aGrumpyPotato

26238 pts ยท April 8, 2015


Canada. Pure capitalism sucks. Socializing things that you can't place a value on (like human life) is the way to go. 2/2

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

But that's just not true. Capitalism combined with socialism is practiced in a LOT of successful western countries like Sweden and 1/?

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My point of view is simply that a 100% free market doesn't work, especially when. It needs regulatory oversight or it fails.

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Forever than listen to his twisted views on how it's okay to bully people because you don't like their genitals. 2/2

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All that man does is bully people and pretend that makes him a "protector of freedom of speech". I'd rather stay at minimum wage 1/?

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And my mom is the queen of England. 2/2

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Jordan Peterson? That asshole is a prof at my university lmao, I don't need to watch or hear him anymore than I do. And 1% ahahahahah 1/?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Workers rights in the west are better precisely BECAUSE of the things I mentioned...

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Industrial revolution, and democratic socialism never rose to counter the growing threat of "free market" greed, right? 2/2

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"Capitalism will actually work more than bitching"... yes... that's why the west has always had perfect workers rights since the 1/?

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Of using buzzwords masquerading as insight. 3/3

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Not going to set the fair price when you're literally pricing another human being's value. Try actually responding to the point instead 2/?

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They were clearly referring to free market "pure" capitalism being bad here. Hell that last post goes into detail on why free market is 1/?

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Neutrality) wouldn't even BE a concern under democrats. But muh two equivalencies!!!! 2/2

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That's significantly better. No one is pretending the Democrats are angels, but a lot of shit that imgur whines about (such as net 1/?

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On guns has seen a reduction in gun violence. "Where there's a will, there's a way" is a meaningless platitude. 2/2

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Drugs and alcohol are MAGNITUDES easier to make than guns. You can pretend all you want, but EVERY country with a nationwide restriction 1/?

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Objectively easier than doing so from out of country. Claiming otherwise is just fallacious. 2/2

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That's an incredibly naive assumption. All illegal guns aren't equally easy to obtain. Smuggling illegal guns from out of state is 1/?

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The current system attaches no responsibility to gun ownership, and that's really the problem. 3/3

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Are lethally dangerous too (alcohol, cars, etc). I'd rather they allow people to get what they want, and attach responsibilities to it. 2/?

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Well, ignoring the argument of vitality, let's also consider wants. There are a million things we don't NEED but just want instead. Some 1/?

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It's not just a hobby. Hunters play a vital role in population control, you can't just restrict hunting.

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Current guns: mandatory buyback program. Stopping smuggling: some guns will still get through, doesn't mean it's okay to let all get through

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I'm not against gun regulation, but I would prefer semi-auto be allowed, just made *ridiculously* hard to get instead. 2/2

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So no semi-auto allowed? That's a danger to hunters, is it not? They need to be able to fire off shots rapidly for certain targets. 1/?

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It helps when you stop making the very fallacious assumption that every criminal has the same ability to overcome any barrier to entry.

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How would you classify "hunting weapons"?

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You missed the point. Australia is a large controlled area with no uncontrolled larger surroundings.

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Random dude selling a gun in a parking lot with an untraceable cash transaction has done a bg check without 24/7 surveillance? 2/2

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