[-] TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

What is your definition of "fascist"?

[-] TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

As well you should have been. If you can't see how this is problematic then I truly think you should sell professional help. You are not the morally justified party in this scenario.

[-] TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Do you like to eat? Because the people hanging out with that dirt are the people producing your food. Have some respect. Your cities are far more fragile and dependent than you like to pretend.

[-] TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world -4 points 9 months ago

Or, you know, it might simply be people with a different opinion from you. That exists too.

[-] TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

So now you're mental health shaming? I thought progressives were supposed to be compassionate and nonjudgmental. You're really letting the ideology down.

[-] TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

You clearly missed the point, but what can I expect...?

I have no issue whatsoever with you bashing my side. What I DO have an issue with is you bashing my side and then staying uncharacteristically quiet as your side does the same thing. Selective outrage is hypocritical and disingenuous. Even your response here illustrates to me that you aren't willing to suck up your pride and be honest. Rather than focus on the specifics of what I've said you ignore it and attack me personally.

I would never consider Trump my guy. That being said I think he was treated unfairly by the media and those like yourself. Y'all spent 4 years claiming he was a Russian Manchurian candidate, that he would clearly start world war 3, that he would imprison his political opponents, and on and on. The sick part is Biden has come much closer to many of those accusations than Trump did and you STILL carry water for him. You should be ashamed.

[-] TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

What does any of that have to do with inflation?

What caused inflation in this instance was the uncontrolled spending/printing of money by our government, and their mandates to shutter large portions of our economy even after COVID was shown to be less of a risk than initially feared. It's absolutely true that Trump was still president when it began and COVID was having a serious impact on our economy. What wasn't Trump's doing was the continued spending and closures well after COVID had been dealt with. We continued to pass multi-trillion dollar spending bills under the blanket of COVID relief which in reality had next to nothing to do with actual COVID relief. Instead, our government saw a once in a lifetime opportunity to have what was essentially a blank check, and oh boy did they capitalize on that. Take a look at Biden's baby, the Inflation Reduction Act. It's a prime example of this. Even now proponents admit it did little to stifle inflation.

[-] TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago

Let's be honest, if Trump were in office and inflation was happening y'all would be blaming him personally in exactly the same way.

[-] TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

Completely false. The implication of this post (and most posts here) is capitalism=bad and communism=good. Capitalism certainly has its faults, but comparing it to communism and portraying communism as the shining beacon on the hill is just laughable. Someone else here said it better than I ever could, "Communism's solution to homelessness is mass starvation". I just find it ridiculous that the very system which allows people the resources to sit around wasting time online is the system they constantly rail against.

Answer me this, if this post ISN'T portraying capitalism as pure evil, but is instead simply highlighting a problem we have as a society, then why do I never see similar posts highlighting problems communist societies face? I only ever see communism being defended and/or held up as THE standard by which we should all strive.

[-] TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago

How is that not a valid critique? I despise Apple as a company. As a result I refuse to purchase any of their products or use any of their services. To this day I have never purchased a single Apple product. I do this because I have conviction and standards.

1st world communists like to denigrate capitalism, yet live comfortable lives because of it. That shows zero conviction or standards.

[-] TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago

Thank you. I was educated in government run schools. Yay communism!

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