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@ScottCDunn @NussRelson @ProudSocialist No, you can't. You might persuade me. You could in some way incentivize me. You could not just force me (not simply by virtue or having property). That's a massively idiotic and obviously false assertion.

@psywavetrace @NussRelson @ProudSocialist If I own enough property, I can use it to compel you to work for me. That's subjugation.

Professor Clara Mattei just gave a masterclass on the coercion of capitalism: “Capitalism has been imposed upon us by a tiny elite since the beginning. Liberal democracy is really only a superficial facade. When people rise up against the capitalist system liberals and fascists are best friends to implement austerity.” She wasn’t done teaching! She also points out capitalism itself isn’t natural and that it took control of the world using violence by excluding people from the land. Prior to capitalism forcing itself onto the world indigenous cultures used a much different method to organize their societies: “If you look at all the indigenous cultures it was based on circular, horizontal organization through councils. It was about caring for the commons and caring for nature rather than extracting.” Professor Mattei just gave the world a much needed wake up call with this interview and outlined the need for humanity to look to its indigenous roots for how to chart a sustainable path forward!

@ScottCDunn @NussRelson @ProudSocialist You don't know history at all, huh? Poor thing.

@psywavetrace @NussRelson @ProudSocialist And those communists were fighting capitalists who took over with gunz.

@ScottCDunn @NussRelson @ProudSocialist Very few countries (arguably none), regardless of the economic system that prevails in their region, were founded without violence. That you think you are making a point here speaks volumes about your inability to argue for the system you support. You're so bad at this.

@psywavetrace @NussRelson @ProudSocialist Too bad you can't name one capitalist country that was founded without guns.

@ScottCDunn @NussRelson @ProudSocialist Communism is literally subjugation. You will work according to (what the party determines to be) your ability, and receive according to (what the party determines to be) your need (and not a penny more).

@psywavetrace @NussRelson @ProudSocialist Never said I was a communist. I just said...

@ScottCDunn @NussRelson @ProudSocialist Absolutely supported, by communists themselves. The entire body of work from Marx forward includes ongoing discussions about seizing governments, globalizing them, and enforcing communism. You don't even know very much about your own religion, it seems.

@psywavetrace @NussRelson @ProudSocialist Unsupported statement. The US federal government is huge. If you're a bazillionaire, you a massive government to protect your wealth.

@ScottCDunn @NussRelson @ProudSocialist Let's see, socialists fight: - owning property - the family - individuality - nations - tradition/history - enduring truth - to quote Marx, "all existing social conditions" Have fun with that battle.

@NussRelson @psywavetrace @ProudSocialist Think about who the socialists were fighting.

@ScottCDunn @NussRelson @ProudSocialist Very small brain observation. That's in no way unique capitalism, either. You're really bad at this, guy.

@psywavetrace @NussRelson @ProudSocialist Name a capitalist country that was founded without guns.

@ScottCDunn @NussRelson @ProudSocialist Economics is not a religion. No one said it was. Communism is a religion, and you're part of the cult.

@psywavetrace @NussRelson @ProudSocialist Economics is not a religion, it's a science. Capitalists tend to talk religion without paying notice to medical bankruptcies and housing bubbles.

@ScottCDunn @NussRelson @ProudSocialist It can exist with far less government than communism requires.

@psywavetrace @NussRelson @ProudSocialist Capitalism can't exist without government.

@ScottCDunn @NussRelson @ProudSocialist "You will work according to (what the party says) is your ability, and you will receive according to (what the party says) is your need." - central tenant of your religion. Have fun being a slave in your Utopia, commie.

@psywavetrace @NussRelson @ProudSocialist Capitalism is about coercion. The purpose of accumulating capital is to deny other people access to property then sell them access to property. I mean, why else do you want to accumulate more property than you need besides rent seeking?

@ScottCDunn @NussRelson @ProudSocialist No. You're constantly conflating capitalism with a specific government of a specific region. Capitalism is not the US government.

@NussRelson @psywavetrace @ProudSocialist America has coup'd more than 80 governments around the world. Isn't that enough to prove my point?

@ScottCDunn @NussRelson @ProudSocialist By offering things people want to buy and payment to people who want to be employed. By making wise investments. By improving efficiency. Many, many, many ways. Governments, of every sort, extract value. They don't create it.

@psywavetrace @NussRelson @ProudSocialist How does one accumulate capital without government intervention?

@NussRelson @ScottCDunn @ProudSocialist This guy is a trainwreck of accusing others of doing the exact same thing that his religion is built upon.

@ScottCDunn @psywavetrace @ProudSocialist You think socialists don't do that?

@ScottCDunn @NussRelson @ProudSocialist When communists stop using the government to force people to participate in communism, then you might have room to talk about cooperation.

@NussRelson @psywavetrace @ProudSocialist When capitalists stop using the government to extract rents from people with less money, we might have common ground.

@NussRelson @ScottCDunn @ProudSocialist One frequently has to repeat things, though, when talking to communists. Nothing gets across to those folks the first time.

@psywavetrace @ScottCDunn @ProudSocialist You said "corrupt government", but you repeated yourself.

@aroom_withbooks @BasedMikeLee Nah, it's not about gender non-conformity. This is just not a serious person. He's a parody of trans people. When you bin this bloke with trans people more generally, it's almost as if you are intentionally insulting trans people.

@BasedMikeLee You people hate women so much you can't handle a man existing even slightly outside your narrow definition of "manly". If I got into Oxford, my lecturer could be a fucking lizard person for all I care, I'm not there for gender-conformity.

Imagine you get into Oxford. And this is your professor. What’s your first thought?

@BasedMikeLee Totally unsurprising. Universities everywhere are littered with unserious people.

@OrevaZSN Or, you could just let people keep their money and use it as they see fit.

I will never understand how so many of y’all were hoodwinked into believing the government should not use the money you pay in taxes to create a social safety net that benefits you, fund public healthcare, lower housing costs, and make daily life more affordable.

@SenatorHick Every time the government "helps" things get worse.

We are the wealthiest country in the world. Health care should be affordable, accessible, and universal. Full stop.