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Re: Tech Workers Backing Candidates Looking to Break Up Their Employers

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Post by nec4b » Sat, Nov 09, 2019, 1:15 PM UTC

dlp211 wrote: post #123

jki275 wrote: post #110

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The post you're replying to is presumably a high income left-leaning voter from the way they phrased the comment. They're literally expressing what you say doesn't exist quite clearly. And anyway your own candidate in 2016 famously called everyone that didn't agree with her "deplorable", and it's a common theme throughout left-leaning high income coastal communities to look down on those hicks in flyover country who…

"I know there are only 60 days left to make our case – and don't get complacent; don't see the latest outrageous, offensive, inappropriate comment and think, "Well, he's done this time." We are living in a volatile political environment. You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. (Laughter/applause) Right? (Laughter/applause) They're…

That is even worse than I thought. You were lucky she didn't get elected.

Re: Tech Workers Backing Candidates Looking to Break Up Their Employers

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Post by nec4b » Sat, Nov 09, 2019, 1:24 PM UTC

dmode wrote: post #234

robomartin wrote: post #105

The only reason anyone in the US supports these people is because they have never lived in the socialist big government utopia these politicians champion. In fact, not even the politicians themselves have lived in the society they propose! How is that for a brilliant starting point. Ask anyone who has experienced these ideas in the flesh and you’ll find someone absolutely perplexed that US voters don’t laugh these pe…

I have no idea what you just said. I personally, have lived in Denmark, Netherlands, and Germany - quite socialist, and big government places, with public healthcare, education, childcare, strong safety nets, unions, worker protections, so on and so forth. And life was freaking great. In fact, in Netherlands, you only needed to work for 36 hours. Those were the happiest times of my life.

Except that none of those places are socialist, instead they are one of the most capitalist countries on earth.

Re: Tech Workers Backing Candidates Looking to Break Up Their Employers

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Post by nec4b » Sat, Nov 09, 2019, 1:27 PM UTC

littlestymaar wrote: post #269

robomartin wrote: post #260

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> The good news for the US is that they don't have an imperialist neighbour I don't think you know the history of Latin America. If you speak Spanish you should watch the many excellent videos out there with Gloria Alvarez. If you don't, she has been doing more and more work in English, here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xP-epEQikI If you do understand Spanish, here's a short history of Latin American histo…

That's funny how libertarians get all their reading from libertarian sources. Gloria Alvarez is no historian, she is a politician with a libertarian agenda…

And we should take you communist word for it? /s