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Capitalists would like you to believe that liberalism is the left-most edge of the economic spectrum, precisely because it is the left-most point on the spectrum that doesn’t threaten their power.
True leftism threatens the power of capitalists. Liberalism is not leftism.

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        1 year ago

        Absolutely. Billionaires are a scourge. (And millionaires) Greed is shit.

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          1 year ago

          Indeed! So if liberalism as an ideology, wants to keep billionaires, don’t you think it’s a little counter to that logic to say liberals and leftists need to come together and not dismantle the primary driver of fascism?

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            1 year ago

            I don’t see liberalism as wanting to keep billionaires. Perhaps that was the case 20 years ago, but not anymore. Making them pay up is a tricky thing to do, but that imo is where we need to start.

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              I guess I just don’t see much value in opposing billionaires when liberals want to leave in place the fundamental tool they use to perpetuate their control.

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                  1 year ago

                  Private wealth that enriches an ownership class to a much greater degree than obtainable through working.

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                    1 year ago

                    I already answered that a few posts ago. I’m here in good faith looking to find real solutions. We have a lot of power to change things with our actions as individuals as well. Boycotts work. Simple things can go a long way if people organize and spread the word. For example, we can kill the google chrome browser if folks are serious. This would likely also kill alphabet as an entity.