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[+] -28 points 3 months ago (18 children)

Isn't it funny how people who "have things" are less likely to be all that interested in leftism. And those who don't have "things" look at them, want more leftism because they want want the "things" the people who have "things" and they don't have.

And neither side understands the other.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    What do you want to say, exactly?

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  • [+] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    I agree, and I’d add it’s not even a specifically left wing impulse either. The Roman Republic of all institutions was deeply concerned with the idea that republics shouldn’t have private princes as well as kings. The fact the Roman Republic failed to contain its oligarchy to the point of fundamental destabilisation into arbitrary power is evidence people ought to pay attention to left wingers when they say the same thing about billionaires and the concentration of wealth.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    They don't understand either side.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Isn't it funny how people who "have food" are less likely to be all that interested in leftism. And those who don't have "food" look at them, want more leftism because they want want the "food" the people who have "food" and they don't have.

    It's still garbled, but makes a better point.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Your edit makes a good insinuation "they're just things" people think objects are frivolous things that tie you down because they've never experienced genuine lack.

    Not like lack of toys, but the bear necessities of survival.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    The basic necessities should just be provided, by that I mean food and shelter and basic medical care. If people want to live luxuriously that's fantatic, going and toiling, innovating or improving their situation in someway should be encouraged; but no one should ever be shelterless and hungry.

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