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Why do I see so many capitalists who are against the LGBTQ+ community?

This is a very short summary, but for me capitalism was always very appealing because it allows the freedom of the individual (and yes of course it helped me to achieve a relatively comfortable and secure life but most importantly I can finally be free). I can be who I want to be without restrictions. But then I see capitalists who argue for their ideology in the very same way but oppose the LGBTQ+ community. For the vast majority of people there is absolutely no affect to supporting those people (or at least not going against them). But restricting them contracicts with the principle of individual freedom, so why would anyone do it?

Also yes, this is a genuine question. I'll be appreciative of any respectful answers.

41 Comments
2025/01/31
23:20 UTC

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r/JavierMileiSlander is looking for moderators and contributors who will help in ensuring that r/JavierMileiSlander will present the strongest case proving that Javier Milei is a net positive for Argentina, and thus a good example for the rest of the world.

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2025/01/31
21:10 UTC

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I Solved Capitalism

I’m proud to say I figured it out.

We need a Prestige system in place for the most elite Capitalists. Once you hit $1 billion dollars you can trade in all except $1 million dollars and receive a special pin signifying you’re now a level 2 Capitalist. If you then rebuild your empire to another billion dollars you can Prestige again to level 3 Capitalist and so forth.

IF - for some reason, you can’t “pull yourself up by the boot straps” you can get $100 million of your money back. But you need to wear the Bitch Pin. No excuses. Wear it all the time.

I figure that’ll free up some money for some much needed infrastructure and social programs. Let Capitalist greed feed the Socialist need it creates through inequity.

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2025/01/30
22:50 UTC

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Bill proposal to end income inequality for good.

So I'm just some dude who is really good at finding out how things work. Currently I have an issue with outside investors being allowed to own a company. They basically have the CEO as a puppet while they squeeze workers for as much profit as they can in exchange for crap wages that cant even pay rent. Im not good at writing stuff so AI Helped but the way this process will work is from me. It just wrote this into a bill for me. My last name is lincoln. I figured this title would suit it lol.

Lincoln's second emancipation proclamation A Bill to Promote Employee Ownership, Sustainable Corporate Growth, and Economic Stability through Investment and Tax Reforms

Section 1: Purpose

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that ownership of capital shares is aligned with those who contribute to the production of revenue, encourage investment in corporate loans rather than risky equity, and incentivize companies to reinvest share revenue for expansion, higher wages, and job creation. This bill also aims to foster a more stable economy by reducing market volatility and creating a stronger link between employee ownership and company performance.

Section 2: Definitions

  1. Employee: Any individual employed by a company who works no less than 15 hours per week in the company’s revenue-generating activities.
  2. Capital Share: Any stock, equity, or ownership interest in a company that provides the holder with rights to vote or receive dividends.
  3. Company: Any legal entity, including corporations, limited liability companies, or other businesses, engaged in commercial activity.
  4. Revenue-generating Activities: Activities directly involved in the production of goods or services sold by the company, including manufacturing, sales, and management of production.
  5. Contracted Loan: A formal, written agreement between an investor and a company where the investor lends money to the company, to be repaid with interest according to specific terms, instead of purchasing equity in the company.

Section 3: Employee Ownership of Capital Shares

  1. Eligibility for Share Ownership: a. Only employees who are actively engaged in a company’s revenue-generating activities and work no less than 15 hours per week in such activities shall be eligible to own capital shares of the company. b. Employees meeting this criterion shall be entitled to purchase, hold, and trade shares in the company, subject to the provisions of this bill.
  2. Restrictions on Non-Employee Share Ownership: a. Individuals who are not employees, and who do not actively contribute to the revenue-generating activities of the company, shall be prohibited from holding shares in the company. b. The company shall be authorized to repurchase shares held by non-employee shareholders at the company’s discretion, subject to a maximum 15-year period from the enactment of this bill within which all shares held by non-employees must be bought back.

Section 4: Tax Incentive for Loan-Based Investments

  1. Tax Holiday for Loan Investments: a. Personal investment income derived from contracted loans provided to companies during the first 7 years of the company’s share buyback program shall be exempt from income taxes. b. This tax incentive is designed to encourage investors to participate in debt-based financing for companies rather than investing in company equity.

