the USS Liberty... They literally firëd on an ally ship, OUR SHIP, during the Six-Day War in 1967. They popped 3 their own people when they're waving a white flag yelling 'help' in Hebrew trying to escape Gaza. And even on the 7th they lobbed t@nk shells at their own citizens at Kibbutz Be'eri and other places. In the most respectful way possible, please educate yourself on the ways that they do fīre on the innocent.
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  5857. I can't hear that song without hearing Ben speak the first verse 🤣
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  5858. We get it. You don't have to be religious to be against civil rights. There's nothing to brag about here.
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  5859.  @ttarantulas4u258  Do you know why the government's involved in marriage?
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  5860. Are you saying women can do harm?? Sexist... No, literally. There have been quite a few strapped up women.
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  5861.  @gameofender4463  I get it's frustrating... But I think your mad at the wrong people right now. I hope you have a better day.
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  5862. Now? He has been very consistent over the years.
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  5863. As an atheist Dawkins has the type of disposition that makes me dislike atheists.
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  5864.  @againstviralmisinformation510  The Peninsula is de facto Russian, just sayin'. Hâmâs doesn't legitimize Ïsraéli control of the land.
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  5865. The irony
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  5866. ​​ @Kit-se3zs  The same congresswoman that wants to violate the First Amendment and make Christianity the national religion 👀 https://youtu.be/lCG41BmwCTk
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  5867. Stop slut shaming the Congresswoman from the 3rd District.
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  5868. Look! We know it was a dick move.... no seriously, please, look at it.
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  5869. It's the Union 💪 Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  5870.  @RubyRose23328  You refuse to acknowledge who was helping funded them... “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  5871.  @uncomfortabletruth3831  No shieeeeeeeeet.
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  5872. I've talked about them for years.... Especially when Apple ends up in ESG responsibility funds.
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  5873. The Right kept trying to say Trump wasn't racist...
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  5874. You mean one and a half clicks? Those snipers can post out a ways.
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  5875.  @robertoacevedo3805  Because I want verified information that makes me supposedly college educated? Lol, you're either a boomer or you just don't like to read.
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  5876. This ISN'T "old news", stop saying that when these clandestine ops get factual unearthed 🤦🏼 You thinking it happened is NOT the same as having a large exposé. Seems like you rather just have hearsay and don't care about actual journalism. Maybe Journalists should throw up their hands and say "Eh, some Bob guy on the internet is just going to say this is old news, why break this BIG story- especially when I could be offed- might as well just shelve it." That is the thought process that leads an open press to the gallows.
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  5877. Real heady mental masturbation with the clench force of a lobster claw!
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  5878. Lmao, I'm Ball-in my eyes out over here 😂🤣
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  5879. ​​ @cl8804  Still pretty rapey tho...
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  5880. Republicans will talk about Law and Order then turn their back on Jesus... Just like Pontius Pilate.
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  5881.  @gameofender4463  There were 1/3 Jews a 2/3 Muslims pre-1948. The Jews also received a huge amount of international support even from the Nazis to start Israel (cuz fascists like ethnostates). Now you support this ethnostate and apartheid because they didn't want to lose political rights in their homeland. We get it, you also think South African apartheid was a-okay. "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  5882.  @gameofender4463  Soooo you support violent colonialism if its 50/50.... Lmfao. Can I take half your house, and if you refuse I can take the whole thing? Ok, makes sense. Where you at, Bigboi?
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  5883.  @guccidonbuzzflightyear4440  There was famous propaganda that it was "a land without a people for a people without a land" which was a complete lie.
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  5884.  @gameofender4463  How did they start it??? The land of Palestine was originally promised to the Palestinians as they developed more of a national identity during the fall of the Ottoman. The Palestinians help the British take out the Ottomans but the Britain head double promised to help jews create a Zionist state.
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  5885. @John-Paul Hunt What are you even talking about? You're just going off about one of your neurosis.
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  5886. @John-Paul Hunt That's a flimsy dog-whistle you're going after.
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  5887.  @aetiussecularus8891  If you talked to a feudalist in 1700, of course they'd say feudalism is alive and well. Change is inevitable, another system will surplant capitalism- would you rather the future economy be more or less humane then the type of economy we have today?
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  5888. Merry Christmas!
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  5889. Politics.
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  5890. They are removing a people from their homeland... That's exactly what EC is. The Trail of Tears was also EC.
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  5891.  @KoinoniaTheos  I don't doubt it. War does terrible things to the psyche. Abu G. pics easily show how it's not a thing of the past.
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  5892. Her sister's "gift" is another level of dehumanization 🤢
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  5893. 5:35
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  5894. I visited Trinidad recently... I definitely met a lot of people that definitely voted for Frish. Thank God I'm not in the third district.
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  5895.  @fortheloveofnoise  Yeah, they told me "my comment was harassment" and that they might delete my account... I was calling out Zionists for not caring about Palestinian lives. Literally standing up for the people being harassed, the irony. I only know it is this one channel because they paused their comments, lol... zionists have the biggest victim complex as they suppress others. There is no way to appeal the decisions and they don't tell you what exact part violates the vague community guidelines. Yt should be a hybrid co-op with democracy for users, creators, and platform staff with much more free speech.
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  5896. ​ @vincesmith2499  🤦🏼 You realize governments support capitalism... Capitalism wouldn't be as big as it is without government violence backing private property. Then because capitalists are such greedy bastards they'll crash the economy so you need the government to limit the extent of capitalism's natural crises. Capitalism is a system constantly in crisis.
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  5897. ​​ @shockcityrocker You sound like a conformist bootlicker that is okay renting other people as chattel property. I do hope you realize that there were people who said that exact same sentiment to people trying to abolish the slave trade. It has to start somewhere!
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  5898. ​ @tim.noonan  I think it's ironic that they thought they deserved a billion dollars for giving up a billion dollars.... 🤔 I mean, I get the sentiment. It's just a head scratcher.
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  5899.  @sawtooth808  English works just as well. You've never heard a Christian say "God has a plan"? Seems kind of racist to just think that Arab Islamic sects are the only religions with archaic justifications for modern deaths.
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  5900. At least we can all be comforted knowing that it is God's will.
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  5901.  @soulseagull7588  Lol, a right winger getting worked up about somebody smearing people??? 😂🤣 The projection is unreal, but sure act like the victim. Antfa people don't really support Biden, more just anti-Trumpist palingenetic ultranationalism. If you think avocation of political violence is the only thing that defines fascism... You don't know what fascism is 🤦🤦🤦 You should probably go read the Doctrine of Fascism by Mussolini.
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  5902.  @soulseagull7588  What part? The part where he denounced political mob violence? Fascists are pro-political violence, so I'm not sure what you're getting at.
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  5903.  @soulseagull7588  Not all right wingers are fascist, 99% of fascist are right wingers (exception might be Strasserites will their more pro-labor views, but they were purged by Hitler on the Night of the Long Knives). If you don't understand why fascism is not just traditionalist/ conservative and even regressive, you should probably look at the Doctrine of Fascism by Mussolini.
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  5904.  @Kpot009  Sorry for them? Why, because they lack basic critical thinking skills? I thought they were supposed to pull themselves up by their educational bootstraps. As petty as it was, many of them cried when Obama didn't have a flag pin lapel, Trump does it and they couldn't careless- what a bunch of hypocritical knuckle-draggers. The only benefit of global warming is that they'll extinct themselves with the rest of us.... Unfortunately they lack so much self awareness they'll end up blaming it on the libs. So, nah, I don't feel sorry for them.
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  5905. Literally lol-ed
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  5906.  @brownflat8837  Why should he? They proved that they were deplorables. Fascist are disgusting rodents that carry the plague of authoritarian worship And to think they actually believe they're being patriotic freedom fighters, bah.
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  5907. As written in the Doctrine of Fascism, fascism stands in opposition to Marxism, anarchism, and liberalism. It's pretty safe to say he's a neofascist.
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  5908.  @Chris11R  "B-b-but Biden" Oh, zip it, crybaby Chris, we don't like him either. Go cry about how you lost the election to a senile giblet head.
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  5909.  @bud1239  Armed conflict? You know people had all sorts of weapons that were confiscated before his speech at the Washington monument. Many people fashioned spears out of flagpoles and beat up police officers (Right after they stopped saying "back the blue"). One woman was shot by security, many others injured. Are you blind or did you just have your head in the sand?
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  5910.  @DB-sd3cw  Yeah, because Trump didn't want to mobilize defenses around the capital. Cassidy Hutchinson testified that Mark Meadows told Pat Cipollone that "The President doesn't want to do anything about it". He wanted to get rid of metal detectors at his speech and told people to go to the Capitol and insinuated Mike Pence needed to pay. You seem to be a conspiracy theorist but you don't even know what group was conspiring.... I don't think you have a whole lot of white matter up in your skull.
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  5911.  @avinashtyagi2  Go hunting, you biological omnivore.
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  5912.  @zhou_sei  Ah, yes, like the "free market" Koch family.
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  5913. It's the land of the free for the rich. It's always been that way in America, originally you couldn't vote if you weren't a white, male, estate owner.
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  5914.  @waltergrace565  Trump running for president again is hilarious
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  5915. Lol, it always makes me laugh how you guys use this term but fail to realize that there's a guy literally running for president with 91 criminal charges who's literally been found liable of fraud multiple times and sexual assault... And somehow you guys still think of yourselves as the ones creating law and order and family values, as if you don't realize the full situational irony.
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  5916. Slim Shady doesn't care, Stan.
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  5917. It's funny when you put it like this but when you realize that it exonerates w_r cr_mes it's super sad. We will enforce human rights across other nations but if our own president violates them then that's A-OK.
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  5918.  @jaycorbin  To own dark people... It's about economics!
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  5919.  @davidsenderodelsanto  Okay, that's an idea, but how does that make any sense? It strikes me as unhuman, or unnatural, to come to such a stable resting position, and frankly, it's not very Hegelian. I appreciate the theory of dialectical materialism, but I don't like the Marxist supposed divination of the future. For Hegel, there is no predictive power in the dialectic; Becoming is always the yet to be determined facts in the now of being and nothingness. As long as there is Being, there will always be a dialectical push towards Becoming. The culmination of the present into the future is contextual and I see no reason why future humans wouldn't arrange themselves differently post-communism if material conditions changed. In this, I very much prefer Zizek's revival of Hegel and Lacan to extract ideas that were blind to Marx and Engels, and even Hegel and Lacan themselves. 'Communism' itself is an ideal, and thus "pure communism" (or capitalism, or any -ism for that matter) will never be fully realized, as it will always be mediated through material reconciliations with the idealistic vision. I don't see how classlessness is idealistically reconcilable with the human psyche that is often projecting an 'I' of importance. Seems like something that will fall into a new dialectic as soon as the Commons are realized. Personally, I don't think it was very Becoming of Marx to do Hegel like that. .... Ok, sorry, bad dad joke.
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  5920. As if KH isn't.... Biracial bussed-in civil rights girl that I can't stand up to literal segregation and Jen O'Side.
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  5921.  @derekrequiem4359  funny, it keeps "sensoring" my replies... And you wonder why I feel alienated, lol
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  5922.  @derekrequiem4359  Both sides support more fracking and the pollution of your air so Big Oil can make more money. What are you going to do about that? Oh, that's right... You don't get a choice about whether to allow pollution to your air or not. The oligarchy already made the choice for you. Now you're just fooling yourself with this delusion of manufacturing your consent. Most of us have stopped believing in Santa Claus... Unfortunately they carry the same level of belief in their politicians.
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  5923.  @derekrequiem4359  Same thing if KH wins: disenfranchised by an oligarchic legal system. I want universal healthcare... She already flip flopped on that. They act like doing some price controls on a few medications is something to be proud of, meanwhile we are so far behind other developed countries. That's the problem, you're fine with getting screwed over every election cycle. What are you going to do about a candidate who says they're going to be progressive and then shifts further to the right??? You keep defending right wing politics just because somebody else is further to the right.
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  5924.  @derekrequiem4359  I'll be disenfranchised by an oligarchic legal system, same as if KH wins. I want universal healthcare... She already flip flopped on that. They act like doing some price controls on a few medications is something to be proud of, meanwhile we are so far behind other developed countries. That's the problem, you're fine with getting screwed over every election cycle. What are you going to do about a candidate who says they're going to be progressive and then shifts further to the right??? You keep defending right wing politics just because somebody else is further to the right. Both sides support more fracking and the pollution of your air so Big Oil can make more money. What are you going to do about that? Oh, that's right... You don't get a choice about whether to allow pollution to your air or not. The oligarchy already made the choice for you. Now you're just fooling yourself with this delusion of manufacturing your consent. Most of us have stopped believing in Santa Claus... Unfortunately they carry the same level of belief in their politicians.
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  5925.  @christopherweise438  I was never a single issue voter before, and in fact I did have a hard time understanding how anybody could be a single issue voter. Until it came to Jen O'Side... "NEVER AGAIN" they said, yet we are all just watching it happen again. It's people like you that help me see how Germany went from '33 to '43. Let's be honest you don't actually care about rights when you gloss over a Jen O'Side. Don't blame me if Trump gets elected, blame KH for not taking the moral and popular policy position to stop aiding a Jen O'Side... That's her fault not mine. Just remember that. She had an obvious choice to make and she wouldn't do it. You blame people with a small (like 1/180,000,000... It's really less because I'm in an electoral college area that will probably go Blue anyways) marginal vote but you don't hold the people in power accountable for bad policy?! All we have to do is just stop sending them arms! Really simple.
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  5926.  @christopherweise438  "I would prefer not to." - Bartleby from 'Bartleby, The Scrivener' by Herman Melville (It's short story in the public domain available on here in audio, just saying, it's a book). Look man, as a progressive, I had one condition to vote for the corporate oligarchy that is the Democratic Party. KH (that little girl that was bussed to integrate the schools, that little girl with civil rights parents) clearly said that she'll continue to support a country that is explicit racial segregation. They steal land, they target med workers and journalists, and they commit Jen O'Side. I'm willing to put up with a lot of hypocrisy from politicians, but this is a step too far. What you guys don't seem to realize is that I'm not the problem, the fact that the democratic voting base doesn't make more of an issue out of this is actually the problem here.
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  5927.  @christopherweise438  So you're happy to confer legitimacy for one of the worst crimes imaginable? Wow.
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  5928.  @christopherweise438  Imagine it's the 1940s and you support funding German... Yeah, really good look.
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  5929.  @christopherweise438  Dissent is a move, it takes votes away from the Dems... They don't want a spoil vote then they can stop spoiling my vote. What's your plan, continue supporting the oligarchy funding Jen O'Side? Yeah, super productive.
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  5930.  @arnoldstrong3548  As soon as they get your vote they stop caring about you. Why do you think the corporate oligarchy spends so much money on trying to change people's minds, it's to get your vote. If she really wants my vote she can stop supporting a segregationist state that's literally committing a Jen O'Side.
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  5931.  @thinkbeyond3457  I like Approval Voting better, but RVC already has political legs under it (ironic, your making an idealist appeal, even though RVC is more politically strategic... Does that ring a bell?). Don't blame me for spoiling the voting, KH spoiled my support with her vocally bold support for 🇮🇱. Just keep believing her and Joe are working tirelessly for a ceasefire as tensions swell... Live in that denial. I, for one, have grown nauseated with placating their lies. It didn't matter how many Americans thought Biden was too old it only mattered when the oligarchy stopped donating. The national "Democratic Party" is very anti-democratic.
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  5932. ​ @liamlinson7563  Dylan is Stunning and Beautiful! #PlzDontCancelMe
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  5933. That's what they want you to think so they can keep billions in profits.
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  5934. THIS IS NORMAL. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.
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  5935. THIS JUST IN: Ron "Soft D" DeSantis is flaccid on crime This is definitely going to make it hard to get his poll numbers up.
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  5936. This is basically how I feel whenever I go to some of the leftist channels that are getting big now like Brian Tyler Cohen and Midas Touch Network. You say one thing that disagrees with them and they call you either a Republican, a Russian, or a bot 🤦🏼 Wacko Dems are drowning in Kool aid.
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  5937. She's too lazy to even use a can opener, this is just pre-packaged pop top slop.
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  5938.  @revitplumber  At what rate though? Certainly not most of the value of the natural resource. Colorado has a progressive severance tax rate on gross oil revenues from 2% to 5%. Not to mention it can be used to offset property taxes "Prior to 2024: 87.5% of all property taxes paid except those imposed on equipment and facilities used for production, transportation, and storage 2024 to 2025: 75% of all property taxes paid except those imposed on equipment and facilities used for production, transportation, and storage"
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  5939. @YeraBlizzadHarry I'm going to be contrarian to my own opinions on advocacy of economic democracy, I will say sometimes democracy does not make things better. Especially, when it comes to an artistic vision. Sometimes a director needs to lead, but I believe in profit sharing with all the people who make division possible. I think there needs to be accessibility to multiple types of democratic enterprises that allow a variety of democratic management and surplus sharing based on the specific industry and people organizing. Cooperatives should still be core institutions, almost like the traditional shareholder corporation is today.
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  5940. @YeraBlizzadHarry I believe in cooperativism. Where shareholder corporations are phased out for institutions controlled by workers, consumers, and sometimes with help from community members.
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  5941.  @Johnnysmithy24  Don't even get me started on the necessity of a Land Value Tax with a UBI. Those dirty landlords will just jack up the rents! MAGA = Make America Georgist Already "The rent of land, therefore, considered as the price paid for the use of the land, is naturally a monopoly price. It is not at all proportioned to what the landlord may have laid out upon the improvement of the land, or to what he can afford to take; but to what the farmer can afford to give." — Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI "Of the Rent of Land"
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  5942. I love how Timothy Leary is just listed as a California gubernatorial candidate, lol
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  5943. Because it's a private study
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  5944. I would say the largest need for drugs in the homeless population is to decrease pain. Drug abuse is often seen as hedonistic when it's really just trying to suppress massive amounts of negative neural stimulation.
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  5945. It's a study with 800 people... It's not going to clean up your streets.
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  5946. I do love the idea of cooperativism along with UBI 💪 Have you heard of the Cleveland model or the Preston model by chance? There are ways to set up cooperative institutions to be anchored in local areas by connecting revenue streams to other institutions that don't move out of the area, like hospitals, universities, libraries, and even small businesses.
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  5947. Technically religious fanaticism does not have to run through fascism but historically it does... Sam is being a w a c k o again
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  5948.  @artymcflurry-d3r  Lol, fair point
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  5949.  @smitty1647  Well, as somebody who thinks a joke, it's actually a real language issue. Spanish is a gendered language... Honestly that's probably what confuses me about it so much some languages, like El Bano is "bathroom" with a masculine "El" even though it's applied to female bathrooms as well. Latinx is rejected by most latins, and honestly if we wanted to deconstruct the Latin language to be more gender non-binary I think you'd literally have to abolish the whole language along with many others, because it's quite literally ingrained in the grammatical articulation of many words.
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  5950. Gayyyyyyyy
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  5951.  @aaronhelvig9444  So you liked 600k "expired" Americans under Trump. Cool, bro.
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  5952.  @toledo980  Okay, aren't they growing sales in India and other parts of Southeast Asia?
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  5953. He unironically said that Apple just sells a few phones, literally dismissing 201B in iPhone sales last year. He is off his rocker.
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  5954. I watched his video about this "bubble", and it is not great content. It's filled with so much misinformation.
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  5955. The sad thing is that most socialists don't understand basic finance.
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  5956. Haha, yeah, he doesn't know much about investing stuff.
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  5957. I watched his video and he does not know his stuff.
