Hexbear

13 points

4 years ago

just had an hour long discussion with a “democratic socialist but fiscal libertarian”.

Any attempt and viewing things through a materialist lense is like arguing with a brick wall, and all his possible policy solutions are completely absent of anything but “new jobs will be invented”

Edit: didn’t actually understand the purpose of this thread, brain is soft and smooth today, very little thought is being used.

cabroney [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP

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6 points

4 years ago

I tried bringing up Bullshit Jobs and he deflected it like an egg on teflon.

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4 years ago

He literally brought up industrialization and I was very close to saying the phrase “Engels wrote about alienation in the work place 140 years ago!”

I tried explaining that alienation and demoralization of a bullshit service job to survive is worse than the lack of “dignity” of getting a check. He kept repeating that people will be paid for “sitting on the couch eating doritos”. I think it was projection because he is a very large man who also might enjoy that lifestyle.

I tried explaining that most people would rather be doing something else, using the example I rather be woodworking, reading, and playing music rather than working but he totally ignored that fact for the couch aspect.

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4 years ago

thats a good one, i’ll put that in my back pocket for later.

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MarxGuns [comrade/them]@hexbear.net

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4 years ago

I bet they’ll come around. I probably passed through this thought process when I was feeling things out but before I read Marx.

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hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]@hexbear.net

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4 years ago

“democratic socialist but fiscal libertarian”.

“Socially liberal but fiscally conservative” 2.0

It’s the same exact people with the same exact grasp of what they’re talking about

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He actually said a mix of them, he said democratic socialist but fiscally conservative and I wanted to shout “THATS A CONTRADICTION” but it wouldnt have made a difference. The libertarian is what i extracted from his words.

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