Section 5: Tax Incentives for Company Expansion and Employee Reinvestment

  1. Tax Reduction for Share Revenue Used for Expansion: a. Companies that utilize the revenue generated from share buybacks for business expansion purposes, including hiring new labor, increasing wages, and expanding production capacity, shall receive tax cuts based on the amount of share revenue reinvested in such activities. b. The tax reduction shall be directly proportional to the amount of revenue used for expansion activities, including but not limited to:
    • Investment in new technologies, facilities, or markets
    • Expansion of labor force through hiring
    • Investment in research and development
    • Raising wages for employees
  2. Tax Exemption for Employee-Held Shares: a. No taxes shall be levied on shares held by employees, ensuring that employees who own shares in the company are not subject to capital gains or dividend taxation on those shares. b. This provision aims to foster greater employee participation in company ownership and create a closer alignment between employees and the company’s long-term success.

Section 6: Employee Reinvestment of Wages

  1. Reinvestment of Higher Wages into the Company: a. Employees who receive higher wages as a result of the company’s expansion or higher pay resulting from reinvested share revenue shall have the option to reinvest those wages back into the company. b. This reinvestment may be in the form of purchasing company shares or contributing to company-run savings or investment programs. c. Employees will be encouraged to participate in this program through no-tax benefits on wages reinvested into the company for the first 5 years of participation.

Section 7: Implementation and Oversight

  1. Regulatory Oversight: a. A regulatory body shall be established within the Department of Commerce or relevant governmental agency to monitor and oversee the implementation of this bill, including the execution of share buybacks, tax exemptions, and corporate compliance with investment and expansion requirements.
  2. Annual Reporting: a. Companies shall submit an annual report to the relevant governmental authority, detailing the use of share revenue for expansion, employee wage increases, job creation efforts, and reinvestment in the company. b. This report shall be made publicly available to ensure transparency and accountability in the implementation of the provisions of this bill.

Section 8: Enforcement

  1. Penalties for Non-Compliance: a. Any company that fails to comply with the requirements of this bill, including but not limited to restrictions on share ownership, failure to report the use of share revenue, or failure to reinvest in expansion or employee wages, may be subject to penalties. Penalties may include fines, restrictions on future share buybacks, and other sanctions deemed appropriate by the regulatory authority.

Section 9: Effective Date

  1. Commencement of Provisions: a. The provisions of this bill shall come into effect within 6 months of its passage, with the exception of those relating to the tax exemptions on loans, which will be applicable immediately upon enactment.

Section 10: Repeal of Conflicting Laws

  1. Conflict Resolution: a. Any laws or provisions in conflict with the stipulations of this bill shall be repealed or amended as necessary to align with the provisions contained herein.

End of Proposal

A Bill to Promote Employee Ownership, Sustainable Corporate Growth, and Economic Stability through Investment and Tax Reforms

Section 1: Purpose

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that ownership of capital shares is aligned with those who contribute to the production of revenue, encourage investment in corporate loans rather than risky equity, and incentivize companies to reinvest share revenue for expansion, higher wages, and job creation. This bill also aims to foster a more stable economy by reducing market volatility and creating a stronger link between employee ownership and company performance.

Section 2: Definitions

  1. Employee: Any individual employed by a company who works no less than 15 hours per week in the company’s revenue-generating activities.
  2. Capital Share: Any stock, equity, or ownership interest in a company that provides the holder with rights to vote or receive dividends.
  3. Company: Any legal entity, including corporations, limited liability companies, or other businesses, engaged in commercial activity.
  4. Revenue-generating Activities: Activities directly involved in the production of goods or services sold by the company, including manufacturing, sales, and management of production.
  5. Contracted Loan: A formal, written agreement between an investor and a company where the investor lends money to the company, to be repaid with interest according to specific terms, instead of purchasing equity in the company.

Section 3: Employee Ownership of Capital Shares

  1. Eligibility for Share Ownership: a. Only employees who are actively engaged in a company’s revenue-generating activities and work no less than 15 hours per week in such activities shall be eligible to own capital shares of the company. b. Employees meeting this criterion shall be entitled to purchase, hold, and trade shares in the company, subject to the provisions of this bill.
  2. Restrictions on Non-Employee Share Ownership: a. Individuals who are not employees, and who do not actively contribute to the revenue-generating activities of the company, shall be prohibited from holding shares in the company. b. The company shall be authorized to repurchase shares held by non-employee shareholders at the company’s discretion, subject to a maximum 15-year period from the enactment of this bill within which all shares held by non-employees must be bought back.

