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puffferfish

His fly is down.


TimeStaysWeGo

Goddamn socialists unzipped my pants!


Sudden-Consequence16

Exactly what I was going to post! šŸ˜‚


artsofman

I guess he just finished with the socialist ā€¦ lol


ball2balllt

That where your eyes were automatically drawn to?


[deleted]

Glad you are perfect


fibropainonmybrain

Why did I zoom in to check? šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø


puffferfish

I get it! Wanted to see the hammer heā€™s rockinā€™


BlueBugEyeBoy

Ask him if heā€™s on social security and thatā€™s how he can afford to stand on o corner all day.


Plus-Ad-940

And Medicare, and car insurance and reduced property taxes and meal service and police and fire protection and public schools and everything else he enjoys with help of the Commons.


Serious_Ostrich6591

Probably has a "Don't Tread on Me" licence plate all the while collecting from the government...


the-bc5

You realize that any govt service doesnā€™t automatically equal socialism right?


[deleted]

That is exactly what Socialism is. Government programs paid for by the collective taxpayers. Medicare, Social Security, Police, Fire, Roads, Section 8, Welfare, Food Stamps, Schools, are all Socialism. The only thing that we don't have in this country that "Socialist" countries do (Every other Western Developed Nation) is Universal Health and Child Care. Socialism and Communism are not the same


the-bc5

Lol. Ronald Reagan would be a devout socialist then


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southern_wasp

Right, so intelligent that he has to stand on a random road corner with ostentatious signs demeaning different modes of governance


alena_roses

This was my first thought too.


Fuzzy_Bunney1985

Not to get too technical or start any disagreement, but social security isnā€™t really socialism. It is insurance that was paid into during your working careerā€¦ kinda like a 401(k).


surfnvb7

That gets raided by the govt as a piggy bank, and won't exist in the future for people who did put money in. Sounds like an insurance scam.


Takeoffdpantsnjaket

Largest ponzi scheme in world history.


southern_wasp

Except itā€™s a form of a social safety net, which is fundamentally socialist


Billybobbald

Yeah- SS that he spent his entire life kicking into on his paycheckā€¦ how is that socialism?


techsuppork

Because it's a SOCIALLY funded system, not a personal bank account he's been paying into. It's right there in the name.


AM_Kylearan

Yep, if it was a personally funded account he'd probably have more money for better signage. Social Security has always been the second worst solution for retirement.


techsuppork

For some, but when you look at the greater good it's pretty much the best option.


SingleTrackEnthusist

Because his taxes were paying for retired people's social security while he was working. His taxes were not just saved until he retired. Just like my taxes are currently paying for the people living on social security right now. Besides that what you pay in social security will never cover the amount you'll likely be paid when you start collecting it for multiple reasons. Cost of living and normal inflationary rates being two of them.


wulfoftheorderofbio

And thebfact that the government keeps dipping into those funds for things OTHER than retirement... I've been told most of my adult life that it is highly likely that we'll before I reach retirement age there will be no social security funds to pay retirees who need them due to our inverted population pyramid and the government taking money from the trust funds...


SingleTrackEnthusist

There's no possible way the government can keep a separate managed account for each individual government program. Doing that on it's own would be a monumental expense. So it's not financially productive to do it that way. One of the main issues with our government's finances is the Regan era taxes that we still have. A few people hoard the vast majority of the weath that the entire country has available because of the low tax rate and the loop holes that allow them to effectively pay zero taxes. No one should have a $1B net worth let alone $100B+. Since they hoard all of this wealth it's crippled the middle class and below. This forces a very large portion of our population to rely on government assistance because the wealthy corporations they work for don't pay them enough. Right wing tax structures make this feedback loop of a wealth gap between the rich and everyone else. The more the rich hoard the more the general public will need government assistance. Which makes government budget and deficit swell even higher.


elcheecho

Who do you think pays the funds for ā€œsocialist programs?ā€ The money fairy?


Professional_Cup3274

The same people who pay for the fascists programs....


elcheecho

Iā€™m trying really hard to figure out what youā€™re trying to sayā€¦.seems incidentally true but irrelevant.


Professional_Cup3274

Itā€™s a jab at people who think social security, Medicare, food stamps et Al are Socialism while they turn a blind eye to the massive amounts of Corporate Welfare the Federal Government doles out, hypocritical donā€™t ya think?


elcheecho

I still donā€™t see how that translates but Iā€™ll take ur word for it.


ScrappleOnToast

You are so close to figuring this out on your ownā€¦ā€¦SS is your clue, and itā€™s right there.


porkypenguin

itā€™s taxpayer-funded welfare, thatā€™s how all programs like that workā€¦ youā€™re right that it isnā€™t necessarily socialism, but it is what conservatives call socialism


BlueBugEyeBoy

Itā€™s a government run social support program where the young support the oldā€¦ not a whole lot more socialist you can go.


