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BlackOmnimon
08/05/21 11:13:36 AM
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Limited Political Freedoms but you get guaranteed housing, job, etc.


If you take the deal, there would be no things like voting, political parties, freedom of speech, etc.

But you and everyone else gets guaranteed a good-paying job, a decent house, a gaming PC, food, etc. completely for free.

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Shablagoo
08/05/21 11:17:18 AM
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I get lifted out of abject misery and poverty, but I cant shitpost conspiracy theories about how the vaccines are turning the frogs into Bill Gates personal dance troupe on Facebook?

Decisions, decisions.

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Questionmarktarius
08/05/21 11:20:25 AM
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I believe these may be yours...



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Broseph_Stalin
08/05/21 11:21:12 AM
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POV: you are about to lose both
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Unsugarized_Foo
08/05/21 11:21:37 AM
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I dont want a job

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Dark_SilverX
08/05/21 11:22:36 AM
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just free housing and free meals

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Shablagoo
08/05/21 11:26:09 AM
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16-BITTER posted...
But you love to shitpost

What I love are material conditions befitting that of a human being.

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Shezarr
08/05/21 11:28:39 AM
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Broseph_Stalin posted...
POV: you are about to lose both
It's very rare that you make a good post but I guess it's bound to happen on occasion

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BlackOmnimon
08/05/21 11:30:13 AM
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Shablagoo posted...
I get lifted out of abject misery and poverty, but I cant shitpost conspiracy theories about how the vaccines are turning the frogs into Bill Gates personal dance troupe on Facebook?

Decisions, decisions.

Yeah people like Tucker Carlson or Trump himself would get arrested and reeducated.
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YourDrunkFather
08/05/21 11:30:18 AM
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So, communism.

No thanks

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EmbraceOfDeath
08/05/21 11:31:13 AM
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Fuck no.

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BlackOmnimon
08/05/21 11:32:35 AM
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Do you people really prefer the ability to choose between Biden and Trump to have literally all your material necessities covered forever? Hmm.
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Atralis
08/05/21 11:32:39 AM
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BlackOmnimon posted...
But you and everyone else gets guaranteed a good-paying job, a decent house, food, etc. completely for free.

I already have all of those things. One problem with this system is that it treats things like housing and food as a gift from the state rather than as something that you earned for yourself.
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Cocytus
08/05/21 11:32:49 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
I believe these may be yours...


lol
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BlackOmnimon
08/05/21 11:33:37 AM
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Atralis posted...
I already have all of those things. One problem with this system is that it treats things like housing and food as a gift from the state rather than as something that you earned for yourself.

But things like housing and food shouldn't be something that you "earn". You literally need them to exist.
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BlackOmnimon
08/05/21 11:34:25 AM
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What if I throw a gaming PC into the deal?
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Shablagoo
08/05/21 11:36:11 AM
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BlackOmnimon posted...
Yeah people like Tucker Carlson or Trump himself would get arrested and reeducated.

Liberals pretend like theyd love that but in reality they worship personalities like Tucker and Trump just as much as their actual supporters do. They dont want anything to actually be done about their abhorrent behavior which has caused demonstrable harm to our nation. Theyre limp, comfortable cowards.

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Ilishe
08/05/21 11:40:32 AM
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BlackOmnimon posted...
But things like housing and food shouldn't be something that you "earn". You literally need them to exist.

But does society need you to exist? It doesn't. Society has no need of troublesome burdens whose only goal in life is to have free housing, sustainment and entertainment. This of course does absolutely not include people whose disabilities disqualify them from providing useful services or labor.

See, I can give you undeniably hard truth as an argument against your communist bullshit.

