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Isn't it funny how people who "have things" are less likely to be all that interested in leftism. And those who don't have "things" look at them, want more leftism because they want want the "things" the people who have "things" and they don't have.
And neither side understands the other.
I have plenty of things, and still support pretty left wing ideas (except for the violence that some people here seem think is required to be considered left).
What do you mean?
I have more things than I could ever want.
I want more agency.
Ayn Rand has entered the chat.
What do you want to say, exactly?
That leftism is a product of ressentiment from people who don't have "things" against people who have "things", I guess. ContraPoints-level take tbh.
I hate billionaires, not because I want to be a miserable sociopath with too much money, but because they are largely the reason that any kind of improvement to our planet and species is being blocked. I support socialized healthcare, not because I envy those who have the money to pay for live-saving healthcare, but because I don't want to fucking die, etc. etc.
There certainly are people like BadEmpanada, who oppose unions and welfare so that "first-worlders can suffer", but they certainly don't reflect what leftism is in general.
BE
I agree, and I’d add it’s not even a specifically left wing impulse either. The Roman Republic of all institutions was deeply concerned with the idea that republics shouldn’t have private princes as well as kings. The fact the Roman Republic failed to contain its oligarchy to the point of fundamental destabilisation into arbitrary power is evidence people ought to pay attention to left wingers when they say the same thing about billionaires and the concentration of wealth.
I understood that tbh. I just wanted the person to say it in their own words...
They don't understand either side.
That's a different person you're replying to
That's embarrassing .. 🤓
It's still garbled, but makes a better point.
Your edit makes a good insinuation "they're just things" people think objects are frivolous things that tie you down because they've never experienced genuine lack.
Not like lack of toys, but the bear necessities of survival.