Message from @Scholarly Wisent

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2018-05-18 23:07:30 UTC  

You know how feminists differ themselves from feminazis

2018-05-18 23:08:02 UTC  

Like Republican Liberals differ themselves from what the Democrats are representing

2018-05-18 23:08:35 UTC  

But they believe the same key things.

2018-05-18 23:08:56 UTC  

Individualism, bourgeois "freedom", and Capitalism.

2018-05-18 23:11:02 UTC  

uh sure, I mean you can be independent or a centrist, idc.

2018-05-18 23:11:17 UTC  

Maybe the key ideas that they believe in so happen to be the best choice, maybe not

2018-05-18 23:11:36 UTC  

Pretty much all centrists are Liberals.

2018-05-18 23:11:53 UTC  

Because all centrists are right-leaning.

2018-05-18 23:12:14 UTC  

sure thing

2018-05-18 23:12:44 UTC  

Imagine believing you can mix the extremely contradictory viewpoints of the left and right and create some kind of middle-ground.

2018-05-18 23:13:11 UTC  

Center is best is a strange notion that I can't even begin to comprehend why exists.

2018-05-18 23:13:38 UTC  

Republican and Democrat are just agendas

2018-05-18 23:13:48 UTC  

if a Republican agenda so happens to be liberal leaning, so be it

2018-05-18 23:14:13 UTC  

But generally you cannot go in the center for an agenda. Like for example democrats believe high tax, republicans believe low tax

2018-05-18 23:14:36 UTC  

Doesn't matter either way. Neither will do anything about the rich tax dodging.

2018-05-18 23:15:02 UTC  

Do you believe Trump doesn't pay his taxes btw

2018-05-18 23:15:19 UTC  

I don't care if Trump does.

2018-05-18 23:15:28 UTC  

He represents the people who *don't*.

2018-05-18 23:16:08 UTC  

He also represents the people that do, why would people that do pay taxes be a Democrat

2018-05-18 23:16:25 UTC  

low tax the better for anybody

2018-05-18 23:16:45 UTC  

Interesting.

2018-05-18 23:17:25 UTC  

**Vote Trump 2020**

2018-05-18 23:17:25 UTC  

Which begs me to ask why leftists states usually have lower taxes.

2018-05-18 23:17:39 UTC  

boo

2018-05-18 23:17:54 UTC  

Socialist Albania literally disallowed all taxes on its citizens.

2018-05-18 23:17:59 UTC  

And I mean *socialist*.

2018-05-18 23:18:13 UTC  

Not Scandinavia.

2018-05-18 23:18:45 UTC  

The USSR had very low taxes.

2018-05-18 23:18:52 UTC  

So does the DPRK.

2018-05-18 23:19:19 UTC  

Well yeah its an agenda, not represented by liberalism or conservatism lol. Just whatever works best

2018-05-18 23:19:41 UTC  

Whatever the party believes will benefit the country/state or whatever

2018-05-18 23:23:26 UTC  

You do realize there is literally no difference between the Republicans and Democrats beyond cosmetics like taxes and gay rights. They represent the Capitalist class and place the needs of those who do not do their taxes, the rich, over those of the commons.

2018-05-18 23:23:35 UTC  

Poverty is increasing.

2018-05-18 23:24:06 UTC  

I don't know about the details of Soviet administrative finances, but I would hazard to guess that taxes aren't necessary for state revenue when most industries are state run, so an evaluation of whether socialism is good insofar as taxes can't be looked at in isolation of "were taxes high or low" if the alternative methods for funding the state apparatus are more detrimental than higher taxes. That's not to say I'm arguing against lower taxes in socialist countries or anything, just something to consider

2018-05-18 23:26:14 UTC  

@Ben Garrison First one to consider this idea. Early-stage Socialism pretty much requires this.

2018-05-18 23:26:39 UTC  

It allows taxes to be lower.

2018-05-18 23:26:52 UTC  

You know most politics that go around here arent even anything to do with the US. Its usually something to do with um Karl Marx or Hitler

2018-05-18 23:27:18 UTC  

people thinking it will make the US better if it became communist

2018-05-18 23:27:35 UTC  

Lol

2018-05-18 23:27:43 UTC  

Trust me mate

2018-05-18 23:27:44 UTC  

im just saying what people think