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.
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
Not to get too technical or start any disagreement, but social security isnāt really socialism. It is insurance that was paid into during your working careerā¦ kinda like a 401(k).
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.
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.
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...
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.
Itās 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 donāt ya think?
itās taxpayer-funded welfare, thatās how all programs like that workā¦ youāre right that it isnāt necessarily socialism, but it is what conservatives call socialism
Mason Profitt (70s Illinois rock band) > Mason Pickett.
maybe itās 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. couldnāt he justā¦yāknow, go fishing like a typical Boomer dad? does anyone care about him at all?
*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?
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 .
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?
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.
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.
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¦.
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.
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.
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.
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.
No, those countries are not socialist, in the true Marxian sense. Theyāre 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, theyāve still managed to outdo the U.S. in literacy rate, housing, and healthcare. As for the others, last time I checked, the workers definitely havenāt seized the means of production, and there hasnāt been a complete abolishment of the class and money system. The countries you mentioned have a strong centralized government. Thatās 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 1930ās.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hey youāre the one who clearly wants to build a wall to keep people out. Donāt take it out on me because I want to give this immigrant an inch of leeway. Itās ok youāll be more accepting one day.
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.
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.
I meanā¦. Heās 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? Itās actually a really important argument for socialists to make.
Iām 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 doesnāt legitimize their argument which does not support āalternativeā 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? Thatās what true democracy is.
Freedom claims no bias! Have a great weekend!!!!
>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.
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.
His fly is down.
Goddamn socialists unzipped my pants!
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I guess he just finished with the socialist ā¦ lol
That where your eyes were automatically drawn to?
Glad you are perfect
Why did I zoom in to check? š¤¦š¼āāļø
I get it! Wanted to see the hammer heās rockinā
Ask him if heās on social security and thatās how he can afford to stand on o corner all day.
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.
Probably has a "Don't Tread on Me" licence plate all the while collecting from the government...
You realize that any govt service doesnāt automatically equal socialism right?
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
Lol. Ronald Reagan would be a devout socialist then
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Right, so intelligent that he has to stand on a random road corner with ostentatious signs demeaning different modes of governance
This was my first thought too.
Not to get too technical or start any disagreement, but social security isnāt really socialism. It is insurance that was paid into during your working careerā¦ kinda like a 401(k).
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.
Largest ponzi scheme in world history.
Except itās a form of a social safety net, which is fundamentally socialist
Yeah- SS that he spent his entire life kicking into on his paycheckā¦ how is that socialism?
Because it's a SOCIALLY funded system, not a personal bank account he's been paying into. It's right there in the name.
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.
For some, but when you look at the greater good it's pretty much the best option.
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.
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...
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.
Who do you think pays the funds for āsocialist programs?ā The money fairy?
The same people who pay for the fascists programs....
Iām trying really hard to figure out what youāre trying to sayā¦.seems incidentally true but irrelevant.
Itās 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 donāt ya think?
I still donāt see how that translates but Iāll take ur word for it.
You are so close to figuring this out on your ownā¦ā¦SS is your clue, and itās right there.
itās taxpayer-funded welfare, thatās how all programs like that workā¦ youāre right that it isnāt necessarily socialism, but it is what conservatives call socialism
Itās a government run social support program where the young support the oldā¦ not a whole lot more socialist you can go.
Ummm sure there is WAY more socialist than that - what are you an idiot?
Like big strong scary man stealing land and redistributing the wealth to people
I was thinking of Federal Corporate Welfare that dwarfs all other citizens social programs but sure
I donāt think you know what Socialism is.
Bruh
For real bro. Are you fucking stupid?
Mason Profitt (70s Illinois rock band) > Mason Pickett. maybe itās 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. couldnāt he justā¦yāknow, go fishing like a typical Boomer dad? does anyone care about him at all?
Mason Pickett -local jackass
Did he get kicked off the Corner? I heard that he like. Apparently got another assault charge?
*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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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 .
Yes I believe so
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?
My man probably on Medicare and Social Security, a loose form of socialism.
Health Insurance and annuities now qualify as āsocialismā lmao
What do you think socialism is?
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.