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  5958. I fully agree I got 16 minutes into his 50m video that he just put out about this and it is bad. He doesn't get how to value a company based on free cash flow growth. He unironically said that "Apple just makes a few phones", literally dismissing that they sold 201B of iPhones last year 😅
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  5959. Lol 😅😂
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  5960. Yeah, these guys are painful to listen to on this subject.
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  5961. Yeah, this guy doesn't understand free cash flow growth.
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  5962. You mean 'grift', right?
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  5963. Democrats are looking really selfish between Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Dianne Feinstein, and Joe Biden... They're putting their power before the American people's best policy interests.
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  5964. It's not new...😢 "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  5965. Probably blame it on the OrangeFascist, but we know it's the White and Blue fascist.
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  5966. Lol, solid point. I'd still question the legitimacy of a "democracy" that hasn't had an election in 17 years.
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  5967.  @archangel763  Lmao, yeah and some of them (looking at you) will be way off.
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  5968. Your math is bad.
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  5969. It happens a lot. Way worse on any Zionist channel, I got banned for 24hr because they accused my support of equal rights as "Cyber bullying".
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  5970. Do you remember the source?
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  5971. NaZionism
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  5972. @andrewfinch76  Do you not know how to do math? I said over 100k... The current numbers are 1.51M v 1.39M. That's about 120k depending on how they round, so what I said is correct.
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  5973. Is Kyle really beating breaking points by over 100k subs?! Woah!
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  5974. They sell out democracy with every corporate campaign donation. They spend most their time lookimg for the next campaigns funds... So they can stay in office for 30+ years. Term limits, campaign finance reform, and rank choice voting; three necessary policies for move to a real democratic republic.
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  5975. She lost to Trump.... Can't she take a hint?
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  5976.  @meanderinoranges  Dude, that's like saying there will always be feudalism.... It seems immutable, but over generations it will rise and wither. Cooperatives already exist and help millions of people. Like I said to another person here, worker cooperatives also share profits so money is distributed more equally throughout society instead of having to be so heavily redistributed through government welfare and regulations. So, you get less need for government welfare (both social and corporate) AND you empower and raise wages for employees.
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  5977.  @meanderinoranges  "Strawman" says the guy that appeals to authority to disregard data without providing another source. Bahahahaha! You still haven't explained why shareholders deserve to make money without working.
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  5978.  @meanderinoranges  So Moody's is wrong too? Annnnd where's your data? Oh, that's right, you have nothing but bunk ideology.
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  5979. ​ @meanderinoranges  Great that's what you BELIEVE, that doesn't make it real. You and the libertarians don't understand basic economics. "CBO and Moody’s Analytics rate SNAP expenditures as one of the most effective ways to boost economic growth and job creation in a weak economy.[4] Every dollar in new SNAP benefits spent when the economy is weak and unemployment elevated would increase the gross domestic product by $1.54, a recent USDA study estimated." - The Case for Boosting SNAP Benefits in Next Major Economic Response Package UBI and negative income tax both have lower overhead than welfare programs and studies show cash payments allow people to increase their quality of life. Even Milton Friedman was cool with negative income tax cash payments for this reason.
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  5980. He knows who his donors are... And if you don't you can find them up on Open Secrets. Look at his and then look at someone like Katie Porter... And some people actually think Pete Buttigiege is as good as Rep. Porter.
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  5981.  @blakiepoop5568  You have something to say?
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  5982.  @vietimports  Have you ever read the book Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville? The characteristic line is "I would prefer not to." Personally I would prefer not to be associated with either of these insane groups. Am I either voting for Jill Stein or writing in 'ceasefire'. You're not going to make me complicit in this type of horrific behavior.
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  5983.  @vietimports  If the Democratic party cared about any of those things they'd put up better candidates that actually represented those things. Biden knows the one thing he has to do to win back the support, but he won't do it.
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  5984. This is so partisan it's actually sad. I don't like Trump, but Biden literally said he beat Medicare and introduced president Zelensky as Putin. Biden is mentally gone. That's just a fact. Oh, and people that fund a "Jen O'Side" are not dignified. KH wants to talk about how she was a part of school integration yet she supports a segregationist country.
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  5985. What's crazy is the judge postponed his sentencing until after the election to "not interfere"... Giving such bias in a court of law is very interfering with elections and the whole legal process. The judge just let Trump use his tactics of delay to get exactly what he wanted.
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  5986. Lol
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  5987. Lol, "not true capitalism". The Halliburton shareholders that made money off the Iraq War are in fact capitalists.... Get over it.
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  5988. Lolololol
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  5989.  @craiggles8454  The inequality aspect is on multiple fronts; first and foremost it's about power. Power to have a say in the institutions that run your life- This concept is called self-determination and it's the reason why we have political democracy. I believe economic democracy is merely an extension of such political rights to autonomy. The ability to determine working hours, conditions, benefits, and pay allow the workers of an organization to have more control over their lives than renting their days out to the authority of a capital owner. Employment is renting a human being by the hour or year, just like you might rent a tool from Home Depot or lease a car from the dealership.... Except, it's a human being. From a democratic way of handling power stems different ways of spreading resources. I don't think inequality can ever be completely overcome, but I believe in narrowing the range in which inequality occurs, Because you're right Pareto distributions show up everywhere. Instead of having companies that have pay ratios of 100-1000X between the highest and lowest earners, cooperatives usually have bylaws that restrict the highest salary to be 10 to 30 times that of the lowest. I will admit that capitalism will inevitably grow faster than socialism, capitalism by its very nature incentivizes maximizing profit and reinvesting/ compounding said profit to make more profits. Capitalism compounds wealth fast- unfortunately it does so by exploiting people by renting them, corrupts governments by buying them, and destroys the environment by polluting it. It's not just a few bad apples; exploitation, corruption, and pollution are inherent in the ways that markets push companies to maximize profits or else risk going out of business by being less competitive. Capitalism's wealth comes at a cost; those costs being, Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. (Ironic for Americans) In socialism you can still compound wealth but compounding wealth is seen as less of a priority than compounding improvements in other aspects of life. I definitely agree that health insurance definitely should be nationalized. I'm also very much in favor of govt funded PreK-12, 2 year associates degree or trade school, and low/ no interest loans from a public bank for masters and PhDs. We need to make it easier to have a more educated society, especially with democracy.
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  5990.  @craiggles8454  Lol, I read it. I said thanks for acknowledging that social democracy is still capitalism. That's correct even, if you're incorrect in believing that welfare capitalism means less government. I love how you think I can't give you props on being correct when we have different views.... 🤦🏼🤦🏼 That's kinda sad
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  5991. As a DemSoc, thank you!
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  5992.  @Choosewisely-hb9nj  Don't respond to me while you're driving, lol. I'm not that important that you need to risk your life :P Have a safe drive. I live in Colorado, but I know the race well. Oz is out of touch, it's called a veggie plate, lol, and most Pennsylvania's don't have a house in New Jersey and nine other places. Fetterman had a good Simpsons ad where Dr Oz is shown selling scam medicine just like Dr Nick the scam doctor. After hearing his stance on cannabis legalization and gay marriage along with the hilarious way he trolls Republicans, I actually did donate to Fetterman because I have views that most dems dont embody. Fetterman knows about lifting up the lower and middle class, Oz just flies a private jet house to house.... Which one is really going to help you and your community?
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  5993.  @Choosewisely-hb9nj  Trump loves this land so much that he stole national security documents and commits fraud on the regular? 🤔 The top three things Trump loves the most, in order, are 1) Donald J Trump then its 2) Donald J Trump, and rounding out the top 3 is... Donald J Trump. Lol. The dude is so narcissistic He thought being the president made him dictator; Do you remember during lockdowns when Trump had to be reminded by his lawyers that he's NOT in complete control of the United States, he thought he could control governors like he's a dictator... Stand against federalism and the separation of powers is pretty anti-American. What a joke 🤡🤡🤡 Anyway, why I go with democratic socialism? Because its a system that believes in treating people like human beings (instead of as commodities) and securing freedom and equality for all. This is why people like George Orwell, Albert Einstein, and Martin Luther King Jr were all democratic socialists. Most all economic Buddhism is socialist, as well. This means addressing the various types of authoritarianism, like governmental, economic, racial, sexist, militarism, and ecological disaster. I'll end on a few quotes from Martin Luther King Jr; “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961. “We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.” - Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” –Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
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  5994.  @Choosewisely-hb9nj  I know, that's why I'm voting- legalizing medical psychedelics is up on the ballot in my state!! Passionate medicine for the win!✌️ You know that's why we have democracy right.... 🇺🇸🇺🇸 So we can change our country without leaving it 🇺🇸🇺🇸 I love how you think learning about history can't help to inform the future... I bet you would have told MLK that you don't want any of his socialistic civil rights, he can leave it if he doesn't like racial segregated America! You're such a joke!
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  5995.  @Choosewisely-hb9nj  I agree, all of the news are Marxists, Fox news = totally Marxist 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  5996.  @Choosewisely-hb9nj  Francis Bellamy was a patriotic, Christian socialist..... You don't see the irony of this fact and your post? Lol Good job just ignoring the fact that the Declaration of Independence was complaining... Lmao. You are hilarious.
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  5997. Do you know who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
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  5998. More than you. I doubt you could give a decent definition of socialism.
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  5999. Lol, that's not Socialism. If you had mentioned the kibbutz's then you wouldn't look like a complete idiot.
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  6000.  @superdog797  So this is ironic, as of right now the reply that I broke down into four parts has not been taken down but my rant about censorship before I posted them was censored.... 🤦 Sometimes I'm just trying to have an intellectual conversation with somebody... Anyways thanks for working with me and being that intellectual somebody.
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  6001. We'll give more money to a multi-billion-dollar corporation than we do to educate our kids..... Almost like corporations of taken over the decision making process through super PAC lobbying and dark money pools. This is how democracy dies, debasing the value of your vote by buying out politicians because that's what the profit motive encourages, and the systemic diversion of public funds to corporate interests at the expense of citizens education, healthcare, and the environment they live in.
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  6002. You can say globalization increases efficiency because of competitive advantage, which I'm not denying that fact, but It would be irresponsible to neglect the fact that humans in our country still need to earn a living. Being able to provide a system that doesn't leave them destitute because a billionaire wants to make another million is an important goal. Even when companies threaten to leave they make out with bank. Washington was threatened by Boeing to leave the state, Boeing squeezed $8.7 billion dollars of corporate tax cuts out of them.... Washington state's entire public school budget is only $7 billion.
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  6003. Yes globalization can increase wages for people in other countries, but they move to reduce labor costs for the company.... So yes it is functionally a company trying to pay less money for labor. When the country that they moved to starts to gain wages that are less competitive to other impoverished countries, they just moved to a poor place that will accept a lower wage.... And the cycle continues until labor is automated. The byproduct of moving production is that a lot of times cities build up around these businesses to work for them, when the business just decides to leave that's a whole community that lost their income. That is devastating for a whole community's economy to lose that much income, that not just Bob losing his job, but also Bob can't buy new things and employ other people in his community and then John loses his job. But the thing about the cooperative movement, it helps keep jobs in our country, because the workers who have those jobs are in control of those jobs. In recessions, less jobs are laid off within cooperatives. Cooperatives try to provide better benefits. By changing the decision making process you can increase the ability to increase economic stability.
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  6004.  @superdog797  I read through a good chunk of your reply, unfortunately I will not be able to respond to all of it, I have a headache and writing out comments just isn't my goal today. But we'll say a few short things. If you only look from the 1980s yeah real wages are up substantially... They took a dramatic fall in the 1970s, a fall that we have never recovered from. I just Google imaged searched Real Wages graph, there's one from FRED sourced by the bureau of Labor statistics, it has a red line for inflation adjusted real wages and a thin gray line for nominal wages.
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  6005. Do you see the two comments that I just sent? If I reload the page shows me an uptick in the comment count, If I reload it again then it goes back down to 12. I'm just curious if you're getting my comments or if they're being deleted.
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  6006.  @superdog797  It's really not propaganda, the term "human capital" is a neoliberal phrase use by capitalist economists... This isn't socialist theory, this is Reagan/ Thatcher type neoliberal economists. If you look at the neoliberal economics of it, literally just understanding time preference, which is what rent, interest, and yes, also wages are. I can make all the similarities of human capital to normal capital; healthcare is maintenance, housing is storage, food is fuel, education is an investment in more productive parts. So a big problem is, since wages are suppressed by globalism, and real wages in the US are the same as 50 years ago, but the inflation rate of healthcare education and housing have all far exceeded averaged CPI inflation numbers. We have costs that are rising exponentially, but real wages that haven't gone up in 50 years... If you have a rental house that's more expensive to maintain then you receive in rental payments, you won't be able to afford to keep that property for long. When it is human capital, that would be someone going bankrupt due to medical bills or just very ill because they can't afford the medication or procedure. Personally, I'm functionally disabled due to my PTSD, I used to be able to hold down a job but now I can't... So that's medical bills with no income other than occasionally selling stocks and bonds. Normally we just throw out an old piece of equipment, but we can't do that with human beings. 60% of Americans struggle with making ends meet. As a socialist, cooperatives are not the end-all be all of socialist ideas... Its one piece. In the 1600s you had private businesses on land enclosures but the system was still mainly feudalism. Let's also remember there were a lot of violent beheadings in the French revolution that capitalists conducted to end feudalism... Do you want me accuse you that capitalists decapitate people on the regular? Don't act like radical systemic change doesn't often incur violence. Just because there were some capitalistic enterprises doesn't mean capitalists would be happy with feudal lords still ruling most of the land and resources- so a few co-ops on a capitalistic globe is no consolation. Serfdom is not legally recognized in a capitalist system, is that somehow so horrible because we don't give somebody the freedom to institute serfdom? No, because we moved to a system that believes in more freedom for individuals.... when you are allowed to own and control what you produce it. Going back to the old system that restricts you to taking the directives of a wealthy capital owner is like saying you want to go back to aristocracy instead of having a democratic vote, because a co-op literally gives you a democratic vote in your economy. Granted I think there is a place for small scale rentals and wage employment because some people don't want to own a house and don't want to be tasked with figuring out what the organization should do. But for the people who do to have a say in how they're government and economy is run, then they can have a vote- if they don't want to vote they don't have to. To address your point on just letting them compete in the market; capitalists want to maximize profits, unfortunately easy ways to do that include (legally) not being socially and ecologically responsible. When there are companies that are keeping money that they can reinvest to make more profit off of being irresponsible and you have another firm spending money trying to be responsible they creates a huge difference in the amount of capital they can reinvest. The other thing is, cooperatives don't want to grow endlessly. They work for their members, when extra growth doesn't make their lives better why should they do it? More profit doesn't mean they'll be happier. And that's the main difference, you're evaluating two systems by two totally different sets of values. Socialism will never compound wealth at the same rates capitalism does, which has a negative effect on material standard of wealth, but on the flip side capitalism will never be socially accountable to the people who work for the economy. At a certain point, it's really just a choice to value people before profit✌️
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  6007.  @superdog797  The employer-employee relationship is that actually a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at least capitalism needs safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class. So to answer your question, yes capitalism is better at creating economic growth because it is based on incentivizing the maximization of profit, and reinvesting that profit to create more profit at all costs.... Even if that means commodifying humans, buying out the government, and spraying negative externalities all over the globe. Renting people as objects and shifting costs onto innocent living beings through industrial pollution are not morally righteous. People who support democratic socialism want a human happiness index to be a more important number than GDP. You can still compound wealth in socialism, you just do it more ethically by treating people as human beings and not commodities be rented by the hour as if they were machines. You say socialism doesn't work, but personally, I've been interested in a grassroots movement called the Next System Project. They have devised a way to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. You can look up the channel the Laura Flanders show, she has a great intro slogan; "where the people who say it can't be done, take a backseat to the people who are actually doing it". I think my "favorites" folder on my channel is public, you can see a 50-second video on what a democratic economy looks like (also notice the two high level finance lectures in my playlists, from MIT and Yale... I understand economics fairly well).
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  6008.  @superdog797  That's not just one setup of capitalism, it's all capitalism. Private land enclosure started to really pop up during the first half of the 1500s in England, as the Protestant Reformation started. King Henry VIII seized Catholic estates and village Commons and violently turned them into private plots to be sold off. You can go back 500 years, 100 years before John Locke, and the government is still the reason why capitalism exists 🤦🏼 You keep saying it's "antithetical to capitalism".... Yeah, real world capitalism is not a platonic form. It's almost like there was a philosopher who talked about how capitalism created antithetical situations in which it contradicted itself and would break down 🤔🤔🤔 You literally just think socialism is government.... Which is the most low watt understanding of the term. Socialism just means workers control of the means of production, so anarchists who organize their economy through trade unions are considered anarcho socialists (anarcho-syndicalists to be specific, like Noam Chomsky). George Orwell was NOT a big fan of big brother and he was a democratic socialist. There are many types of socialists that believe in freedom. To summarize, basically, you don't understand definitions and you don't understand that platonic forms don't necessarily exist in the real world..... So basically just another discussion with a right wing libertarian :/ Say something that's not NPC dialogue, plz.
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  6009. That's not where the violence ends in capitalism... It's just the beginning. Private property is usually violently enforced against people who don't want to voluntarily do capitalism, just look at the American Western expansion. The Homestead act gave private property away to people... After government violently genocided and relocated millions of native populations. Look at 1954 Guatemala, how was neoliberalism set up there? By the CIA violently overthrowing a democratically elected leader to install a dictator friendly to US business interests. You can't say government violence is antithetical to capitalism when it is literally necessary for it prop up private property and the regimes that protect private property. It's hilarious how capitalist philosophers cry about how capitalism is about free markets, but if you talk to any business/ capital owners they don't want as much competition, they want higher profits. Real world capitalists want monopoly profits. "In business, competition is never as healthy as total domination." - Peter Lynch, Investor avg 29%/yr for Fidelity
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  6010. You still have to violently enforce private property, and when things get stolen you can defend yourself/ stuff but most people call the government to violently enforce private property. Unless you're a complete pacifist all property uses coercion to enforce its existence to those who don't grant it legitimacy. Socialism is just workers controlling the means of production, and many socialist don't like big government. George Orwell and Martin Luther King Jr were democratic socialists, both of them fought vehemently for freedom. I hope you like the standard 8-hour work day as opposed to 12 hours, 6 days a week... Unionized socialists changed it to a 40-hour work week ✌️✌️✌️ You should learn more about socialism instead of just taking classical liberals/ libertarians word for it.
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  6011. The employer-employee relationship is that actually a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract. Like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at least capitalism needs safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class.
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  6012. You really don't understand how capitalist utilize the state to help them maximize profits because that is their fiduciary responsibility to shareholders? 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 Dick Cheney's Halliburton was more than happy to increase profits with the Gulf wars and then Iraq. Then there's all the extra profit that gas companies like Shell and Exxon get. Just because there's corruption in capitalism doesn't mean it's not capitalism anymore, just as a rust on a car does not make it not a car anymore.
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  6013.  @evanmccue736  Yeah I've seen a lot of his speeches on "cultural Marxism", lol. I'm not a Marxist I'm a democratic socialist- other notable nonmarxist, democratic socialists are George Orwell, Martin Luther King Jr, and Albert Einstein. So considering that he only speaks to 1/3 of the socialists demographics really does speak volumes. Maybe you know better than me, does he say anything about the CIA backed coup d'etats of democratically elected governments that installed dictators that were friendly to US corporate interests? Nah, He wouldn't say anything about morals being relativistic or non-existent to capitalists in their pursuit of profit. So much for his critique on postmodernist cultural Marxism having no morals, lol. The fookin irony, mate.
