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by SideQuark 17 days ago
Yeah, it only pays pensions, retirement accounts, provides liquidity for new industries, which then grow and provide jobs, and has been demonstrably one of the best inventions for pulling billions out of poverty and increasing standard of living generation after generation for hundreds of years over hundreds of countries on the planet.

We should outlaw all markets, right?
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throwaway27448 17 days ago
> Yeah, it only pays pensions, retirement accounts, provides liquidity for new industries, which then grow and provide jobs, and has been demonstrably one of the best inventions for pulling billions out of poverty and increasing standard of living generation after generation for hundreds of years over hundreds of countries on the planet.

What is it doing to feed my family in burundi?

> We should outlaw all markets, right?

Nobody said this, asshole. But how is the market going to correct for western retardation? Any move towards rational allocation of earth's resources will strip the west. Are you willing to argue that the west is worth sacrificing the east?

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SideQuark 17 days ago
> What is it doing to feed my family in burundi?

That it has not solved everyone's problems on the planet is no argument it against what it has provided more than any other system.

It's surprising how many of your comments place you in the US, and not one in Burundi. I'm guessing based on your past comments you're not too consistent on your claims.

> Nobody said this, asshole

You claimed they provide little value against obvious reality. We're done.

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throwaway27448 17 days ago
> It's surprising how many of your comments place you in the US, and not one in Burundi. I'm guessing based on your past comments you're not too consistent on your claims.

I am in the US. Umuryango wanjye uri mu Burundi. My loyalty lies with my family, asshole.

> That it has not solved everyone's problems on the planet is no argument it against what it has provided more than any other system.

Presumably a collective society would be able to provide for people regardless of their ability to produce quarterly profits for western corporations

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