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[–]worm 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I see nothing whatsoever that's corporatist (whatever you think that means) about my question at all. Is it not natural that the user should pay for whatever he uses? To me, it seems self-evidently unjust to force an unaffiliated third party to pay for the user's use of any product, though I cannot explain why it should seem unjust. This stems from a fundamental intuition about right and wrong, a moral compass if you will, and has nothing whatsoever to do with corporatism as far as I can see. If you see a connection between morality and corporations, then I'd appreciate it if you'd point it out.

As to whether I support robbing from the poor to give to the rich - it depends on your definition of robbing, poor, and rich.

If you would argue that an employer inherently robs from his employees by taking the fruits of their labour, and you want to stop all employment - then yeah, I'd definitely stand in your way and "rob from the poor and give to the rich". Sorry, but I'd rather not have the entire job economy collapse around me.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Thanks for the corporatist encore.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm with you Tom, but I'm not with your answer's tone.

A good rebuttal and further details might earn that as a snappy conclusion. Without it, you just seem meh at best.

[–]worm 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

He uses that because he has no answers. Tom's been more or less "debating" in the same way again and again in every single thread he's been in thus far.

I like him though, he has a tremendous talent for making everyone else seem smarter by comparison.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's not a good look for those of us who stand on his side of any issue.

Maybe /u/Tom_Bombadil is a shill? He sure calls some folks are shills a lot. That's a pretty good sign he's a shill.

Holy shit! Maybe I'm a shill now too! Fuck this is contagious. Maybe if I don't use the word anymore because it's stupid and divisive I can be cured.

If only he had just voted or not voted rather than offered unsubstantiated comments I wouldn't be contaminated by the shillingles contagion.

Why am I not arguing for his side? It's a very complex topic entangled in manipulative bullshit identity politics above all, and while I know we're correct, I don't have the time nor inclination to unpack all dogmas and go deep to win over just a few little hearts and minds when I have the world to save via my other projects.

Or maybe I'm fully chilled now...