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    So what does this crisis say about libertarianism when it takes socialism to protect capitalism!

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    • Is emergency relief really socialism, though?Gnash
    • Ask 2.3 million Venezuelans (7% of population), who fled their countryBustySaintClaire
    • Don’t get it twisted, it’s Americanism not Socialism.robotron3k
    • kind of like "SOCIAL" security and medicaid.utopian
    • your level of stupid just hit spaceHayoth
    • My logic brings all the tards to the yard. And I'm like. It's better than yours.monoboy
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    • temporary socialism is beneficial during a crisis (like in 2008) but not sustainable long run. 20 years of socialism in Venezuela & now looks like a war zonehotroddy
    • I agree with Hotty.utopian
    • True. If you define socialism entirely by the Venezuelan model.monoboy
    • Likewise if you judge capitalism by the American model.monoboy
    • The proposed UK model to pay 80% of wages for those not working in coronavirus crisis for the extent of the crisis seems appropriate and measured.utopian
    • The 'socialism' we experienced in 2008 was a bailout of the banking system propped up by selling US bonds to communist China.monoboy
    • Taxpayers always get bill when shit hits the fan but don't share in the spoils during the good times.monoboy
    • If any of the major corporates sitting on billions of cash reserves step in to evert this disaster I'll happily concede the neoliberalism won the day.monoboy
    • #avertmonoboy
    • We'll have an entirely new outlook by the end of 2020.monoboy
    • A free market where only the strong survive or something more mutual, with better distribution of wealth.monoboy
    • Covid19 is not altering the status quo. Rather, it's exposing an unsustainable status quo for what it always was.monoboy
    • fuck this, gimme those cash!grafician
    • When was the last time capitalism operated without socialized corporate protection or public absorption of losses?i_monk
    • < Exactly.monoboy
    • This kind of of justified libertarianism. No way is it socialism protecting capitalism. It's full blown mmt bailing out a special kind socialismdeathboy
    • Socialism has always protected capitalism. People just call it government subsidies and public investments.monoboy
    • That isn't protection. It's rust and decaydeathboy
    • Entropy as mono always saysdeathboy
    • Free market ultras believe that everything should be allowed to fail. So why won't you let it?monoboy
    • Fossil fuel is killing the planet yet Government subsidies are enormous.monoboy
    • Let it fail, there are alternatives.monoboy
    • But they won't because their grip on powers is absolute.monoboy
    • Socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor.monoboy
    • Mono u think fossil fuels is killing the planet. Remove it and think about the eco omic consequences and life changesdeathboy
    • As far as letting things fail. Well that's the socialism aspect that doesn't allow it. Gov agencies creating distortionsdeathboy
    • What u think u want u are getting in spades right now. U just have no idea what u asked fordeathboy
    • Chug that kool-aid.i_monk
    • Think about the economic consequences. Deathboy, you're so close to getting it.monoboy
    • I'm so close... Ok explain your outcome of the consequencesdeathboy
    • It seems Like u only preach hayeks serfdom 2 class system.deathboy
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