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   Message 154,732 of 156,682   
   Dude to All   
   Re: on freaking boomernomics   
   06 Feb 26 09:59:04   
   
   From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/5/2026 7:42 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   > On 2/5/26 5:43 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >> On 2/5/2026 4:22 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>> On 2/5/26 6:01 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 22:58:48 -0800, dart200   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 2/4/26 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   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> property rights do not extend to ur body   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> they are different things   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> to say they are the same thing is a category error   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What is it when they say the same thing over and over?   
   >>>   
   >>> repetition fallacy   
   >>>   
   >> Let's just be clear and transparent. Noah is a boomer and you're the   
   >> new kid on the block   
   >   
   > ok boomer   
   >   
   ok kid   
      
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