Imagine thinking poor people can't have free time or access to the internet.

Libertarians are not an intellectual people.

I had a libertarian tell me that the minimum wage was racist the other day. They said this in the same breath as arguing that black people won't work without an incentive.

Star Trek Online Fun Fact:

In the Romulan Republic campaign, there's a lore terminal in one of the Tal Shiar bases that namedrops the Communist Manifesto as one of the many literary works seized from rebel Romulans. In fact that whole campaign's first arc is fighting a civil war to overthrow the Empire.

I literally got my smartphone for free from my phone company. They hand out backlog phones like candy

Quality, affordable smartphones do exist with almost all the luxury features of an iPhone. Unfortunately the US bans them because they’re mad China beat them to the punch despite being sanctioned

There are two types of dumb phones: burners you can buy at Walmart for $20 and “utility phones” for old people who can’t see well and young people who think it’s the answer to their dopamine regulation disorder. Still cheap but will get advertised more for specific features. Easy to read screens, extremely difficult to break (for swimmers or hikers). Stuff like that. They’re very purpose built and are not marketed as daily driver phones.

But poor people don't have time for a social circle! /s

#NotAllFerengi

Even the idea of critically analyzing their treats is seen as a waste of time because it is not LE STEM. They're ideologically lead around by the nose by propaganda they can't even comprehend.

Any perceived luxury¹ is blasphemy and proof you aren't poor in the eyes of

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Look, us enlightened "real leftists" will spontaneously create pure leftism untainted by the evil fake leftism of the non-white countries

BUT YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE NO LONGER POOR AND YOU'D BE LOOKING DOWN ON ALL THE OTHER POORS WHO SHOULD BE WORKING AS HARD AS YOU DID TO GET WHERE YOU ARE!

The fact that you can live in the USA and think the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is anything but homegrown (you know, like the racism) is the definition of “living under a rock”. Either that or just good ol’ American exceptionalism - “we are so amazingly progressive that it must be someone else’s fault there are bigots here.”

really gotta wonder about the "i identify as a socialist/all socialist regimes, past and present, are irredeemably evil!" folks

"The GOP is directly inspired by the homophobic attitudes in both countries [Russia and China]. Have you been living under a rock?"

If anything, Republicans are the ones inspiring bigots around the world (at least in terms of tactics). There's a reason why right-wing groups in like a dozen other countries are also talking about "wokism" and "cancel culture" now.

the theoryposters hit 'em high and the shitposters hit 'em low

Could you do a Bordiga effort post on a mega at some point in the future? I know nothing about Bordiga's writing.

dancing bridget might be one of the things that brings me only pure joy

These people's argument always collapses when you press them for their solutions to the problems plaguing liberal democracies. They can't talk you in circles if you keep digging for answers that you can then dismantle credibility for.

Ultimately, liberalism collapses under the pressure of dialectical materialism's analyses. Just walk them through it and they'll prove themselves to be full of shit for you.

You know those charity drives where they buy kids on homeless shelters tablets for Christmas? Haven’t they ever considered just gifting them a JOB instead????