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Questionmarktarius
08/05/21 11:43:10 AM
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Ilishe posted...
But does society need you to exist? It doesn't.
And this, is why communism is disastrous. You exist solely to serve the state, and continue to exist at its discretion.
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Shablagoo
08/05/21 11:43:41 AM
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Ilishe posted...
See, I can give you undeniably hard truth as an argument against your communist bulls***.

glommunism is when everybody lazy and no work, 10 billigazillion dead

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BlackOmnimon
08/05/21 11:48:34 AM
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Ilishe posted...
But does society need you to exist? It doesn't. Society has no need of troublesome burdens whose only goal in life is to have free housing, sustainment and entertainment. This of course does absolutely not include people whose disabilities disqualify them from providing useful services or labor.

See, I can give you undeniably hard truth as an argument against your communist bullshit.

I don't like that mentality that you exist only to make your "betters" more money. To be just another cog in the machine. I think people have a right to exist, regardless of wether their existence is "productive" or not.

Questionmarktarius posted...
And this, is why communism is disastrous. You exist solely to serve the state, and continue to exist at its discretion.

How is this take different from "You exist solely to serve the economy and the free market, and continue to exist at its discretion". Your statement is pure projection.
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Questionmarktarius
08/05/21 11:50:46 AM
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BlackOmnimon posted...
How is this take different from "You exist solely to serve the economy and the free market, and continue to exist at its discretion".
The free market doesn't care. It's completely indifferent if you starve to death in a gutter.
The end result is essentially identical, yes.
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Atralis
08/05/21 11:53:20 AM
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BlackOmnimon posted...
But things like housing and food shouldn't be something that you "earn". You literally need them to exist.

I disagree. In a way I've lived the "to each according to their needs from each according to their abilities" life when I was enlisted in the Army.

I got "free housing" in a small room I didn't choose with a roommate I didn't choose. I got "free food" in the form of a meal card that could only be used in on base dining facilities that sucked.

When food and housing becomes a "gift" that is given to you rather than something you pay for then you end up losing the freedom to choose the form that gift takes.

Do you want to live in a 1 bedroom apartment and spend money on vacations or do you want to buy a house and have less cash for traveling but have more space.

Not your call if someone else is making the choice for you.
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Broseph_Stalin
08/05/21 11:54:09 AM
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BlackOmnimon posted...
I don't like that mentality that you exist only to make your "betters" more money. To be just another cog in the machine. I think people have a right to exist, regardless of wether their existence is "productive" or not.

But people only existing to build me a free house and grow free food is cool I guess.
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Lairen
08/05/21 11:54:27 AM
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As long as im free enough to mind my business at home on my free time and play video games and watch movies.

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Shablagoo
08/05/21 11:57:38 AM
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Atralis posted...
I disagree. In a way I've lived the "to each according to their needs from each according to their abilities" life when I was enlisted in the Army.

I got "free housing" in a small room I didn't choose with a roommate I didn't choose. I got "free food" in the form of a meal card that could only be used in on base dining facilities that sucked.

When food and housing becomes a "gift" that is given to you rather than something you pay for then you end up losing the freedom to choose the form that gift takes.

Do you want to live in a 1 bedroom apartment and spend money on vacations or do you want to buy a house and have less cash for traveling but have more space.

Not your call if someone else is making the choice for you.

You realize none of this jives with Marxism, right?

Yes I would rather have that stuff than be homeless and starving. However, in a communist system, nothing says that having that stuff is the limit of existence. You can have the luxuries you want to have.


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Cocytus
08/05/21 11:58:40 AM
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BlackOmnimon posted...
What if I throw a gaming PC into the deal?
Oh shit son!
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Questionmarktarius
08/05/21 12:00:48 PM
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Shablagoo posted...
However, in a communist system, nothing says that having that stuff is the limit of existence.
Apart from, you know, every time it's been tried.
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Squall28
08/05/21 12:01:01 PM
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Is the "guranteed" job a labor camp?

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Shablagoo
08/05/21 12:02:20 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Apart from, you know, every time it's been tried.

If youre speaking from a place of historical ignorance or lying, sure. In reality, communist revolutions have massively improved peoples lives.

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TheRadiant
08/05/21 12:03:15 PM
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Shablagoo posted...
In reality, communist revolutions have massively improved peoples lives.
Tell it to the Uyghurs and victims of the Holodomor

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Shablagoo
08/05/21 12:06:04 PM
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No thanks, Mrs. 16 Karma.

