• jorp@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        here are two arguments:

        1. Your stance is based on the idea that both sides have equal merit
        2. You have no principles or independent thought

        you can pick the exact middle

        • samokosik@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          It’s hard to judge whether extreme right or extreme left is worse. They are both dangerous for a country, though in a different sense.

          I personally am not in the exact middle but being radical is not a choice.

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              1 year ago

              Usually the surreal ones such as extremely high minimum wages, fixed prices for food, state-sponsored housing, etc.

              Basically all actions that look very good on paper but at the same time are extremely expensive.

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                1 year ago

                extremely high minimum wages, fixed prices for food, state-sponsored housing, etc.

                Ooooooooo scary!

                Totally the same thing as literally exterminating entire groups of people based on characteristics they were born with.

                In all seriousness though, you should look at what Finland has done regarding “public housing,” and how great it has been for them. Spoiler alert, they’re actually really nice, and affordable. Because nobody is looking to maximize a profit.

                But please, let me know how “Finland is much smaller than the US, therefore impossible.”

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                  1 year ago

                  Well yes. They can go for it because they considering their size, they have a strong economy. They are literally the 3rd most prosperous country in the world.

                  If you can afford it, go for it but firstly you need to make the money.

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                    1 year ago

                    And how do you think they became prosperous? You have to give people the chance to spend money to have a growing economy, otherwise everyone’s keeping money for later and nothings flowing.

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                1 year ago

                lol yes ok very dangerous and equivalent to fascism understood

                my opinion of centrists has completely flipped, I totally get why “spending too much” and “enforcing an ethnic hierarchy” are the same degree of evil

                snark aside: you should reflect about what exactly money is, what it’s used for and what it represents, and how a government spending its own legal tender differs from household finances.