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It turns out when conservatives spend 60 years labelling *anything* that is "the opposite of cruelty" as "socialism", people decide to go with "socialism".
Young people are suddenly interested in seizing the means of production. They're just taking you at your word.
Young people are suddenly interested in seizing the means of production. They're just taking you at your word.
"Socialism" right now for young people does not mean the Soviet Union or Cuba. It means "You don't lose your house when you kid gets cancer" or "You don't have to sleep in the parking lot and pee in a jar at work".
Who told them that's "socialism"? *Conservatives* did.
Who told them that's "socialism"? *Conservatives* did.
I mean, seriously, do you know how badly you have to fuck up capitalism to get people to dig socialism?
All you had to do was remember Tiberius "Shear the sheep, not skin them." But we let greedy sociopaths run the economy, and here we goddam are.
All you had to do was remember Tiberius "Shear the sheep, not skin them." But we let greedy sociopaths run the economy, and here we goddam are.
The ultra-rich right now are in the throes of a pathetic addiction to money, and like many addicts are hurting the people around them. We need to treat them as such. With compassion, but firmly establishing boundaries. No more. Done. No matter how much it hurts.
Cue the rest of my day being libertarians using a giant communications array invented by the government to lecture a self-made millionaire about capitalism.
