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Mine is when someone tried to tell me that superannuation (my countries version of 401K I think) is communism

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[โ€“] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

which is incredible considering the argument falls apart at the first investigation.

Which is also hilarious because even liberal economic institutions have recognized the tragedy of the commons as an eurocentric, victorian fiction, and that most people actually manage common resources much better than private ones. Elinor Ostrom got a Nobel Prize in Economics, even.

[โ€“] Fossifoo@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

Goes along well with "Broken window theory".