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Murdered by Words

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Responses that completely destroy the original argument in a way that leaves little to no room for reply - a targeted, well-placed response to another person, organization, or group of people.

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[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

They also want to do that at gunpoint.

Minor detail you forgot to mention.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Capitalism is enforced at gunpoint. Can we condemn that, too?

[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You mean like when you can't loot other people's shit?

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What? No, I meant like when people said they didn't want to work 12 hours a day 6 days a week anymore, and then the capitalists had the police shoot them.

[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 month ago

I mean, that certainly wasn't nice, but unions are an accepted part of "capitalism" now.

[–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What in the actual fuck are you talking about?

[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Read other replies to my comment to find out. Mind the vote score, too. The vicious savages aren't hiding.

[–] dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Crying about "viscious savages" because people took away your internet points just makes you sound like a pampered little bitch.

[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago

I couldn't care less about my points. Look at the upvotes on the ones proposing murder.

[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They don't want that. They just understand that the capitalists will literally kill them and they have to be prepared for that. This is not speculation, it's historically accurate

[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

No, socialism doesn't work unless you force people into it. Socialism can theoretically be voluntary inside a capitalist system. No one forbids you to form a collective. Except no one joins such collectives except lazy rejects and people wanting free shit. There is a real reason hippie commune attempts have all fallen apart.

Capitalists will only kill you if you're trying to take their shit by force, which is entirely reasonable.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

There is a real reason hippie commune attempts have all fallen apart.

Ignoring the extreme scenario of hippie communes, things like "we want paid sick time", "we don't want to work more than 8 hours a day", and "we want to be paid in real money not company scrip" are pretty reasonable demands. All of that was met with violence by the capitalists. The police and sometimes army used violence, and then the leaders that survived were often jailed. So it's not like capitalism just naturally is stable. It's held in place by force.

Capitalists will only kill you if you’re trying to take their shit by force, which is entirely reasonable.

Why is it their stuff?

[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

What are you talking about? Capitalists literally hire death squads and murder people all over the world to protect their profits from exploiting countries that their host nations invaded and colonized

[–] mriormro@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you genuinely believe capitalism has not killed or caused the killing of numerous individuals?

[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago

Strawman alert.