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These people are the reason gulags were invented (fee.org)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml
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[–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Not reading that (assuming) Nazi dogshit.

Let me guess: Workers have no moral right to strike because they see "stealing" value and specifically surplus value aka profits from their magnanimous capital-owning bosses?

Pathetic argument to justify exploitation and (actual) theft. Sad. Baby brained.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Not reading that (assuming) Nazi dogshit.

    Gist of the "argument" is morally blackmailing workers from the pure libertarian position and suggesting those unwashed masses would all turn perfect randroids if only weren't so woefully uneducated. No kidding it's "blocking the job" when striking from someone who would want it, thus violating the sacred competition. So the strikers should just quit instead if they don't like it (it's also super old argument but was laughed away like century ago).

    Holy shit how the author can be so smug while being absolute doormat for the worst that porky has to offer is beyond me.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    "Woefully uneducated"... that's something else. Where I live, our schools are so badly underfunded it's insane. I remember in high school, we had to read a bunch of Ayn Rand and I wondered why the fuck we had to do that. I mean, Orwell was bad enough but kinda made sense because he's just always been on the reading list. Then I read the covers of the brand new Rand novels we got in spades, and they were all donated by the Ayn Rand Society.

    Libertarians rely on undercutting education and state restrictions on what can be taught in public schools, specifically so they flood the schools with their "charitable donations" of free propaganda. Started working in education and it's even worse being on the other side of the school desk, lol.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Smugness is their state of being. All they want is that feeling of superior smugness. It's why they never attempt to hear any argument against their position and lash out at anyone that does. All their arguments are ones made in the shower from fake conversations against adversaries they imagine up, because they are otherwise incapable of arguing against someone with actual theory and understanding on their side.

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