> What good does it do if this place burns down? Based on a lot of the comments here that _do_ pass moderation because they aren't "denunciatory" while still being awful, I think it will do good. > we know as much about…
> ICE detainees > release all the prisoners ICE detainees aren't prisoners. ICE are facists holding people in concentrations camps. They should absolutely be released.
The other side doesn't need convincing. Their class interests are directly opposed to those who most need universal healthcare. Poor people die all the time in america because healthcare is unaffordable. Quit with your…
> Sure, they might have ill-gotten capital in the form of a deed (ignoring the likelihood that there's a lien on that deed) on a tiny parcel of stolen/colonized land or vested stock in the monopolist they work for, but…
How about a complete abolition of capital?
lol point proven... > You just told us to ignore anything you say. And you've shown you value your exploited wealth and material gain over the basic survival of the poor and global south, so the fuck do I care? (I'm…
It's not so much that HN isn't 'open', but there is a wide double-standard in the evidence required for libertarian-right arguments vs leftist arguments. See this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20780064…
Of course, everything is ideological. I'm a socialist so I'm plenty familiar with going against the status-quo and my HN karma reflects that. I'm arguing against hiding your ideological motive (lower taxes) under the…
Because there are a thousand other practical solutions people have presented that you're ignoring in deference to your ideological motive that you don't like taxes.
> Your solution is to make real estate into just a rental from the state. What's wrong with that? I'm not really sure where this idea that we have a 'right' to property ownership of land came from, especially when that…
>The contract breech: Property taxes going up so fast that the only possible solution was to sell your home. Now, of course the value of the home was going up, which was what was driving the taxes. But forcing…
I fully agree with you. This insane attitude of "my ill-gotten capital is worth more than your existence" is pathetic and sad.
Maybe you can try using your giant 'logical' brain to postulate why that isn't a good idea? You're suggesting making a fucking ghetto for homeless people? Are you serious? This thread has confirmed my suspicion that HN…
Why don't you offer an alternative solution then? Throwing the homeless people in jail is ineffective and immoral. If your solution is drug treatment programs, great, but then don't argue against raising taxes to pay…
There are many, it's a very old, very well thought-out tradition. Try reading Kropotkin, or from a more modern perspective, Richard Wolff. However, it doesn't align with the current vision of orthodox Western…
Your claim this isn't whataboutism is interesting based on a quick reading of your comment history. It sure doesn't appear that you actually care about these other issues or you're just trying to provide 'perspective'.…
Yes, thinking of funds like this as cash flow is absolutely a mistake. Strong democratic ownership of capital will be necessary for true democratization of society, and this is an important step (although too…
Mongolia's dominance was far before the industrial revolution. That argument is so devoid of context it's not worth addressing. They did achieve huge gains in wealth through imperialism anyway... The USSR was…
Slightly less than half of all Americans have any investment in the stock market. Pension funds were largely replaced with 401k's, but salaries were not increased to compensate. While you're technically correct, the…
> when in many ways it's a shining example of how to do things right US prosperity is largely a function of imperialism and military might, not some magical economic formula. For instance, in South America:…
Maybe you should actually spend some time in China before making silly assumptions. The Chinese government is not overly concerned with individual citizens sharing anti-government sentiment. It's not a problem for most…
/r/news is not left-leaning by any reasonable metric (there is frequently blatant racism heavily upvoted). /r/politics is only left-leaning because of how heavily skewed right american politics is. Most of their…
> Of course I am not referring to the worst stuff on that subreddit, there is shit there, and much more than average, but if a sizeable part of the population has views like this is banning it really fair? That's the…
Trump supporters are fascists though and Trump is a fascist. Read any European account of the rise of fascism and the parallels are obvious. Eco's is preference, but there are tens of well written analyses. > Most trump…
> What good does it do if this place burns down? Based on a lot of the comments here that _do_ pass moderation because they aren't "denunciatory" while still being awful, I think it will do good. > we know as much about…
> ICE detainees > release all the prisoners ICE detainees aren't prisoners. ICE are facists holding people in concentrations camps. They should absolutely be released.
The other side doesn't need convincing. Their class interests are directly opposed to those who most need universal healthcare. Poor people die all the time in america because healthcare is unaffordable. Quit with your…
> Sure, they might have ill-gotten capital in the form of a deed (ignoring the likelihood that there's a lien on that deed) on a tiny parcel of stolen/colonized land or vested stock in the monopolist they work for, but…
How about a complete abolition of capital?
lol point proven... > You just told us to ignore anything you say. And you've shown you value your exploited wealth and material gain over the basic survival of the poor and global south, so the fuck do I care? (I'm…
It's not so much that HN isn't 'open', but there is a wide double-standard in the evidence required for libertarian-right arguments vs leftist arguments. See this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20780064…
Of course, everything is ideological. I'm a socialist so I'm plenty familiar with going against the status-quo and my HN karma reflects that. I'm arguing against hiding your ideological motive (lower taxes) under the…
Because there are a thousand other practical solutions people have presented that you're ignoring in deference to your ideological motive that you don't like taxes.
> Your solution is to make real estate into just a rental from the state. What's wrong with that? I'm not really sure where this idea that we have a 'right' to property ownership of land came from, especially when that…
>The contract breech: Property taxes going up so fast that the only possible solution was to sell your home. Now, of course the value of the home was going up, which was what was driving the taxes. But forcing…
I fully agree with you. This insane attitude of "my ill-gotten capital is worth more than your existence" is pathetic and sad.
Maybe you can try using your giant 'logical' brain to postulate why that isn't a good idea? You're suggesting making a fucking ghetto for homeless people? Are you serious? This thread has confirmed my suspicion that HN…
Why don't you offer an alternative solution then? Throwing the homeless people in jail is ineffective and immoral. If your solution is drug treatment programs, great, but then don't argue against raising taxes to pay…
There are many, it's a very old, very well thought-out tradition. Try reading Kropotkin, or from a more modern perspective, Richard Wolff. However, it doesn't align with the current vision of orthodox Western…
Your claim this isn't whataboutism is interesting based on a quick reading of your comment history. It sure doesn't appear that you actually care about these other issues or you're just trying to provide 'perspective'.…
Yes, thinking of funds like this as cash flow is absolutely a mistake. Strong democratic ownership of capital will be necessary for true democratization of society, and this is an important step (although too…
Mongolia's dominance was far before the industrial revolution. That argument is so devoid of context it's not worth addressing. They did achieve huge gains in wealth through imperialism anyway... The USSR was…
Slightly less than half of all Americans have any investment in the stock market. Pension funds were largely replaced with 401k's, but salaries were not increased to compensate. While you're technically correct, the…
> when in many ways it's a shining example of how to do things right US prosperity is largely a function of imperialism and military might, not some magical economic formula. For instance, in South America:…
Maybe you should actually spend some time in China before making silly assumptions. The Chinese government is not overly concerned with individual citizens sharing anti-government sentiment. It's not a problem for most…
/r/news is not left-leaning by any reasonable metric (there is frequently blatant racism heavily upvoted). /r/politics is only left-leaning because of how heavily skewed right american politics is. Most of their…
> Of course I am not referring to the worst stuff on that subreddit, there is shit there, and much more than average, but if a sizeable part of the population has views like this is banning it really fair? That's the…
Trump supporters are fascists though and Trump is a fascist. Read any European account of the rise of fascism and the parallels are obvious. Eco's is preference, but there are tens of well written analyses. > Most trump…