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[-] caffinz@lemmy.ml 67 points 1 year ago
[-] remotelove@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I made the mistake of poking my head into /c/communism the other day. If you have a constructive opinion about something, speak up and join the chat over there! You will soon learn that you are a fascist baby killer as well, regardless of who you actually are.

It was a breath of fresh air, lemmie tell ya.

[-] Darc@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, that was one of the places. Well not /c/communism directly, more like /c/latestagecapitalism showed up on my feed, which is essentially the same thing. I responded to a post without looking at the community, saying (respectfully) that I thought a 70% tax is ridiculous for any demographic or socioeconomic status and I wondered how and why innovation happens in that kind of tax system, and I learned how many ways my family could die at their hands and how I’m the reason death and disease happen in the world. The mods removed the threats but I removed my comment to stop them from returning. I didn’t know it was the communism part 2 /c/.

What’s worse is THEIR threats were being upvoted by the community and my respectful original comment and replies were being downvoted like crazy. It wasn’t just the commenters - the voters were complicit. I had ZERO upvotes other than my own. There isn’t a decent human over there if you’re not a communist. They want to kill you. They told me, in lots of ways.

[-] GuyDudeman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

To be fair, the top tax rate during the most productive and innovative time in American history was 91%.

THAT is what allowed innovation to actually happen - because that excess wealth was actually being used to help eliminate poverty and bring the brilliant minds that had been hamstrung by poverty into their true potential.

It seems that you have been brainwashed by the far-right “libertarians” who want nothing more than to rule their company towns with iron fists.

[-] caffinz@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I had no idea about this actually. What are some good books or sources to read up on this? That's fascinating

[-] aidan@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Top tax rate !== The tax rate actually paid

[-] GuyDudeman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

At least it was there on paper.

[-] irmoz@reddthat.com -1 points 1 year ago

Innovation would happen in that system the same way it always has.

[-] nekat_emanresu@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I find your words of the utmost distaste. Does your mothers tongue slosh around as vacuously as your own?

[-] caffinz@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

These days yeah, sadly :(

[-] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is a fair point!

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