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by derektank 4 days ago
One doesn’t have to imagine themselves a future millionaire to be wary of granting the state the ability to confiscate private property. There’s a very real risk that they’ll come for the modern equivalent of the kulaks next.
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Americans: terrified of an imagined threat, completely oblivious to the active threat right in front of them.
The several hundred thousand people that died during dekulakization were very real
Because dekulakization is definitely the path we’re on right now, not oligarchic domination. What trillionaire?

Thanks for making my point for me.

This would be fair...except said wary individuals have had zero problem giving the state the ability to confiscate private property as long as it appeals directly to their emotions. We've seen cheers from those same types as the government sends jack-booted thugs to kick in doors and destroy property.