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  6014. He doesn't know what socialism is.
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  6015. Yeah, Ben went yard sale to yard sale walking on publicly funded sidewalks. He thinks about stealing something that he doesn't have enough money for but then he remembers the publicly funded police that would come after him if he did steal private property 🤦🏼 Capitalism still uses government to provide public goods and protect private property.
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  6016. Lololol, cute conspiracy, but unfortunately I see your drivel...
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  6017. Feudalism works in Europe and Japan..... Must be good because it worked for 1,000yrs amiright
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  6018. In reality, both sides became capitalist! Or at least after capitalists push for a CIA backed coup d'etat to install right-wing dictators friendly to corporate interests, like has been done too many times to count.
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  6019. Funny, same is true for capitalism
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  6020. N O S T A L G I A
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  6021. Que Dark Brandon taking Republicans to task
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  6022.  @louisleon4419  How do you compensate millions of dead people? 🤔🤔 Oh, yeah... You can't. What a bunch of apologetic BS, just like I thought. Trying to justify this is disgusting.
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  6023.  @louisleon4419  I'm still waiting for you to explain how all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. E G A L I T A R I A N S T A L I N
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  6024.  @louisleon4419  If grain was being redistributed in an egalitarian manner, why didn't Stalin starve like the Ukrainians?
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  6025.  @louisleon4419  Lmao, wow, dude. It was obviously man made when grain is being shipped to Moscow from Ukraine, as Ukrainians starved while farming for the Capitol 🤦🏼 It's extreme state-capitalist exploitation far wrose than subsistence levels. It's honestly sad that you're defending Stalinism- literally a perversion of the communist freedom. You should think about your gross bootlicking for a while, then get back to me ;)
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  6026.  @louisleon4419  If I bring up the great purge you're just going to be apologetic about that, and if I question of legitimacy of elections where secret police are dispatched as informants to out enemies of the party, you'll just defend that. Political purges and Big Brother surveillance state.... but you don't see an issue with war crimes and thought crimes. Okay, have a good one. I'm more into democratic socialism, like Orwell, who sold out Stalinists for being jackboot authoritarians- no better than the capitalists they opposed. Anyway, have a great day.
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  6027.  @louisleon4419  Wow. Stalin did nothing wrong, huh? I know that's probably an exaggeration, but that's the type of vibe you're sending. Yeah I get it, Russia went from feudalism to space in a really quick time... Progress has cost to it though. You're defending a dictator that lived like a King above the workers. By force or by altering the truth.... I will never trust authoritarian a holes that distort the truth and murders as much as Stalin. Cold War propaganda on both sides was intense, but Stalin went to some pretty great lengths to deceive. You want me to trust that system, knowing that I'm going to be lied to a bunch and impossibly murdered if I don't follow party doctrine? Thanks, but no thanks.
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  6028. I agree, but they also starved millions and sent millions more to work in gulags
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  6029. On March 22nd 2024, the Israeli Government seized 1,977 acres of Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley
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  6030. One of the biggest problems is the definition of winning. For a large army winning is the suppression of the other group, for militias and many low-tech states winning is just not being dismantled. Not to mention the technology differential comes with a cost differential. Iran is a large-ish sovereign state so maybe it's a little bit less like the Tali (2000s), but it skews that way.
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  6031. And she won again, landslide. Stupid votes for stupid.
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  6032. They definitely want the Church of Satan....
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  6033. Did you notice how no reputable news source picked up this claim? She's a horrible person, you don't have to make up other things about her to make her look bad. You should be ashamed of spreading fake news, you're only validating their contempt of leftist of lies. Just stop it.... Shield literally against the first amendment that should be the main thing you should tell people.
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  6034. How?
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  6035. Lmao
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  6036. DICK durbin
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  6037. Why not both at the same time? Or would that be too non-partisan for you?
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  6038. ​ @RubyRose23328  That's hardly true, 70% of laws passed favor the elites, not the average person. That's factual, 2014 'Testing Theories of American Politics' by Page and Gilens. It's a plutocracy.
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  6039. Have you seen his prank movie?? The full feature-length film is out of pocket.
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  6040.  @bladerunner3314  I'm an agnostic atheist... My atheism is fundamentally predicated on agnosticism, so I just leave it there. I feel bad for Gnostic atheist, positing things they can't know, seemingly in reaction to churches positing things they don't know either- rather ironic, tbh. Gnosticism for things that literally have no proof is kind of a silly idea in general. Being ignorant kind of sucks, but at least I'm not lying to myself on top of not knowing.
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  6041. Bursting with amazement 😅😅 She could beat a lil of my juice.
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  6042. Oh, I bet Krystal is too.
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  6043. The only good part to her being ahead in the polls is that I get to see more of that 37yr gilf bod.
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  6044. LowRentBimbobert
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  6045. Sounds like important coverage to me!
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  6046. You mean the constitutionalist, Law and Order people are violating the very things they yell about?... Is this new?
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  6047.  @Me-vx5gc  Enough dumb people do that and he does win
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  6048.  @ELTEAESS  Work 32 hours get paid for 32 hours ... @125% the current rate. But you would rather prefer billionaires get 25% richer and workers stay as poor. You're sick in the head.
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  6049.  @ELTEAESS  Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  6050.  @seta-san2149  Considering that it's already been proven in empirical studies... I'm pretty sure you're just ignorant 🤦🏼🤦🏼 This is the same type of propaganda they pushed back in the 1880s when people were fighting for the 40-hour work week.... You'd be telling everybody they need to work 6-10's with no minimum wage and very few safety standards. You're naive.
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  6051. You obviously didn't watch the video yet, nor have you seen the scientific studies this article is based on. It's 32 hours of work for the same size paycheck... Because the same amount of productivity can be achieved in a shorter time with less burnout.
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  6052. Lmao 😂🤣😂🤣
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  6053.  @questworldmatrix  That's 100% the Viagra
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  6054.  @CyberNeo-Taoist  I know about Samsung and SK... Why are you still defending the idea of purposely confusing mrktcap and revenues?
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  6055. ​ @CyberNeo-Taoist  Nah, you missed the point that Kyle shouldn't be using bogus comparisons to try to make legitimate points.
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  6056. Story is, Nick Fuentes had to be put on the sex offender registry for masturbating.
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  6057.  @7EiamJ7  That's the story that's been shown on multiple news channels. You can look up his subpoena in June- I can't link anything because it will get taken down. I will have to say that I do agree I don't see very much evidence that it's nuclear.... But then again all of it is top secret, and so I'm not sure how we would know if it was or not. Unless it came from somebody within the Trump circle that knew what they were about.
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  6058.  @7EiamJ7  they received several boxes of documents in June but did not receive all of them which is why they had a search warrant for the missing documents 🤦 So much pearl clutching
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  6059. Yeah, they usually come over to your house with guns if you ignore your subpoena. If you stop with the pearl clutching you'd realize that the FBI went in pretty casually in their windbreaker jackets, not suited up for a raid. I still think that should have flashbanged his house when he was home.... Couple guys on the street with a couple pounds of weed will get a flash bang but not somebody stealing Top Secret government documents? There's one word for that: Privilege.
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  6060.  @myleghurts7419  Nvm, i looked it up. Sounds weird as hell ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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  6061.  @myleghurts7419  Huh. Did he give a reason? Bernie did a cast with Rogan, but Kyle is where he draws the line, what gives?
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  6062. Ted Cruz, the man that runs away to Mexico when his state has a power outage in the freezing cold (b/c Texas's grid is crap)... Then blames his daughter that she wanted a vacation and that's why he had to leave his post, because he is an adult with zero accountability. Ted is a sycophantic loser.
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  6063. This isn't a warning, this is a senile man in a Palisades retirement home waking up off the toilet to call to warn his nearby family members that there's a fire outside... Gramps, we know, we've kind of been worried about you and our country.
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  6064. ​ @waltergrace565 Palingenetic (re-birth) ultranationalism is one of the key definitions of fascism. That's what the call for MAGA is, an ultra-nationalistic rebirth. We could go down a list a fascist tendencies on the rise among the crowds that like to associate with the likes of Trump, DeSantis, MTG, and Bobert. Fascism is on the rise in America.
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  6065.  @saltyp123  lmao, so you don't understand basic economic language like 'time preference' and 'human capital'. Solid 👍
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  6066.  @saltyp123  I didn't say anybody else owned you 🤦🏼 I said they RENT you.... By the hour or year. Lmao, if you don't understand the difference between renting something and owning it... Then I don't even think we can have an intelligible conversation ✌️
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  6067.  @saltyp123  Yeah everybody agreed It was wrong to own a human being like channel property.... And now in capitalism we have to persuade people that it's wrong to rent a human being like chattel property 🤦🏼 You seem to still not be understanding that treating people like property is dehumanizing and wrong. But maybe you don't understand that treating people like property is wrong, lmao
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  6068.  @reidweber1  Supply chain shortages aren't money printing and yet they still cause inflation 🤦🏼🤦🏼 If there's a huge run up in demand with no change in supply... That's also inflation. Bahahaha, you're so dimwitted.
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  6069. Typical... you could only name one of the three main reasons why inflation occurs.
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  6070. Tell me about your "No True Capitalism" please 😂🤣 Libertarians are a joke.
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  6071. Well Marx also predicted that profits would fall... So that's kind of an ironic statement in this position.
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  6072. Democratic socialism. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  6073. Thats a Good science perspective. Methodology is usually glossed over.
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  6074. They brought their bad parents on themselves? It's not easy sitting in the room with somebody knowing that they're voting for a fascist. I pretty much have to play cognitive dissonance every time I go over to my grandpa's; I love him but The fact that he considers himself a Marine patriot but votes for the hateful American fascist is disheartening.
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  6075.  @pearl_kill_Gaming  You're making excuses for not accepting explanations. My excuse is pointing out your excuse ;)
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  6076.  @pearl_kill_Gaming  Lol, excuses, excuses.
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  6077.  @pearl_kill_Gaming  bahahahaha, ignorance
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  6078. Explanations aren't always excuses... I hate when people don't understand the difference 🤦🏼 Kanye is bipolar, narcissistic, and prone to taking a conspiratorial and inflammatory view because of his mental illness. That doesn't excuse his racism, rather it provides a lens to understanding why he acts this way but we don't justify it- No we advocate for more mental health care in this country.
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  6079. Police brutality doesn't exist, go back to sleep. Tomorrow we go to war against Eurasia, or was it Oceania... I cant remember any more.
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  6080. @xRiddleMeThisYouTube  Your seriously might be stupid... You might as well be anti-capitalist if you're gonna have these hang ups.
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  6081. @xRiddleMeThisYouTube  Nothing? First articles are on Judge blocking the deal until another hearing... Dude, learn how to do basic research.
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  6082. @xRiddleMeThisYouTube  You should probably go look up the full story...
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  6083.  @xRiddleMeThisYouTube  You do realize that they bought the website in order to make satirical content about what the site used to be... As well as using the site to serve ads for gun prevention, because it was legally auctioned off to help pay SandyHook families. This is the Onion at its best.
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  6084. @xRiddleMeThisYouTube  Even non-profits need revenues.... I'm sorry you don't understand how the economy works, but in order to keep the organization functional, they have to have profits that cover their expenses, as well as capital reinvestment. I love cooperatives and non-profit businesses, but please understand a basic cost vs income sheet.
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  6085.  @xRiddleMeThisYouTube  Spite? You mean 'irony'... Literally what the paper stands for. The purchase creates satirical action that will functionally create a platform for an entirely different demographic of advertisers. This is exactly what we want The Onion to do! But maybe you're just another right winger that is oblivious to the concept of irony.
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  6086. Disgusting humans. They wear suits to dress up how trash they are.
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  6087.  @DiVijeah  You said it won't be a game when it affects pensions... So the game will stop... GameStop. Admittedly, it was a pretty dumb "joke"...
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  6088.  @DiVijeah  You're saying at some point this Game will Stop??
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  6089.  @ZoomStranger  lol, get a life
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  6090.  @ZoomStranger  Then you've never heard the phrase "It's not stupid if it works". Get real.
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  6091. This is why we need to lower the working age, so kids can pull themselves up by their bootstraps and work to pay for their lunch! Who's with me? /S
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  6092. Local control can be good, but not when it comes to the softening of, or flat out denial of, human rights.
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  6093. "When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled 'made in Germany'; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, 'Americanism.'" Harrison Evans Salisbury
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  6094.  @annamcmahon2394  Oct7 has at least had the effect of also decrease legitimacy from other countries. Even though they're still bolstered by the US, especially on the UN security council, this is an amazing victory.
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  6095.  @annamcmahon2394  The mass retribution is an uncivil threat that they use... So who does this prove the bad guy is. 🇮🇱 is losing international legitimacy because of these actions, we all see who the monsters are.
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  6096.  @X2LR8  Yeah, they knew that ... They've been displaced since 1947 and constantly under siege and occ. The price was very high by doing nothing too.
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  6097. Snow? What's this white stuff?
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  6098. For what??
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  6099.  @alexcardosa8079  That's some market crash, 0.11pct up on the sp500 since Friday's close. It seems weird that a "crash" would go up, funny how that happens, lol.
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  6100.  @alexcardosa8079  How so? This should be good 🤣 Do you even know how to read an income statement?
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  6101.  @alexcardosa8079  How so? When everybody was freaking out about Deep Seek I still knew that data center spend was not in danger this year (next year, maybe). After earnings calls, Meta is still capex-ing 65B, Google 75B, and Microsoft 80B.
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  6102.  @DontDoxMe9  Lol, ok, sure
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  6103.  @DontDoxMe9  What gaslight where was this crash Monday? Have you guys not learned to take what DT says with a grain of salt. As for the semiconductor crash, look at Broadcom after Google said they are planning on 75B in data center capex. I'm sure you're a fine person, but like I said, you guys don't understand the capital markets.
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  6104. "Women" .... You mean girls 😅😅😅
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  6105. Because elections are rigged... in favor of DJT
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  6106. The Nazi German regime did not have an organized program to eliminate African Germans. However, the regime discriminated against and persecuted them. Some Black people in Germany and German-occupied territories were isolated; an unknown number were sterilized, incarcerated, or murdered. .... The Nazis forcibly sterilized a group of Afro-German children whom they derogatorily called “the Rhineland Bastards.” Most of these children were the progeny of French colonial troops from Africa that were stationed in the Rhineland region after World War I. Source: Holocaust encyclopedia page on Afro Germans
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  6107. Yolo
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  6108. ​ @66Sixxy  Females biologically can't get pleasure from intercourse. Sex is only for reproduction. Source: my Christian Science teacher
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  6109.  @clareshaughnessy2745  It's a basketball term for giving 100%, the paint is the rectangle under the basket.
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  6110. You mean they gave it home to a child in need... The worst! Jk, obviously. Glad you found a place to call home.
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  6111.  @phanders6236  Yes... That's the joke. But, to be fair maybe a congratulations is in order, because JC didn't get it.
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  6112.  @CommunitarianTechnocrat  I keep trying to reply...
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  6113.  @CommunitarianTechnocrat  AIPAC owns both sides. It seems people misunderstood my point.
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  6114.  @CommunitarianTechnocrat  AIPAC owns both sides. It seems people misunderstood my point. I never said we are, but both sides SUPPORT it.
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  6115. @lifesbutastumble Yes, it is a right wing ideology... What do you think Netanyahu is? A super nationalistic right winger.
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  6116.  @CommunitarianTechnocrat  I never said we are, but both sides SUPPORT it. AIPAC owns both sides. It seems people misunderstood my point. I never meant Biden was fash, he's just a corporate Dem goober that likes supporting a modern day Manifest Destiny.
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  6117.  @casualthurs3243  What do you think supporting a hyper militaristic hibernation with a strong man that was trying to avoid a democratic election? That's Bibi and 🇮🇱
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  6118.  @danielcollins4570  Have you watched Morning Joe/ MSNBC??? Literally a corporate Democrat _Faux News.
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  6119.  @AuntieMamies  You like supporting a fascist government with $26B? Biden is a major Zionist, aka fascist supporter.
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  6120.  @casualthurs3243  What do you think 🇮🇱 is? It's hyper nationalistic hyper militaristic with a strong man who's trying to postpone Democratic elections.... That's literally the playbook.
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  6121.  @colonelangus8247  lmao 😂🤣
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  6122.  @yawnsoften  So what? It doesn't solve the training problem.
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  6123.  @ratbaby86  lmao, you believe this fear, shows how much you know.
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  6124. How?
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  6125. You have it flipped... It seems like you guys just want to dunk on the US without any relationship to facts.
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  6126.  @tylerhackner9731  How?
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  6127. Maybe if we're working people got the idea of the value of owning equity... Then maybe we'd be socialists 😅
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  6128.  @xamashee  Today is a silly time frame. Think further out.
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  6129.  @wavelogic8471  It seems like you're the clown. It was obviously a lie, and you believed it.
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  6130. He is obviously trying to position himself as a moderate conservative candidate to gain votes.... You're the one that is taking the liar at his word.
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  6131. I mean , both but on a much more reasonable scale.
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  6132. Polis is a disgrace now
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  6133. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local for key anchor institutions and contract service to cooperatives. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  6134. As much as I love George Carlin and I agree, some places suck a lot worse than America.
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  6135. "They treated me like Osama Bin Laden" ... No wonder these red hats are so scared of Obama, Barrack merc'ed that terrorist!
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  6136. Soooo you support genocide, because you don't like genocide. Lmao.
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  6137.  @jeffgojail  Only difference is colonialism, lmao!
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  6138.  @Airith4  🤦🙄 I just said that I think the action is counterproductive and they should choose a different option. I'm not a liberal, I'm a DemSoc... Like Albert Einstein (well, not exactly like AE, but the same umbrella).
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  6139.  @bobbun4369  I would absolutely love it if you could be more specific about what exactly I am delusional about?
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  6140. Mussolini is a closer comparison, but Trump calls for blood purity and calling groups of people vermin definitely is more Adolfish.
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  6141. The US loves to support T-ism
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  6142. Kyle and Marshall would be great! People forget Marshall Zellinger was the one that filed the request for the Lauren boebert theater video.
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  6143. Rogan is a politicalcuck.
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  6144.  @sheldonmarcotte8392  How does that even make sense? Firstly Bernie's not the president and secondly he campaigns on taxing the profits of corporations which could reduce profit-caused inflation. I see inflation has hit you quite hard, no cents left.
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  6145.  @waltergrace565  Lol, you say nothing of substance just to get a response, any conversation with you will go nowhere, that's called being a troll. I'm only replying to call you out✌️
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  6146.  @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231  What would you call our economic system?
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  6147.  @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231  Well, Walter did it and you said he was "objectively correct". My apologies if I assumed that you two make the assumption that if it's not capitalism it's "corporatism". Put that aside and you are objectively incorrect considering the basic fact that the economy and politics mediate each other.
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  6148.  @jimbob498  🤦🏼🤦🏼 As someone who has PTSD from childhood sexual abuse... Im gonna say you need to stop assuming things. Thanks for the prejudice though.
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  6149. I never denied that.... Just going to gloss over 1,957 cases? 👀
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  6150. ​ @Maxidemt  The analogy fits.
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  6151.  @TheGreatestJediOfAllTime  Hey, it's a lower information voter that thinks E=MC^2 is a "fraud" 😆🤣 Do you like embarrassing yourself or are you too dimwitted to understand what you just said?? 🤡
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  6152. Lolololololol
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  6153. Couldn't even believe in the Christian sentiment of 'love your neighbor' enough to accept her sister as gay until just late last year.
