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Please explain to me how advertisers exercising their agency in choosing who to advertise with is "communism" or "socialism".
When I mentioned communism and socialism I was pointing to the mischaracterization of capitalism. Capitalism is just the free and open market and when companies collude together to manipulate the market that’s not capitalism. Capitalism has built in rules against market manipulation and monopolies unfortunately that requires the government to do it’s job to enforce it, which it’s been doing a piss poor job of.
Your definition of capitalism in this argument is simply a no true scotsman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman.
Just because you’re able to lookup fancy words doesn’t make my sentence invalid. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism
I looked up and provided the wikipedia article purely for your benefit so you could know which (informal) fallacy your tired, trash argument falls under.
You stating I’m wrong about something when you don’t understand something doesn’t make my argument invalid.
This is the same way that a (straw man) communist would argue: "it wasn't true communism, we still haven't tried true communism" based upon whatever ideal definition they have in their (fictitious, straw man) head.
I don't even have to know the content of the argument when it's couched in rhetoric like this to know that it's a warmed over brick of dog shit.
No, capitalism is capitalism I’m not saying there’s a better version of it out there and that we haven’t tried it yet what I’m saying is that the government is in bed with a lot of these companies and because of that what we currently have is being poorly managed
Which you're trying to say is not capitalism...but that's capitalism.
We didn't switch to socialism or some other economic system because we've, in your words, "poorly managed" our economic system. It's still capitalism we're running even if it's in your opinion "poorly managed".
Venezuela wasn’t socialist until it became socialist. I’m simply pointing out the country is moving in a bad direction. Before there was a balanced government and capitalist system now it’s less so.
You're trying to say that corporations all boycotting a POS social platform's ad buys at the same time is some form of "corporate communism" but you're too much of a weasel to say it outright because you know that it's empty rhetoric akin to something that would dribble out of Boebert's or MTG's lips and will be straightforwardly recognized as such by the audience here.
Thank you, you said it for me “corporate communism”, which in my opinion is the cancer of a functioning capitalist economy.
Oh go wrench Boebert's tits or give Matt Gaetz a handy (depending upon sexual preference).
Corporate communism isn't a fucking thing.
lol, good one. But actions speak louder that words and from Disney to Apple, they all have board members and shareholders looking for a collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members cough, cough, communism.
Oh, I see what's going on here...you don't know what capitalism nor communism are.
The last sentence came from the definition of communism all be it not the shareholders and board members part, but it sure fit in there like the last piece of a jigsaw puzzle. 😁
It doesn't fit at all actually. The post is nearly incoherent. You've just mixed the two concepts together in a way that demonstrates that you understand neither one.
If you weren't the type of poster you are, I would feel bad about pointing out your ignorance...because I believe just about everyone can learn, and throwing out insults doesn't really do anything to help people inform themselves. But with you I don't feel particularly bad because in order to be capable of learning about something you have to first understand at some level that you're ignorant about it.
Enlighten me.
Nah, I'm all good. You're one of the new school of brainwormed weirdos...the Stephen Crowder "debate me" types who want to have bad faith discussions about everything to prove that they're the alpha or something.
If you want to get enlightened, go read a book or even a magazine instead of another million social media posts or watching umpteen hours of brain dead YouTubers.
You feel you know it all but are unable to prove where I’m incorrect with facts and not your opinion in doing so haven’t proven anything.
WTF are you even trying to prove? That America is somehow not capitalist because corporations exist?
I mean take a good look in the mirror dude, your clown makeup is starting to streak from all the sobbing.
No, American is capitalistic and within that system exists things like corporations. Corporations don’t always benefit a capitalist society for instance if a corporation tries to buy output isn’t competition, make it harder for competitors, and manipulate prices to undercut competitors.
Edit: also corporations being able to lobby against the American voters such how Disney threatened to do in Florida.
Lol, is this really your example? Dinsney's little spat with Ron DeMeatball? No mention Monsanto, or American Dairy, or Facebook, or Exxon, or any number of other companies *successfully * lobbying the government against regulation?
I'm not a doctor, but just based on your stance toward Musk and this example I'd diagnose you with neoliberal brain rot. You should get that looked at.
First my point was to prove Elon had a point that most, not all, corporations are bad and out to get him. We ended up on different economic systems and their associations to government and business. Finally you proved my point that some corporations are bad, so in my opinion these companies that have it out for Elon, Rumble, and other free speech platforms should be looked at for the real reason for them pulling ads in a colluding manner.
A subject which you appear to know absolutely nothing about but are insisting upon making the main topic of discussion despite it having precisely nothing to do with anything. In even socialist wannabe countries the state runs the businesses. Everything you're whining about outside of the Elon talking points is the exact opposite way around (i.e. business is running the state). You know what that is much closer to? Fascism friendo.
Elon isn't a government entity. He runs Xitter, a disgraced (by him) formerly relevant social media platform. The economic system and its governmental associations have fuck all to do with which company places ads on another company's website. You're just so horned up for a nice red scare debate that you've hurt yourself in your confusion like a fucking Pokemon.