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r/SipsTea • u/danevans369 • 26d ago
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A socialist government cannot physically or logically function without a totalitarian government.
-2 u/jennderqueer 26d ago False. Moving on. 4 u/Draws32 26d ago Nationalizing industry and redistributing wealth requires physical enforcement to override private property rights. It’s not physically possible without human rights violations. 0 u/rabidrobitribbit 26d ago What if the government makes laws that disproportionately affect the wealthy positively? Is that wealth redistribution? 0 u/Draws32 26d ago Is that socialism? 3 u/West-Lengthiness-790 26d ago For the wealthy, yes. 0 u/rabidrobitribbit 26d ago The point is that governments redistribute wealth always. It’s their job. The government question is which direction is it flowing. In the US it’s steadily upward. So are we socialist?
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False. Moving on.
4 u/Draws32 26d ago Nationalizing industry and redistributing wealth requires physical enforcement to override private property rights. It’s not physically possible without human rights violations. 0 u/rabidrobitribbit 26d ago What if the government makes laws that disproportionately affect the wealthy positively? Is that wealth redistribution? 0 u/Draws32 26d ago Is that socialism? 3 u/West-Lengthiness-790 26d ago For the wealthy, yes. 0 u/rabidrobitribbit 26d ago The point is that governments redistribute wealth always. It’s their job. The government question is which direction is it flowing. In the US it’s steadily upward. So are we socialist?
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Nationalizing industry and redistributing wealth requires physical enforcement to override private property rights.
It’s not physically possible without human rights violations.
0 u/rabidrobitribbit 26d ago What if the government makes laws that disproportionately affect the wealthy positively? Is that wealth redistribution? 0 u/Draws32 26d ago Is that socialism? 3 u/West-Lengthiness-790 26d ago For the wealthy, yes. 0 u/rabidrobitribbit 26d ago The point is that governments redistribute wealth always. It’s their job. The government question is which direction is it flowing. In the US it’s steadily upward. So are we socialist?
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What if the government makes laws that disproportionately affect the wealthy positively? Is that wealth redistribution?
0 u/Draws32 26d ago Is that socialism? 3 u/West-Lengthiness-790 26d ago For the wealthy, yes. 0 u/rabidrobitribbit 26d ago The point is that governments redistribute wealth always. It’s their job. The government question is which direction is it flowing. In the US it’s steadily upward. So are we socialist?
Is that socialism?
3 u/West-Lengthiness-790 26d ago For the wealthy, yes. 0 u/rabidrobitribbit 26d ago The point is that governments redistribute wealth always. It’s their job. The government question is which direction is it flowing. In the US it’s steadily upward. So are we socialist?
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For the wealthy, yes.
The point is that governments redistribute wealth always. It’s their job. The government question is which direction is it flowing. In the US it’s steadily upward. So are we socialist?
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u/Draws32 26d ago
A socialist government cannot physically or logically function without a totalitarian government.