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But did you vote for Trump? You sure made it sound like a dealbreakerI’ve long criticized Trump for being insufficiently right wing, insufficiently capitalist, and specifically for his moves to obtain government ownership over companies.
Yes.
Don’t forgot our local libertarian, Huff, loves this guy. Who cares if he wants to “seize the means of production”.
It's not remotely part of his platform. Is opening a city-run grocery store "seizing the means of production"?
This is not how it works lmfao. It's not part of his platform and you can't provide any remotely recent statement, but are instead explaining why his actual platform is some interview you didn't like from 5 years agoSo 5 years and you can’t find any statement of his claiming he no longer believes that?
It's not remotely part of his platform. Is opening a city-run grocery store "seizing the means of production"?
And again, a simple "no" would have sufficedSo 5 years and you can’t find any statement of his claiming he no longer believes that?
But he does still call himself a socialist, he claimed the goal of socialism is to seize the means of production (not only does he claim that, but it’s well known), and he has open plans to take significantly greater government ownership of current market ran enterprises?
Just admit you don’t care and you want him to “seize the means of production”
This is not how it works lmfao. It's not part of his platform and you can't provide any remotely recent statement, but are instead explaining why his actual platform is some interview you didn't like from 5 years ago
its subjective one way or the other, no matter what. No one consumes literally ALL of twitter, or any social media platform. I don't even try here on VN which is 1/1000000th of any of those others. Everyone chooses what they listen to/see. If you are seeing more right handed propaganda its because that is what you are choosing to consume. hate clicks still count the same.It's based on every study I have been able to find. The opposite of purely subjective.
I do not except the notion that every president will be more divisive than the previous one.
Divisiveness was the Bannon/Stone strategy from day one. Democrats are the enemy, an enemy that must be defeated.
trumpism was built on appealing to a segment with a desperate need for a defined enemy.
He overtly lies and covertly lies. Another Bannon/Stone strategy from the onset.
Never back down from a lie and never ever apologize for anything.
Civility is often a performance......nothing wrong with that.
It's like shaking hands after a basketball game.
trump is like a coach who not only refuses to shake hands but criticizes his own players, the other coach, the other team, and the refs during the post game press conference.
@NashVol11And again, a simple "no" would have sufficed
"All you got" is a comment in passing from 5 years ago that you are desperately trying to make scary in 2025, spare meHe made the claim 5 years ago that seizing the means of production is the ultimate goal of socialism. He still calls himself a socialist. His platform involves taking over both grocery stores and rental properties.
So what reason do you have to believe he no longer wants to seize the means of production? “It’s not in his official platform!”? That’s it? That’s all you got?

A simple "no" to my question would 100% have told the truth. If you are worried about telling the truth you should be talking to the "he's seizing the means of production!!" guy, not me. I am not the one being dishonest here lol@NashVol11
do you still beat your wife. One word, yes or no, answers only.
you can't expect an honest conversation if you frame the only acceptable answers in a way that doesn't tell the truth.
"All you got" is a comment in passing from 5 years ago that you are desperately trying to make scary in 2025, spare me
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No, there is absolutely nothing to suggest that he does. You are trying way too hardDo you believe he still wants to seize the means of production?
Is there a single example of him praising markets or capitalism? Or do you only have examples of him talking about how the government needs to take over markets?
Seriously, do you have any valid reason to believe he no longer wants to seize the means of production?
That's like saying Coach Y just dropped the act to show that no coaches wanted to shake hands, complement the other team, and take the blame off their own players.civility is not just a performance. actual civility requires action to back up the performance, otherwise it isn't civility. like I said, Trump just dropped the act to show how uncivil politicians are.
That's like saying Coach Y just dropped the act to show that no coaches wanted to shake hands, complement the other team, and take the blame off their own players.
That coach would rightfully be universally vilified.
Civility is the combination of a performance and action.
trump is horrendously despicable and deserves to be vilified.
Civility is the combination of a performance and action.
your question was parsing reality to get the answer you want. and you phrased it specifically to avoid a larger response that would have given meaning to a yes or no question.A simple "no" to my question would 100% have told the truth. If you are worried about telling the truth you should be talking to the "he's seizing the means of production!!" guy, not me. I am not the one being dishonest here lol
You take everything Trumps says as a fact but if Mamdani has said stuff in the past it’s not true and you shouldn’t worry about it."All you got" is a comment in passing from 5 years ago that you are desperately trying to make scary in 2025, spare me
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There isn't a larger response. The answer is no. "Communism" and "seizing the means of production" aren't part of his platform, it's just 20 different ways of saying a 5-year-old comment is super scaryyour question was parsing reality to get the answer you want. and you phrased it specifically to avoid a larger response that would have given meaning to a yes or no question.