Section 4: Tax Incentive for Loan-Based Investments

  1. Tax Holiday for Loan Investments: a. Personal investment income derived from contracted loans provided to companies during the first 7 years of the company’s share buyback program shall be exempt from income taxes. b. This tax incentive is designed to encourage investors to participate in debt-based financing for companies rather than investing in company equity.

Section 5: Tax Incentives for Company Expansion and Employee Reinvestment

  1. Tax Reduction for Share Revenue Used for Expansion: a. Companies that utilize the revenue generated from share buybacks for business expansion purposes, including hiring new labor, increasing wages, and expanding production capacity, shall receive tax cuts based on the amount of share revenue reinvested in such activities. b. The tax reduction shall be directly proportional to the amount of revenue used for expansion activities, including but not limited to:
    • Investment in new technologies, facilities, or markets
    • Expansion of labor force through hiring
    • Investment in research and development
    • Raising wages for employees
  2. Tax Exemption for Employee-Held Shares: a. No taxes shall be levied on shares held by employees, ensuring that employees who own shares in the company are not subject to capital gains or dividend taxation on those shares. b. This provision aims to foster greater employee participation in company ownership and create a closer alignment between employees and the company’s long-term success.

Section 6: Employee Reinvestment of Wages

  1. Reinvestment of Higher Wages into the Company: a. Employees who receive higher wages as a result of the company’s expansion or higher pay resulting from reinvested share revenue shall have the option to reinvest those wages back into the company. b. This reinvestment may be in the form of purchasing company shares or contributing to company-run savings or investment programs. c. Employees will be encouraged to participate in this program through no-tax benefits on wages reinvested into the company for the first 5 years of participation.

Section 7: Implementation and Oversight

  1. Regulatory Oversight: a. A regulatory body shall be established within the Department of Commerce or relevant governmental agency to monitor and oversee the implementation of this bill, including the execution of share buybacks, tax exemptions, and corporate compliance with investment and expansion requirements.
  2. Annual Reporting: a. Companies shall submit an annual report to the relevant governmental authority, detailing the use of share revenue for expansion, employee wage increases, job creation efforts, and reinvestment in the company. b. This report shall be made publicly available to ensure transparency and accountability in the implementation of the provisions of this bill.

Section 8: Enforcement

  1. Penalties for Non-Compliance: a. Any company that fails to comply with the requirements of this bill, including but not limited to restrictions on share ownership, failure to report the use of share revenue, or failure to reinvest in expansion or employee wages, may be subject to penalties. Penalties may include fines, restrictions on future share buybacks, and other sanctions deemed appropriate by the regulatory authority.

Section 9: Effective Date

  1. Commencement of Provisions: a. The provisions of this bill shall come into effect within 6 months of its passage, with the exception of those relating to the tax exemptions on loans, which will be applicable immediately upon enactment.

Section 10: Repeal of Conflicting Laws

  1. Conflict Resolution: a. Any laws or provisions in conflict with the stipulations of this bill shall be repealed or amended as necessary to align with the provisions contained herein.

End of Proposal

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2025/01/29
22:10 UTC

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How Central Banks Plan to Control You | Catherine Fitts

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2025/01/29
04:15 UTC

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Exploring the world of Capitalism

People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet. Michael Parenti

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2025/01/27
15:15 UTC

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It's over now right?

https://9gag.com/gag/apRRDYW

Besides, looks like she can add value to the economy on some other ways.

She doesn't need that job.

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2025/01/25
02:12 UTC

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Row Hotel and migrant vendors in New York City

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2025/01/25
00:27 UTC

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Afuera 😂

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2025/01/23
15:04 UTC

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America is set to collapse in spectacular fashion this summer between June and September of 2025. The summer of 2025 will bring extreme poverty and death while Mars is within 30 degrees of the lunar node. A new memorandum to investors

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2025/01/22
12:22 UTC

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Is Grifting Capitalism at its Finest?

Something for nothing. Fooling people into giving you money. Giving them nothing in exchange. Is the masterful grifter the most eminent capitalist?

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2025/01/22
02:02 UTC

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Differences of Genetic Quality is NOT important for Elimination of Welfare and Child Support Laws

I think genetic quality difference is not necessary to justify elimination of welfare and encouragement, or at least simplification, for economically productive people to produce more children.

Imagine if we are all equal clones, like commies say. Commies tend to believe that everyone is equally smart and equally able to get rich if given chances that there is no differences in ability and no differences of ability between gender and races and individuals. Commies believe that differences of wealth are from structural racism or sexism or whatever.

