What the hell let's roll with the idiocy. I have a little time to kill.
Faced with foaming-at-the-mouth socialists who challenged him at his book signing session,
Of course, without any actually description of even a single actual criticism made, we really have no idea what
challenge these "foaming at the mouth socialists" were raising. Given the questions, I have to assume the author is just a dip**** who had no idea what the challenge actually is.
Why weren't there demonstrations with anti-feudal slogans under feudal rule? And under Stalin, no anti-communist demonstrations? And under Hitler, no anti-fascist demonstrations? In a free capitalist society, anti-capitalist demonstrations are commonplace. Is capitalism really the worst system?
Well if there weren't demonstrations, everything must have been peachy! Or something. Of course, the author's implication is that there were protests and these were handled with some brutality which has a silencing effect. The author is trying to attribute freedom, and general enlightenment, to capitalism when personally I feel
democracy is the bigger help here. I'd also point out that people criticizing capitalism aren't actually saying it's the
worst system. They think it can be better.
I know, I know. Libertarians think any criticism of capitalism means you want to end capitalism. I suppose we should assume libertarians want to end all government, since they do criticize government.
If capitalism makes some people rich without making others poor, who will benefit when capitalism is destroyed?
Who the **** wants to destroy capitalism?
If the poor in America have things that people in other countries can only dream about, why is there a movement to make America more like those other countries?
Which countries do we want America to be more like? Is it North Korea? Because that's the one I see on facebook all the time. Right-wingers think we should be more like North Korea because they'll shoot you if you cross the border.
Why, on the rare occasions when Obama's actions benefit America, does his base get angry? And every time his actions are hurting this nation, his base is happy? Who exactly are these people?
Why do you beat you wife?
If cutting out the middleman lowers the price, why are we paying the government to stand between us and the markets?
Because sometimes not having a middleman literally kills you because sometimes a business decides killing you is more profitable.
If racial profiling is an abomination, what do you make of the last presidential election?
What on earth does this even mean? Elected a black man, therefore racial profiling is good? Or maybe he thinks it doesn't exist. Similarly, this one time a woman became CEO therefore sexists vanished instantly. Racism doesn't exist in America anymore, yay! Except for Obama of course, he's the real racist! I can't even begin to comprehend where this moron was going with this one.
Ever noticed that for the past thirty years, we've been hearing we have less than ten years to save the planet?
The media's job is, quite literally, to make something as exciting or as scary as possible. Because that's what sells advertising space. Don't let journalists paint pictures for you like that. Maybe our illustrious author will learn that some day. You'd think an ex-soviet convert would recognize the dangers of propaganda :shrug:
Once a politician labels the truth as hate speech, can anyone trust him to speak the truth afterward?
"Labels the truth as hate speech" is dog whistle speak for "It's just not
fair that people call me out for being an asshole boohoo why wont they leave me alone and let my opinion go unchallenged."
If a politician gets elected by the poor on a promise to eliminate poverty, wouldn't fulfilling his promise destroy his voting base? Wouldn't he rather benefit from the growing numbers of poor people? Isn't this an obvious conflict of interests?
If a politician actually managed to
eliminate all poverty in a manner that's actually attributed to that individual, that person is getting re-elected in a landslide
for life. Are you kidding me? How do you run against the guy whose campaign slogan is "Hey. I ended poverty." His constituency is now
basically everybody.
If all cultures are equal, why doesn't UNESCO organize International Cannibalism Week festivals?
Ahh yes. People who promote cultural openness are really suggesting you must tolerate any and all crimes. Similarly, if you suggest we shouldn't tolerate cannibalism, you are promoting SINGLE, UNIFIED THINKING. ALL CITIZENS MUST CONFORM. Right? This is how the world works. Total black and white.
