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WhiskeyJuvenile
Feb 15, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo

steinrokkan posted:

You were OK with a full on neoliberal shill until the moment somebody started floating socialist policies. Now it is problematic.

Problems of employment need to be addressed through a separate labor reform, not in a healthcare bill.

purely an electability thing, which I was wrong about

single payer isn't socialist, and these are specific problems with single payer itself and should be addressed at the same time

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byob historian
Nov 5, 2008

I'm an animal abusing piece of shit! I deliberately poisoned my dog to death and think it's funny! I'm an irredeemable sack of human shit!

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:

purely an electability thing, which I was wrong about

single payer isn't socialist,

:ironicat:

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

Main Paineframe posted:

in general, it's amusing that the same people opposing single-payer because it might cost jobs are the same ones who have cheered on slashing government employment in the name of efficiency and lowering costs

the last two Dem presidencies cut the federal workforce while the last two GOP presidencies increased it. there were more government employees in 1992 than there are now. and I don't recall anyone saying "but what about the jobs" when Obama was trying to cut Social Security

Well that's because these same people do everything they can to avoid acknowledging that Obama tried to gut Social Security :v:

WhiskeyJuvenile
Feb 15, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo

socialism is social ownership of the means of production: lovely market socialist systems could have profit-driven worker-owned healthcare

shrike82
Jun 11, 2005

what i find odd about WJ is he spent an entire year disparaging the left and berniebros but now wants to ingratiate himself here and in DnD with leftists.
like why bother?

The Ol Spicy Keychain
Jan 17, 2013

I MEPHISTO MY OWN ASSHOLE
anyone know what an eight percenter is?

KomradeX
Oct 29, 2011

So Trump is saying we might have no choice but to destroy North Korea at the UN this morning

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


Scent of Worf posted:

anyone know what an eight percenter is?

A MISERABLE PILE OF SECRETS

KomradeX
Oct 29, 2011

Scent of Worf posted:

anyone know what an eight percenter is?

HENRYs and up the top 8 percent of wealth before you hit the 1 percent of disgustingly wealthy people

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Scent of Worf posted:

anyone know what an eight percenter is?

I think it's referring to the supposed 8% of Sanders primary voters who voted for Trump?

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

Scent of Worf posted:

anyone know what an eight percenter is?

among democrats bernie has a 92% approval rating

Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011

KomradeX posted:

So Trump is saying we might have no choice but to destroy North Korea at the UN this morning

sigh

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

Frijolero posted:

The window has shifted permanently.

like gover's house when the swamp subsides

Main Paineframe
Oct 27, 2010

Scent of Worf posted:

anyone know what an eight percenter is?

eight percent of Dems don't like Sanders, and a couple Twitter people are trying very poorly to turn it into a forced meme

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Main Paineframe posted:

eight percent of Dems don't like Sanders, and a couple Twitter people are trying very poorly to turn it into a forced meme

also Hillary got 3M more votes in the primary than Bernie did, making her straightforwardly a better politician and person

WhiskeyJuvenile
Feb 15, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo

shrike82 posted:

what i find odd about WJ is he spent an entire year disparaging the left and berniebros but now wants to ingratiate himself here and in DnD with leftists.
like why bother?

killing time mostly. Facebook has much better leftists, as opposed to liberals who pretend calling themselves progressive means anything

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Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
today I learned that the lead actress in the #resistance favorite The Handmaid's Tale is a devout Scientologist

talk about fuckin' irony holy poo poo

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Taintrunner posted:

today I learned that the lead actress in the #resistance favorite The Handmaid's Tale is a devout Scientologist

talk about fuckin' irony holy poo poo

so is Bart Simpson's VA

they're everywhere

Fast Luck
Feb 2, 1988

Serf posted:

personally i think we should nationalize a shitload of stuff that counts as basic for human survival. everything from agriculture to power production to healthcare. really everything should be nationalized, but we'll get there
nationalize something awful dot com

Gene Hackman Fan
Dec 27, 2002

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
hillary calling herself a progressive was chiefly for electability reasons, mind...

Serf
May 5, 2011


Fast Luck posted:

nationalize something awful dot com

this but unironically

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler
will this preserve the mod pensions? asking for a friend

1994 Toyota Celica
Sep 11, 2008

by Nyc_Tattoo

Serf posted:

have a little hope

do not trust to hope, it has forsaken these lands

Serf
May 5, 2011


logikv9 posted:

will this preserve the mod pensions? asking for a friend

under glorious communism all mod needs will be met in return for their labor as moderators

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
gently caress that

no mods no masters smash the subforum

Zoran
Aug 19, 2008

I lost to you once, monster. I shall not lose again! Die now, that our future can live!

logikv9 posted:

will this preserve the mod pensions? asking for a friend

never fear, friend. they shall in fact be raised to a luxurious $1 per year

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Serf posted:

under glorious communism all mod needs will be met in return for their labor as moderators

inshallah

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


logikv9 posted:

will this preserve the mod pensions? asking for a friend

the mods will be provided food, shelte,r and healthy labor at one of our numerous alaskan camps

shrike82
Jun 11, 2005

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:

killing time mostly. Facebook has much better leftists, as opposed to liberals who pretend calling themselves progressive means anything

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

lmao, he's so weird. you can tell he listens to chapo and follows leftist twitter. and then he spouts the most banal centrist talking points.

:sad:

Gene Hackman Fan
Dec 27, 2002

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
also wj: "we can't abolish private prison management because of all the people it'd put out work"

if it wasn't for bad faith, he'd have no faith at all

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

Gene Hackman Fan posted:

also wj: "we can't abolish private prison management because of all the people it'd put out work"

if it wasn't for bad faith, he'd have no faith at all

big harris supporter huh

anime was right
Jun 27, 2008

death is certain
keep yr cool

Gene Hackman Fan posted:

also wj: "we can't abolish private prison management because of all the people it'd put out work"

if it wasn't for bad faith, he'd have no faith at all

imagine all of the businesses people could start if they weren't in prison and didn't have to worry about healthcare, sad!

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

logikv9 posted:

will this preserve the mod pensions? asking for a friend

mods will be replaced by low skill IK scabs

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


KEITH!

https://twitter.com/michaelwhitney/status/910017612184043520

comedyblissoption
Mar 15, 2006

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:

I think "single payer will kill 500k jobs and part of the program should be a plan for these displaced workers beyond bullshit job skills retraining programs that we mock in any other context" but that's just me
if only the politician pushing for medicare for all was also simultaneously pushing for a mass jobs program. perhaps a public jobs program. something that was once used to employ millions in this country when the private sector could not.

comedyblissoption
Mar 15, 2006

Jazerus posted:

or we could have ubi and accept somewhat diminished economic productivity as the price of a healthy, free society

the economy exists to serve us, it is a human construct. we do not exist to serve the economy
you will cause resentment and attempts to undermine the system at every turn if it allows unfair distribution of labor unless it's just a social safety net program

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice
https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/750330252203659264

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006


Keith owns

Rastor
Jun 2, 2001

shrike82 posted:

what i find odd about WJ is he spent an entire year disparaging the left and berniebros but now wants to ingratiate himself here and in DnD with leftists.
like why bother?

I dunno if you're going to waste your time disparaging berniebros, a thing that does not exist, then I can imagine you wasting your time on all sorts of things

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Distant Chicken
Aug 15, 2007
"doing the right thing is hard so we may as well never even try. that's just the sensible and wise centrist position. i'm gently caress johnson. i believe in nothing and stand for no one. vote for me."

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