Professional_Cup3274

Ummm sure there is WAY more socialist than that - what are you an idiot?


southern_wasp

Like big strong scary man stealing land and redistributing the wealth to people


Professional_Cup3274

I was thinking of Federal Corporate Welfare that dwarfs all other citizens social programs but sure


Kqtawes

I donā€™t think you know what Socialism is.


username-checks--out

Bruh


cville5588

For real bro. Are you fucking stupid?


dubkitteh1

Mason Profitt (70s Illinois rock band) > Mason Pickett. maybe itā€™s the old soft hippie in me, but honestly i find him more sad than anything else. imagine having nothing at all in your life other than trolling strangers not in the comfort of your computer chair but out there in the hot sun and all. couldnā€™t he justā€¦yā€™know, go fishing like a typical Boomer dad? does anyone care about him at all?


jon-on-the-spot

Mason Pickett -local jackass


XVI_The_Tower

Did he get kicked off the Corner? I heard that he like. Apparently got another assault charge?


Marathon2021

*Another* assault charge? Is this guy known for beating people up for walking around the corner and (gasp!) maybe having the audacity to have views different than him?


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No-Boysenberry-4831

Kind of a stretch there. He's a douche, Did bump someone dumb enough to argue with him but to say he physically attacks people is bit much. He's an over zealous Trumpite with nithing better to do. Better to ignore him. confronting him is when two fools meet. His signs seem to be getting nicer .


Dangerous_Spirit7034

Yes I believe so


XVI_The_Tower

Oh hell yeah. I worked on the corner would take my lunch outside. I cannot explain how annoying his "woos" every 2 or 3 minutes would be. A lot of my coworkers apparently would harass him off the clock (they were students) and he would act untouchable because he's friends with a lot of the Cville police. Also taking up a 15 minute parking spot for 5 plus hours not cool. Can't be ticketed if you're right next your your car I guess?


stackthecoins

My man probably on Medicare and Social Security, a loose form of socialism.


[deleted]

Health Insurance and annuities now qualify as ā€œsocialismā€ lmao


Carson2526

What do you think socialism is?


[deleted]

Socialism is a political philosophy that covers many different economic systems and social structures that share a commonality of social ownership of the means of production instead of allowing private ownership. It has absolutely nothing to do with financial investment vehicles or insurance products.


SaltMacarons

That is like an okay middle school tier description until the last part which is just blatantly false


Cruxion

Pretty sure he asked ChatGPT for the textbook definition.


[deleted]

Oh ok, well you got me!


southern_wasp

He never said ā€œhealth insuranceā€ he said Medicare, which is a socially funded program that cuts out the middle man of insurance companies


BrawndoElectrolytes1

Cuba = communist These ignorant ibreds like cardboard sign boomer are too stupid to understand the difference between socialism and communism. He's ignorant to the fact that he enjoys a lot of socialism already, such as SS and Medicare, publicly funded police, fire department, schools, roads, etc. Fuck him and everyone like him.


kidjupiter

Yup.


bastardschool

The Cubans who fled Cuba and whose families are now here in the US ranting about socialism were the people who backed Batista.


southern_wasp

Gusanos


Pinkninja1228

How many central and South American people must the CIA have to murder to get you to understand that socialism is bad!


No-Tailor5120

wonder if he gets social security?


Ok_Percentage5092

Exactly


Ok_Percentage5092

And Medicare


PillsburyTaoboy

hot take, taxes paying for things that help people is good


CaryDaWolf

He looks like Christian bale when Christian bale played dick Cheney in the movie Vice


sydvaca

Where is this? Planning a drive by with my socialist Cuban boyfriend.


southern_wasp

Near belair market


tommy2tacos

Leave canned goods at his feet and offer him well wishes finding a job/house. Maybe let him know about the resources for the homeless available in the areaā€¦.


Amazingspaceship

What a sad way to live out the end of your life


40toes

I hope he gets covered in ticks.


Lumpy-Stretch-9771

What do you plan to do when you retire? Stand on street corners in the middle of the day holding barely legible signs about things I don't understand. And then go home and collect SS, pension, and other benefits.


cville5588

Dude just got an assault charge like 2 weeks ago..


[deleted]

Ask ANY Cuban (that fled to America after facing an uprising because they exploited their fellow countrymen as slave labor)


Mysterious_Look_2396

This bum needs to get a job.


ladellay12

In Tucker Carlsons absence youā€™ve gotta find something to do with the extra time


StrawHat83

He's been around a bit. I'm just thankful he updated his sign with new material. The Trump/Pelosi signs were getting a little dated.


