Anyone who continues to work with Trump is complicit in his support of white supremacists

Yeah yeah yeah. . . people on the right get called Nazis even when they may not be actual Nazis, just like Obama was called a Communist even though he’s yet another pro-business Democrat.

Whatever. This isn’t a new thing.

All I can say is that at least on paper Communism seems like a good deal. Marx basically came up with the idea of democracy applied to economics, even if the Soviets couldn’t live up to that ideal. You can’t say the same for National Socialism, which was all about antisemitism and the iron fist of control from day one. There are things in the Communist Manifesto that are admirable and reasonable, but not Mein Kampf.

So if you had to choose a side, which would it be?

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The Aristocrats!

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Oh for fuck sake. Like trump has ever cared even slightly about facts ever.

What an equivocating spineless bit of schmegma trump is.

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And this is exactly why, though many left leaning people are loathe to do it, you need to be somewhat prepared for violent conflict. I don’t care if it’s getting a CCL and learning tactical/defensive shooting skills or just getting an armor plate for your backpack, and pre-preparing for protests by memorizing potential escape routes.

As much as people would love to think that tolerance and peace will always win, you could line up like lambs to the slaughter, and these assholes would cut throats all day long. Gleefully.

The alt-right rhetoric has prepped these people for a race war, and is constantly telling them that their enemies are invading and will end their way of life. That’s not a rhetoric that will sit down and negotiate or listen to reason.

As much as it plays into the “look at the violent alt-left” Faux news/Breitbart BS, to have pictures of Antifa in body armor with shields and bats, that’s kind of the place necessity has taken us to. Don’t swing first antifa, but if you have to swing to protect yourselves or others, make it count.

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welp … i am done with ycombinator for good.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15031922

is a thread of “corporations have no social responsibilities … that is what the police are for” malarkey.

I’m not smart enough to post pretty much any of their technology threads. But that shit show post made me gag.

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Fake. The font for the statement to small.

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…just saying…

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He’s always had an overactive albedo.

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If we had a chance to see Vorkuta and Belomor like we did Buchenwald and Dachau, I suspect that “Communism on paper” would have fewer adherents.

I hate Nazis, but if all they do is stand up and shout, they are covered by the first amendment.

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Show me where in the Communist Manifesto it says Jews are vermin.

I don’t think you understand the idea of “communism on paper.”

Edit: any ideal can be corrupted, does the Spanish Inquisition accurately represent the words of Christ?

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I thought last weekend was conclusive evidence they don’t.

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So don’t do Marxist-Leninism.

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It’s sort of like, “Hey, I think I could outpitch Sandy Koufax. It’s only that no one’s ever given me a tryout.”

Well, today is your lucky day!

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So. . . not much different than Libertarianism then?

Oh wait. . . I forgot about Somalia.

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Don’t assume that I’m not.

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On a scale of Pyongyang=10, USA=4, Somalia=0, I’m about a 2. Where are you??

(Edit) In much the same way, there are (yes!) literally hundreds of millions of people who are neither leftists nor Nazis. That is a point I will continue to make.

Oh, I never assumed that you personally weren’t. The message/tirade was meant more for the peanut gallery we usually get here promoting peace regardless of the situation.

In an idealized world, yes peace would be lovely. In the ugly real world, you sometimes are forced to flee or fight. Even if peace is the ultimate goal, people are increasingly going to have to choose to fight, flee, or become a martyr…

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