Thumbs Up & Friends

A reminder for those who missed it. 

This very clear explanation (below) of how so-called “leftism” is bigger than communism and bigger than moneyless societies—with a subtle jab about how red scare propaganda has turned a generation of people into black and white thinkers—started an absolute war where Dan and a few other capitalism-fetichists just kept playing the “leftism is communism is death squads” card over and over again.

It has been the most fatiguing 24 hours that has made me detest some folks I once set aside my differences with and enjoyed discussing with.

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black and white thinker is an euphemism for casual notionist who tell themselves that they are well read. I've had teen students with more thorough preparation than your debate opponent. In my country there are plenty of rich cooperatives that generate revenue and redistribute it among the ranks.

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Yeah I’m pretty sure was neither being contentious nor advocating for state communism but hey, I guess I struck a nerve.

Coops are great. And I don’t think most capitalists have a good argument against them aside from pretending they’re equivalent to MLM and going to lead to everyone dying of famine.