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[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 69 points 9 months ago

It also sounded Ironic that this left-wing professor had come to talk about how bad capitalism, all while advertising his book.

Socialism is when you don't write books

[-] dannoffs@hexbear.net 51 points 9 months ago

You're allowed to write the books, you're just not allowed to promote them. But also if you don't do a promotion tour you're a coward who can't defend their ideas.

[-] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 39 points 9 months ago

Socialism is when poor. Socialism is when work free.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 24 points 9 months ago

Socialism is when you work for free smuglord

[-] Ithorian@hexbear.net 58 points 9 months ago

I'm one of this sub's few liberal socialists. A lot of socialists don't consider me socialist

soviet-hmm

Many famous socialists historic and modern have argued that status quo capitalism is more socialist than the USSR

hahaha

[-] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

Didn't Chomsky say something like this or is my brain making shit up again

[-] dannoffs@hexbear.net 55 points 9 months ago

"I won a debate with a strawman in my head and asked an off-topic question, therefore communism has been defeated in the marketplace of ideas"

[-] dannoffs@hexbear.net 53 points 9 months ago

Most of the comments are dunking on OP. Imagine getting dunked on by someone with a Paul Krugman flair.

[-] sharedburdens@hexbear.net 42 points 9 months ago

And everybody clapped congratulations

[-] erik@hexbear.net 38 points 9 months ago
[-] dannoffs@hexbear.net 36 points 9 months ago

Because his points were so bad even people who agree with him were calling him out.

[-] erik@hexbear.net 7 points 9 months ago

haha, sure looks like it. Just sad I missed it.

[-] Angel@hexbear.net 30 points 9 months ago

That r/neoliberal user's name?

[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 30 points 9 months ago

Thomas Edison

[-] citrussy_capybara@hexbear.net 12 points 9 months ago
[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

Lol that shit is 100% made up

[-] goferking0 4 points 9 months ago

What else would be posted in neoliberal?

[-] D61@hexbear.net 9 points 9 months ago

"Poverty" is-this "Is this Socialism?

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