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https://twitter.com/K_Niemietz/status/1704093894647161094

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The think tank bros are not okay. Props to this dumbass retweeting all the people calling him a fucking idiot though. Good bit.

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[โ€“] betelgeuse@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay if capitalism doesn't exist and nobody does anything on behalf of it, then it should be okay if we overthrow it, right? I mean you can't defend that which doesn't exist. So if there's nothing to defend, then what's the problem with socialism? What are you preserving?

[โ€“] axont@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

I already know how these people would answer. Their response is that what exists currently is simply freedom. Maybe some minor tweaks are necessary to bring more people into the fold of freedom, but otherwise what exists now is not an intended, designed structure.

However they'd claim socialism is an attempt to corral natural human freedom in an unnatural way.

These people don't like admitting that certain people have intrinsic political conflict with others. They view all conflict as misunderstandings or the personal moral failure of greed