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The New Socialists

Can you expand on "capitalism harnesses those traits in a more efficient manner?" What does that mean?
 
a society that encourages the leverage of resources as an investment for potential gain of even more resources will find a natural home where people like to have nicer things/services/standard of living
 
ImTheCaptain said:
i'm sure you tip the tech who rotates your tires, too
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ImTheCaptain said:
to the argument that ridesharing, rather than a reaction to decades of poor but expensive service provided by taxis, is rather part of the grand centrist-liberal backed Capitalist conspiracy to keep traffic congested??
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Those are both dumb rebuttals.
1. Auto shops don't discourage or actively prevent people from tipping their employees. My personal tipping practice is irrelevant.

2. There is no fucking traffic congestion conspiracy. It's really not clever that you purposefully misconstrue every leftist argument in the dumbest way possible. There is no question that ridesharing traffic is an increased strain on infrastructure, at a time when American infrastructure is severely underfunded, and greenhouse gas induced climate change is accelerating at unprecedented rates. According to experts. Your "but the economy is more efficient" arguments are plainly just bad in a fuller context.
 
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myDeaconmyhand said:
Those are both dumb rebuttals.
1. Auto shops don't discourage or actively prevent people from tipping their employees. My personal tipping practice is irrelevant.
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no, but your hypocrisy is relevant

2. There is no fucking traffic congestion conspiracy. It's really not clever that you purposefully misconstrue every leftist argument in the dumbest way possible. There is no question that ridesharing traffic is an increased strain on infrastructure, at a time when American infrastructure is severely underfunded, and greenhouse gas induced climate change is accelerating at unanticipated rates. According to experts.
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i never argued otherwise.
 
ImTheCaptain said:
a society that encourages the leverage of resources as an investment for potential gain of even more resources will find a natural home where people like to have nicer things/services/standard of living
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Is that how you think capitalism functions?
 
I was on a training webinar last night about how to detect Project Veritas infiltrators.

Also last night, the Louisville DSA chapter was having a meeting on the patio of a restaurant, and neo-nazis came and pepper-sprayed them. Cops did nothing. But please keep telling me how we shouldn't shout at public figures in public places.
 
ImTheCaptain said:
how do you detect them?
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Almost all the "gotchas" they have done have been outrageous asks. They pressure people to do exactly what they ask. What they normally ask is illegal. When it isn't illegal, it has been totally out of the norm.

If a stranger comes to your meeting with a "project", ask to see all devices and turn them off. Ask to see ID of strangers making big requests.
 
ImTheCaptain said:
how do you detect them?
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It's kind of obvious once you hear it, but there will be odd behavior that can tip you off. Things mentioned were:

Being over-eager
Trying to get you in situations where you have your guard down (drinking, 1-1, asking personal/work questions)
Not having social media profiles
Refusing rides, taking ubers everywhere, using cash
Use dating apps

All seems like obvious stuff that would tip you off as out of place.
 
Can you explain the last two?
 
PhDeac said:
Can you explain the last two?
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Refusing rides, taking ubers everywhere, using cash - those have just been common behaviors of them. Its probably to avoid situations of having to show an ID or CC with a name on it? Or just simply using cash to prevent a paper trail. I don't know beyond that.
Use dating apps - This is just a common way they may try to meet and develop relationships with DSA members. I think developing romantic relationships may give them cover.

Is that what you meant?
 
Yeah. Thanks. I figured the first. Didn’t understand the second but it makes sense too.

But now ITC knows what not to do when he invades DSA meetings.
 
MHBDemon said:
Refusing rides, taking ubers everywhere, using cash - those have just been common behaviors of them. Its probably to avoid situations of having to show an ID or CC with a name on it? Or just simply using cash to prevent a paper trail. I don't know beyond that.
Use dating apps - This is just a common way they may try to meet and develop relationships with DSA members. I think developing romantic relationships may give them cover.

Is that what you meant?
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Notes taken and passed to my veritas brethren.
 
PhDeac said:
Yeah. Thanks. I figured the first. Didn’t understand the second but it makes sense too.

But now ITC knows what not to do when he invades DSA meetings.
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I have to admit I've never hooked up with a communist.
 
Meet the new socialists.....same as the old socialists.
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