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   Message 154,698 of 155,846   
   Noah Sombrero to Dude   
   Re: on freaking boomernomics   
   05 Feb 26 16:08:02   
   
   From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 11:34:07 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >On 2/5/2026 9:52 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 09:43:34 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2/5/2026 6:00 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 18:52:52 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 2/4/2026 2:04 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 13:31:24 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On 2/3/2026 4:20 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 11:41:48 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> On 2/3/2026 10:07 AM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>> On 2/3/26 10:05 AM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On 2/2/2026 11:14 AM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> u built a house on a parcel of land and now everyone in the   
   entire world   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> is just supposed to respect that because???   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> you used resources that no one produced (land, raw material) and   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> is therefore yours by right of violence indefinitely into the   
   future???   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> what is reality just a giant game of finders keepers???   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> u have no problem with landlords, why in the fuck do u have a   
   problem   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> with landlords submissive to democratic input???   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> it's always such a weird contradiction libertarians display: no   
   problem   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> with "private" landlords, but all the problems with "public"   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> landlords...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> i'm arguing with submature children tbh, freaking boomernomics   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> could we get a little general decency up in this bitch???   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> #god   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Thank you, Nick, for addressing this matter of property rights and   
   >>>>>>>>>>> home ownership.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Maybe you've not thought this through.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> You own your self, ownership of your own mind and body. Private   
   >>>>>>>>>>> property is morally grounded in the right to own one's own body,   
   which   
   >>>>>>>>>>> extends to the fruits of one's labor.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> u are not ur property   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> You own your own body and mind, Nick. Your health is your greatest   
   >>>>>>>>> wealth. It's all yours. You have a right to the fruits of your labor.   
   >>>>>>>>> Otherwise, you are a slave - the property of others.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Otherwise, Nick, in reality you are owned - homeless.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> It's for your own protection - from coercion and allow you to make   
   >>>>>>>>>>> independent decisions, providing the security needed to live, work,   
   >>>>>>>>>>> and pursue your own happiness.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> yeah except most of the world is heavily limited by the rights of   
   >>>>>>>>>> others, and the situation is getting worse by the year   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Obviously, ownership promotes responsible stewardship of resources   
   and   
   >>>>>>>>> acts as a barrier against violating the rights of others. Your   
   property   
   >>>>>>>>> is your protection.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Repeating this assertion does not answer objections raised to it.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> What planet are you living on? I thought you said you went to college.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "You own your own body you have an inherent right to the fruit of your   
   >>>>>>> own labor." - John Locke   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> So, let me be clear:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Under communism, you don't own anything, and you do not keep "the fruit   
   >>>>>>> of your labor", since it has to go to other people that need it.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Under the communist notion of freedom you are not free, you have no say   
   >>>>>>> on what to do with the food or shelter you're producing because it has   
   >>>>>>> to go to the State, to be distributed to other people.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> If that were true, then the fruits of their labor would also be   
   >>>>>> distributed to you, which would be an enormous profit over what little   
   >>>>>> bit you put in the pot.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> That's where the problem is - there's no incentive to work hard, or work   
   >>>>> at all, when you get on the State dole. The same low subsistence level   
   >>>>> as everyone else, forever poor, owned by the State.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Conservative propaganda again.  And again.  It ain't necussarily so.   
   >>>> If it is so, you can be sure there is a dictator in the wood pile.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> You already know this is state capitalism, right?, right.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> But it is not true.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> This is not true:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> This is nuts! Where's Creon?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> All creatures great and small are entitled to their own body.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And again.  Nobody wants to take your body.   
   >>>>   
   >>> This is nuts! Where's Creon?   
   >>>>   
   >>   
   >> Creon can't help you.   
   >>   
   >Almost anyone except a moron could explain or recite the Preamble to the   
   >US Constitution. We studied this in third grade!   
   >   
   >"All men are created equal..."   
   >   
   >U.S. Declaration of Independence. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and   
   >adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, it asserts that   
   >people are endowed with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the   
   >pursuit of happiness.   
      
   It does not, however, say dude is right.   
      
   >The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution is the opening 52-word statement   
   >that defines the document's purpose, beginning with "We the People" to   
   >establish that the government derives its power from its citizens. It   
   >outlines goals to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure   
   >domestic tranquility, provide for common defense, promote general   
   >welfare, and secure liberty.   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
   <<>> to <<>>   
   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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