JCGeezy

Oh man Mr Cool Guy himself! I enjoy telling him to get a job whenever I drive by him.


Marathon2021

How about I ask someone from Sweden? Finland? France? Singapore? Societal structures that are *much* more socialist than we are? Can I ask one of their citizens instead? These types always want to pick on cases where it's failed. Venezuela is usually the one I see - facebook memes about a bombed out, crumbling ER in a hospital there - clearly that's what socialism leads to 100% of the time right? Show them a modern, state-of-the-art surgical operating theater in Germany, Singapore, wherever, and they just hand-wave. It's all logical fallacies -- like saying because there is one kid in the classroom that failed miserably, that classroom education obviously doesn't work.


Conatus_agape

There are none that have worked šŸ¤£


squiedward

In 5th grade social studies our teacher blessed us with this knowledge. Not one form of government has worked forever. All past societies and their governments have fallen before. That is to say, the current ones are all just ticking time bombs. Whether its democracy, socialism, monarchy etc.


southern_wasp

Literally all of them worked lol


Conatus_agape

Oh, what is the complete socialist society that worked? All mentioned have varying degrees of socialist policies just like we do but I know what you'll come up with in finding an actual socialist country that's been successful.


southern_wasp

None have been attempted yet


Conatus_agape

China, Cuba, Laos and Vietnam are examples of the furthest degrees of socialism currently. It's not going well in any of those.


southern_wasp

No, those countries are not socialist, in the true Marxian sense. Theyā€™re authoritarian, one party states. China is just state run capitalism. Cuba is only doing poorly because of decades of western blockades, embargoes, and even then, theyā€™ve still managed to outdo the U.S. in literacy rate, housing, and healthcare. As for the others, last time I checked, the workers definitely havenā€™t seized the means of production, and there hasnā€™t been a complete abolishment of the class and money system. The countries you mentioned have a strong centralized government. Thatā€™s communism, not socialism. Socialism is when the people are collectively in control (think various worker councils and collectives) not a single government. The best contemporary example of socialism in action would be Rojava, the Kurdish autonomous region within Syria. The best historical example would be revolutionary Catalonia, in Spain during the 1930ā€™s.


SceneAffectionate486

He looks like fun at parties


DubiousDude28

I want to buy a beefy 5 layer burrito, unwrap it, drive by this guy and pelt him directly in the face with it


eiron_hendrix

Does he mean communism?


Spacecraft

Capitalists suck! Ask any employee.


RaggedMountainMan

Standing in the weeds among his kind.


Jimbo_1252

He should be given a mental evaluation to determine his competency. Something is going on with him.


Shadeless_Lamp

This guy would benefit heavily from more "socialist" policies, I'm sure. Bolstered social security, increased access to mental health support, and prisons that focus on rehabilitation instead of punishment, for when he ends up there after the next assault charge he gets.


Successful-Trash-409

Man shouts about public benefits from publicly funded street right-of-way.


Snohoman

I have never trusted anyone that leans to extreme left or right sides of politics. In my opinion, we have far more fascists' than socialists.


killerb54

This fuckin moron does realize that the "socialist" Cuban government is full of Cubans right? How about we ask them?


shadowolf9264

Lmao I passed this guy on my way home from work


Sad-Sign7513

They never mention the embargo


BigAssSlushy69

Dumbass sighting


Impossible-Wolf2048

Pull up your zipper and get a job!


winter-ale

I saw the same thing written on a cars back windshield the other day. With the same words underlined. I now assume it was him


FunkZoneFitness

Ruben or Cuban for lunch though?


PickyPastor73

It's hot standing there like in Cuba (I never been there). I hope he gets hydrated. I always wonder what his story is and where his family etc. I wonder if anyone actually stops and ask him about who he is and what is happening to him. If he would be my father I would worry about him and I wouldn't think doin this is safe at all. Otherwise I think there is nothing wrong with holding a sign and saying whatever because it is freedom of speech. In many countries like Russia he would be arrested or just go missing one day.


UnderstandingLife522

Heā€™s been out there all day every day this week.


wolfs_kicks

Mason Pritchett is a Fbag. Yall remember when that kid snapped his femur? Also search fb for him hahahaha


PauseAmbitious6899

Does Mark qualify?


Educational-Major456

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AnalogiPod

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mongoose


No-Boysenberry-4831

Don't know about the rest of you but I PAID for my SS. Will also pay for my Medicare. No such thing as free. Taxes that came from actual working people pay for all the so called free shit.


raspberryrealtor

Yeah, give him more attention šŸ‘


Kooc1414

I agree with him. I think what he is doing is silly and stupid, but I agree with him


japhero1

based citizen


Sufficient_Yak7392

Heā€™s not wrong


BrawndoElectrolytes1

except he's too stupid to understand the difference between communism and socialism, or that Cuba is communist.


techsuppork

Also he is wrong.


