I have a coworker who will occasionally praise Atlas Shrugged and Ayn Rand's prose more broadly.
I strongly dislike them.
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by Xeng He » Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:09 pm
Blazedtown wrote:[an ism is] A term used by people who won't admit their true beliefs, or don't have any.
by Cekoviu » Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:15 pm
Xeng He wrote:What do the leftists on here think of Frederick Winslow Taylor? In particular, I'm wondering what they think someone like him should be paid. Also the implications this has for management pay.
by Xeng He » Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:23 pm
Cekoviu wrote:Xeng He wrote:What do the leftists on here think of Frederick Winslow Taylor? In particular, I'm wondering what they think someone like him should be paid. Also the implications this has for management pay.
One of the greatest journalists of the 21st century, and a talented artist to boot. He's truly an admirable man.
Blazedtown wrote:[an ism is] A term used by people who won't admit their true beliefs, or don't have any.
by Dumb Ideologies » Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:04 am
by Dumb Ideologies » Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:39 am
Albrenia wrote:Ah, good old Ayn Rand. Even she couldn't practise the rubbish she preached in the end.
by Albrenia » Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:44 am
Dumb Ideologies wrote:Albrenia wrote:Ah, good old Ayn Rand. Even she couldn't practise the rubbish she preached in the end.
Depends. From a purely selfish point of view using a system you disagree with and thus benefitting from "wrong" isn't all that inconsistent. Greed is the only virtue to these people after all.
by Ostroeuropa » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:20 am
Bannon aims to lead a populist revolt of underprivileged people against the elites – he is taking Trump’s message of a government by and for the people more literally than Trump himself dares to do. That’s why Bannon is worth his weight in gold
The first conclusion we are compelled to draw from this strange predicament is that class struggle is back as the main determining factor of our political life – a determining factor in the good old Marxist sense of “determination in the last instance”: even if the stakes appear to be totally different, from humanitarian crises to ecological threats, class struggle lurks in the background and casts its ominous shadow.
The second conclusion is that class struggle is less and less directly transposed into the struggle between political parties, and more and more a struggle which takes place within each big political party.
by Mirial Magna » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:31 am
Ostroeuropa wrote:Liriena, I see why you like this guy, he's got balls.
https://i.redd.it/1k2g4dcma6n41.pngBannon aims to lead a populist revolt of underprivileged people against the elites – he is taking Trump’s message of a government by and for the people more literally than Trump himself dares to do. That’s why Bannon is worth his weight in gold
+The first conclusion we are compelled to draw from this strange predicament is that class struggle is back as the main determining factor of our political life – a determining factor in the good old Marxist sense of “determination in the last instance”: even if the stakes appear to be totally different, from humanitarian crises to ecological threats, class struggle lurks in the background and casts its ominous shadow.
The second conclusion is that class struggle is less and less directly transposed into the struggle between political parties, and more and more a struggle which takes place within each big political party.
Abril 8, 4020: The Republic has tracked General Grievous to Utapau! Perhaps this terrible clone war is finally coming to an end, even if we are on the losing side.
by Cisairse » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:32 am
Mirial Magna wrote:Ostroeuropa wrote:Liriena, I see why you like this guy, he's got balls.
https://i.redd.it/1k2g4dcma6n41.png
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I'd say that class struggle is taking place within the two main parties, as opposed to one being pro-worker and the other being pro-capitalist.
Really, all Bernie would have to do in order to unite pro-worker political views is support gun rights and oppose abortion.
by Mirial Magna » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:33 am
Cisairse wrote:Mirial Magna wrote:I'd say that class struggle is taking place within the two main parties, as opposed to one being pro-worker and the other being pro-capitalist.
Really, all Bernie would have to do in order to unite pro-worker political views is support gun rights and oppose abortion.
workers are anti-abortion
you heard it here folks
Abril 8, 4020: The Republic has tracked General Grievous to Utapau! Perhaps this terrible clone war is finally coming to an end, even if we are on the losing side.
by Rojava Free State » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:33 am
Cisairse wrote:Mirial Magna wrote:I'd say that class struggle is taking place within the two main parties, as opposed to one being pro-worker and the other being pro-capitalist.
Really, all Bernie would have to do in order to unite pro-worker political views is support gun rights and oppose abortion.
workers are anti-abortion
you heard it here folks
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.
by Imperium Romanum Sanctis » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:34 am
Mirial Magna wrote:Ostroeuropa wrote:Liriena, I see why you like this guy, he's got balls.
https://i.redd.it/1k2g4dcma6n41.png
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I'd say that class struggle is taking place within the two main parties, as opposed to one being pro-worker and the other being pro-capitalist.
Really, all Bernie would have to do in order to unite pro-worker political views is support gun rights and oppose abortion.
by Rojava Free State » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:37 am
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.
by Mirial Magna » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:38 am
Abril 8, 4020: The Republic has tracked General Grievous to Utapau! Perhaps this terrible clone war is finally coming to an end, even if we are on the losing side.
by Ostroeuropa » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:40 am
Cisairse wrote:Mirial Magna wrote:I'd say that class struggle is taking place within the two main parties, as opposed to one being pro-worker and the other being pro-capitalist.
Really, all Bernie would have to do in order to unite pro-worker political views is support gun rights and oppose abortion.
workers are anti-abortion
you heard it here folks
by Xeng He » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:41 am
Blazedtown wrote:[an ism is] A term used by people who won't admit their true beliefs, or don't have any.
by Ostroeuropa » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:41 am
by Novus America » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:55 am
Imperium Romanum Sanctis wrote:Mirial Magna wrote:I'd say that class struggle is taking place within the two main parties, as opposed to one being pro-worker and the other being pro-capitalist.
Really, all Bernie would have to do in order to unite pro-worker political views is support gun rights and oppose abortion.
That, and stop calling himself a Socialist.
At the end of the day, a lot of it comes down to marketing.
by Cisairse » Tue Mar 31, 2020 11:04 am
by Rojava Free State » Tue Mar 31, 2020 11:16 am
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.
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