Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoLemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the leftlemm.eeimagemessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down18
arrow-up119arrow-down1imageLemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the leftlemm.eeKidplayer_666@lemm.ee to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWell that’s just bullshit. Markets have brought more people out of poverty than anything.
minus-squarecity_watch [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoCapitalism literally requires poverty to even function.
minus-squareKurtVonnegut [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoLib - “Markets make everything cheaper, which is good.” Leftist - “But if there is a labor market, won’t that make labor cheaper?” Lib - “Yes, and that is good.” Leftist - “How is that good?” Lib - “It leads to more profits.” Leftist - “But why is it good to have more profits?” Lib - “Because a good country is when corporations make profits, and the more profits the corporations make, the gooder the country is.”
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoKid: “Mommy, what’s a strawman?” Mother: “Take a look a this post here. See how they speak for both sides of the argument?” Kid: “Yes, they’re arguing with themselves.” Mother: “Exactly, and they can make their opponent say what they want.” Kid: “That seems like an easy way to make your argument look good” Mother: "Yes. It’s like fighting someone who can’t put up any resistance. They could be made of straw. A strawman. " Kid: “Oh, I see.”
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoYou didn’t engage with their argument, but good try nonetheless. It’s nice to see you cling to a fallacy rather than engage in good-faith discussion of an argument clearly illustrated for you to relate to.
Well that’s just bullshit. Markets have brought more people out of poverty than anything.
Capitalism literally requires poverty to even function.
Lib - “Markets make everything cheaper, which is good.”
Leftist - “But if there is a labor market, won’t that make labor cheaper?”
Lib - “Yes, and that is good.”
Leftist - “How is that good?”
Lib - “It leads to more profits.”
Leftist - “But why is it good to have more profits?”
Lib - “Because a good country is when corporations make profits, and the more profits the corporations make, the gooder the country is.”
Kid: “Mommy, what’s a strawman?”
Mother: “Take a look a this post here. See how they speak for both sides of the argument?”
Kid: “Yes, they’re arguing with themselves.”
Mother: “Exactly, and they can make their opponent say what they want.”
Kid: “That seems like an easy way to make your argument look good”
Mother: "Yes. It’s like fighting someone who can’t put up any resistance. They could be made of straw. A strawman. "
Kid: “Oh, I see.”
You didn’t engage with their argument, but good try nonetheless. It’s nice to see you cling to a fallacy rather than engage in good-faith discussion of an argument clearly illustrated for you to relate to.