A have a family member who is full MAGA and does exactly this. Then he will describe something that he thinks is a good idea, and when I point out to him that he is describing socialism he denies it. It is very frustrating!
I found out a really good way to describe how I feel in these situations. Ball up your fist then in a single swing knock your family member to the ground. If you completed step 2 pat yourself on the back comrade
Please keep that in mind next time a democrat tells you they have to move more right to win voters. Your family member is very far from unique.
Is it possible to direct these conversations away from semantics? It seems you two actually agree on stuff, but not on hou both of you call it.
Just don’t call the stuff you agree on socialism and focus on how Trump actually fights against this.
If all the profits go to the owner/shareholders, I don’t understand the incentive to work harder than required
Thus one of the fundamental limits of capitalism.
Annual bonuses
It’s not a bonus if you earned it - that’s just called pay. You should be getting that money by default.
I don’t get an annual bonus. I don’t get benefits. I don’t get health care. I don’t even get full time hours.
more like anal bonus, amirite?
Except A: Not all (or even most, realistically) jobs get that, and B: There’s no real enforcement mechanism for those that do other than management goodwill. Practically speaking “one’s quantity and quality of work won’t affect one’s pay provided one doesn’t get fired” is a good approximation across the board.
they used to show pics of soviet era public housing and nowadays it’s way better than living in a tent in the midwestern winter
We will be divided so we cannot stand.