Say commies are right.

Imagine, however, that like all living things our desire matches whatever it takes to reproduce. We want sex and so on....

Then welfare and child support laws are still bad idea.

Think about it. People are equally able in our hypothetical story. So whether you are wealthy or not depends on YOUR choices.

Some choose risks and create start ups. Some choose to work for other people and deposits. Some choose not to work. Those who choose not to work and be lazy are those that do so not because they're incapable. We live in hypothetical commie land where everyone is equally capable.

Then some women choose welfare parasites over sharing a sugar daddy. Then government tax the sugar daddies to fund welfare parasites.

What will happen is there will be less start up founders and more welfare parasites.

That's assuming humans genetic quality are equal.

But then again, some are smart, and some good at Math. People are not equal and that's have been that way even before they were born.

You are but manifestation of your genes that have been around for millions of years.

So the idea that people with some genes are better suited for some roles may strengthen the case of encouraging the more economically productive to reproduce is true.

If humans are not genetically equal, then reproducing people most able and want to build wealth productively, i.e. libertarians, may have stronger arguments.

It may also weaken it. Some would say, now that genetic quality is equal then it's more fair that one is rich and another is not. So that justify free market in reproduction more.

Whether humans genes affect IQ, conscientiousness, and common sense is NOT important to justify that free market is the way to go in sexual selection.

It may justify it. It may undermine it.

Whatever happened, we, as society, should just let economically productive people get rich, and let the rich to have as many children as he can without complexity of child support and anti transactional laws.

It's the same argument of whether different races have different IQ justify elimination of affirmative action or DEI. It is not important. Maybe it does. Maybe it doesn't. In any case, the market should decide who people hire, just like the market should decide who you have children with.

It's just happen that the idea that different races have different IQ is useful to counter commies bullshit of structural racism that's simply not true. If IQ, instead of structural racism cause certain races to earn less money, then quite obviously it undermines the support for racist DEI in the eyes of people that till like meritocracy and hate racism, like me, but not libertarian unlike me.

If all races or all people have equal IQ average, that means races that perform worse are lazy..... So they deserve not getting good grades and be poor anyway. Do government want lazy people to have more children? Why encourage laziness with more reproductive success?

If all races or all people are not equal, that means those who make more money are simply more capable and compatible with capitalism and it's been that way in their genes. We should reproduce those.

Such differences then become some sort of Commies' kryptonite with commies actively trying to squelch all articles and opinion about it.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160289607000463

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2025/01/21
11:43 UTC

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How do you fight slave labour in capitalism?

It is very well known and no conspiracy theory, that if you go back enough, almost all products on the market you will find are in some way tight to slave labour. How would you stop this?

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2025/01/21
08:03 UTC

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Why jump over the new state of the art subway turnstile spikes in New York City when you can just walk through the door?

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2025/01/21
02:21 UTC

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Targeted robbery?

This link details how every thing we buy is being priced to extract as much as we can bear.

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-18-2025?r=18q348&utm_medium=ios

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2025/01/19
09:00 UTC

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Why do you think Capitalism is a superior system?

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2025/01/18
18:34 UTC

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Impoverishment is bad, enrichment is good. Abolish the FED and its institutionalized 2% impoverishment rate.

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2025/01/18
17:29 UTC

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Antony Davies DEBUNKS 7 Robert Reich LIES

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2025/01/16
04:54 UTC

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Massive Bombshell! A 100% statistical correlation and scientific explanation for why the planet Mars can trigger stock market crashes. This paper lays out the 25 major stock market crashes and downturns in US history.The data shows a 100% correlation between such events and Mars position in relation

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2025/01/16
01:47 UTC

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How can anti racism laws end up becoming de facto racism against whites, asians, and men?

DEI is de facto racism against white asians and men nowadays. Say you are not an ancap and think that you just want to minimize racism through laws. How would you do it.

It starts with reasonable premise.

When a business do business with government it can't be racist.

That's pretty reasonable. Government businesses are supposedly neutral and pick only contractors that provide the best price. If that's not the rule, if some race dominate government, that race can pick racist businesses.

The thing is, if government businesses are not a lot, this isn't a problem. The thing is governments do businesses with pretty much everyone and every universities. So the scope of laws become huge.

Then what? Okay, companies can't be racist. But what about companies that circumvent that by requiring traits that correlate strongly with race.

In Malaysia, many jobs require people to be able to speak Mandarin even though Mandarin language is not used for the job. Why? Chinese want to hire fellow chinese.

