Also Named Bort 🇨🇦 @terryenglish@librem.one

@jeff Saying that being mandated to take basic precautions during a pandemic is tyranny is like saying not being allowed to shout fire in a crowded movie theatre means freedom of speech is under threat.

@coolboymew One day science will give us catgirls and blue raspberries.

@Prodigal In basketball, do the players that lose get forced to live a life of destitution? I think we've hit the end when we're delving into poor analogies and bad faith arguments. @11112011 @nerdman

@Prodigal Yes it absolutely is part of the construct of really existing capitalism. If you want to talk about some sort of fantasy capitalism you may untag me now. @11112011 @nerdman

@Prodigal To put it even more simply: capitalism overriding democracy. @11112011 @nerdman

@Prodigal It's give and take like most things in life. The fact is that government is doing less now for ordinary people because we're constantly losing the struggle for control for state power with economic elites. @11112011 @nerdman

@nerdman Well you are right about one thing here. 😉 @11112011

@nerdman Ouch. That's not a very nice thing to say. @11112011 @Prodigal

@Prodigal How is that capitalism? That is the government using it's power to provide benefits to it's citizens during a crisis. @11112011 @nerdman

@Prodigal Sound a little defensive guy. @11112011 @nerdman

@nerdman I'm pretty sure that graph has been debunked as feels over reals propaganda due to major methodological problems with it. @11112011

@nerdman Is that the same graph that Steven Pinker cites in one of his latest books? I think it's called Enlightenment Now or something. @11112011