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Llyich to Late Stage Capitalism · 4 years ago

Elon Musk Has Become the Villain Liberals Always Imagined Him to Be | The richest man in the world’s coming-out party as a Republican was all but inevitable — but not for the reasons you might think.

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Elon Musk Has Become the Villain Liberals Always Imagined Him to Be | The richest man in the world’s coming-out party as a Republican was all but inevitable — but not for the reasons you might think.

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Llyich to Late Stage Capitalism · 4 years ago
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    “Become”

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      Pretty sure liberals still love him. The Musk Online Schutzstaffel is going strong.

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      I find liberals are the hardest demographic to move left in practice. Liberals strongly believe in individualism above all else, and this precludes having a systemic view of the problems we face. In a liberal world view, it’s always the individual that’s the problem as opposed to the system. Traditionally, when push comes to shove liberals inevitably embrace fascism instead of moving left. I thought this was an excellent analysis of the ideology.

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        https://lemmy.ml/post/311578/comment/205387

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          I’m talking about liberals here, I find libertarians are closest to anarchists ideologically.

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        Your link is basically saying that we should be both anti-government and anti-business/anti capitalism. Unless I’m missing something?

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          A government represents the interests of the class that holds power. In western countries, capitalists are in charge and the government is formed by this class to serve the interests of this class. So, the problem isn’t with the concept of a government but with whose interests the government represents. Working class needs to seize power and form a government that represents the interests of working people.

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          Cryptobros is just not the demographic I’d go after for radicalizing to be honest.

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          I don’t really see the point. There are already tried and tested methods for overthrowing capitalist regimes that don’t rely on libertarians.

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    It’s funny how the Democrats were fine with all the ethically repulsive things Elon Musk did for years, until he tried to buy Twitter. Make no mistake, Liberals would still be buttering up papa Elon if it wasn’t the fight over Twitter. “Pedo Guy” should have been the wakeup call, but it wasn’t.

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    Are we talking about liberals or libertarians?

    According to wikipedia, these are not the same thing:

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      Liberals not libertarians. Liberals are basically the Democratic party in USA. Obama’s party

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