Anonymous #1 19h

Gonna back up your claim or keep talking out of your ass?

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Anonymous #2 19h

Do you trust the government to allocate resources properly?

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Anonymous #1 18h

Idk, anything other than Trump allocating my taxes to stupid bullshit seems kinda appealing ngl

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Anonymous #1 18h

I sure as hell don’t trust people in THIS government to do so. That’s why I’m going to vote for people who seem to actually give at least 1/10 more of a shit about the American public

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Anonymous #1 12h

Literally just look at nyc right now, or for something that’s been more long term: the Alaskan permanent fund dividend program. Literally an economic socialist policy that is so widely successful, Alaskans will literally vote out anyone who even insinuates anything that would negatively impact it

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Anonymous #3 12h

CIA working overtime with this one

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Anonymous #7 12h

Man, I tried… Send me some links otherwise then

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Anonymous #3 11h

It’s kinda just that you’re missing the point of socialism. I agree that oligarchies, state run or otherwise, ruin things for everyone. However, socialism isn’t a transfer of oligarchies from the private sector to the state. In the united states, our oligarchy is already involved extensively in the process of government. Instead, socialism (roughly) aims to ensure the laborer is fairly compensated for their work by collectivizing the instruments of their labor (the means of production).

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Anonymous #7 11h

I see where you’re coming from, I suppose I’m just worried the government would mess it up

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Anonymous #7 11h

The oligarchs produce no value. Therefore, they wouldn’t receive compensation unless they worked as a laborer.

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Anonymous #3 11h

You know what, that’s understandable. But at the same time, socialism has had great success. It’s lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty in China alone. In addition, if it were to happen in the United States, it would be even more successful because it wouldn’t have an outside power sanctioning it and intervening in it (the US usually fills this role)

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Anonymous #7 11h

I suppose I’m ultimately skeptical as to how people would accept this and what perhaps the consequences would be of negative reactions to this new system of governance, but you make good points

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Anonymous #3 11h

I’d guess that it’d look a bit different in America than in other places. Our culture of individual freedom could complement collective ownership really well. However, the red scare has done a lot of damage to the reputation of socialism in the west. That being said, most people are actually very in favor of at least some socialist policies; they are more scared of the word than the thing itself

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Anonymous #7 11h

First off I wanna say thank you for engaging with me in a respectful manner and helping me understand your point and secondly I’d like to wish you a nice night and rest of your summer

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Anonymous #3 11h

But i won’t bother you for too long. If you want to look more into it, you could read Marx and get it straight from the horse’s mouth. However, I admit that these texts are really dense and not everyone has time to pick up a book and sit through it. Lots of people make content explaining socialist concepts, which would be less time-consuming if you’d like to take a look at those

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Anonymous #3 10h

Thanks for humoring me!! You have a good might and summer too 😊

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