Anti-Capitalist Sentiment (with some morality)

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This reminds me of something that always bugs me in debate with left-wing people.

One of the things that sucks so much about the state is that many of its tyrannies are necessary in light of its other tyrannies. It's the doctor that prescribes you one drug where the side effects are worse than the cure, then needs to give you more drugs to counter those side effects which contraindicate with the first drug, and on and on.

When you have a situation where wealth concentrates due to political influence (crony capitalism), it makes sense to have wealth distribution to the poor. When you have a system that gives money to the poor, it makes sense to make immigration difficult. When you have free government healthcare, it makes sense to meddle in people's business to make sure they don't do risky things with their own bodies. When you have a high minimum wage, it makes sense to give everyone free post-secondary education since there otherwise will be no jobs for them. When you give everyone free college, it makes sense to control who goes into what field so you don't waste billions of dollars on people who will be in the same predicament as having no education at all. It also makes sense to control the content in public universities when taxpayers are footing such a massive bill.

i have to say this all makes a hell of a lot of sense and is a perspective i've failed to appreciate or even access in my own private ruminations on these kind of topics. i'm confused as to the the context though. why do these points you mention bug you about debating with left-wing people?

ps interesting thread. keep discussing shit you impassioned internet strangers

edit: pps, except you wufuwgy, you just keep quoting renton. or otherwise perhaps dig up some of your material on the woes of the state and the godliness of the economy from other completely unrelated threads and quote that in the unlikely event that you make a divergent point or express something as efficiently.

ppps juuuust kiddin' brah