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parochial boy
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Junior Chimp
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« on: March 18, 2017, 09:53:05 AM »

I guess, but really, political labels are more about identity than they are about actual beliefs.
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parochial boy
parochial_boy
Junior Chimp
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Posts: 5,138


Political Matrix
E: -8.38, S: -6.78

« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2017, 05:35:58 PM »

Oh, who am I kidding.

Yes, I'm a Socialist. Capitalism is a failed economic system premised on bankrupt moral premises, and sooner or later it will have to give way to a system that does a less utterly dreadful job at providing each and every member of society with the means to lead a fulfilling and prosperous life. Values like "competition" and "entrepreneurship" are barbaric relics of our basest animal instincts, and as long as they haven't been utterly crushed and destroyed humanity has no right to call itself civilized. Workers should be in control of their own destiny, and not at the mercy of a parasitic class of rent-seekers. Property is not a right, it's a privilege that the existing State structures grant far more liberally than they should. Being well-fed, well-clothed, healthy, housed in decent living conditions, and valued personally as a human being, meanwhile, are sacred, absolute and unconditional rights that said States keep making a mockery of. Owning more than a certain amount is a moral and social evil that should not be tolerated.

My beliefs exactly.
yeah, agreed. The more I think about it, the more I think that private property as a concept has really been oversold.
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