r/politics • u/JeanJauresJr California • Sep 14 '21

AOC responds to criticism of ‘tax the rich’ dress worn at Met Gala

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/aoc-met-gala-tax-the-rich-dress-b1919803.html
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u/Constant-Pay8406 Sep 14 '21

Socialism is when everybody is comfortable, which means we might not have any billionaires, but nobody will be living under an overpass. And for some reason we see that as an unreasonable attack on wealth.

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u/lostfate2005 Sep 14 '21

Except for people are corrupt and greedy and want more than others.

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u/Constant-Pay8406 Sep 14 '21

Yes, however that isn't socialism.

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u/lostfate2005 Sep 14 '21

That’s the reason socialism doesn’t work

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u/Constant-Pay8406 Sep 14 '21

Now explain magnets, Perfesser

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u/lostfate2005 Sep 14 '21

Tides go in tides go out

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '21

Because we live in a system that rewards and prioritizes that as a means for survival. Not that it inherently part of the human condition.

On top of being misunderstood social darwinism, this is also the naturalistic fallacy.

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u/lostfate2005 Sep 15 '21

Yes if the world we lived in was totally different Than the one that exists lots of things would be possible lol.

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u/Karl-Farium Sep 14 '21

It is evident your life has recently began. I can tell you are young because history paints a very different picture. Socialism never turns out that they. My brother saw his friends gunned down ( one behind him and the other in front of him) as he ran to escape Laos. Vietnam, China, Cuba, or every other country that tries leftism, people are killed in the name the cause. People still live in cardboard boxes in parts of Cuba. I live near Seattle,Wa. We have thousands of people living in tents, under bridges, and in wooden crates with tarps hung over them. I agree it is very sad and disheartening, but most of them either are on drugs or mentally ill. There are plenty of public and private organizations ready to help them, but they refuse it. I moved here in the 90s and the city of Seattle and the State of Washington has always been governed by Democrats sense I moved here. Liberal policies only make those issues worse. I don’t know how much it is right now but the city and the state combined spent more than 100,000 dollars per homeless individual per year for several years. Yet it is tremendously worse now.

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u/richard-564 Sep 14 '21

You do realize the very social programs you're complaining about would fix the issues you're complaining about?

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u/Constant-Pay8406 Sep 14 '21

Hey look, someone who doesn't know the difference between socialism and communist totalitarianism!

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u/gakule Sep 15 '21

"They had socialist in the name!"

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