As someone who used to support Sanders and is now much more of a Socialist libertarian, what do you think of this? — Albero
Is taxing the rich just as bad as not taxing them when we could just be removing the billionaires all together? — Albero
libertarian socialism is an umbrella term for a lot of ideologies like anarchism, anarchist communism, communalism, council communism, etc. — Albero
If we voted in someone like Sanders, not only would this be advocating for Imperialism and colonialism, but it would also pacify the working class the same way FDR's New Deal was a compromise that stamped out any spark of radical leftism left in the USA." — Albero
Is taxing the rich just as bad as not taxing them when we could just be removing the billionaires all together? — Albero
the Fascist promises social programs, and thats all the Social Democrat is interested in. He wants a share in the exploitation and the plunder. The Social Democrat wants higher wages and wants to tax billionaires to fund those programs, but this keeps these billionaires in place. — Albero
Who's working 80 hours a week in a mine for Elon Musk or a sweatshop for Nike? Third Worlders — Albero
As someone who used to support Sanders and is now much more of a Socialist libertarian, what do you think of this? Tons of leftists advocated for guys like Sanders to fix the deep-seated issues and wealth inequality in the United States as a form of "harm reduction" but would this really mean anything? Is taxing the rich just as bad as not taxing them when we could just be removing the billionaires all together? — Albero
We must remove billionaires and I'm talking about total wealth confiscation of course. Society would probably have to beat out their superiority complex as well; I mean think about it - billionaires have a God-like status under capitalism and I don't think anything else besides a beating is going to humble them. — K Turner
socialism as it once worked in Russia — Albero
Billionaires are not the problem. Taking all their money won't solve anything. It just makes people feel good to resent them. Also - some of those billionaires got their billions by changing society dramatically - Gates, Jobs, Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg. Of course, you could say that the changes are bad I guess.
The real problem is corporations. When the Constitution was written, there were two powerful institutions that we needed to be protected from - the church and government. Now, there is a third, corporations, and there are no built-in legal protections. — T Clark
... but it would also pacify the working class . . . — Albero
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