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  6154. Elon "I care about free speech" Musk
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  6155. Why do you seem surprised?
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  6156. JC hung out with the street walkers.
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  6157. The Day 74 live stream on the Electronic Intifada channel has great tunnel footage. They can drive cars through parts and there is drainage and blastdoors.
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  6158. Capital bias is just as bad as sexism and racism, we let rich people control society on the false notion that they proven their smarts. It's as unscientific as saying women aren't smart enough to vote or measuring the diameter of African skulls.
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  6159.  @adamdudley8736  Being pro-humanitarian is now anti-Semitic. The fact that Zionist want an apartheid ethno-state and created Palestinian concentration camps is absolutely sickening. They said "never again" then in 1948 they promptly did it again.
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  6160. @lifesbutastumble Ah, no worries. Solidarity ✊
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  6161.  @SteefPip  Land should be owned occupants either individual with a land value tax or through community land trusts- mortgages should be through credit unions or public banks so members are the owners. Landlords and financiers are rent seekers.
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  6162. I think we need to lower the working age to 5 so these kindergartners can work their way through grade school. I mean, how much nap time do these lazybones need in a day? Once they're literally off the teat, they need to get a job and learn a skill like coding. /S
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  6163.  @uncomfortabletruth3831  It's not personalized. You can't just say "I want to buy John Smith's debt" it's more random
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  6164.  @uncomfortabletruth3831  Because you can't buy your own debt like that.
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  6165. Capitalism is full of Capital Bias. Remember how banks got bailed out, instead of homeowners. People got kicked out and banks took their homes. Capital bias justifies businesses to lay off thousands and do billions in buybacks and dividend raises. Capital bias is as bad as racism because it dehumanizes and creates an economic system of dispossession. Capital bias can even provide the structure for other types of bias, like racism (Manifest Destiny to credit red lining) sexism (not valuing domestic work in a capitalist economy). We must create economic democracy to have the economy work for the people, not just the other way around.
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  6166. ​ @just_kos99  That's fine, just know her full government name is LowRent Alley Bimbobert.
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  6167. Salon? Really? You trust that "journalism".... Dude, between that and the daily beast this show has the worst source articles
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  6168.  @Khalkara  That's the definition of a consumer co-op ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ there are a lot of types of cooperatives consumer, worker, and housing.
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  6169.  @markzuckergecko621  lol, the "left" in the US barely support some Nordic ideas. The US "left" is much more right wing than Europe's left. So I guess the question is which population are you talking about? Because if we then look at the population of all humans and all their different ideologies.... Then yes the US "left" is very right wing. Source: I'm a democratic socialist that wants coops, labor unions, collectives, and public banks- I begrudgingly vote for the corporate Democrats, who constantly subvert the working class in favor of their wealthy donors.
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  6170. ​ @cristianproust  “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  6171. ​ @cristianproust  “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  6172. That's Izrahells plan!
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  6173. Yep, that's a typical râcîst term they love
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  6174.  @ELTEAESS  It's literally a quote from Bibi...
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  6175. Did anybody get a comment from the Amish Truth Social account?
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  6176.  @quoc2958  I liked your joke and wanted to reply with something funny, but Yt took down my reply with six puns it for you 🫤
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  6177.  @quoc2958  This is bound to spark into a bigger fad lightning fast. If we don't insulate it from others and stop Trump from conducting speeches to get his crowd wired up, they'll get tangled up in something!
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  6178.  @Ignis_Infinitus_Infernus  No they're talking about your freedom of religion. The government can't stop me from practicing my religion how I want to... Allahu Akbar!
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  6179. Shame on her
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  6180. They have been...
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  6181. For once? Don't do my boy Shane Smith dirty like that.
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  6182.  @DarPower1  I think you misunderstand... It's already been gentrified and has pushed out the local population to surrounding towns. Being able to build new and nicer homes without pushing out the local residents is an important task. It can be done by anchoring people into their communities through these types of democratic organizations. I hope that helps explain where I'm coming from.
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  6183. But he did have "evidence"... He said so. I love how he expects us to just believe his gut feeling, but he demands evidence from anybody he doesn't agree with. This cowboy's hat is too tight.
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  6184. Is their time... Coming in a bottle?
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  6185. He's not even a parent....
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  6186.  @jcosby51  🤦🏼 They aren't snowflakes- they're just constantly bullied and ostracized by people like you who call them "grotesque". It's literally those hateful words that are echoed throughout society that makes them feel unloved- that doesn't make them snowflakes, that means they're human beings with feelings. If you decide to be empathetic for a second, you would probably be in the same position if you were ostracized to the same extent. The sad thing is is that you don't even refer to biology You just whine and complain about some "idealistic heterosexual norm" that literally does not exist in the real world. Like if you took a brief look at homosexuality across species It's not uncommon for a small percentage of the population of thousands of different species to be homosexual. I'm going to guess you probably think that there are only two genders/ sexes as well. Ignoring the fact that gender is different from sex, how do you explain XXXY and XYY chromosomes? Because it's obviously not so cut and dry. Do you believe in Jesus, by chance?
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  6187. 🤦🏼🤦🏼 apparently you didn't hear the context of the book from the teacher.... It's about confronting depression and su1cide that are caused from people bullying gay people. Dude, how are we supposed to have a conversation about mental health in this country If you guys are such snowflakes? Let me guess you're so much of a snowflake you couldn't bear to have sex ed taught in class.
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  6188. Ban speech, not guns 👍 Fascism is fun
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  6189. Lol, okay, take the looney religious nutjobs... Right at home with the other looney religious nutjobs.
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  6190. What are you talking about? Isn't it kind of ironic that the age of consent for women in many Muslim countries is 12.....
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  6191.  @alexandermuller950  Is this what that is about 🤦🏼 lmao! Homosexuality is certainly normal of mammalian species to have a few percent of people, but it is not the norm among mammalian species because it is only a few percent. Like I said you can be normal to yourself and abnormal to society... And there's not a normative (as in 'what should be') judgment, it's just a sheer fact of numbers- nobody's attacking your identity. Be unique.
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  6192.  @alexandermuller950  Well, obviously you're using social norm and individual normality. One could certainly assert that they were being individually weird while being socially normal if one tries their best to act normal, in an out of character sort of way. Social norms are certainly culturally relative but of course I was speaking of comparing the individual to the society that which surrounds them- there are even different levels of group identity. So normality may change transcending through these group sizes (family, town, state, country, etc), but as one gets larger the smaller components become a part of the social average. In a way you could say norms are averages and averages and don't actually exist- like if I have two numbers of grapes in each hand one hand with 2 and the other with eight, technically my average grapes per hand is five but neither of my hands have five grapes. If we wanted to be most objective we would probably say we are all deviant of the norm but there is a normal amount of deviancy because we are all individuals and not the average- so there becomes an ethereal and subjective opinion on how much do you even see as acceptable. The average may not literally exist but we utilize this concept as a way of structuring ourselves.
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  6193. Lol. Well if you wanted context the best place to get it would be... The book. But looks like a pretty clear example of bullying and peer pressure.
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  6194.  @AntiDegenerate1971  So you support Muslims in decreasing the age of consent for girls to just 12? You're teaming up with the religion whose prophet had a 9-year-old wife? Lol.... Nice, moral high ground.
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  6195.  @HoopDreamz  How do you know? Have you seen Trump's tax documents? You might, thanks to the House.
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  6196. Trump wants to terminate the Constitution now, Mitt Romney warned you 6yrs ago.
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  6197.  @bloodandwinearered  That's hilarious as many Republicans are dropping to their knees and defending Trump in calling for the termination of the US Constitution and to be reinstated as a dictator. You're literally backing a fascist.
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  6198.  @jayceh  So you think they going to stop selling NVDA chips? You don't think that they have made AI monetizable yet? Lol. Ok. Thanks, I can go back to peacefully hold my semichub for my semis ✌️
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  6199.  @jayceh  You still didn't explain to me how it was hype. So are Amazon, Netflix, Facebook, and Google/ YT going to stop recommending things to you based on neural networks of your preferences? I highly doubt it. When I search things in Google now I get an AI summary (Bing probably has a similar thing too but I don't use that). The market will definitely go through a glutton of chips then after a couple years new chips will be in high demand again- but that's just the Semi market. Inference computing isn't going to just go away.
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  6200. How are data centers hype?
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  6201. A lobotomy?
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  6202.  @davidblackburn3396  "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6203.  @meh8982  Yes, and tensions and support have never risen this high. Don't act like this era is not unprecedented.
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  6204.  @davidblackburn3396  My comment was vaporized (I have to keep coming up with euphemisms for a comment vanishing... Because how dare I talk about the sen sore ship here). You have corporate oligarchy on your side.
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  6205.  @davidblackburn3396  [of course the comment gets yeeted out of the thread 🙄 1/2] Hyper nationalistic hyper militaristic with a strong man who doesn't want to step down from power and uses military force to continue his reign. Bibi is up for corruption charges as soon as the war ends but he's not going to end it because he doesn't want to get prosecuted. They have a strong sense of national identity and colonialism paired with universal healthcare and Kibbutz style communities... I'm pretty sure that's literally national socialism.
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  6206.  @davidblackburn3396  [of course the comment gets yeeted out of the thread 🙄 1/2] So you're literally supporting a corporate oligarchy that buys out candidates and claiming it's the lesser of two evils? That's just a false dichotomy to get run over by corporate and special interest group evil. Democrats won't do anything about money in politics and then you guys wonder why gunPACs, oil PACs, and bank PACs run your country... Not to mention AIPAC. Literally a foreign Nation controlling your politics. What happens when both candidates support Fascist governments... Because that's what IZ is.
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  6207.  @davidblackburn3396  "Unarmed" is a microaggression against waist up double amputees. I'm going to need you to apologize or else WE will cancel you.
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  6208.  @davidblackburn3396  So you're literally supporting a corporate oligarchy that buys out candidates and claiming it's the lesser of two evils? That's just a false dichotomy to get run over by corporate and special interest group evil. Democrats won't do anything about money in politics and then you guys wonder why gunPACs, oil PACs, and bank PACs run your country... Not to mention AIPAC. Literally a foreign Nation controlling your politics. What happens when both candidates support Fascist governments... Because that's what IZ is. Hyper nationalistic hyper militaristic with a strong man who doesn't want to step down from power and uses military force to continue his reign. Bibi is up for corruption charges as soon as the war ends but he's not going to end it because he doesn't want to get prosecuted. They have a strong sense of national identity and colonialism paired with universal healthcare and Kibbutz style communities... I'm pretty sure that's literally national socialism.
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  6209.  @calinasagilitypartner4444  No, it was the college crackdowns that were scary.
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  6210. Same with JB... He supports fascist crackdowns on protests on colleges.
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  6211. They love click bait then wonder why people stop caring. Liberals precipitate fascism with their elitist dumbassery
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  6212. Lol... If democracy is lost? Liberal are too right-wing to understand that their country has already been bought out by corporations.
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  6213. Bro, that's a daily occurrence... Not really "News" worthy
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  6214.  @jenkem4464  Cool. Are we going after Dick and George 'the war crime duo' as well, or is lying to get us into $7 trillion wars that killed over 300,000 civilians not the same threat to our democracy? Honestly, pretty shameful that Dems don't seem to care about that... But a lot of democrats also voted for those wars. Hold em all accountable.
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  6215.  @boodybandit  Lmao, nice judgment, loser. I vote Blue, 99.99% of the time. Jfc, just post an explanation. Why does Christ Christie need to be disqualified?
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  6216.  @garycarter6773  SWEET... Now what about the other two, you sniveling wessel?
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  6217. ​ @Leonaza7  You forget the Bush admin literally k1ll3d 250,000 civilians in Iraq.... But this is what set your fire, lol. K, kid.
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  6218. ​ @Haniedhoms  So most congress then? Where were all of you getting mad at Pelosi for being an inside trader and corrupting democracy for stock trades???? You're a gross hypocrite.
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  6219. Hillary was a terrible candidate. She didn't support gay marriage until 2013... She a conservative Democratic.
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  6220.  @flavigne5120  Ted Cruz ran away to Cancun when all of his constituents were freezing with no power. Ted Cruz remains a sycophant to Trump even after he insults him and his wife. Ted Cruz has shown himself time and time again to be a heartless coward. Best of luck to Texas.
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  6221.  @lyndacase9130  Lmao... That is a bad comeback, considering you're literally defending somebody who has severe cognitive decline to the point where he won't do many interviews and when he does do them he continually messes up. It's sad how partisan and unreasonable you are. But that's not really new for this crowd.
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  6222.  @lyndacase9130  You probably thought Diane Feinstein was fit to govern. You really have no room to argue when Dementia Joe is thinking Mexico borders Gaza and he can't remember the year his son passed.
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  6223.  @glencro2331  the senor ship ⚓ is so strong here that I can't even post the two of two of my comment... I'm pretty sure you guys dislike free speech.
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  6224.  @glencro2331  You do realize the United States was one of the few countries to veto dropping 2,000lbs boom booms over Gaza, right? Not only that, they give them those 1 tons. (1/2)
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  6225.  @glencro2331  Stop acting like Biden supports democracy when half of Iz is uprising against their prime minster. (2/2,)
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  6226.  @glencro2331  Stop acting like Biden supports democracy when half of Iz is uprising against Netanyahu. (2/2 but has to repost)
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  6227.  @glencro2331  Stop acting like Biden supports democracy when half of Israel is uprising against Netanyahu. (2/2)
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  6228.  @glencro2331  You do realize the United States was one of the few countries to veto dropping 2,000lbs boom booms over Gaza, right? Not only that, they give them those 1 tons. (1/2) E: welp, every time I post my 2/2 it gets purged... Corporations rule your life.
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  6229.  @glencro2331  You do realize the United States was one of the few countries to veto dropping 2,000lbs explosives over Gaza, right? Not only that, they give them those 1 tons. Stop acting like Biden supports democracy when half of Israel is uprising against Netanyahu.
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  6230.  @mobsiesixsixsix9785  Duh. Proudly cast my ballot the day it arrived for Marianne Williamson. Ya know... An actual progressive.
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  6231.  @mobsiesixsixsix9785  So? I'm not voting for a war criminal.
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  6232.  @imandan1966  Umm, have you heard of citizens united and lobbying? I'm pretty sure democracy is already dead.
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  6233.  @knightofcydonia1192  I take it you support war crimes.
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  6234.  @knightofcydonia1192  I know that some channels have stricter policies. I can say the same thing on other channels and nothing happens to it, this channel and Glenn Krischner's channel pulls my Biden skepticism regularly.
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  6235.  @Doxxingmesoftly  Gross... What is wrong with you?
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  6236.  @eh1702  Welp, of course a BTC video would purge half my comment... Just tow the party line.
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  6237.  @eh1702  They openly delete journalists, med staff, and civilians waving white flags... Heck even 3 of their own citizens waving a white flag. Do you support arming that country?? Because Joe Biden strongly does. Biden put some more value on shipping containers in the Red Sea than human lives. (2/2)
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  6238.  @eh1702  On an ethical level, do you support Biden giving more arms to a country being investigated for human rights atrocities? (1.5/2 cuz that sensor ship ⚓ sunk my battleship)
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  6239.  @eh1702  On an ethical level, do you support Biden giving more arms to a country being investigated for human rights atrocities? They openly delete journalists, med staff, and civilians waving white flags... Heck even 3 of their own citizens waving a white flag. Do you support arming that country?? Because Joe Biden strongly does. Biden put some more value on shipping containers in the Red Sea than human lives. (2/2)
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  6240.  @eh1702  How do you think I feel? I said I was a progressive for Human Rights... So seriously, what do you think? Do you think just because I criticized one side I support the other side? You and this question are part of the problem. (1/2 cuz sensor ship ⚓)
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  6241.  @knightofcydonia1192  Edward is an unrecognized hero.
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  6242.  @knightofcydonia1192  Edward is an unrecognized hero. You only care about the Constitution when it fits your partisan agenda.
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  6243.  @eh1702  How do you think I feel? I said I was a progressive for Human Rights... So seriously, what do you think? Do you think just because I criticized one side I support the other side? You and this question are part of the problem. On an ethical level, do you support Biden giving more arms to a country being investigated for human rights atrocities? They openly delete journalists, med staff, and civilians waving white flags... Heck even 3 of their own citizens waving a white flag. Do you support arming that country?? Because Joe Biden strongly does. Biden put some more value on shipping containers in the Red Sea than human lives.
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  6244.  @knightofcydonia1192  Edward is an unrecognized hero. It's people like you that only care about the Constitution when it fits your partisan agenda.
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  6245.  @knightofcydonia1192  The guy that sacrificed so much to tell you that Bush and Obama had broken everyone's 4th amendment rights. (2/4 to see what gets pulled)
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  6246.  @knightofcydonia1192  Is that the only come back you have? You know who is also in Russia? Ēd Sñöwdēn... ( 1/4 to see what gets pulled)
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  6247.  @AlwaysHalloween000  Can I ask why Trump?
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  6248.  @knightofcydonia1192  Is that the only come back you have? You know who is also in Russia? Ēd Sñöwdēn... The guy that sacrificed so much to tell you that Bush and Obama had broken everyone's 4th amendment rights. Ironically, he's exiled in Russia because he believes in the US Constitution. Ironically, you guys never talk about the lack of constitutionality of some important Bush and Obama policies but you guys want to use the Constitutional 14th Sec 3 to get Trump.
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  6249. Meanwhile Joe Biden is in cognitive decline...
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  6250. You're the sharpest broken light bulb.
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  6251. Civil War? I don't think you understand what a civil war is.
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  6252. 100k uncommited... 🤔🤔
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  6253.  @cathynewyork7918  So you support w@r crïmēs?
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  6254.  @cathynewyork7918  You support war crimes.
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  6255. They remember Gaza...
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  6256. Unbiased?? Where's the video on 100K votes going to uncommitted??? You seem biased.
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  6257. NSSF are the new child murdering lobbyists
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  6258. Never underestimate the stupidity of an American.
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  6259. So what has he said about the Ohio chemical bombing by greedy capitalists? Wall Street Pete usually doesn't talk a bad name about capitalists who donate to his campaigns.
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  6260. Even though Biden helps with wār crïmês?
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  6261. I'm not going to vote for Joe Biden and his aiding war crimes. Sorry, I just can't do it again.
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  6262. Dude, barely anyone who was gonna vote for Trump care..... All your internet dunking is for not.
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  6263. Pete's main campaign donors are big corporations, like Kaiser Permanente and Amazon. He's a corporate sell out, he didn't even reinstate Obama era laws that would have protected East Palestine and made railways safer. You aren't progressive if you support Corporate Pete.
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  6264. Not for East Palestine though.... Pete FAILED to reinstate obama-era laws that Trump got rid of that would have protected the city and railways across the country. Pete is bought out by corporate donors.
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  6265. Pete is a Wall Street sell out. Not very progressive at all.
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  6266.  @albertheidger645  You say that as a dig, but didn't Jesus and the Buddha wander? Just a thought.
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  6267.  @sandyd3686  So you love corporate lobbying?
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  6268. Wall St. Pete loves corporate donors
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  6269. Even if hes senile and aids an āpārthēīd regime...
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  6270.  @DStead2239  I provided a clear example and argument... You're being unreasonable. You're acting like I don't value democracy, which is disingenuous of you. I never disagreed with the concept of the fact that voting is a very important ethical duty, and I never miss checking my ballot, so you're being quite rude in presuming that I don't believe it's important. I just said I don't think it should be compulsory duty enforced by law. But sure, make another strawman acting like I'm the one making fallacies. You never addressed my concern of forcing people to vote that are ill informed and apathetic.
