David Lewis

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave using an insult that actually means something in an argument isn't an ad hominem. saying "you are wrong because you are bad" is what an ad hominem is. saying "you are bad, therefore you are wrong" is good form.

@DavidLewis6689 @TiradeYT @MentisWave Because you’re using it to boost your argument. From my perspective it’s lengthening your tweets in a way that’s unnecessary to the discourse.

>Notice that Haz is claiming to have won a debate, but provides no articulate reason as to how. >Locate debate. >7 minutes in Haz cannot answer a basic question as to whether or not the thoughts of men making a society will impact the actions they have towards building it. 🤓

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave someone else's expense. the act of "exploiting" in so far as that term has any valid meaning, is inherently unprofitable. what did i avoid? cmc is money-capital-money, right? as i said, you invest in your property to make more money from it.

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave once again, an explanation for why communists can never work their way out of poverty. you think too rigidly about business. you lack the intelligence to work smart, or invest your wealth into your business, and therefore conclude that the only way to make money is to do so at-

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave it absolutely happens when a rich person is foolish enough to make foolish decisions. it's just that it never happens to the ones you want because either they're supported by the state, or they aren't exploiting anyone.

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave instead of looking at brackets, look at individuals across time. you'll see that 1) 67% of billionaires are self-made. 2) wealth is largely a distribution of age. children are poor, adults are middle class, the rich are elderly people when they retire. the classes are illusory.-

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave of likeminded individuals. at absolute best, they simulate the behavior of a singular organism, see standalone complex or something, but multiple people making the same individual choice cannot be treated like a singular thing in and of itself.

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave i find it hilarious that you are comparing the average communist community to a pile of rocks (grains of sand?) on a beach. yes, collectives are collectives, but collectives of humans exhibit the properties of individuals because it's formation is nothing more than a collection-

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave an assertion is not an explanation. explain how the chain proceeds. for instance. "someone has wealth. they try to exploit the working class. the existence of other, smarter rich people causes all the workers to go elsewhere. exploitative rich guy loses all his money, the end"

@DavidLewis6689 @TiradeYT @MentisWave M-c-m’

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave 1) atmosphere adds a lot to it, i'd imagine. whatever you want to use your money for, if it's productive and not chasing mere gratification, then it's capital. 2) yes, it's a euphemism for sex. how clever of you for figuring it out.

@DavidLewis6689 @TiradeYT @MentisWave A prostitute doesn’t sell access to their bed that’s a euphemism for sex.

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave so, in other words, you have no explanation as to how it works.

@DavidLewis6689 @TiradeYT @MentisWave For its own sake.

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave yes, collectives do not think, so you could not conceive of a reality, save perhaps as a metaphor, where things should operate on the scale of the collective as you say. assuming i'm understanding this correctly.

@DavidLewis6689 @TiradeYT @MentisWave It does have to do with it. You are isolating the individual just as you isolate the thing in itself as a sovereign entity capable of absolute free will. Easy to see how this all stems from the same tree.

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave that uses their wealth to buy things that increase in value over time is not actually in possession of any of that wealth, as the wealth is in the market's desire for their property.

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave ok, so the concentration of wealth is caused by wealth accumulation. and the sky being blue is caused by colors being visible. how does wealth automatically lead to concentration? someone that hordes wealth is forgoing the benefit of that wealth as an investment, while someone-

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave or are you perhaps complaining about me responding to your "the limitations of the metaphysical outlook" comment, despite this particular argument having nothing to do with it?

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave where's the ad hom? an ad hom is of the form "you're wrong because you're stupid" not "you're stupid because you're wrong." if i say "you're a dumb hypocrite" it's not invalid, especially if i use that insult to point out a contradiction between your words and behaviors.-

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave argument. please explain what you believe is the cause for wealth concentration. if it's anything other than "the state banning competition and raising the costs of entry into the marketplace by implementing socialist policies" then i need you to explain what the cause of it is.

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave according to a zero-sum, economically illiterate interpretation of the economy that has been refuted for hundreds of years, maybe. the biggest limitation to the metaphysical outlook is needing to suffer through the fact that everyone i argue against doesn't know how to form an-

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave "i buy a bed. i sell access to my bed. i use money made from selling my bed to get better bed." am i missing something here? i understand that marx wants to malign the factory owners specifically, but the distinction he voices is arbitrary. he just wants shit he doesn't have. ez.

@DavidLewis6689 @TiradeYT @MentisWave This does not fulfill M-C-M circuit. It’s not a simple circulation that we’re talking about when we speak of capitalism, the Marxist idea.

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave also, a bed totally is capital for a prostitute. if you use your toothbrush to clean your neighbor's stuff for money, it's capital. if you work for a wage, your body is capital. anything that isn't worthless to anyone but you is capital. the distinction is entirely arbitrary.

@B0lshevikBill @TiradeYT @MentisWave for you choosing to be an unproductive bum, and lacking the conviction to make anything of value out of what you own. the point kropotkin made is entirely salient and valid.