the video quote-tweeted below is an argument against a private means of production (capitalism, overtly stated). we aren't talking about universal healthcare anymore. this is an openly marxist critique from arguably the most popular politician in the country.https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1113911003165679616 …
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I find it very telling when these folks describe productive property ownership as this obscenely fantastic life situation — not to argue for reform to expand that enviable class to include more of us, but to harness the schadenfreudian impulse to break what one can't have
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The redistribution of productive assets & the end of their private ownership are mutually exclusive. If the government still owns what it "gives" you, you're a steward: an employee. All functional capitalist systems have redistributive mechanisms, e.g. tax-funded social programs.
5:34 PM - 4 Apr 2019
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