Political Discussions for "Adults"

Anteater · 02-19-2020, 09:16 PM

Goofy, pragmatic, and frugal to the point of exasperation.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

budwudubowt the homeless? budwudubowt the net positive for literally everybody except for the upper echelon of billionaires? budwudubowt actually researching subjects that you breathlessly reject instead of just waving your hand insisting that you already know everything there is to know on the subject before making a slew of fallacial points that show that the image of the subject in your head is pretty different from what other members are talking about?

So only billionaires spend money, buy things and place both fiscal and personal value on assets of any kind. Got it. Man, I'm ready to just throw away everything I own now, including my high school yearbook. You've sold me.

**Frownland** · 02-19-2020, 09:26 PM

Lemme get in on this false analogy fun:

"On our road trip we'll need to get at least one tank of gas."

"??? But if we use all of the cupholders we can hold up to 2 gallons of liquid! That should work."

"That's nice but we'll still need to get gas on the way up."

"Lol, so you think that a cup in a cupholder can't hold liquid? You live in a fantasy world!"

Anteater · 02-19-2020, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Lemme get in on this false analogy fun:

"On our road trip we'll need to get at least one tank of gas."

"??? But if we use all of the cupholders we can hold up to 2 gallons of liquid! That should work."

"That's nice but we'll still need to get gas on the way up."

"Lol, so you think that a cup in a cupholder can't hold liquid? You live in a fantasy world!"

You can use cupholders to store gasoline and still run the car? That's one helluva car.

Anteater · 02-19-2020, 09:57 PM

On a secondary note, it was fun watching the billionaire get smacked around by multi-millionaires at the debate tonight.

Mindy · 02-19-2020, 10:01 PM

lol^

I dont like amy as much now

but warren more

Lucem Ferre · 02-19-2020, 11:01 PM

What would be bartered if there was no private ownership? Wouldn't that just eliminate bartering all together?

Anteater · 02-19-2020, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

What would be bartered if there was no private ownership? Wouldn't that just eliminate bartering all together?

That's the joke. Even if you got society to the point where they would give up home ownership and money, people would just return to bartering because that would be the only effective way to sustain their existence. There's no incentive for anyone to put in the work to grow every kind of food: family units would stick to one or two kinds of crops. You might get an entire town to cooperate, but it's unlikely. There are logistical challenges to a world where everyone somehow "shares" everything that they don't even think about, and the only way you'd overcome those logistical issues would require society to take advantage of technology that has been a byproduct of capitalism.

Lucem Ferre · 02-19-2020, 11:24 PM

I think you're lost here.

debaserr · 02-19-2020, 11:24 PM

All technology ever - thanks capitalism

DwnWthVwls · 02-19-2020, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I can and do support several ideas that seem to be at odds with each other

Sound logic.

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness

now express which political candidate you want to win....

None, theyre all ****.

02-19-2020, 09:26 PM	#4832 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Lemme get in on this false analogy fun: "On our road trip we'll need to get at least one tank of gas." "??? But if we use all of the cupholders we can hold up to 2 gallons of liquid! That should work." "That's nice but we'll still need to get gas on the way up." "Lol, so you think that a cup in a cupholder can't hold liquid? You live in a fantasy world!" __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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02-19-2020, 11:24 PM	#4839 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,470	All technology ever - thanks capitalism __________________ Last.FM