Europe, Boring Until it's Not

[Montegriffo]

Yeah, cos the main tenet of Socialism is to take money from the poor to give to the rich.
Derp...

[DBTrek]

Yeah, cos the main tenet of Socialism is to take money from the poor to give to the rich.
Derp...

The main tenet is to take money from everyone to enrich the government class, seize the means of production, and keep the populace dependent.

Check.

[Zlaxer]

@Monte - lolz - you’re not winning anyone over - its too late - pandoras box has been opened by leftist - now reap it.

[DBTrek]

The fish can’t see the water. Monte cites articles that say the same thing we’re all telling him, but then his Pavlovian “FUCK RICH PEOPLE” reflex response kicks in and he discards the information.
It’s sad.

[Montegriffo]

How exactly do tax breaks for business equate to seizing the means of production?

Macron is a company man and cares about the working class as much as President Tariff does.

[Montegriffo]

The fish can’t see the water. Monte cites articles that say the same thing we’re all telling him, but then his Pavlovian “FUCK RICH PEOPLE” reflex response kicks in and he discards the information.
It’s sad.

What?
You are all telling me this is a revolt against socialist policies yet here I am showing you Macron is a big business crony whose policies hit the poor hardest.

[DBTrek]

How’s that go again Monte?

It’s all just a big conspiracy by the bourgeois rich to oppress the working class?

What a remarkably insightful and well-considered response. I’d bet you could train really dumb people to use that counter argument for almost everything if you put a little effort into it.

Oh wait ...

[DBTrek]

Monte cites a source plainly stating the riots are over a fuel tax intended to force citizens to change their preferred mode of transportation.
Upon realizing that the problem is caused by big government, socialist-style social engineering, he immediately reverts back to:

How exactly do tax breaks for business equate to seizing the means of production?

... but they're rioting over a fuel tax, not tax breaks.
A-herpa-derp-derp.

The conditioning is strong with this one.

[Montegriffo]

Still waiting for an explanation of how raising taxes to support big business while at the same time slashing public service funding is Socialism...

ps. The rioting is about ever-increasing taxes combined with cuts in welfare spending.
I realise that all tax is theft in America, which is why you pay twice as much for healthcare compared to Europe.

If in doubt, blame socialism...


I don't like socialism but I don't hate it enough to blame it when it's not there.

[DBTrek]

Still waiting for an explanation of how raising taxes to support big business ...

/shrug

Like trying to teach a cat to read. Some mammals just don’t have the capacity.