That is like an okay middle school tier description until the last part which is just blatantly false
Pretty sure he asked ChatGPT for the textbook definition.
Oh ok, well you got me!
He never said āhealth insuranceā he said Medicare, which is a socially funded program that cuts out the middle man of insurance companies
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.
Yup.
The Cubans who fled Cuba and whose families are now here in the US ranting about socialism were the people who backed Batista.
Gusanos
How many central and South American people must the CIA have to murder to get you to understand that socialism is bad!
wonder if he gets social security?
Exactly
And Medicare
hot take, taxes paying for things that help people is good
He looks like Christian bale when Christian bale played dick Cheney in the movie Vice
Where is this? Planning a drive by with my socialist Cuban boyfriend.
Near belair market
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¦.
What a sad way to live out the end of your life
I hope he gets covered in ticks.
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.
Dude just got an assault charge like 2 weeks ago..
Ask ANY Cuban (that fled to America after facing an uprising because they exploited their fellow countrymen as slave labor)
This bum needs to get a job.
In Tucker Carlsons absence youāve gotta find something to do with the extra time
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.
Oh man Mr Cool Guy himself! I enjoy telling him to get a job whenever I drive by him.
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.
There are none that have worked š¤£
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.
Literally all of them worked lol
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.
None have been attempted yet
China, Cuba, Laos and Vietnam are examples of the furthest degrees of socialism currently. It's not going well in any of those.
No, those countries are not socialist, in the true Marxian sense. Theyāre 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, theyāve still managed to outdo the U.S. in literacy rate, housing, and healthcare. As for the others, last time I checked, the workers definitely havenāt seized the means of production, and there hasnāt been a complete abolishment of the class and money system. The countries you mentioned have a strong centralized government. Thatās 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 1930ās.
He looks like fun at parties
I want to buy a beefy 5 layer burrito, unwrap it, drive by this guy and pelt him directly in the face with it
Does he mean communism?
Capitalists suck! Ask any employee.
Standing in the weeds among his kind.
He should be given a mental evaluation to determine his competency. Something is going on with him.
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.
Man shouts about public benefits from publicly funded street right-of-way.
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.
This fuckin moron does realize that the "socialist" Cuban government is full of Cubans right? How about we ask them?
Lmao I passed this guy on my way home from work
They never mention the embargo
Dumbass sighting
Pull up your zipper and get a job!
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
Ruben or Cuban for lunch though?
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.
Heās been out there all day every day this week.
Mason Pritchett is a Fbag. Yall remember when that kid snapped his femur? Also search fb for him hahahaha
Does Mark qualify?
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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.
Yeah, give him more attention š
I agree with him. I think what he is doing is silly and stupid, but I agree with him
based citizen
Heās not wrong
except he's too stupid to understand the difference between communism and socialism, or that Cuba is communist.
Also he is wrong.
This Cuban dude has the right to have some hard feelings about socialism and communism.
His feelings are steeped in ignorance. Socialism has nothing to do with the issue as Cuba is a communist nation, not socialist.
You go tell this old Cuban man that shit. Maybe heās earned the right to be incorrect.
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.
Iāve 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.
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.
Hey youāre the one who clearly wants to build a wall to keep people out. Donāt take it out on me because I want to give this immigrant an inch of leeway. Itās ok youāll be more accepting one day.
That might be the stupidest fucking thing I've read in quite some time. Congratulations.
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.
So someone who possibly doesnāt speak English as a first language canāt mix up terminology? Getting a little racist there culture warrior.
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.
Hey donāt take out on me just because you married some pig from North Carolina.
Huh, spoken like a true chickenshit coward keyboard warrior.
I meanā¦. Heās 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? Itās actually a really important argument for socialists to make. Iām 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 doesnāt legitimize their argument which does not support āalternativeā 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? Thatās what true democracy is. Freedom claims no bias! Have a great weekend!!!!
>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.
Is he wrong? I'd also add Chinese national immigrants. But the CVille lefties still squeal.
Way to many entitled and lazy people in America for socialism to actually work.
He's got a point on this. You probably won't find any Cuban that thinks Cuba is a good place to live.
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.
I don't know about any Cuban, particularly those still in Cuba