
No one has ever said “the economy is so good that life is perfect for everyone and no one wants for anything.” This is an unrealistic standard.
carson
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@CarsonPrice8
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No one has ever said “the economy is so good that life is perfect for everyone and no one wants for anything.” This is an unrealistic standard.

Regardless of what happens on Election Day or whether it reflects real poll movement, it’s super obvious that everyone is feeling a pro-Trump vibe shift right now. Stop and think about where it’s coming from. What possible vector could drive this shift simultaneously nationwide?

Wow, America really is the land of opportunity!

Veganism is both the moral and nutritional equivalent of being a flat earther. It is a diet of deficiencies that is especially unhealthy for children. But considering just the moral point for a moment, there are two implicit claims to address...

Hell, I'll say this, too: The media perception of me is infinitely amusing. To them, I'm the scary, right-wing Bond villain. But in reality, I was on the Left most of my life. I directed films for PBS. I was a vegetarian for 28 years. I studied yoga in India. Life is complex.

Hi, Harvard real-degree here. You're spot on. The "extension school" is a source of laughter and annoyance for students and alumni. (I think Columbia has one, too -- same thing there.) It's basically an "anyone can enroll, so long as you pay", no more stringent than a community college. No fucking way should they get to say they are Harvard alumni or have a Harvard degree.

@N3weis You're saying the 'hell of capitalism is that there's a firm' whereas Marx was super clear that the socialist ideal would involve worker owned firms. So you don't have a coherent ideology, or know what you're talking about.


What Marxist take will have you like this?