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  6271.  @theChickenstones  A clearer conscience knowing that I am not signing off on committing war crimes. Most of the Blue voters know Biden is too old and unfit, but the establishment chose to run him anyway, now they want to act like it's my fault??? No they need to take responsibility for bad candidates... They pulled the same "keep them in office longer than responsible" power play with Diane Feinstein. That's the level of mental decline they will try to sell to you as "functional". I proudly voted for Marianne Williamson on the first day I got my ballot as a statement that I want someone with a functional brain that doesn't support war crimes.
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  6272.  @DStead2239  Lmao, "educate myself"... What a dull thing to say to someone that understands that voting can be considered a duty, I'm just not sure that making it compulsory for people that don't take that responsibility seriously is a good idea. I know some people that have anxiety issues that try not to even listen to the news nor do they vote... They aren't well informed and maybe that's okay uninformed people aren't making ignorant decisions. You seem really uppity over something that could just be a civil conversation...
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  6273.  @theChickenstones  I literally reply to the fact that you talked about compulsory voting and how I think that it forces people who don't care about politics to participate in politics. The higher probability of getting lazy votes. I never said I didn't care about voting... Hopefully you didn't get that impression, I'm talking about other people. It's pretty sad that you guys can't engage in a proper political discussion.
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  6274.  @Fate263  I'm not a non-voter... Will be voting I just won't be voting for Biden who is literally helping with war crimes. Anyone who signs off on war crimes is pretty terrible... Like you
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  6275.  @DStead2239  Oh, okay. So like if your German candidate in 1933 lost to Hitler for the Chancellorship.... Then you just need to be quiet. Lmao, totally.
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  6276.  @unevenelephant469  okay and I'm not voting for Biden this year.... But you forgot about how Biden has lost support too. All the polls for the past 4 months have Trump ahead. Polls aren't the vote, but idk why you'd just dismiss that... I take it you're just one of those people that can't be bothered to listen to facts.
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  6277.  @nicholashall4625  Biden lost the Arab vote... Or anybody that actually cares about human rights.
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  6278.  @DStead2239  Ok... I don't like Trump either. I'm also not going to vote for Biden, because his actions show he doesn't care about human rights.
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  6279.  @theChickenstones  Research "First past the post" voting ... You don't need 50%, not to mention the electoral college.
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  6280.  @nicholashall4625  I hope you do realize that's happening on both sides. Biden lost the Arab vote and anyone that doesn't want to openly support war crimes. I proudly voted for Marianne Williamson as soon as I got my ballot... Yes, she suspended her campaign but I'm still proud that she has better ethics than Biden. I will not be voting for Biden in the general this year, I just can't support the human rights abuses he supports. Don't act like his Arab support didn't drop from 56% to 17% ... Not to mention people, even democrats, think he's too old.
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  6281.  @magusmelanie828  Yes, let's just ignore her years of experience at being a spokesperson for the corporate establishment that literally buys out your democracy.... you guys are nuts. This interview is about Republicans... But you're somebody who loves to ignore the corporate oligarchy that has bought out the Democratic Party. You love plutocracy.
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  6282.  @6789uiop  Nope. It was @ you, you support the rule of law controlled by corporate lobbyists. Trump is a fascist, yes, but look how you don't criticize the corporate plutocratic status quo.
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  6283.  @6789uiop  most of you are happy with corporations controlling the law... You see nothing wrong with plutocracy.
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  6284.  @JustForFun-mt9og  You correct me as if there's much of a difference in terms of MSNBC's participation in manufacturing consent. Thank you for providing me the correct information but it certainly does not change the argument that she works as a corporate mouthpiece that corrupts your democracy worse than even Trump did. But apparently you guys are corporate sycophants who literally don't care if these corporations corrupt your democracy.... But then you clutch your pearls about Trump? Why not be consistent and shun both of them? You're the type of person that brags that Biden has 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck compared to Trump 70% 🤦🏼... Like why tf It's more than half the country living paycheck to paycheck?? But you'll just take the side of corporations.
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  6285.  @jenniferb.9404  ??? 🤦🏼🤦🏼 Lmao, I'm literally a democratic socialist, Jennifer. Take your wacky groupthink somewhere else; you're not a progressive. "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – MLK, Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961.
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  6286. @h.e.pennypacker5228 Being a spokesperson for a presidential administration that has accepted hundreds of millions of dollars in lobbying IS a critique against her ACTIONS and WORDS. I never said it was a critique against every word she's ever said, but she does work for corporations that alienate you from democracy more successfully than fascist Trump ever did. Trump more successfully influenced elections by donating to Democrats and Republicans pre-2016. You guys will rag on anything Trump related but when it comes to talking about the people who work for the corporations that literally buy out your government you have nothing bad to say?? Liberals like you aren't progressives.
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  6287.  @magusmelanie828  She's literally a spokesperson for corporations that buy out your government (as both a White House press Secretary and CNN host), but maybe you do trust corporations that lobby your government in order to enrich their shareholders and at your expense. Sounds super progressive and honest. /S
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  6288.  @ontheruntonowhere  How often does the Biden administration go after corporate lobbying? Haven't they approved more drilling sites than the Trump administration? Didn't Biden turn his back on the rail unions and then 2 months later there was a train derailment because he wouldn't hold corporations accountable, despite the fact he calls himself "the most pro-union president"?? Corporations can legally just rig politics and the economy in their favor. I want some real Leftism, not the hollow corporate liberalism that talks about corporate diversity for LGBT and black people then creates a corporate economy that enriches shareholders at the expense of working LGBT and black people, along with the rest of the working class. Don't get me wrong student debt relief is a great push and you know what, I voted for Biden and he's doing a better job than I thought he would do. BUT he's certainly not the most progressive president (FDR probably still holds that title) and he's definitely not the type of "progressive" that we should settle for.
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  6289. @h.e.pennypacker5228 She was the White House Press Secretary now she works for CNN. My question for you is, how is she not a part of the establishment? She helps put on the corporate funded dog and pony show.
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  6290. Gënöcïdëñ Biden 👍
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  6291.  @Darkmatterme  Biden has long been a supporter of Israels hyper-militarism against the Palestinian people.
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  6292.  @philipwilliams3427  I'm disappointed that Trump won... Isn't that what you guys are crying about? Ironic
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  6293. Lol, are you not going to talk about how the DNC cheats or are you just a partisan lowlife?
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  6294. Why are you acting as if they're not hypocrites? Why would being Christian make them actually follow Christian values?? Naive asf
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  6295. Lol, you sound like a Republican
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  6296. Are you saying lobbying doesn't rig the vote?
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  6297.  @yodel_diploma2315  Roll your eyes more, I'm sure that will stop Trump.... 🤡🤡🤡
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  6298. Lmao that's how the system works... Cry more. I don't even like Trump but y'all are sad.
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  6299. Fascism to own the libs.
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  6300.  @LonnieMartin  It's more than just the titles... BTC is literally saying Donald Trump is facing a crisis because he only won 50% of the vote. I'm pretty sure that's not a crisis... I'm pretty sure that's how one wins an election. No mention of Biden's Muslim support dropping from 59% to 17%, but that wouldn't be in line with the type of propaganda that he's trying to push.
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  6301. Lol, BTC is a partisan hāck. He runs a show called Democracy Watch but he literally does not comment on any of the anti-democratic practices of the Democratic Party. He's down to rub elbows with some of the most lobbied Democratic politicians in Congress but he talks about trying to save democracy as if he doesn't know that corporate lobbying destroys the fundamental concept of democracy. BTC is a clown 🤡 I say that as an independent who votes blue down the ticket.
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  6302.  @PhistingZombie29  Lmao! You literally can't fathom having somebody disagree with you. I feel bad that you can't have a civilized conversation. Maybe you'll grow up some day.
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  6303.  @James_Doyle83  Did you really just invoke the popular vote as a reason why Hillary Clinton lost? This country chooses Presidents by electoral college not popular vote.... Wow, you guys are low IQ asf.
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  6304.  @PhistingZombie29  I voted for Hillary and Biden ... Both are absolutely terrible candidates and also better than Trump. It's honestly unfortunate that you have such a polarized view of the world.
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  6305.  @philipwilliams3427  Still waiting for an explanation...
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  6306.  @philipwilliams3427  Please explain how she won 2016.
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  6307.  @bevtaylor5466  Are you really trying to use Democrats overconfidence in 2016 as an argument against me... That was literally my point that Democrats can be too overconfident. Even though I vote blue this is why I'm an independent, because you guys don't even understand basic concepts.
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  6308.  @christyann2268  My guy? Do you understand what "unfortunately" means??? I swear, you guys lack basic reading comprehension.
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  6309. ​ @Spider-Geek916  Cope? Dude, I would be relieved if he didn't win... why are you guys so confused by an honest prediction? It is truly sad that you guys can handle a not partisan comment.
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  6310. ​ @stephenfrench3888  I literally said unfortunately but for some reason you guys think I actually hope that he wins?? You guys are clinically insane.
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  6311.  @Chapps1941  What are you talking about?
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  6312. So when you don't like the results of a democracy it's not a democracy anymore??? 😂😂😂😂
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  6313. Lol, they wanted to hang the vp .. this aint new. This conservative violence is fascism- Mussolini wrote about how fascism romanticizes violence as the determiner of the survival of the fittest between different nations. National strength is defined by shows of force, like marches through fascist Berlin, and enacted against political opponents, like the 'Night of the Long Knives'. The latter being the time Hitler ordered everybody in the party who didn't agree with him to be purged, which included the few actually national socialists in the party, like the Strausser brothers. The term that came to be the ideologies name, Nazism (national socialist), is in fact political propaganda because the socialists of the party were purged.
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  6314. Hey, the JamesTard can call out other names too. Keep up your thought provoking sentiments 👍
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  6315. No, just no.
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  6316. I'm happy to criticize Biden, but this was a good ad.
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  6317. Agreed, we need an actual progressive to stand up for America's rights.
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  6318. Freedom to lobby the government through citizens United
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  6319. Lol. As I was scrolling the comments I was literally just thinking about how Kamala is just terrible. I'm glad they keep her in the back room now cuz every time she has an interview she gets snarky to anything progressive.
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  6320. Deez
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  6321. Lmao, ok, and I want an Israeli ceasefire...
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  6322.  @mattysancho8988  Oh wow, a Trump interview would be big too... But imagine BTC getting as cozy with him. People like Pelosi are the reason why Trump is big. Pelosi and Trump both want the capitalist class to do better than the working class. Big interview, yes, bad person, yes. So what?
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  6323. Nancy pelosi is a corrupt inside trader that uses her political knowledge to increase her husband's stock portfolio. Corporate corruption isn't democratic.
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  6324.  @nanadkb1954  I love how you're ageist, but don't mind her Capital Bias. This is how I know you're not progressive.
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  6325. You want more insider trading? Typical non-progressive.
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  6326. BTC is an establishment suck up. He loves Dem who insider trade.
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  6327. Just like the creature of Nancy Pelosi should never have creeped into the speaker of the house position but that happened.
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  6328. What do you admire about Miss Pelosi is it her insider trading or is it her war crimes in the Middle East?
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  6329. What a Classist act. Inside trading corruption is classist, not classy.
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  6330. Aunt Nancy?? 🤮🤮🤮 I agree with her auntieTrump stance (see what I did there), but she is still corrupted by Wall St. The real election fraud is corporate influence over politics.
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  6331.  @scottisme373  Why do you support Gen - 0 - side?
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  6332.  @scottisme373  You support Gen 0 side?
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  6333.  @reuben.x.herrera1930  Maybe we should stop giving them billions of dollars in armaments to commit mass atrocities... Seems like one of the easiest ideas we can do.
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  6334.  @reuben.x.herrera1930  PS (4 of 3, lol) I had to chop up my reply in order to get it through the sensors and had to heavily edit with weird characters... This BTC channel has so much sensor shipping ⚓ that is hard to have a convo. This place is largely an echo chamber. As a leftist I find that sad.
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  6335.  @reuben.x.herrera1930  Back in 1945 they said "Never again"... 2-3yrs later, they were the ones commint it. There are currently 144 internãtionally illégal settlements in the W-st B-nk and it's carved up between 600 internâtionally illegål checkpoints that ráçially dîscrîmînate. The easy answer is; don't support systems like 1980 South Africa. 3/3
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  6336.  @reuben.x.herrera1930  In 1945 they said "Never again"... 2-3yrs later, they were the ones doing it. There are currently 144 internationally illegal settlements in the West Bank and it's carved up between 600 internationally illegal checkpoints that racially discriminate. The easy answer is; don't support Ap_rth_id 3/3
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  6337.  @reuben.x.herrera1930  In 1945 they said "Never again"... 2-3yrs later, they were the ones doing it. There are currently 144 internationally illegal settlements in the West Bank and it's carved up between 600 internationally illegal checkpoints that racially discriminate. The easy answer is; don't support āpārthēīd. 3/3
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  6338.  @reuben.x.herrera1930  You say they are brutal... But you forget (or possibly just don't know) the brutality of the other side. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023 That's JUST the KIDS. 1434 > 1200. 2/3
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  6339.  @reuben.x.herrera1930  You do realize that H-mas was started in 1987 because Iz stole their land in 1947 and 1967. They literally just want the right to return... Speaking of, look up the PEACEFUL 2018-19 Great March of the Return. They tried peacefully measure. 1/3
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  6340.  @reuben.x.herrera1930  You do realize that H-mas was started in 1987 because Iz stole their land in 1947 and 1967. They literally just want the right to return... Speaking of, look up the PEACEFUL 2018-19 Great March of the Return. They tried peacefully measure. You say they are brutal... But you forget (or possibly just don't know) the brutality of the other side. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023 That's JUST the KIDS. 1434 > 1200. In 1945 they said "Never again"... 2-3yrs later, they were the ones doing it. There are currently 144 internationally illegal settlements in the West Bank and it's carved up between 600 internationally illegal checkpoints that racially discriminate. The easy answer is; don't support āpārthēīd.
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  6341.  @reuben.x.herrera1930  "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." - Nelson Mandela
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  6342.  @believewhatyousee2852  If you think supporting GEen-o-side is good... Nothing can help you.
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  6343.  @believewhatyousee2852  You're small minded if you think it's impossible to dislike both.
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  6344.  @believewhatyousee2852  Wait... You think I like 45?!?! 🤣😂🤣😂
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  6345.  @believewhatyousee2852  Wait... You think I like Trump???? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 You're brain can't handle the fact that I dislike both of them?? Wow, small minded much?
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  6346.  @believewhatyousee2852  Lol, wait ... Do you think I like Trump?? I don't like that fascist fraud. The fact that you just assume I like him is a testament to how small and close minded you are. I'm a progressive Leftist, much more progressive than you are- especially since you support arming right wing colonialists.
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  6347.  @believewhatyousee2852  My replies are vanishing....
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  6348.  @believewhatyousee2852  You're joking right? You stand with war crime regimes?? The US gives the BILLIONS in arms and you think we have no control over what they do? Biden sanctioned only 4 West Bank settlers... Out of thousands that have committed tërrörism against Palestinians.
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  6349.  @believewhatyousee2852  Not to mention how he keeps telling Netanyahu to stop harming civilians- they wont- and he gives them even more aid to commit war crimes.
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  6350.  @believewhatyousee2852  I did. He recently confused Mexico with Egypt. "If you don't vote for me you ain't black" - Biden during the last campaign The guy has so many gaffes its not even funny
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  6351. Lmao. Intelligent... Umm, ok
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  6352.  @ubub932  Did my replies get through?
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  6353.  @ubub932  I'm just wondering if you can see the two replies that I sent you... I've been dealing with a lot of sensor ship ⚓ on this channel
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  6354. You guys are very confused... Helping bad guys is your idea of "good"... 🥴🤢 "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6355.  @believewhatyousee2852  why do you guys always assume that anybody that disagrees with you is a right-winger or a Russian??? Kinda sad.
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  6356.  @believewhatyousee2852  Seriously, why do you guys always assume that anybody who has anything critical to say here is a right-winger or Russian??? This is exactly how I know this place is an echo chamber of propaganda. I guarantee you I'm far more progressive in my politics than you.
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  6357.  @believewhatyousee2852  I'm a Leftist 🙄 "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6358. Decency? By supporting wār crïmes.
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  6359. This video is about Harris. Are you a bot ffs?
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  6360.  @SUKADIK11  Lol, no there's bigger problems... Like that nearly every election is stolen with corporate lobbying. Trump is merely a gross symptom of the bigger problem; capitalism's bias towards the rich.
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  6361.  @p12423073  It's 'filthy causal' to you 😜
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  6362.  @squirrelsinjacket1804  lmao, he hasn't had Donald Trump on even though he could totally get him on in a heartbeat 🤣😂 So if you want to judge actions, there you go. Someone can be a wacky right winger without being a Trump supporter. Joe isn't "catering" to the wind, he authentically is this wacky and politically ungrounded- it's not just for views like your conspiracy mind wants. You say you judge by actions, but then you assign a modus operandi/ intention to everything without fully understanding the context. Ironic. It's sad how much you have to make up stories to justify your contempt. I think his "comedy" is a human rights atrocity (his sets were probably played in Arabic at Guantanamo Bay, on repeat), and his political views are upside down like a pineapple cake, but I don't make up nonsense stories about him. You're a conspiracy theorist with all these assumptions of alternative motives.
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  6363.  @donnafechter5843  Yeah, but they have 6 Trump NFTs...
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  6364.  @CastleMc  No, he's not. I obviously don't think too highly of Rogan's politics, but he has said multiple times that he hasn't had Trump on the podcast because he doesn't want to give Trump a platform. He finds the guy funny, as Trump is objectively ridiculous, but the problem comes when Rogan feeds into some of the wacky right wing conspiracy stuff. But hey, I know the BTC and the Midas Touch crowds don't have nuanced opinions; say anything that they take issue with and they immediately call you "MAGA" or a "Russian bot". Such a lame go to. Try addressing the facts instead of making up strawman pejoratives. And before you call me "MAGA" too, just know I'm more Leftist than the DNC.
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  6365. We need to stop giving away education to these grade schoolers. Privatize K - 12 and get away with these silly child labor laws so these kids can pay their own way through elementary school.
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  6366. Most situations....
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  6367. Lol, American "libertarians" don't understand what socialism is. Heck, American libertarians literally took the term 'libertarian' from libertarian socialists.
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  6368. BTC drinks the Kool aid. He has a show that's called Democracy Watch but does he ever watch the hostilities towards democracy by corporate lobbyists that bribe Democratic politicians or does he cover the fact that California was represented by somebody who was functionally mentally incapacitated until she died? Nah. It's sad that the DNC feels like it needs to shut down primaries that Biden will probably win anyways and the Middle East policy is even more depressing.
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  6369. Agreed and anybody who's a Christian should not be supporting Joe Biden and his deep connection to Izrael
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  6370. ​ @deliciousful  Well then, maybe Joe Biden should stop supporting an āpārthēīd ethnöstäte.... Just a thought.
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  6371. Even supporting an āpārthēīd ethnöstäte?
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  6372. I actually agree it's a likely probability but I think it's pretty sad that you support literal con man. The fact that you want Trump to be your daddy is disappointing and pretty gross...
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  6373. So you're not afraid of losing your country to corporate lobbyists who lobby both Republicans and Democrats? Lmao, okay
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  6374. You mean 10 by 4.... Like a cell?
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  6375. BTC is Democratic kool-aid.... And I vote Blue.
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  6376. I agree... But it seems like you actually like Trump. Why do you want a known con man to be president?
