Also Named Bort 🇨🇦 @terryenglish@librem.one

While there has been a lot of sabre-rattling in regards to China, eventually we are going to need to address the threat that their government represents. Business elites here need to be brought to heel to prevent them from selling out the national security of our country. No one wants a war but even less does anyone want to allow the submission their country to a foreign, totalitarian government so some suit can make a buck.

https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=yIWZ2WlXQX4

#jimmydoreshow #mattstoller #china #corona

@freemo All of this is music to my ears. I have suspicions why we can't have some of these things (at least in my country) and I suspect that's where we disagree. @realcaseyrollins @design_RG

@freemo I'm all ears. @realcaseyrollins @design_RG

@freemo I said waste of time not space. You can't even get that right. Yes I'll find someone who's capable of arguing in good faith. See the problem is that your ideology has no answer to the problems I raised. Yet I'm the one who's indoctrinated. @realcaseyrollins @design_RG

@freemo What a waste of time you are. If you're going to make up my arguments anyway you can do that by yourself.

@freemo The world is more complicated than ECON 101 you condescending prick. Not that this has anything to do with the problem of oligarchs hoarding the wealth of the nation. For the record I'm not one for blaming the rich for everything either, but I have to give credit and blame where it's due because I again have to live in the real world and not in oversimplified abstractions of it. @realcaseyrollins @design_RG

> evil poor and middle class people dont have any less greed or desire to hoard away money.

Is this actually true?

As for your second point it's so absurd I have to wonder if you live in the same world. Since there's no fixed amount of wealth in the world why the need for cutting military spending when we can have it all.

@freemo @realcaseyrollins @design_RG

@freemo I don't accept your premise as true. Not all people are equally evil and not all evil actions have the same effect. When a small number of people hoard most of the wealth of a society that generates resentment. That also gives insight into what the actions of that number of people are that cause that. Perfectly conscious decisions.
@realcaseyrollins @design_RG

@freemo I forgot to include the #notall. I see everyone does shitty things so it's all just a wash. The difference is scale here and the opportunity granted by the economic power that super wealthy individuals have. All I'm saying is that the hatred of the rich doesn't come from nowhere. @realcaseyrollins @design_RG

@freemo Maybe if the rich didn't use crises like this pandemic as an opportunity to transfer more wealth to themselves they wouldn't get such a bad rap. @realcaseyrollins @design_RG

@happymoomoo I'm with the old guy 😆