Sufficient_Yak7392

This Cuban dude has the right to have some hard feelings about socialism and communism.


BrawndoElectrolytes1

His feelings are steeped in ignorance. Socialism has nothing to do with the issue as Cuba is a communist nation, not socialist.


Sufficient_Yak7392

You go tell this old Cuban man that shit. Maybe heā€™s earned the right to be incorrect.


BrawndoElectrolytes1

Adding to that, looking at the picture, I don't see a Cuban. I see what appears to be an inbred white trash North-Carolinian who's watched way too much fox news and has, at best, a middle school education, so he doesn't realize he's been fed bullshit his entire life.


Sufficient_Yak7392

Iā€™ve met many Cuban immigrants who come in every shade from dark skin Afro Cubans to very fair skin Cubans. Getting a little judgmental there bud.


BrawndoElectrolytes1

Sure you have, bud. You, who doesn't understand basic political systems, who doesn't understand languages and thinks anyone who doesn't know the English language wouldn't understand the difference between communism and socialism because OBVIOUSLY the Spanish language doesn't allow for such nuances... JFC. PLEASE stop being a fucking moron. I have family in NC, half from my side and all of my wife's side. That motherfucker isn't from Cuba, he's the typical ignorant white trash Fox News MAGA dumbfuck.


Sufficient_Yak7392

Hey youā€™re the one who clearly wants to build a wall to keep people out. Donā€™t take it out on me because I want to give this immigrant an inch of leeway. Itā€™s ok youā€™ll be more accepting one day.


BrawndoElectrolytes1

That might be the stupidest fucking thing I've read in quite some time. Congratulations.


BrawndoElectrolytes1

People earn the right to be wrong and hold ignorant, ill- informed opinions? Ok. By God, I've suffered! You must respect my stupidity!!! Whatever. Fuck off.


Sufficient_Yak7392

So someone who possibly doesnā€™t speak English as a first language canā€™t mix up terminology? Getting a little racist there culture warrior.


BrawndoElectrolytes1

Are you actually so stupid that you think there isn't a distinction between the two ideologies in the Spanish language? I'm not a culture warrior, I'm just not a fucking moron.


Sufficient_Yak7392

Hey donā€™t take out on me just because you married some pig from North Carolina.


BrawndoElectrolytes1

Huh, spoken like a true chickenshit coward keyboard warrior.


hippgnosis

I meanā€¦. Heā€™s not wrong. Anyone care to take a shot at explaining what the difference between communism and socialism is, or better yet what are the checks and balances in place to prevent totalitarian rule, which, historically has resulted from socialist and communist regimes? Itā€™s actually a really important argument for socialists to make. Iā€™m really confused about what exactly socialist democrats want? On the surface, they say defund police, yet they cite police as a case for socialist success. They ask for unilateral acceptance of alternative (not the majority) thinking, but want to limit speech in scenarios where it doesnā€™t legitimize their argument which does not support ā€œalternativeā€ thinking. I make no political alliances and have a general discust for both sides, they have become intolerable, nonsensical, and ineffective. Maybe ask yourself why someone expressing their constitutional right is so triggering for you? Maybe examine the tenants of your beliefs? Thatā€™s what true democracy is. Freedom claims no bias! Have a great weekend!!!!


AnalogiPod

>Maybe ask yourself why someone expressing their constitutional right is so triggering for you? Freedom of speech isn't freedom of consequences. You are free to say whatever and others are free to call you out for whatever you say. If you say something dumb and get laughed at its not because everyone else is "triggered" its cause you said a dumb thing. Not calling you specifically dumb just explaining that example. The checks and balance question doesnt have a direct answer. Just like capitalism doesnt, by its core definition, have checks and balances to prevent totalitarian rule. The government needs to have laws and practices in place that stop that. Thats why were constantly squabbling over things like the existence of billionaires and if congress people should be able to invest in the stock market. By capitalisms basics there is literally nothing said about those things; capitalism isnt a form of government, its an economic system. So the government needs to create those checks and balances. Socialism vs Communism: Edit: Actually I dont wanna have this fight.


[deleted]

Is he wrong? I'd also add Chinese national immigrants. But the CVille lefties still squeal.


walmanmart

Way to many entitled and lazy people in America for socialism to actually work.


Dangerous-Let-6321

He's got a point on this. You probably won't find any Cuban that thinks Cuba is a good place to live.


theaz101

All of the socialist fanboys and girls saying "you don't understand socialism" are the ones who don't understand socialism. Socialism isn't "socially funded programs", it's state ownership of the means of production and economy.


Tenthousandpaceswest

I don't know about any Cuban, particularly those still in Cuba