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Xavier_On_High
08/05/21 12:11:41 PM
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What is politics if not a collective endeavour to allow as many people as possible to own a high end gaming PC?

I'm in.

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Questionmarktarius
08/05/21 12:14:31 PM
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Xavier_On_High posted...
What is politics if not a collective endeavour to allow as many people as possible to own a high end gaming PC?
That "high end gaming PC"

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Xavier_On_High
08/05/21 12:19:50 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
That "high end gaming PC"

Hey, it runs at 64 Kasparovs per second.

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Tyranthraxus
08/05/21 12:23:34 PM
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I mean like is this guarantee magical and inviolable or something because every time something like this happens it's usually fast followed by a genocide.

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Atralis
08/05/21 12:27:57 PM
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Shablagoo posted...
You realize none of this jives with Marxism, right?

Yes I would rather have that stuff than be homeless and starving. However, in a communist system, nothing says that having that stuff is the limit of existence. You can have the luxuries you want to have.

You can have the luxuries the state deems are appropriate.

The 19 year old laundry specialist with 2 kids that has a house, food, and healthcare provided for themselves and their family by the Army is getting a great deal.

But flip side of that are the people doing vastly more skilled jobs than laundry specialist that are living in a tiny barracks room with no kitchen and a roommate.

If you are a below average person with above average needs then communism is the system for you.
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hockeybub89
08/05/21 12:34:17 PM
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What is the point of having things without having freedom?

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RiKuToTheMiGhtY
08/05/21 12:37:30 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
I believe these may be yours...


That is what came to mind when I saw the first post.

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BlackOmnimon
08/05/21 12:48:30 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
What is the point of having things without having freedom?

Does food taste worse when you can't vote?
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BlackOmnimon
08/05/21 12:48:54 PM
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Glad to see 30% of CE have their priorities straight :)
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RiKuToTheMiGhtY
08/05/21 12:49:40 PM
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Do you want to be a slave topic creator because that is what your proposing.

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BlackOmnimon
08/05/21 12:53:42 PM
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RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...
Do you want to be a slave topic creator because that is what your proposing.

No, I'd rather have both political freedoms AND guaranteed basic needs. I do think the latter is just more important. And this is just a social experiment.
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RiKuToTheMiGhtY
08/05/21 1:00:36 PM
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No its slavery with a gentle slave master because not having the freedoms like voting, freedom of speech, and being able to speak out against things that you do not like or find unfair is slavery.

What if you hate the job ?, what if you desire a better house due to your family needs ?, there is a whole can of worms here and then some.

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BlackOmnimon
08/05/21 1:14:58 PM
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RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...
No its slavery with a gentle slave master because not having the freedoms like voting, freedom of speech, and being able to speak out against things that you do not like or find unfair is slavery.

What if you hate the job ?, what if you desire a better house due to your family needs ?, there is a whole can of worms here and then some.

If you hate your job you can switch jobs, and you'll be guaranteed one. If your family NEEDS a better house, you get it.
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garan
08/05/21 3:17:09 PM
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Our political freedoms are mostly a myth anyway, the establishment doesn't give a fuck about any of us and they will continue to keep power and do whatever they want, so give me a better life please.
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BlackOmnimon
08/05/21 6:44:42 PM
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garan posted...
Our political freedoms are mostly a myth anyway, the establishment doesn't give a fuck about any of us and they will continue to keep power and do whatever they want, so give me a better life please.

Exactly.

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Ilishe
08/06/21 3:35:11 AM
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BlackOmnimon posted...
I don't like that mentality that you exist only to make your "betters" more money. To be just another cog in the machine. I think people have a right to exist, regardless of wether their existence is "productive" or not.

How is this take different from "You exist solely to serve the economy and the free market, and continue to exist at its discretion". Your statement is pure projection.

Society needs every able to individual to work for the betterment of society. Do you want to be a net negative contributor to society? Why do you want to be worse than useless?

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