• jtrek@startrek.website
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    8 days ago

    Most people have a vague “the government tells you what to do in every aspect of life” sense of communism, and think socialism is like decaffeinated that.

    If you come at it without using the words, and the audience is labor, you can usually get them on board. “If your boss doesn’t even go into the office and makes seven figures off your work, and you make five, how does that feel?”

    Of course, some people are so conservative they’re happy to stay in their lower tier of the hierarchy.

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      7 days ago

      Most people have a vague “the government tells you what to do in every aspect of life” sense of communism, and think socialism is like decaffeinated

      Yet they are completely oblivious to the fact that this government is telling everyone else what to and not to do in every aspect of their life…while robbing taxpayers blind

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        7 days ago

        It’s like the old “every conservative accusation is a confession” thing.

        When they say “the communists want to make you work in a factory for 12 hours a day with no pay”, that’s what they want to do.