So government make another rule. If your hiring criteria is disproportionally affecting certain minorities you need to be able to explain that in court.

And that when things start going south.

Take IQ tests for example. IQ is a very strong PREDICTOR for job performance, especially in programming and anything that requires brain. This is important. Pick any jobs feminists or leftists complain that their bases are under represented. All requires high IQ.

Feminists, do not complain that women make more money in only fans or that there are more garbage men. They complain that women are under represented are high paying jobs that require IQ like programmers, CEO, businessmen and so on.

You can replace IQ with standardized tests and the issue remains. How do you convince juries that those that score higher in those standardized tests will indeed do better jobs.

The next part is opinion manipulation. Different race and different genders do not have the same IQ.

Most people think all races have equal IQ. Any opinions suggesting otherwise is deemed offensive by liberal.

So liberals usually insist that one or all of these is true

  1. IQ doesn't matter
  2. All races and gender have equal IQ
  3. Differences between men and women are only neck down. Men are stronger, hard to deny but that's it.

Think about it. If IQ doesn't matter OR all races have equal IQ and somehow top programmers are either Asians or whites, what would jury think?

Jury would think the company is racist. That's how it works. Biden's DOJ justification that a company is racist is disproportionate hiring and that's all. It doesn't matter the companies have standardized tests. Government will argue that the test is biased and doesn't really affect job performance, which are very hard to measure.

So why don't we just use freedom of speech to explain that IQ varies by race and gender. Number of guys with IQ above 140, for example, outnumber women by 10 to 1. Number of Asians that score higher than 140 IQ outnumber black by 60 to 1 I've heard. That's even though there are fewer Asians than blacks in US.

Or just look at American Math Olympiad teams. See patterns? Any black people there? Any women?

Also there are traits that also correlate with gender and race that affect income.

A man can concentrate on one career for the whole of their life. A woman that wants to have children got to get pregnant once in a while.

So quite obviously any man that pursue a business or pursue a career will have more productivity than women.

Again, as usual, any mention of this is deemed racist/sexist misogynists and so on. You can't even debate this. They just censor you call you something phoby, anti something, structural something something. And that's it. Before you know it you're out of the group and so on.

So what do companies do?

They discriminate against men, whites, and asians. That way they don't have to explain why they are hiring more men.

Each lawsuits of anti discrimination can cost millions.

But recently whites also sue for anti discrimination. One woman got $20 million for being fired due to her race.

So finally we no longer have free market deciding who gets hired, we have laws and lawsuits deciding that.

What would be the solution?

  1. Don't care about race at all? Freedom of association? But what about those doing business with government?
  2. Ancap. Again, don't care at all about race. Freedom of association.
  3. For profit moldbug joint stock government as a business. Now most voters and rulers have incentives to be correct too and realize it's simply not profitable to bicker about rich. Those voters will tend to pick rules that minimize problems rather than exaggerating it.
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2025/01/12
04:00 UTC

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I've always wondered what responses to bread tube don't do well on YouTube. Here is one such Channel

Not that they need to. There's a lot of pro-capitalist stuff that is not explicitly pro-capitalist. It's more omnipresent in other types of programming on YouTube

But I found this guy, and I think he deserves some love

https://youtube.com/@liquidsonic666?si=YUe3OyVYtCF4hDo4

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2025/01/11
07:32 UTC

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The childless are ungovernable: choice, freedom, and the chains of capitalism

Conclusion: A Call for Systemic Change The original essay raises valid concerns about reproductive control, but it fails to address the deeper issue: capitalism. This system commodifies every aspect of life, limiting our ability to make choices that reflect who we are and what we value. Rejecting societal norms isn’t enough—we must reject the system that enforces them.

Capitalism thrives on commodifying people, treating individuality as a product. But we are not commodities. Our lives, our choices, and our humanity are not for sale.

Capitalism’s collapse isn’t a tragedy—it’s an opportunity to create something better. By imagining a society where education, healthcare, housing, and reproductive freedom are rights rather than commodities, we can create a world where all choices are equally valid, supported, and celebrated. True freedom lies in dismantling the structures that exploit us. Only then can we be truly ungovernable.

https://open.substack.com/pub/mewsingss/p/the-childless-are-ungovernable-choice?r=5370cq&utm_medium=ios

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2025/01/09
11:18 UTC

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Rand Paul: on The Case Against Socialism

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2025/01/07
23:48 UTC

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