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In reply to the discussion: As a member of what has become known as the "far left" those who attack me here don't anger me [View all]KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)than debate the substance of your positions, are consciously trying to provoke that sense of despair and the consequent quietism you evoke here.
The fact that 1% of the country's population controls (aka: "owns" 40% of its wealth and that 10% of the country's population controls 80% of its wealth cannot be defended on moral or ethical grounds. So that fact must be suppressed by ad hominem. That red-baiting shit has been going on here for over 100 years.
I respond that the USSR defeated Hitler while the U.S. and UK were playing at war in North Africa. Oh yeah, and the USSR put the first man and first woman into space. Those 'facts' usually serve to quiet the screeching a bit.
Here's a conversation-stopper quote you should feel free to deploy as necessary:
~Big Bill Haywood of the IWW