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Conservatives think paying taxes is theft. I agree if the taxes are spent on meaningless wars and bailouts for rich corporations. But taxes are not theft if it goes back to you, like free universal healthcare or free college, or high speed bullet trains. These are things that many other countries have and what America is lacking.
For example, instead of paying like $50 a month for public transportation on modernize bullet trains, they want you to spend thousands of dollars to buy a car, hundreds of dollars on maintenance and gas, and hundreds of dollars a month on insurance, just to make rich people richer and poor people poorer. That’s real theft.
Another theft is not paying workers a decent livable wage. So you have a problem paying taxes but you have no problem working 2 jobs and still living paycheck to paycheck and only 1 paycheck away from poverty and being homeless? That’s the real theft of capitalism.
For example, instead of paying like $50 a month for public transportation on modernize bullet trains, they want you to spend thousands of dollars to buy a car, hundreds of dollars on maintenance and gas, and hundreds of dollars a month on insurance, just to make rich people richer and poor people poorer. That’s real theft.
Another theft is not paying workers a decent livable wage. So you have a problem paying taxes but you have no problem working 2 jobs and still living paycheck to paycheck and only 1 paycheck away from poverty and being homeless? That’s the real theft of capitalism.
ur 3 page essay are not gonna do it pall
That’s it, I wanna start a revolution!
Power to the people, and chess!
Nov 7, 2021
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#311
It’s a common conversation these days: One person says, “Black lives matter.” Then another responds, “No, all lives matter.”
It’s also a complete misunderstanding of what the phrase “black lives matter” means. The person on the receiving end interprets the phrase as “black lives matter more than any other lives.”
But the point of Black Lives Matter isn't to suggest that black lives should be or are more important than all other lives. Instead, it’s simply pointing out that black people's lives are relatively undervalued in the US — and more likely to be ended by police — and the country needs to recognize that inequity to bring an end to it.
To this end, a better way to understand Black Lives Matter is by looking at its driving phrase as “black lives matter, too.” So all lives do matter, obviously, but it’s one subset of lives in particular that’s currently undervalued in America.
Nov 7, 2021
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#313
Srinibas_Masanta wrote:
It’s a common conversation these days: One person says, “Black lives matter.” Then another responds, “No, all lives matter.”
It’s also a complete misunderstanding of what the phrase “black lives matter” means. The person on the receiving end interprets the phrase as “black lives matter more than any other lives.”
But the point of Black Lives Matter isn't to suggest that black lives should be or are more important than all other lives. Instead, it’s simply pointing out that black people's lives are relatively undervalued in the US — and more likely to be ended by police — and the country needs to recognize that inequity to bring an end to it.
To this end, a better way to understand Black Lives Matter is by looking at its driving phrase as “black lives matter, too.” So all lives do matter, obviously, but it’s one subset of lives in particular that’s currently undervalued in America.
why u gotta kill my buzz?
In america the safest places tend to be the places with the most guns so I second that!
Seems counter intuitive but reality is reality.
Chicago has pretty strict gun laws.
Detroit too.
Brooklyn.
The Bronx.
Los Angeles….
All “gun free zones”.
Seems counter intuitive but reality is reality.
Chicago has pretty strict gun laws.
Detroit too.
Brooklyn.
The Bronx.
Los Angeles….
All “gun free zones”.
The revolution needs you!
Strength through discipline!
Strength through community!
Strength through freedom!
Nov 7, 2021
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#318
Yes...lesbians with machine guns. Sounds like a great movie title. Alec Baldwin in drag!
Nov 7, 2021
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#319
Black Lives Matter is in fact a true phrase (other phrases are true along side it, like French Lives Matter, Astronaut Lives Matter, Old Lives Matter). Unfortunately, the organization that bears the name is all about tearing down the system because it is supposedly saturated in racism and hate. Marxism involves revolution by class warfare, and IMO the BLM organization is doing that along racial lines, which could actually generate legitimate racism both ways. Many already hate whites, who have a special privilege by indeterminable means through the system.
Capitalism is the best for the economy as a whole, but some poor people can fall through the cracks. I’m in favor of a moderate welfare program. But the data shows that, while rich people get richer, poor people get richer too.
Capitalism is the best for the economy as a whole, but some poor people can fall through the cracks. I’m in favor of a moderate welfare program. But the data shows that, while rich people get richer, poor people get richer too.
Nov 7, 2021
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#320
I mean, how much do you want the government to do for you, especially since the more they can do, the more they can do against you, or for themselves.
They need to keep us from anarchy, we need protection from crime and foreign enemies… at what point is “free” this or that, too much?
(Free just means you don’t have to pay for right now, because somebody does)
They need to keep us from anarchy, we need protection from crime and foreign enemies… at what point is “free” this or that, too much?
(Free just means you don’t have to pay for right now, because somebody does)
It's the Energizer bunny...