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  6377. Agreed! I'm not even sure I'll vote the presidential ticket this year.
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  6378. Dark Brandon is serious, Jack.
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  6379.  @kimthomas781  Democratic socialism is important for any deeper systematic change. Personally, I've been interested in two grassroots groups focused on economic democracy, called the Next System Project and the Democracy Collaborative. They have devised a way to keep production local and contract service to cooperatives, called the Preston Model. They have helped multiple cities struggling with job loss due to factory closures build back their communities, in the US and UK. In addition, trade unions, collectives, public banks, credit unions, community land trusts, CSA's, and many other democratically controlled institutions can work together to create democratic networks outside the market to create an economy that doesn't reduce people, their governments, and the environment to a monetary value. I think this can be a viable strategy to give people the autonomy over their work. I believe economic democracy is the only way people who work for the economy will have the economy work for them, their families, and the planet too. This way of revitalizing communities by building community wealth has helped many communities all over the globe, and it is utilized by the UK labor party and touted by Jeremy Corbyn. Preston, Lancashire became the most improved city in the UK because of community wealth building. https://youtu.be/MObfh_VNqs4 Not to mention, much of the progress in labor rights has been due to union's collective power. The thing that draws my conviction to the movement is that I can see it now, helping empower people to live happier, healthier, and wealthier lives.
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  6380. "Oh no equality is an issue when it affects me" - typical right wingers with no sense of empathy
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  6381. He always has a face like a baby that hasn't discovered object permanence yet.
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  6382. The Fox lawsuit Broads always act like they're surprised by the misogyny and the lies.... Like that's Fox's whole schtick.
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  6383. The fact that he's waiting to be forced to testify speaks volumes in itself. Scumbag.
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  6384. Yeah... Why does BTC act like this is a big hit? Over sensationalized.
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  6385.  @NoLaGurl18  You guys suck at understanding sarcasm... I even put the /s for you.
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  6386.  @gooberclown  Trump has done more for America than Jesus.
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  6387. I really don't understand why there isn't a class action lawsuit on behalf of the Citizens of the United States of America. These aren't just lies, these are damn lies! And assisted in dividing a nation.
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  6388. It doesn't take much to figure out that they have $4B in cash and cash equivalents lying around.
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  6389. ​ @boborsini433  Hey, I'll watch it ironically. Just the other day Kayleigh was on Fox talking about how the Biden administration has failed the poor immigrant children working in American businesses. She cried about the humanity of the children. Although, Republicans in Iowa just voted to lower the working age.... Republicans don't care about child labor, they're mad that immigrant children are stealing jobs from American children. They literally think it's more patriotic to send American children to sweatshops over immigrant children.
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  6390. That's a sad thing about this reporting... It's just all hoopla-ing about dunking on the Right. I'm wondering why American citizens aren't getting paid out for having the integrity of the dishonest lobbyist electoral system eroded. Notice my language. That's the other thing, everybody wants to act like fighting Trump is saving democracy... We already lost democracy to a lobbying plutocracy, we're just saving the plutocracy from fascism.
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  6391. Just revel in the fact that there is a $787.5 million penalty on Fox's lying.
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  6392. Well that's pretty ignorant. They definitely push a lot, but ALL? Seems of it extremist.
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  6393. NDT is arrogant asf, the embodiment of "ackually"
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  6394. Wall Street Pete P.S. I'm a socialist so all of the BTC audience can lay off calling me a Trump supporter like they do to everybody who disagrees with their corporate candidates 😂🤣
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  6395. Those midterms are a long time away.
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  6396. I didn't realize your theory of justice depended on gender 🤦🏼🤦🏼 Here I thought we were supposed to judge people by the content of their character... But hey, I can often be wrong.
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  6397. Corporations are persons.... But for some reason they never get tossed in jail
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  6398. Neoliberals treat people as human capital; to be rented and used up like any other market commodity.
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  6399. Because for some reason the Democrats are fooking pansies. Fetterman is one of the few that actually has the balls to run hard-hitting ads about scandals.
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  6400. It's amazing how liberals who pride themselves on pluralism have such a hard time getting around the fact that other people have different ideas than them. Strive for plurality while not being able to comprehend plurality... Lmao
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  6401. 🤦🏼 BlueWater doesn't understand what socialism is.... Who would have guessed. He probably thinks the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea is a democratically controlled socialist republic because... It has democracy in its name, it must be democratic and controlled by the people! "See the socialist don't even like it when they get democracy like in the DPRK" 😂😂 Man you guys really fall for that totalitarian propaganda pretty easily.... Smh, that's gullible.
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  6402. It's not slavery 🤦🏼 Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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  6403. No, welfare is welfare. They had welfare in feudalism but that didn't make it socialist. Capitalism with a welfare state is not socialism, socialism is the workers control of the means of production. It is necessarily a different type of economy.
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  6404. ​ @blogintonblakley2708  🤦🏼 It's a way to phase out the market by creating democratic institutions that can cooperate to take over market functions. It literally seeks to abolish capitalism by abolishing private property. Dumbasses criticize before they even understand 🙄
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  6405.  @DanDeLeoninthefield  Yeah, but thats not socialism tho 🙄 Socialism is worker control of the means of production... Not "the government does stuff". You sound like a Republican.
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  6406. @@YTcensors You think I'm not aware that corporations get huge subsidies? 😂🤣 I GET THAT, that's half of what their Citizens United lobbyists try to pass; subsidies and pruning regulation to help profits. I don't think you understand the definition of socialism. There is no such thing as "socialism for the rich"... There is government welfare for the rich, but thats sure as hell not "socialism" 🙄 Socialism isn't the government giving money out. That's literally what Republicans think Socialism is 😂🤣😂🤣
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  6407. @@YTcensors None of that is socialism. Why are you using the Republican definition (i.e. the wrong definition) of socialism?
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  6408.  @Punmaster9001  lmao, okay, so you learned nothing. Funny how You don't understand the video either 💪 Ignorance is Strength
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  6409.  @Punmaster9001  I'm pretty sure it shows the difference in how both of them are meant to represent the public but a republic has laws that protect the rights of the individual..... You do realize Socrates was executed through democracy vote because he didn't have the right to free speech. I mean if you want to take a very basic glance at both of them yeah they both meant to represent the public, and republics use electoral politics to choose representatives, but they are key differences to each... Especially when most socialists want direct democracy which isn't representative democracy, like you have in a republic. The whole point of the video is talking about how the representative system of a republic does not let direct democracy function- there is a constitution that necessarily stops direct democracy. I've spent over a decade learning about economics, political philosophy, etc.... Don't worry, bud. I understand the difference, maybe you need to read some more political philosophy, because the main point of the video obviously went over your head.
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  6410.  @Punmaster9001  Plato's The Republic.... You should read it. Democracy killed Socrates, so Plato wasn't a fan.
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  6411.  @blogintonblakley2708  Federalism can happen in democracies and republics 🤦🏼 federalism, confederalism, and unitarian are just a ways of bringing together different groups.
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  6412.  @Punmaster9001  Hey, look another person who thinks legalized corporate lobbying within the republic is democratic.
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  6413.  @blogintonblakley2708  Tell me how democratic corporate lobbying is? Lmao.
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  6414.  @Punmaster9001  Socrates and Plato don't think so... You should read the classics.
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  6415. ​ @Punmaster9001 🤦🏼 a Republic is not a form of democracy... It's a form of government structured by laws, and those laws have to be set by a group of humans. Republics have constitutions that then designate how power will be split up. Republics can have democratic institutions, but they don't necessarily have to. If we were a democracy Gore would have won in 2000.
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  6416. Why can I see that there are 3 replies when I click on the thread... But I only see one comment. I really am tired of the censorship here on YouTube.
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  6417.  @chuckleaf8027  Why do you like renting human beings?
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  6418.  @chuckleaf8027  Ah, yes, spoken like a true autocrat 👍
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  6419. ​ @chuckleaf8027 I don't think it matters if a king says well I wouldn't run a country like a democracy.... I don't care. People deserve a vote. You don't deserve to oppress others. You're human just like the rest of us, stop exulting yourself.
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  6420. Economic democracy is building a system that gives people a vote in their economic lives. Examples of democratic institutions are cooperatives, credit unions (which is really just a cooperative bank), public banks, workers unions, community land trusts. The Evergreen Cooperative was started in Cleveland, Ohio as a laundry service and now has turned many other businesses into cooperatives. "In the 11 years since then, Evergreen Cooperatives has added three more cooperatives to its ranks, growing from two companies with a total of 18 workers in 2010 to five companies with approximately 320 workers. Those workers are paid 20 to 25 percent higher than employees at the cooperative’s competitors. “Our average pay rate is close to $15,” says John McMicken, CEO of Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. “But when you take profit sharing into account, which could equate to $4 to $5 an hour, we’re hoping that we have a shot at breaking the $20 an hour ‘blended rate,’ if you will.” In 2019, the average compensation at Evergreen Cooperative Laundry was around $18 per hour." - Despite a Rocky Start, Cleveland Model for Worker Co-ops Stands Test of Time, by Brandon Duong
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  6421. Apparently you didn't realize capitalist buyout the government for profit so the government can control the markets for big business. Under capitalism everything becomes a commodity, even the government. This is what happens when you commoditize everything... But you didn't realize that did you? Now you're stuck defending the unintended consequences 🤡🤡
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  6422. It's hilarious how many capitalist ideologues are Platonists about how pure capitalism is purely free markets.
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  6423. Lol, says the person who's been completely wrong on very basic concepts. I love how you religiously hate watch this channel and still manage to fumble every critique. Employment is a human rental, If you can't see how dehumanizing people into chattel property to be rented is a problem for humanity as we know it, then I really don't think you're understanding the concept of freedom and dignity. You're definitely too religiously tied to your ideology of Capital.
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  6424. "Scientific" lmao... As if you guys know that progress is necessarily inevitable. Marx was Eurocentric asf with his examples, hardly scientific. Sure it has a nice interweaving grandiose theory... But just because it has a theory of social interaction doesn't make it scientific. This is coming from somebody who likes the social "sciences".... But let's be honest Marxist who say their scientific and therefore better than other socialists are just deluding themselves.
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  6425. ​ @anarchimedes7  I'm assuming included in this alienation you also are talking about the slave labor and r@p3 of Uyghurs in re-education camps?
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  6426. China took the worst parts of all three, and called that "balance". Gtfo with that noise.
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  6427.  @MonoFrutti  Have you heard of the Preston model that Jeremy Corbyn assisted?
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  6428.  @bluewater454  Lol, well you're sure doing a lot of capitalist apologetics for not "supporting" anybody. Truly hilarious how then you say you don't support division and yet capitalists often use division in order to suppress wages and to stoke anti-minimum wage propaganda. You call it envy but when I see somebody who literally is working their ass off in terrible working conditions for low pay just so their boss can be up $100+ billionaire I'm not so much of a schmuck that I'd call that anything but exploitative. It's not about "I want a yacht too"... Its about I want families to have health care, you ass 🤦🏼 The fact that you think it's envious greed and not just a belief that people shouldn't work 12 hours a day for barely subsistence wages so their boss can be a billionaire just proves your have no concept of what's even being talked about right now. Smh. Keep on fooling yourself that you're not shilling capitalist apologetics.
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  6429.  @bluewater454  Just repeating that 2% of the population makes minimum wage still ignores the fact that minimum wage raises the lower quartile.... But apparently that's something you're still not factoring.
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  6430. Democratic socialism isn't centralized
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  6431. You choose; "plata o plomo"
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  6432.  @kevinschmidt2210  That's an aesthetic choice. So I can't say it's objectively wrong and I do see the appeal, but I don't necessarily think it's the only way of conducting the comment section. Personally, video topic conversations are usually what I have, but I don't arbitrarily limit myself to conversations of such a specific topic- rather I let the topic of conversation go where it may and I judge the conversation based on is insightfulness, humor, and/or some sense of human connectedness. Isn't there a playful irony in the fact you're now having a meta-conversation about the comment section of YT and not "capitalism and competition".... I mean, I'm just sayin' 😜
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  6433. ​ @kevinschmidt2210 Eh, I'm a leftist and I even see quite a few holes in Marxism. One of the unfounded presuppositions that is found in the dialectic of both Marx and Hegel is that the dialectical progression is towards truth, towards a unity of (class) consciousness without contradiction.... And I don't really see why that would be. Marx has some good ideas for helping us understand alienation, but I think there are many aspects of his particular materialist phenomenology that can be picked apart.
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  6434.  @bluewater454  I worked in the Colorado cannabis industry and looked for cannabis worker co-ops.... Literally not an option of a business structure to easily share ownership between workers 🤦🏼🤦🏼 Not even a single unionized store in all of CO. But hey, you know everything, so I don't know why I have to educate you about this. Top notch arrogance 👍
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  6435. ​ @bluewater454 So I can't even point out legitimate setbacks, like corporate lobbying..... So how are we supposed to overcome the setbacks together if we can't even talk about it? Oh, wait... You're just being a petulant brat.
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  6436.  @bluewater454  You realize there are some industries where cooperatives aren't even legalized 🤦🏼 corporate lobbyists writing legislative policy has an impact.... I'm not saying nothing can be done. In fact I have some good examples of where systemic change is occurring- but acting like there aren't setbacks is not the realistic approach.
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  6437.  @bluewater454  It's an observation of capitalists buying out your politicians and corrupting your democracy.... Sorry, but that's the reality you live in, bud.
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  6438. Markets are antithetical to democracy, and free markets are inherently contradictory... A higher synthesis needs to be formed.
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  6439. What was Jsixith
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  6440. Ironically youll keep voting for Republican liars... Heck, you're watching a propaganda channel that has to pay $787 million for lying...... And you'll still watch it!
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  6441. And then they always want to say that H* was democratically elected, in order to delegitimize the whole population of G*
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  6442. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6443. The IDF literally shoots journalists with tanks. Amnesty International did a whole investigation on the shooting of a Reuters journalist on the southern border of Lebanon and it was found that they were standing in the open with press jackets... Israel had a perfect view of them and they were not embedded with any fighting force. Israel still shot journalists with a tank.
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  6444. It is strange how you don't blame Bibi... ‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state. - NYT
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  6445. Dude the IDF literally shoots journalists with tanks. Amnesty International did a whole investigation on the shooting of a Reuters journalist on the southern border of Lebanon and it was found that they were standing in the open with press jackets... Israel had a perfect view of them and they were not embedded with any fighting force. Israel still shot journalists with a tank.
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  6446. Are you just in denial of the occupation and terror the IDF inflicts upon the Palestinian people?
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  6447. What are you talking about? The IDF literally shoots journalists with tanks. Amnesty International did a whole investigation on the shooting of a Reuters journalist on the southern border of Lebanon and it was found that they were standing in the open with press jackets... Israel had a perfect view of them and they were not embedded with any fighting force. Israel still shot journalists with a tank.
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  6448. @@ValentinaDelic Lmao, you have no empathy; neither did the IDF that pumped rounds into the 3 shirtless, white flag waving hostages. This is what happens when you think everyone is "the bad guy".... You pop your own guys. Hope you're just as happy about that one. Oh, and you know who supported the "bad guys", Bibi himself; “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  6449. I hope you cried for the thousands of Palestinians...
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  6450. Lol, why does the IDF just fire upon unarmed people? It's because the IDF is literally trying to kill off the civilian population.
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  6451. You mean more death stemming from the 1947-1948 Nakba that genocidally expelled Palestinians from their land. If you think this started on October 7th you're severely uneducated. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6452.  @2434-k3l  If you think this started on October 7th you really need to educate yourself. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023 “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference
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  6453. They knew they were unarmed they just thought they were Palestinians... It's racism.
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  6454. 🇮🇱 is an apartheid ethnostate.
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  6455. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6456. They're trained in the art of genocide...
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  6457. The IDF are HORRIFIC TERRORIST.
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  6458.  @chatify68  The Peleset people were Mediterranean people that immigrated to the Canaanite region in 1200BCE 🤦🤦
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  6459.  @frua97  lol, that's cute. You know Netanyahu is a corrupt and anti-Arab politician.
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  6460.  @wyskay7593  Palestinians have exited in the area for 3200 yrs... Originally named Peleset, then Philistines, it's still the same community.
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  6461. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  6462.  @the4cqueen148  Did you think I was justifying? Youre a POS if you can't take a second to understand why this is happening. You're an assh0l3
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  6463.  @Stubs24  Sorry, you're to immature for this conversation. Maybe you can come back when you don't just want attention and can have a productive discussion. Good day.
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  6464.  @ct6502c  I didn't delete anything.... Apparently you don't understand that YouTube censors comments. You're the problem if you can't take a second to figure it out why all this hate is going on. Not to mention your diminishing one of my family members su1cides... It's pretty clear that you don't care about healing this country. That's sickening and saddening. I really hope you find it in your heart to stop being so immature.
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  6465.  @ct6502c  It's pretty gross that you think I'm justifying it. You don't even want to solve the problem, do you?
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  6466. This person's outburst is a symptom of larger issues.... If you're not willing to address those larger issues you're not willing to solve this problem
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  6467. The Lebanese border has been heavily depopulated due to the unrest in the region. Tens of thousands have been displaced. A Lebanese Reuters reporter was extinguished by a directed t_nk she_l.
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  6468. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  6470. ♥️🖤🖤🖤🖤 ♥️♥️🤍🤍🤍 ♥️💚💚💚💚
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  6471.  @lisasmith9311  🙄🤦 the statistics are during a time period where it was supposed to be an autonomous region without any military incursions by Iz. You're supporting Manifest Destiny and pushing native people off of their land.
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  6472.  @patriotsnation9224  Research it.
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  6473. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6474. It's amazing how people don't understand that.
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  6475. Have you heard of Al Qâssâm
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  6476. Lol. Is this a joke?
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  6477.  @LIKEFUNK  I hope you do realize that the UN and US numbers were the same. There's always got to be some sort of way to discredit the systematic military pressure to depopulate an area and colonize land. Questioning numbers is literally the same as saying that there weren't 6 million... It's denialism.
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  6478. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6479. He's definitely more of a hero than the politicians that won't do anything to prevent people like this killer from getting guns.... But of course Texans will all vote for Republicans again because for some reason they think they're pro-life as more people die! What a sick joke 😅😂🤣
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  6480. Colonialist apartheid. 60% of the West Bank is illegally occupied.
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  6481. “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  6482. IDF is a terrorist organization. Simple as that. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6483. “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  6484. Finally someone who knows what's up. The amount of fools blaming Hàm@$ is just silly.
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  6485. Where were you crying for the children? "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6486. Lmao, cowardice is the IDF popping 3 of their own waving a white flag. But I'm sure you support the IDFs tactics of even harming their own people 😅
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  6487. The IDF are terr*rists
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  6488.  @mimiwoldeab  Hey, I mean if the I D F can rain down terror on civilians... Why not the other side?? Or is that too real for you? "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6489. Palestine has the right to defend itself.
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  6490.  @Kas844  I never said I justified it but it did work out for what they wanted to accomplish. Before the 7th almost nobody cared about how the Palestinians were being treated, now the ethnic cleansing is on every TV. Like it or not, it got more people's attention than when they peacefully marched in 2018-19 and over 220 of them had their lives taken by the I D F.... No one talked about that when it happened. The point isn't to condone it, the point is to understand that these people have literally been left with no other method of trying to free themselves from IDF. terror.
