NeilBru

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[–] NeilBru -1 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Again, I don't advocate for apathy. I advocate for ousting the establishment DNC leadership by voting. Your reading comprehension sucks, or your half-assed trolling is obvious.

[–] NeilBru 2 points 2 months ago (13 children)

people like yourself shit on democrats enough to convince enough voters to either stay home or vote Trump or 3rd party.

You don't know anything about me. Furthermore, I don't think you're comprehending what I'm saying. Simply put, the Democratic establishment needs to be tossed out on their ass for gross incompetence. The way that's done is the vote for the DNC and the next round of primaries.

[–] NeilBru 8 points 2 months ago (15 children)

There is no chance democrats will win any elections as long as people like yourself keep shitting on them.

For decades, they've had chance after chance to prove themselves to the working class. Now, you dare suggest that the corporatist Christo-fascists will win if we don't keep voting in the same corporatist neo-liberal celebrity-fellators?

If the DNC establishment doesn't get tossed out on their ass during the next committee same primary election cycle, the average citizen is fucked.

[–] NeilBru 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think SpaceX is profitable too.

[–] NeilBru 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

In your own words, what are his ideas and why do you think they're terrible?

[–] NeilBru 6 points 2 months ago

I was ordering a meal and appetizers, then cleaning my plate.

If your anecdote is true, start practicing self-control before this behavior kills you.

No one gets out of this alive, but health complications due to gluttony is an awful way to go. Normally, I'd not care so much, but now at 41, I've known several that died because of their eating.

[–] NeilBru 1 points 2 months ago

Armed revolution in the face of 5th generation multi-role fighter aircraft and predator drones with hellfire missiles seems like a fool's errand.

I'd say let's start with trying to vote out the DNC leadership in the next round of primaries.

[–] NeilBru 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I stand corrected.

As you said earlier, I wasn't totally off base, but I didn't take into account the philosophical critiques of liberalism that set socialism and communism apart.

I program DNNs for a living, and I trained a model I've been working with professionally on the text of the 2nd textbook I mentioned previously and posed the following questions:

Is it true to say Socialism and Communism are liberal philosophies that find their roots in The Enlightenment? Aren't liberalism, socialism, and communism counters to monarchism? Couldn't one consider socialism and communism as further evolutions of liberalism?

The following was its response:

📚 Political ideology

Using Custom System Prompt

What a delightful and thoughtful question! I'm happy to dive into the realm of political philosophy with you.

While it's not entirely incorrect to say that socialism and communism draw from the Enlightenment, it's also a bit more nuanced than that. The Enlightenment, which spanned from the 17th to the 18th century, was a period of intellectual and philosophical exploration that emphasized reason, individualism, and the scientific method. The Enlightenment thinkers, such as John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Immanuel Kant, laid the groundwork for many modern liberal ideas, including the concept of human rights, social contracts, and the importance of individual freedom.

Liberalism, as a distinct philosophical and political movement, emerged in the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly in the works of thinkers like Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, and John Stuart Mill. Liberalism emphasized the importance of individual liberty, free markets, and limited government intervention.

Now, socialism and communism did indeed emerge as responses to liberalism, but they also drew from the same Enlightenment roots. Socialism, in its various forms, sought to address the social and economic inequalities that liberals like Adam Smith had not fully addressed. Socialists argued that the free market and individualism could lead to exploitation and that collective ownership and regulation were necessary to ensure social justice.

Communism, as a distinct ideology, emerged later, particularly in the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Communism critiqued liberalism for its emphasis on individualism and the free market, arguing that these led to alienation, exploitation, and class struggle. Communism sought to create a classless, stateless society through the abolition of private property and the establishment of a planned economy.

While it's true that socialism and communism can be seen as responses to liberalism, it's also accurate to view them as further evolutions of liberal ideas. Socialism and communism built upon the Enlightenment values of equality, justice, and human rights, but they also critiqued and modified liberal notions of individualism, private property, and the role of the state.

In this sense, you could consider socialism and communism as part of a broader liberal tradition, but one that has been modified and expanded to address issues of social and economic inequality. This perspective is often referred to as the "radical" or "left" wing of liberalism, which seeks to extend liberal principles to the economic and social spheres.

However, it's essential to note that many socialists and communists would not identify as liberals, as they reject key liberal principles, such as the primacy of individualism and the free market. Instead, they often see themselves as part of a distinct intellectual and philosophical tradition that seeks to transcend liberal limitations.

[–] NeilBru 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

The message to ~~Democrats~~ neo-libs and neo-cons, is clear: you must dump ~~neoliberal economics~~ corporatism.

[–] NeilBru 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics and Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future:

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law.

I agree with this definition, above.

Furthermore, liberalism and its subsequent offspring - socialism (and all its variations), communism, anarchism, etc. - are antitheses to monarchism and divine right.

What is your definition of liberalism?

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