Jeff N.

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@talliwagger @J35566037 @GangstaOtter @matt_kercher You really do need to work on crafting better insults. Not much of a vocabulary in your playbook. Signing off.

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@talliwagger @J35566037 @GangstaOtter @matt_kercher Very telling that you oppose something so vehemently that doesn’t “work”. Either you’re stupid or scared. Or both.

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@talliwagger @J35566037 @GangstaOtter @matt_kercher Learn this, Clodpate. No country has yet to achieve communism. In 1961 Khrushchev predicted the USSR would get there in 20 years. But Gorbachev sold out. China continues to strive to arrive at its own form of communism, having already lifted 800 million from extreme poverty.

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@J35566037 @talliwagger @GangstaOtter @matt_kercher Taxation isn’t going to resolve the root problem. Sure, let’s have a tax of 60%. We’re still left with the means of production owned by a few elites. Workers should share equally in the ownership.

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@talliwagger @J35566037 @GangstaOtter @matt_kercher You pontificate like a guru of economics, yet all you can do is present a caricature of communism. Fairly shared revenue is central to what communists stand for. You stand for exploitation.

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@talliwagger @J35566037 @GangstaOtter @matt_kercher Ok Dr. Big League, ad hominem tactics aren’t going to get you very far in this discussion.

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@CanuckKilljoy @GangstaOtter @matt_kercher I would hope whatever contract is signed is a decent collective agreement that will strengthen the union of workers. End goal: achieve an equal share of ownership.

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@talliwagger @J35566037 @GangstaOtter @matt_kercher Millions dead? I think you must be referring to monopoly capitalism.

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@talliwagger @J35566037 @GangstaOtter @matt_kercher Communism is not a single thing. There are many different communist projects that are ongoing. The “failures” of which you speak are not flaws internal to communism but rather the consequence of capitalist opposition, sanctions and clandestine plots to suppress people’s movements

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@talliwagger @J35566037 @GangstaOtter @matt_kercher Oh no, communism, horrors! The only risk a business owner has to deal with is hiring workers who aren’t organized to demand their fair share. That’s called exploitation. And it’s why the communism you deplore is morally superior and fair.

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@GreatJobPal @GangstaOtter @matt_kercher Close up your business and start a new business where everyone owns an equal share. What a humane idea!

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@knuke24 @GangstaOtter You’ve got it twisted. They’re working hard for workers NOT to benefit. Notice I said “workers” not “bums”.

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@CanuckKilljoy @GangstaOtter @matt_kercher Exactly. Profits are the unpaid wages of the working class.

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@J35566037 @GangstaOtter @matt_kercher This ultimately isn’t about how much tax should be levied against the rich. This about collective ownership where everyone gets their fair share.

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@GangstaOtter @FinnLizzieFans Liz + Sonny = sizzle!

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@GangstaOtter @FinnLizzieFans What?! It would be a fantastic story line. They've both been on the show for an eternity. It's high time they kindled some romance!

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@EclecticRadical Uncle Sam is fiercely opposed to Russia's pipeline developments, especially Nord Stream 2, because it affords Russia too much economic clout. Putin's support for the secessionist movements are spun by the capitalist media as his attempt to invade. So Uncle Sam saves the day.

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@AcerVulpes @GangstaOtter @EclecticRadical In any case, at present we are stuck with the fed, prov, municipal gov'ts. If there's gonna be a bottom-up change, then it starts locally, in our neighborhoods and municipalities. That's where political energy needs to be focused - IMO. 3/