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It's the dunk tank.

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[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 69 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It also sounded Ironic that this left-wing professor had come to talk about how bad capitalism, all while advertising his book.

Socialism is when you don't write books

[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 51 points 1 year ago

You're allowed to write the books, you're just not allowed to promote them. But also if you don't do a promotion tour you're a coward who can't defend their ideas.

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 39 points 1 year ago

Socialism is when poor. Socialism is when work free.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

Socialism is when you work for free smuglord

[–] Ithorian@hexbear.net 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm one of this sub's few liberal socialists. A lot of socialists don't consider me socialist

soviet-hmm

Many famous socialists historic and modern have argued that status quo capitalism is more socialist than the USSR

hahaha

[–] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Didn't Chomsky say something like this or is my brain making shit up again

[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"I won a debate with a strawman in my head and asked an off-topic question, therefore communism has been defeated in the marketplace of ideas"

[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 53 points 1 year ago

Most of the comments are dunking on OP. Imagine getting dunked on by someone with a Paul Krugman flair.

[–] sharedburdens@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

And everybody clapped congratulations

[–] erik@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because his points were so bad even people who agree with him were calling him out.

[–] erik@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

haha, sure looks like it. Just sad I missed it.

[–] Angel@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That r/neoliberal user's name?

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

Thomas Edison

[–] citrussy_capybara@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol that shit is 100% made up

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

What else would be posted in neoliberal?

[–] D61@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

"Poverty" is-this "Is this Socialism?

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