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[–] 8119433? 2 points 18 points (+20|-2) ago  (edited ago)

Ridiculous.

You just don't understand how socialism works:

  1. There are certain things we all need; healthcare; roads; bridges; clean energy; water; housing; waste disposal; food; schools; etc...

  2. So, instead of going it alone, we pool our collective resources via taxes.

  3. We then elect politicians to act in our best interest and use our collective resources to procure the things we, as a society, need.

  4. The politicians make sure everyone pays "their fair share." Inevitably, they will need more money.

  5. Then, the politicians keep most of the money for themselves. Some goes to their cronies, and a fraction goes to token public relations giveaways to give "marginalized peoples" social justice.

  6. Nothing gets fixed. The politicians need more money.

  7. The people start to realize that their money is being embezzled by these politicians. The people start to ask questions.

  8. You are trying to tear our great nation apart with dissent. We are fighting for the oppressed. Since you disagree with us, you must hate the oppressed.

  9. Hate speech will not be tolerated. Dissent will not be tolerated. We must protect marginalized peoples.

  10. The economy is slumping. The oppressed need more help. Looks like we are going to need everyone to give a little more.

  11. Rinse, lather, repeat. Keep going until the country's economy collapses.

  12. Claim that it wasn't "real socialism" - that's why it didn't work.

I swear socialism will work this time...

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[–] theysayso 1 point 7 points (+8|-1) ago 

Wow. Nailed it.

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[–] Aldo 2 points 1 point (+3|-2) ago 

Politicians don't keep the money currently though, we live in an Oligarchy, so they give it to the businesses that help get them elected. Get money out of politics so they can't be bought off (and charge those who take bribes from companies with felonies). There is a way to do basic Socialism in this country (look at medicare) without fucking it up, but it requires work and takes away from profits so it ain't going to happen.

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[–] Chiefpacman 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago  (edited ago)

@mamwad

12 got me ;)

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[–] 8120929? ago 

Good catch - was supposed to be bridges.

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[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

The deoderant one was my personal favorite.

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[–] Chiefpacman 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

“You don’t necessarily need a choice of 23 underarm spray deodorants or of 18 different pairs of sneakers when children are hungry in this country"

You having a choice of underarm care is starving children broc.

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[–] Materous ago 

I can definitely see that point of view but I also think education can also be seen as a public good. A more educated populace is correlated with a more prosperous country, public education is one of the most important aspects of any developed nation, its worth thinking about subsidizing all education similar to how we subsidized other private goods, or even public ones like infrastructure that are invaluable to the welfare of the state

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[–] SuperSaiyanCock 2 points 9 points (+11|-2) ago  (edited ago)

Bernie: Don't worry, the one percent will pay for everything.

Business Owner: I'm not one of the one percent and I can't afford to grow my business because of all the regulations.

Bernie: Well you're not going to like my answer. You own a business, you must be rich, that's how it works. Lol, Brb going to my beach house :D

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[–] Aldo 2 points 0 points (+2|-2) ago  (edited ago)

Or have the government expand medicare for all so no business has to pay for healthcare, we may pay a little more in taxes but not having to pay for healthcare would be about the same. Plus prices would stabilize instead of being made up and negotiated down by insurance.

Edit: Also watched the video. Maybe she should take better care of her employees? Nothing in the USA says that businesses are allowed to continue to expand and grow and grow? I agree that its a large burden on small-employers, but so is providing a nice building and work environment.

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[–] green_man 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

AKA why the federal reserve is a terrible idea.

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[–] GOMAD_OR_GFYAD 5 points -3 points (+2|-5) ago 

My daughter once told me that legislation mandating fuel efficiency would lower overall fuel consumption for society. She argued that it would cancel out the higher up front costs because the long run operating costs would be lower, and everyone would be better off as a result.

I punished her for her economic ignorance by forcing her to watch as I shredded 95% of her wardrobe with a pair of scissors. She cried and pleaded with me to stop, but I told her it would be fine and she could replace them out of her allowance. She complained that her allowance wasn't high enough, so I reminded her that she could fly to the outlet mall on the other side of the state and buy clothing for a third of what it costs at the local mall.

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[–] Voatcunt ago  (edited ago)

Only a Muslim would be so petty and unforgiving to their own daughter for expressing a different opinion. Only a Muslim would choose force and punishment over words. Maybe if you weren't such such a financial failure she would have a better understanding of economics.

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[–] GOMAD_OR_GFYAD ago 

Lol r u fucked?

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[–] shitstartercarter 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Yeah, but I'm an idiot for not seeing his awesomeness to people around me all day everyday. Guy was a nut and would have messed up the US big league.

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[–] Aldo ago 

Instead we have Trump who has been on record saying he wants to destroy the government.

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[–] Anson 2 points -1 points (+1|-2) ago 

@alopix the cuck needs to understand this next time he goes to advocate socialism in order to sneakily try pushing for communism later so he can sit around and collect free money and play stupid AAA video games.

/v/alopixhate

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[–] Apathy 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Wish my parents were rich enough to buy a house like that and deck out my room so it looks like a 30 year old single woman living vicariously through her career lived there.

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