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   Message 154,719 of 155,846   
   Dude to All   
   Re: on freaking boomernomics   
   05 Feb 26 18:07:06   
   
   From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/5/2026 4:30 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   > On 2/5/26 9:30 AM, Dude wrote:   
   >> On 2/4/2026 10:56 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>> On 2/4/26 6:52 PM, 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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>> body rights do not extend to property   
   >>>   
   >> Your body is your property, you own it.   
   >   
   > negative, u do not "own" your body, you *are* your body   
   >   
   You can't force me to get a COVID shot. Where did you get that crazy   
   idea, Nick?   
    > > u cannot sell ur whole body to another owner like you can with   
   property,   
   > therefor the rights are very much distinct.   
   >   
   Your body is your body. You own it. You have a right to self defense.   
   Don't let them take your body, Nick. It's your mind too. Don't get   
   brainwashed into thinking you have no human rights.   
    > > and yes before u bring it up: you can sell the results of your labor   
   > time, but not transfer ownership of ur body to another person   
   >   
   > unless u support slavery in which case i can just disregard u as being a   
   > totally incoherent nutjob dude   
   >   
   >> Get wise, Nick!   
      
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