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  6491.  @Kas844  Also remember their own PM encouraged funding them... “Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening H@m@s.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  6492.  @Kas844  Do you support I D F terror? Just remember that in 2018-19 Gazans peacefully held the Great March of the Return. Over 220 Palestines loss their lives for peaceful marching, the I D F even played games to kneecap the most people. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6493. Are you daft? Hamās isn't in the West Bank 🤦 It's almost like people are tired of being occupied...
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  6494. 7000 kids
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  6495. I mean, the IDF popped 3 of their own IDF college hostages.
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  6496. Palestine has the right to defend itself.
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  6497. Lol, Hàmás isn't in the West bank
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  6498.  @patsygroves3812  Then why am I always told that Iz is the only democracy in the Middle East?? Lol
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  6499. They literally pop their own people while they're waving White flags.... 😅
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  6500. Lol
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  6501. But what was January 6th? Fox News called them peaceful protesters... Lol
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  6502.  @adish7275  You support they're hyper-nationalistic hyper-militaristic fascism?
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  6503.  @Angel-vb5ot  UN and US numbers historically are basically the same.
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  6504.  @Angel-vb5ot  You mean the people better than Iz. US has historically agreed with the UN numbers.
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  6505.  @soakupthesunman  Aren't we all?
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  6506. So you stand for hate?
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  6507. Nice? I didn't realize 57 years of military oppression was being "nice"...
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  6508.  @Jackie-l6p  So you like military Occ You Pay Shun??
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  6509.  @MusuFlomo-z5e  So you support AIPAC lobbying your Congress?
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  6510.  @sdvcv  Wrong!
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  6511.  @JensenfromDenmark  So you like 1434 kids deleted???? 🤢🤮
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  6512.  @simka6858  Sovereignty... Isn't that what Iz wants. Maybe Iz shouldnt have it either... Lol
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  6513.  @MrPhotonjockey  They removed se ttlements in 2005... So you can't say 100%. And military raids happened through 2023. Sorry 10/7 was defense.
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  6514.  @AlcheMychael  yes Palestine defending itself from 57 yr of Occ. You. Pay. Shun. I don't think you're aware of the context and the fact that they peacefully protested in 2018 and 2019 to be able to return to their Homeland that was stolen from them... Iz extinguished 200 pallys. It's not pretty but Oct7 is what happens when you deny peaceful protests for so long.
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  6515.  @AlcheMychael  But it's not. Oct7 was about land and freedom of movement.
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  6516. That's right, Trump supports shoot up black churches, synagogues, and mosques.
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  6517. Lmao, you're a rube
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  6518. When there are way more protestors than sidewalks can support, I assume yeah it is kind of difficult....
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  6519. They really love to be the victim
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  6520.  @austinquick6285  The cost of ending âpârthêîd?
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  6521. So you don't understand the last 76 years of History? Lol, ok
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  6522.  @samsbot1410  Lol, if you're the chosen people how did 1939-1945 happen? What a joke.
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  6523. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6524. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  6525. "From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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  6526. NaZionism
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  6527. Because a J is apparently worth 1,000x more
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  6528. Yes, we need to call them what they are ✊
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  6529.  @ሕያው  Technical they were said to have revoked it in 2016, but it seems to have come up again.
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  6530. They are bringing back their Hannibal Doctrine
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  6531.  @teramike1501  But I thought you guys were telling me that H* what was democratically elected in 2006 and that's why all the Palestinians are all equally culpable? You can't have it both ways.
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  6532.  @daisydrapeza5478  Learn some proper American English grammer, or go to another country.
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  6533.  @MiMiiViVi  Secular.... So no 🇮🇱? I agree!
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  6534. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
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  6535. And yet he's been literally the most pro Israel president in all of the United States' history....
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  6536. Apartheid is gross.
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  6537. Issam Abdallah Lebanese journalists... They fired a tank at the Press and he filmed his own death. They still don't take responsibility. War Crimes!
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  6538. You guys are just making up things just like the feds made up this note.
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  6539. @nannyg666  I love listening to Jim talk. He has such a fun storytelling voice, and psychedelics currently need good science communicators like him.
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  6540. My guess is that it over stimulates the nervous system... Let's see if I'm right 🤷
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  6541.  @adamsaldana5462  Locks 1 cop up after thousands of cops brutalize citizens they're supposed to protect and serve.... Are you just stupid or do you really think if we lock up 1 murderer all other murderers should be free to kill again??
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  6542.  @mizzury54  Imagine being so stupid you don't take offense to citizens being brutalized by their authoritarian government.
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  6543. Think of how stupid the average person is, half of them are stupider than that - George Carlin
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  6544. Republicans wanted to deregulate, so Republicans get derailments
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  6545. Are you joking? When properly structured and maintained trains are one of the most efficient forms of cargo and passenger transport.
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  6546. Do you think Republicans are going to blame Biden for lower gas prices?
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  6547.  @punapeter  then why do Republicans used to always blame Biden for high gas prices??? 😂🤣
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  6548.  @Jbo2000  Found the Trump University "graduate". Get conned, dopey.
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  6549. So theyll start having more the start of summer and will make enough for the US but midsummer..... What's the "lol" here....?
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  6550. You anti-science shmucks should throw away your phones and go live in the woods. Good riddance.
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  6551. Donkeys actually get their stereotype of stubbornness due to the fact that they often don't want to go into unsafe areas, like ditches and will avoid the edges of cliffs, this is why they're often used as mountain packing animals. 🤔 Why do I get the feeling that you're not concerned about reality as much as your snowflake feelings? I'm not even a Dem but I couldn't pass up explaining why your cutesy quip was not even based in reality, just like your adversion to this trial.
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  6552. He doesn't even want to be president again. He just wants the legal protections of the presidency.
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  6553.  @sauceyjim2135  I love that youre pissy. He has the right to that, I have a right to say this, and you have a right to respond to this. And advertisers have the right to pull ads... What's your point?
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  6554.  @TheSouthernSiren  Lol, you just said advertisers need an audience and then forgot that that's exactly why then listen to their consumers
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  6555.  @denvan3143  I never said I would censor those jokes, bahahahaha He can make them all day long! Unfortunately you don't understand the concept of free speech where I can criticize his free speech and then he can criticize my free speech, and then that can either end there, lead to an argument, or lead to a constructive conversation. Hopefully in a democratic process of talking about policies, we can forward constructive conversations through free speech and open access to information to empower our voters to make better choices. That's why free speech is so important in a democracy. But you're right; Even though I find myself in agreement with the political opinions of George Orwell and Martin Luther King Jr, I'm probably a fascist... apparently 🙄😂🤣 Wow- thats some top notch logic, right there. It's amazing how quickly you throw that one out. Is that your low watt go-to?
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  6556.  @denvan3143  Lol, I never said I was the greatest investor. Besides, If we take your questions seriously and not just as a troll (lmao), Warren Buffett is an investor, Elon musk is an entrepreneur, there is a difference not only in job tasks but sweat equity stake can be larger and exponential growth is larger from an earlier starting point. Elon musk and Buffett have received government subsidies much larger than all the tax refunds I've ever seen. Kind of ironic that you're talking down to me since we're probably in the same boat of the 90% who don't own a lot of stock- More than 80% of the stock market is owned by the top 10% of the wealthy. With that type of inequality it's just a statistical probability that I'm not going to be born into the privileges that bolster the richest 10%. These are billionaires that buy out your politicians behind closed doors, reducing democracy and fostering an oligarchy of corporate interests. If you're defending somebody just based on how much wealth they have, that's a pretty hollow argument, a lot of wealth has been attained in very unethical ways. Elon's done great things by making electric cars sexy, ironic that GM killed the EV-1 and now wants to be the number one seller of EVs, smh. But we all know Elon brought it back (with some government loans). But I also know that capitalism concentrates wealth and distorts political systems.... So a show of incomprehensible wealth is not necessarily a flex to me, but more a sign of a systemic social problem. If you hate democracy then I guess cheer on the billionaire in a country of Citizens United PACs and Dark Pools, That will sure make YOUR VOICE heard. Stand up for yourself, not billionaires.
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  6557. Yeah we know you hate "losers" just like those veterans buried in Arlington national cemetery. Seriously how did Trump have the audacity to say such a thing? 🤦
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  6558. Look at the trumpists with their fake news.
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  6559.  @shawncrawford3146  Because he likes palingenetic ultranationalist strongman grifters
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  6560.  @DavidBrendan7799  Inciting a riot. Or are you just as blind about J6 as the rioters beating up cops with "back the blue" flags. Ooof, does the irony ever hurt your brain?? 🤡
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  6561. Lol, I'm ded
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  6562. Keep telling people it's not just racism, it's militarized policing that seeks to escalate tensions. A completely innocent white man was shot in his car in Colorado. Police violence racist, classist, and ego trippin'.
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  6563.  @jerryjansen5325  Can you rephrase the question? Unconquered? Like freed? Or what exactly do you mean.
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  6564. @Joe Troll The PM. I mean if you're so interested don't just take it from somebody in the comment section, you got Google too. In the United States, The president takes on both formal control of the government as well as ceremonial tasks. Many other countries divide these two roles, where one person is basically the head national ambassador and the other heads executive decision making.
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  6565. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  6566.  @jkc1553  Last time I heard a comeback like that was in 5th grade.... Lol, try again.
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  6567.  @jacobtaylor7506  Because they both dislike capitalism and fascism.... It's a common enemy. But yes there has been many problems due to a difference of opinion in how to accomplish goals and what the next step should be. It's not a big mystery, you could probably figure that out on the Wikipedia page. Oh well.
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  6568.  @jacobtaylor7506  You realize the two flags of the traditional AntiFa symbol represent anarchism and communism.... Yes the communists are usually Marxist, but the anarchists are not Marxist. That was my point, yhat Marxism is not the defining part of antifa. Not to mention currently, it's absorbed democratic socialists, social democrats, and even liberals. Congratulations You've shown that you have terrible reading comprehension... Ironic.
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  6569.  @jacobtaylor7506  Looks like you missed the specific point that antifa is not Marxist I was using Orwell as an example of that, duhhhhh- try learning to comprehend text better.. Do you mean a militant anti-fascist group was caught with bombs trying to fight Assad fascists?? Wow, big news. I assume you mean Kurdish forces, were they Rojavian?
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  6570.  @jacobtaylor7506  Marxism? JFC... Did you know George Orwell was a part of AntiFa in Spain, he didn't care for the Marxist-Leninists, George Orwell was a democratic socialist. There are many non- Marxist AntiFa members like demsocs and anarchists. But of course you know absolutely nothing about left-wing political philosophy, so you'll just clumsily call everything "Marxist" because you're ignorant. Congrats.
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  6571.  @someguy1143  I mean, there's no membership policy, all you have to do is subscribe to the IDEA of antifa to call yourself antifa.
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  6572. You mean biofuel? 🤦🏼 Biofuel doesn't have to be made from hemp oil, algae is a far better producer of biofuels than most other plants.
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  6573. $2.50 gas. Yay, thanks, Brandon!
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  6574.  @TheBoxster1998  Shotguns and Heroin.... That's a country song banger. Keep talking trash as the white trash take themselves out. I'm still here, lol, they aren't.... Oh but I guess you can't tell the dead to take their medicine, bahahahahahahahahaha. You're trolling isn't even good, maybe 4/10. I gave you an extra point for the shock value, but then I subtracted one for the hypocrisy. Eh, a wash, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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  6575.  @TheBoxster1998  lol, tell that to the Rust Belt with the heroin needles and 12 gauges 😂🤣😂😂🤣 💥🤯 Better dead than Republican, I guess
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  6576.  @TheBoxster1998  You're hilarious! You're mentally ill if you're cool with your voter base offing itself. Lol. You're a golden troll, literally mocking the mirror 🤡🤡🤡
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  6577.  @TheBoxster1998  Look at all the mental ill Republicans.... You don't even care if your own voter base sticks a 12 gauge in their mouth!! 👍👍 Lmao, this is some dark irony, but you're the one laughing unironically. You just think it's hilarious that your own voters who would help you elect candidates are killing themselves at a higher rate 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Dude, I can't stop laughing at this trollish stance. You're literally mocking your own group, Einstein! 😂🤣😂🤣
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  6578.  @TheBoxster1998  from the Missouri Independent; "Rural gun deaths exceed urban rates by 28% because of increased suicide rates Although urban areas have higher rates of gun homicide, rural places have higher firearm deaths overall because suicides make up about two thirds of gun deaths BY: SARAH MELOTTE NOVEMBER 17, 2022" You're literally laughing at your own voter base dying..... This is literally how dimwitted you are 😂🤣😂🤣
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  6579.  @TheBoxster1998  Haha, your voter base is getting addicted to heroin and offing themselves! The Rust Belt rusts some more.
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  6580.  @TheBoxster1998  Still laughing at your voter based dying?? 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Nice, more "Red Waves" like 2022. Thanks for the wins! Most the Trumpies lost, lolololol. Look at that dunce Kari Lake. Bahahahahahahahaha, shooting yourself in the foot again and again!!! 😂🤣😂🤣
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  6581.  @TheBoxster1998  Lol.... You're the one literally making crying noises :/ who's crying here? 🤡🤡
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  6582.  @TheBoxster1998  Not mad, disappointed... Like your parents. Lol. You are like Trump; calling veterans losers and suckers. Gross 🤮🤮
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  6583.  @TheBoxster1998  Easy static to find.... if you cated. You laugh at the suffering and death of the people you virtue signal about. What a loser, fcktard.
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  6584.  @TheBoxster1998  Why do you like veteran suicides so much??
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  6585.  @TheBoxster1998  Not every soldier- just the 21 that will kill themselves today because of PTSD. But hey it's not like you care about the veterans going Private Pyle- You just make fun of them, which is kind of what created that situation 🤔 Interesting how life expectancy is decreasing in Republican states.... Probably cuz Rust Belters keep getting addicted to heroin and offing themselves. You're laughing at losing your own voter base, what brilliant exercise of patriotism! Lol, the gallows humor is ripe. Democrats definitely try to violate the Constitution regularly, just like Republicans- Bush and Obama protected the NSAs mass surveillance and neglect of the Fourth Amendment. BUT nobody except Trump has called for the outright termination of the US Constitution. There goes your second amendment rights, buddy, no more freedom of speech either. You're just happy with that! 🤡🤡 I'm an independent, because I understand that the two party system is corrupt on both sides- But somehow I'm the crazy one? Lmao. Keep cheering on the bleeding out of your own voter base 💪👍
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  6586.  @TheBoxster1998  is that how you talk about the 21 soldiers who take their own life everyday because of PTSD? You call them weak 🤦🏼 Wow, you really support the troops, don't you. I bet you thought Full Metal Jacket was a comedy.... The brain splatter is the punchline, lol 😆😂 You're a real Patriot! What a sadistic joke. I'm not even offended, more just disappointed that you think so little of the soldiers that you virtue signal about. It's all virtue signaling to you snowflakes, cry about the Constitution all the time and then when Trump says he literally wants to terminate it you'd cheer him on. I might have PTSD, but at least I'm not a fascist.
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  6587.  @TheBoxster1998  Wow, that's such a nice thing to say to a fellow American with PTSD. I bet you also tell homeless vets with PTSD to just go get a job and stop mooching. Notice how you ignored the fact that Trump called for ending the constitution..... You just throw around ad hom and no true American fallacies. What a fascist loser- NICE RED WAVE IN 2022, haha. Now on to Trump indictments- oh wait, you don't care about nailing the tax fraud, seditionist.
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  6588. This guy definitely voted for the fascist who said he wanted to terminate the US Constitution, but probably complains about his rights being violated, lmao.
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  6589. Lol, and I'm paying less than $3 for PREMIUM. Texas can't even keep a power grid running when it freezes. Have fun with your Republican congress members that run away to MEXICO when it gets cold. Of course you won't give credit where credit is due- You're a partisan hack! Loser.
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  6590. So you guys going to blame Biden for the $2.50 gas now??? Oh wait you guys don't give credit where credit is due. It's all just partisanism for you clowns 🤡🤡
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  6591.  @lolyourmad2181  ?? What are you talking about? Republicans are probably more greedy, especially since many of them espouse the "greed is good" philosophy of neoliberalism. I'm independent, I'm not being partisan. Just trying to tell you that it's about corporate America- they buy out both Democrats and Republicans to corrupt your democracy. Lmao, the fact that you just want to make up another partisan boogeyman is quite telling. I love how your original post was about critiquing the two party system but now you're acting like If I don't like one side I have to like the other 🤦🏼 the irony is palpable.
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  6592.  @lolyourmad2181  You do realize that grocery stores have been increasing profits at a higher rate than inflation.... So a lot of that inflated price that you're paying is just going to shareholders. Complain about Biden while corporate America fleeces you. Why blame Jerome Powell for pumping money into the bond and stock markets for wayyyy too long causing inflation in the money supply and inflating assets that correct into a recession :/ But it's not like you guys know who runs the Federal Reserve... They keep raising interest rates so corporations will fire people decreasing wages and decreasing inflation. They gave money to the rich and now they're cutting the middle class down to solve the problem.... That's not Biden, that's corporate America for you . I tried to tell you this as somebody who owns stocks and understands that that's the only way for a poor person like me to make it out of this shitty economy
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  6593. You still mad, bro? You have $2.50 gas 🤦🏼 If you're not willing to vote for the non-fascist over the fascist you are a POS.
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  6594.  @Amazonkiller65  Nah, I drink whiskey and brandy like someone with taste buds, bud.
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  6595. Hey thanks Brandon for the $2.50 gas.... I wonder where all the Republicans are now squawking about the high prices
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  6596. Well, short answer; it's not a democracy... I could give you the long answer but its long... Lol
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  6597. Awesome work, man! I'm really glad you found a flourish. I'm out of work waiting on disability, thanks for reminding me that it can get better. What kind of engineering did you go with?
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  6598. You know if corporations were properly taxed It would be improperly spent. We need more community-based solutions that don't rely on big government and addresses the corporate consolidation of wealth. We need something that stands in opposition to capitalism and big government.
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  6599. Thank goodness! Non-government non-profits like coops, credit unions, and community land trusts are also other ways local communities can lift themselves up.
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  6600. "Yes in my backyard" (YIMBY) was the slogan of one of the housing cooperative movements in my area
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  6601.  @rosinamartinez6322  In his image? God has a pee pee? Gods ribs look like women?
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  6602.  @snow-uq4gx  Lol, okay, very true- Poe's law hit me.
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  6603.  @snow-uq4gx  This is true.... But you have people all over the world gawking over the royal family. Every time I see a royal event televised in the US I shake my head.... You're definitely a little delusional, but I'll be honest, I wish your delusion was reality because it would be great if they had less legitimacy.
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  6604. They're still very relevant whether you like them or not 🤦🏼 You need to learn the difference between your opinion and reality. I would love if they would be irrelevant, but that's not the case.
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  6605.  @HamburgerMolester  You're still ignoring the fact that she doesn't know what country she came from because her ancestors were kidnapped 🤦🏼 AND you're acting like the royal family isn't a known bunch of racist. It's half the reason Harry and Megan denounce their royal status. But sure, apologize for the family that was concerned if the baby will be too dark. Lol, if you are it ethnic minority you're doing a hell of a job with the mental gymnastics.
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  6606. And yet she's still from Britain 🤦🏼
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  6607.  @patmartens4751  You're a Peach, as well. I seriously want to know any answer; How is she supposed to tell the woman which country her ancestors are from when she literally doesn't know because they were kidnapped from their homeland? Which country do you want her to tell the Lady she was from?
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  6608.  @patmartens4751  she doesn't know where she's from because her ancestors were stolen from their homeland 🤦🏼🤦🏼 How stupid are you.... Oh yeah racist apologists are usually stupid
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  6609. That's just completely wrong, they can still be racist. Why are you so concerned about protecting the royal family?
