The ideas that a) we're not already spending an immense amount of money on social welfare, and b) that we can spend even more without taxing anyone other than billionaires, are obstacles to achieving the freer and more just society that we deserve.

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that's just not true though. that's the OP's point. 65% of federal spending is Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, income security, and veterans' benefits.

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The history of French protesting after Paris was no longer the cauldron of modernity has been "Half the country is on fire. Election one month later - General Adolphe du Racisme has won 68% of the vote."

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Essentialism. Whatever you do it's FINE, you are part of the Master Race (very broadly and remarkably flexibly defined). Your essence is assured, and it's all that matters. Sorry that is way too much of a reply. Been meaning to write that as a blog post of my own for awhile now lol.

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Some people were making me mad on the internet so I wrote a blog post about it. On the different reasons for people have for being left wing and how people manage the psychological tensions of the fact that they come apart. sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...

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