I'd stick to Umberto Eco's 14 points for using that word. — Banno
What do you think you have argued here - that Amazon and Apple should not respond to their customer's concerns? — Banno
That there ought be some control on Apple and Amazon, so that folk can have free speech? — Banno
But I thought there was this "invisible hand" that you said would make things work... after all, presumably Parler can get someone else to host it, if it is a decent player in the free market... — Banno
couldn't find the original video with voter demographic breakdown, but I found one with Mark Blyth making largely the same point. (Edit: if you want a longer piece putting the UK's political disintegration and rise of the right alongside the US's, he's got lectures on that too). — fdrake
Question: How many Marxists do you think there are? (Marxist = have read at least his shorter writings and understand them; apply at least some Marxist principles like class conflict, surplus value... to contemporary problems.) — Bitter Crank
Substituting identity conflict for class conflict is not, in my humble opinion, proper Marxist practice. — Bitter Crank
Question: How many Marxists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? — Bitter Crank
Marx takes the bulb out of the package, Trotsky unscrews the old bulb and then Stalin kills everyone so they won't need a lightbulb. — counterpunch
Not enough Marx Jox around. — Bitter Crank
Student asks his principal, "Where is my teacher?".
"Citywide layoffs", replies the principal.
"My text books?" asks the student.
"State austerity plan", says the principal.
"Student loan?" continues the student.
"Federal budget cuts", says the principal.
Finally, exasperated, student asks, "But how am I going to get an education?".
To which the equally exasperated principal replies, "This is your education".
You increase fairness by expanding access and opportunity. — synthesis
Redistribution does not work. — synthesis
People have to do it (succeed) themselves in order for it to be sustainable. — synthesis
They can act as they see fit, but they won't have my business. — counterpunch
Brett was also considered, a member from two years back who increased his activity markedly just before being banned. — Banno
One person in the group flew into a rage when I said I didn't think understanding Marx was the key to stopping the global warming catastrophe from continuing toward doom. — Bitter Crank
Yes, those companies are capitalist - but it can hardly have escaped your notice that there's a pandemic of political correctness going around - infecting the West, and killing our fundamental values, not least free speech. What you may not know is that the disease originates with the left. It's a left wing plague - caught by capitalist companies. — counterpunch
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