Yeah im trying. What did I say/do?

Im being a crybaby? Sorry, im not following.

It’s a good question.

One problem with “fascists should be met w violence” is in the lack of definition for fascist. I can tell you, in my experience, saying something like “I don’t want universal healthcare” is enough to earn me the label of “fascist” in leftwing forums like Lemmy and Reddit.

If the logic is “people who disagree are fascists, and fascists deserve violence” or more simply “people who disagree deserve violence”… well isn’t that what fascists say??

Do you agree that that example at least highlights a serious problem in the chain of logic?

Shhh! Witches, patriarchy, and the characters in this story… None of this is real 🤫

Crazy responses huh? If it makes you feel better, after they chase off any voices of reason, these type of people resort to eating eachother.

Is a capitalist just someone who believes in private property?

told my wife and she told her sister

What do you do when there’s a shortage? I never understood the “cover everyone’s needs” idea. Don’t you eventually run out of other peoples stuff to give away?

Agree with the 0$ min tho!

As someone new here, and not on the left, this is the most interesting/healthy discussion I’ve seen on Lemmy so far. Thanks!

Or embarrassed by her obesity, knowing her fat ass could never fit in a Miata, right?

Phew the left can’t meme 🤣

Cool thanks for contributing to the convo.

He said he is making lots of money for someone else. He is making the money, therefore it is his money, not the money if the other person. It’s like the “taxation is theft” people are unable to apply the same logic on the owners of the boots they lick.

I don’t understand. You don’t believe in hiring, paying wages? Like if you hire me to help you build a website, i should keep the profits of what you sell? Or, more directly, if you later sell the website, that money is mine?

I was questioning all his complaints, including having to shit and piss, and said that indicates bigger problems and needs therapy. You hear mocking and “you should be grateful”? Disingenuous in the extreme, nobody is this subtext delusional!

The message is all over the media that I should be grateful, im sorry I literally can’t think of a time I came across that. I hear people suggesting gratitude practice as a way of feeling joy, or maybe would expect “you should feel grateful” at church or some religious context, but, I dunno, maybe im very selective about the media i consume?

Same. Only been here a few days. yeah, my comments will get downloaded to hell, but so far the responses are somewhat civil. It’s a step up from what im used to! I also like how very downvoted comments arent automatically buried.

Not getting paid commensurate to your contribution to the success of the company

He doesn’t mention how much he is being paid. His complaint is that someone else is making lots of money.

The news, society at large, people like you online posting replies like this very one

I didn’t say he should be grateful, or how he should feel. I read the news, live in society, can’t recall ever hearing that I should be grateful for my job. You?

Too bad it’s unaffordable. Maybe you need to look at the state of society

You think that’s the problem here? He couldn’t afford some help for whatever is going on with him? Or (since you charged me with being part of the problem), could his problems be exacerbated by folks like you, commiserating, raging against the machine of such horrors as waking up, eating breakfast, having a job.

A common misunderstanding. Boats (made of rock) float due to gravity pushing the water up (as it bounces off the earth). Boats made of feathers (ducks) harness the same principle, as they are also filled with water.

by an alarm clock,

Sounds like a personal choice. Im up before 630 every day without an alarm clock. Try going to bed earlier?

leap out of bed,

Or just, get out of bed. Like every person on the planet.

dress,

Would you rather be nude?

force-feed,

You mean eat? Somebody forcing you? Youre bitching about breakfast?

shit, piss, brush teeth and hair,

If pooping/peeing are upsetting to you, you have bigger issues.

and fight traffic to get to a place where

Why fight the traffic? You are the traffic. Fighting it is a personal choice.

essentially you made lots of money for somebody else

Your company is successful, is that a problem? You’re getting paid too, right?

and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?

Who’s asking/telling you how to feel about it?

Dude needs therapy

if that’s the case, if he’s just an idiot puppet, why spend energy attacking him and his character specifically? It doesn’t persuade anyone on the right, and it doesn’t help the left focus on the people pulling the strings.

The news, and left leaning communities online, have told me every day for 8+ years that trump is stupid, etc. What’s the point?

The worst take from his opposition: “trumps such a dumb idiot”. And it’s why the left gets out-maneuvered; they imagine those on the right as only either 1. Imbeciles 2. Racists.

The right sees the left as cunning, and strategizes how to outplay them.

The left sees the right as backwards morons, and strategizes how to insult them. It seems to be the main play, and is doing him a favor by shutting down closer examination.

You know they have “settings”, right?