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  6610. You're acting as if the royal family aren't known racist. Smdh. The apologetics is sad.
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  6611. "failed to remember"..... You do realize a lot of blacks don't know which country they came from because they were taken and had their culture beaten out of them? Whether you intend to be racist or not, your ignorance glows of racial privilege.
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  6612. You really do like police brutality don't you. Bootlickers love Fascism.
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  6613.  @BobSmith-kd6lq  I kind of figured you were making some sort of racist innuendo but my mind didn't really want to go there.... 🤔 You're calling yourself out. Keep on defending a family of known racists and acting as if unthinkable that other members of their family hold overly privileged racist views as well.
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  6614.  @BobSmith-kd6lq  Wat? The idiom "to call a spade a spade" means correctly identifying something. Speaking the truth is racism?? Lmao. Try again, buddy. Take a second and piece together a sentence that actually makes sense.
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  6615.  @BobSmith-kd6lq  Miss placed? Half the reason why Harry and Megan denounce their royalty is because of their racism. It's not misplaced when the family is full of overly privileged racists. Calling a spade a spade is just the truth, buddy.
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  6616.  @BobSmith-kd6lq  I mean, at every beat that they're being racist 🤦🏼 The royal family through a hissy fit that Meghan Markle was mixed race, of course theyre racists- which led to Harry and Megan literally leaving the Royal family because they have not atoned for their racism. Let me guess you're going to defend the royal family protecting Prince Andrew too. Wow, aren't you a Peach.
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  6617. Land of the Free
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  6618.  @AzraelBRB  Lmao, I am wearing a hemp shirt right now... as I work in a hash lab. Being a 10yr long medical patient and working as a hashmaker does more to affect my image of cannabis than this video, buddy. Cannabis produces a variety of drugs, like THC and CBD even Terpenes have drug effects, get over it.
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  6619.  @mcozy333  Okay.... They still act as drugs in the brain 🙄😂 All this biology knowledge, yet you're ignorant of pharmacology.
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  6620.  @mcozy333  THC and CBD and Terpenes are often consumed as drugs. Of course it can make textiles, fuel, and food, but it it's used as a drug as well. Sorry got to get back to my job of extracting cannabinoids and terps into hash for people to dab as a drug.... Lol
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  6621. It's a plant that makes drugs....
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  6622.  @mcozy333  I commend you for trying to write a complete sentence without an equal sign.... But I feel like you're still struggling with the grammar and punctuation.
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  6623. As a medical user and someone who took their driver's test high and passed, I disagree. Driving high doesn't necessarily sedate you in such a way, people can drive quickly stoned. Smoking too much can decrease motor control and somebody can zone out or just react very slowly.
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  6624. A lack of people of color in the legal industry has certainly been an issue, for an drug that's been demonized as being black's "jazz cabbage" it's a really white industry.
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  6625. As a medical user that consumes throughout the day, it's why I can be a functioning member of society. Pretty sad that you don't support the freedom of adults to have sovereignty over their own minds. I just hope you at least aren't a complete hypocrite and believe that alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine should be illegal as well.
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  6626. Openly promoting racial violence.... And let me guess you're going to say you're "not a racist". I hope you realize just how many white men are nodding out on hillbilly heroin (Oxys).... don't act like you're superior because you're white. You're a twit.
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  6627. If you think that's how weed works... you've never smoked good weed and you're pretty ignorant of its human domestication.
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  6628. This is how fascism comes to America. He is literally called for the termination of the US Constitution after inciting an insurrection.
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  6629. Because he's a fascist. Call it what it is; He's a fascist!
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  6630. RK lived 🤦🏼
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  6631. Yep just continue to ignore the problem of police brutality.... Ironically you don't want to deal with reality now
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  6632. Lol, American "journalism" is a joke.
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  6633. Listen to Police Truck by the Dead Kennedys... It's a fun night on the town for cops
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  6634. That was a powerful scene
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  6635. Police brutality is okay to show but not with cuss words..... America is fked in the head
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  6636. Look that you justifying excess of use of force. You're a part of the problem
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  6637. Who wants bacon?
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  6638. Taste of their own medicine
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  6639.  @dewaldt8104  Like I said there are multiple reasons for inflation; Supply side: global supply of oil is down due to war and sickness... And OPEC tightening. If corporations decide to increase their profit margins, that also exists of the "supply" side of the producer-consumer transaction. Demand Side: Trump gave everybody $1,500 and now they want more products and are driving more. More demand and less supply means prices go way up. Monetary policy: Trump nominated Jerome Powell is the head of the FED, The FED had been buying tens of billions of dollars in not only US treasuries but also corporate bonds. This increase of demand in the financial assets sector increased prices. Not only that, Jerome Powell kept interest rates insanely low for a very long time, this just encourages more people to take out debt and buy more things, which adds to demand side inflation.
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  6640.  @dewaldt8104  Your dollar loses value when corporations increase prices to pad their profit margins.... That's also inflation 🤦🏼🤦🏼 Congrats, you get the same effect, your dollar now buys less. I swear you guys don't understand that there are three main ways inflation/deflation comes into the economy supply side, demand side, and monetary policy.
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  6641.  @jeffhays1968  I'm assuming you're Irish, and yes, as indentures they were definitely treated just as bad as slaves and during Jim Crow. The Irish were able to "become white" more easily. There arent Irish American ghettos and decades of a war on drugs that primarily targets them. Of course there are poor white people 🤦🏼 Look up the comedian Theo Von if you want a laugh. Doesn't change the fact that black people have been targeted for decades.
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  6642.  @jeffhays1968  Well if you're complaining about the Biden in administration, it didn't technically start until the 20th. Trump was still president for 2 weeks. In terms of compound interest, slavery was a long time ago, but it still affects them today. Compounding takes time, like you said, and there was a long time of being held back and having other people compound wealth while they were being owned as property, or they were unable to get a job because of segregation, or they could properly finance and leverage their assets to grow inner generational wealth because of red lining. African American wealth has not had the same abilities to compound over the past 400 yr. If compounding takes time then those years way back in the past matter because compounding builds on itself and so that time affects things today.
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  6643.  @jeffhays1968  Do you know about compound interest? P.S. Presidential inaugurations are on the 20th, the 6th is just the vote certification. Stocks are volatile normal for them to go down 30-40% every so often- the Trump nominated Fed made it worse, thats for sure. If the underlying business is good, then hold it until the market turns around. I own AMD, and that sunk like a rock... But they still make good chips at a profit, so I just hold and wait for the market to shake some risk out.
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  6644.  @jeffhays1968  You're pretty "pull yourself up by your bootstraps", do you know about investing?
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  6645.  @jeffhays1968  Weren't black people in this country first subject to slavery, then Jim Crow, heavy policing to institutionalize them into 13th Amendment legal slavery, and credit lining? Sounds like a long history of victimization to me. Not to mention, it has lingering effects within slow to move institutions. Look up Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma.... "Slavery was gone", and yet they still burned down black businesses and houses just because they were successful and showed it just like the white men showed off their wealth. Imagine having decades of trying to build something legitimate and every time you actually are successful... it gets burned down just to spite you. That sounds pretty authoritarian.
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  6646. Because inflation is a global issue as well as exacerbated by certain monetary and fiscal policies at home. Gas prices have come down a bit, and will continue to trend that way if nothing crazy happens. You have to realize they have inflation all over Europe and the globe too
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  6647. This! Thanks for calling this out. It's hilarious how people blame so much of this inflation on Biden and forget that Trump's nominee, Jerome, did hundreds of billions of dollars in quantitative easing and kept interest rates way too low for way too long.... But yeah that's not going to do anything to inflation, lololol
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  6648.  @hakapelika7024  So you don't think any problems get solved in this world? These are not issues that won't be fixed with innovation? It took a simple painting one of the three blades of a windmill a different color to let birds know that it was a moving object and they stayed clear... That simple, but you make it seem like it's an insurmountable challenge, lol
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  6649.  @wildmouse5888  No one said it was going to take over the grid tomorrow, you have to make investments first. You realize you wouldn't be talking to me right now if the government didn't invest in the internet in the 70's, 80's, and 90's.. "Damn guberment trying to force this cyberspace on us! Ughhhh, I am so oppressed".... That's YOU right now, crying about technology that will help you in the future 😭😭 Literally a Luddite. In the long term, how'd that work out for General Ludd? Hint: it didn't 🤡
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  6650.  @wildmouse5888  So were cars when they first started.... Do understand increased investment leads to increased innovation, it's efficiency reliability, and ultimately decreases cost. You can buy an EV for under 30k now, down from 100k.... That's progress.
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  6651.  @kaspar_1982  You realize green energy has more jobs available..... Why are you such a Luddite?
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  6652. Hey, Hey. Just off for a second, Remember politicians on both sides of the aisle are hypocrites. Don't be too surprised when either a Democrat or a Republican shows themselves to be a hypocrite. Many Republicans are also saying that the elections might be stolen, largely predicated based on if they win or not. Stop being so partisan about it, that the reason why our country sucks. Politicians are dividing and conquering us with such partisanship.
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  6653. My state has an income tax reduction on the ballot this year If you make around 20K you get to keep $7, but if you make over a million you get to keep $6,640. And these working class Republicans are happy about it.
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  6654. It's funny how Europe has inflation and gas shortages too, they don't blame it on Biden.... Simpletons that blame it on 'Brandon' forget we live in a world economy 🤦🏼🤦🏼
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  6655.  @gabrieleemccollough1377  The thing is is that they cut taxes more than they stop spending... So you end up with a larger deficit. The last president to balance the budget was Clinton, ironic.
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  6656. Didn't Trump just flood the economy by printing everybody $1,500... That causes inflation too. Oh wait you just want to be partisan. Smh.
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  6657. I've literally heard Congress people straight up tell audiences that they spend 40% to 50% of their time trying to find new campaign funds for the next election. Multiple studies show that over 70% of policies correlate to the interests of the elite and less than 30% correlate to public interest.
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  6658. Don't you know the price of tea in China is fully dependent on whether Biden falls up the stairs or off a bike on any given day? It's a fact that Biden single-handedly caused the 2008 Great Recession. Democrats always do this 😡
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  6659.  @BN-cp6fw  I mean, you did defend banning books in the libraries even if children are of age the subject matter- That's not really a free speech approach, lmao 🤡🤡🤡 If you're defending Christian nationalist and Republicans who want to ban books... No I don't agree with you 🤡🤡🤡 You clownin yourself
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  6660.  @BN-cp6fw  I am really glad we have free speech; I'm an atheist, so I really do hope we don't elect a Christian nationalist who wants to institute religious laws that violate the First Amendment 👍🇺🇸 I'm not sure how you thought that was going to be a "gotcha"... I love the First Amendment
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  6661.  @BN-cp6fw  lol, wrong thread. Was replying to a different comment and accidentally went back to this page. But seriously how is getting rid of separation of church and state not a violation of the First Amendment?? Congress literally can't make any laws that benefit any one religion. It's a pretty straightforward comprehension of the First Amendment.
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  6662.  @BN-cp6fw  obviously you don't understand how to build intergenerational wealth 🤦🏼
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  6663.  @BN-cp6fw  🤦🏼 It's THANKFULLY not a law, but that's the type of laws they want to make. She hates the part of the First Amendment that stops the government from giving privileges to one religion, video of her talking; https://youtu.be/lCG41BmwCTk "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof... " - Bill of Rights, 1st Amendment Unfortunately, they don't test for being high on propaganda. I'm an independent, I criticize both sides of the aisle.
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  6664.  @BN-cp6fw  So Lauran Bobert and MTG didn't say the separation of church and state is over rated, and that we need Christian nationalism? There is video proof, that a FACT. I'm not sure what you're talking about. Your high.
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  6665.  @BN-cp6fw  That's not a mature way to have a discussion. Do you act this childishly all the time?? I feel bad for the people that have to put up with you.
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  6666.  @BN-cp6fw  Bobert and MTG are try to violate the 1st amendment by ending freedom of religion... How is that irrelevant to your original post about votong for candidate that prioritize the first and second amendment?? It's completely relevant and it pokes a glaring hole into the idea Republicans are pro-1st amendment. Sorry, you can't just claim that you "win" and ignore an obvious contradiction.
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  6667.  @BN-cp6fw  During the lockdowns in 2020 Trump thought he had "total control" (his words) over the governors completely forgetting about the Constitution and federalism. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Bobert Have both expressed the wish to end the separation of church and state and violate the First Amendment. Didn't Bush and Cheney push the Patriot Act which allowed for limitation of Fourth Amendment rights? Don't get me wrong, Democrats do a lot of unconstitutional things too, but to not have the self-awareness that your party does bad things sometimes just increases partisanship and group think.
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  6668.  @BN-cp6fw  Wow, that triggered a gush of whataboutisms. Just admit the Right isn't as much about free speech as they like to say, and then we can talk about other things.
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  6669.  @BN-cp6fw  It's a graphic novel, I believe it showed some bit of nudity.... Of mice, they are black and white cartoon mice. Fairly certain the value of the literary and visual art is much more beneficial in its warning of fascism than it is detrimental with a few small black and white cartoon mice nude slips. i mean, we're talking about the Holocaust here, nudity was the least offensive thing in the book! 🤦🏼
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  6670.  @BN-cp6fw  Mauz is not teenage appropriate? What??? You're literally talking about banning a book about the evils of Nazism.
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  6671. Many Republicans don't seem to want to respect the First Amendment. Lauren Bobert's and MTG want Christian nationalism even though First Amendment explicitly says the government will be independent of religion. There are also a lot of right wing towns and libraries that are trying to ban books. I believe in the first and second amendments, but I have to vote Blue, the GOP is insane. This is the GOP in 2022; "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch No values, just power hungry.
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  6672. I love how they just forget about a giant pandemic that was mishandled; Didn't Trump say gone by April 2020? He makes up a conspiracy theory about the vaccine for months.... And then takes the vaccine! 🤡🤡 Did we just forget about the cops that were found guilty in a court of law of killing George Floyd, and they would have only been held accountable if the whole country rose up? You say you guys like freedom, but you literally defend jackboot thugs stepping on people's necks till they die.... And you want to tell me you're not authoritarians or fascist?? 🤔🤔
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  6673.  @jeremysaunders9815  Beep boop [run program: factsaboutdonaldjtrump.exc] >>Trump University was a fraud and so is the "stop the steal" legal fund. Beep, boop [program executed] I don't know man, these bots seem to be pretty good with their facts. You might want to listen to them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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  6674.  @shera4376  "For his library'.... You do realize that those documents were first sifted of all classified information and then published in the Obama Presidential Library that is under the jurisdiction of NARA and NOT in his house. You mean that library? Nice fake news, Mr Gullible
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  6675. In America we value athletes, the military, then teachers- in that order.
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  6676. "You're obsessed" ... Yes, Kari we are obsessed with your obsession with seeding mistrust, lies, and ironically fraud about elections.
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  6677. Yep! Remember when Donna Brazil leaked DNC questions to Hillary. These people should be in prison with the MAGA crowd, because that's the type of corruption creates alienation causing people to seek out fascism.
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  6678.  @imshaunnurse  Is that why there's a buildup of pharmaceuticals in the water supply? Water treatment is good but adding undue pollution to your drinking water doesn't sound the brightest... Not to mention it's seeping into the environment all around you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but hey, I'm just the dirty liberal that hates America because I don't want America to be polluted
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  6679. 🤦🏼🤦🏼 I would love to see your evidence.... Unfortunately I presume you don't have any
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  6680.  @yapandasoftware  You're more concerned about a flag than real Americans property? 🤦🏼 Conservatives are more concerned with symbols than they are real people. You're literally a virtue signaling snowflake the exact thing you proclaimed to hate. I'd burn a flag if it meant keeping a child warm through a cold night, you'd rather let the kid freeze to wave a flag of virtue signaling while committing the antithesis of virtue.
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  6681. Climate change is a distressing liability.
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  6682. "I don't care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate" - Dana Loesch
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  6683.  @beewm4225  When granny dies because the O2 machine stopped pumping oxygen to her lungs... That's peaceful? When Russia blows up power plants with missiles you think that's peaceful? 🤡🤡🤡
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  6684.  @davediamond7228  Murdered by a cop.... So you think big government should be able to step on your neck? Or do you just want to use the state to step on other people's necks and murder them?
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  6685. Fascist love police brutality
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  6686. 🇺🇸 Trump's a WINNER! 🇺🇸 So what if sometimes you have to lie to get ahead 🤷 He is a good businessman. I don't care if Trump scammed students out of a legitimate education, we shouldn't forgive those college loans 🦅 We have to save our country from the lying demon rats 👿🐀 🇺🇸 Trump 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 🇺🇸 Make America Grift Again 🇺🇸👍
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  6687. This is the type of thing that deserves a lawsuit, straight up defamation of character and created emotional damages. It was used purely as a way to escape goat responsibility for cowardice that we know that you've already police exhibited on that day. This is police corruption.
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  6688. Monsrchies are a joke
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  6689.  @astrozing  Can you explain what is nonsense about it? I'm just using classical liberal philosophy and neoliberal economic concepts to expose the two ideas for what they are, inhumane. So please, what pieces do you have a problem with?
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  6690. They're not really too fond of human rights so they're probably not going to uphold any animal rights either.
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  6691. Why stop at SeaWorlds horrific treatment of animals? Abu Dhabi doesn't have a good track record of human rights, of course animal rights don't matter to them.
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  6692. They don't even care about human rights and Abu Dhabi, slavery is A-okay for these rich, tasteless, asses. I'm sure they're happy to host SeaWorld's cruel animal circuses.
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  6693. Probably built with slave labor.... :/
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  6694. So many of our global allies still use segregation... An Americans don't even bat an eye.
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  6695. Do you have to pay with shitcoins?
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  6696. Norfolk Southern approved a $10 billion share buyback program and a 9% dividend increase just before they told their employees that they couldn't afford to give them any sick days and 10 months before they had a giant accident that poisoned a whole town.
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  6697. How?
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  6698. How are supercomputers a scam?
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  6699. It's a green eye of envy, which Nvidias name is based on the Latin for the word Envy or 'invidia'. It's because they new people would envy their products.
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  6700. Do you not get how advanced tsmc is? Let me guess, you know nothing about the semi industry?
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  6701. You guys don't get the stock at all ​ @williamvitorv 
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  6702. ​ @Ottobon  You are smarter than most the people here, congrats. Be even smarter and become the investing type.
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  6703. So what? It's like people don't understand volatility.
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  6704.  @redsox258  It's overblown because it was largely based on American infrastructure investment. Did you hear Microsoft and Metas larger plan for 80b and 60b have data center spend, respectively.
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  6705.  @redsox258  Basically, yes
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  6706.  @redsox258  Very experienced, at least enough to listen to the conference call directives of hyperscalers that say they're still investing 40-80b each into data centers through this calendar year. Nvidia has the capacity to collect 25-30percent of that. Are you experienced enough to listen to the consumers of the product to figure out if there's a reasonable revenue stream? Yeah, I didn't think so. You don't realize DS piggybacked off of the capital expenditures of US companies, innovation for better models will still necessitate new/ more chips.
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  6707.  @redsox258  Ummm, thats cute. Tell me how much Microsoft is going to spend on data centers this year?
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  6708.  @redsox258  How much is Meta spending this year on data centers?
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  6709. How so? I don't think you get the industry.
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  6710. They will complain about sending money to Ukraine and not America, but wont spend money on Americans 😅
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  6711. The United Trump Steaks of America
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  6712.  @993mike  What's wrong with BTC?
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