Where are all the conservative socialists in the West?

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[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Wrong. Without society some of us would have the rest of you as slaves. Without society those who's achievements you diminish with these baseless claims would be the apex predators.

[–]IamCleaver[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

That is what every capitalist thinks until an angry mob reminds him of his true place with a pitchfork.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Mobs are just large groups of weak men. Weak men can only grow to those numbers in the safety and abundance of societies. Strong men build those societies. Weak men grow in them like a fungus, then destroy those societies.

It is a tragedy not a triumph.

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

To prevent all that from happening, we have welfare where the "strong" take care of the "weak" and try help them get stronger.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That is only just if it is voluntary. When the weak outnumber the strong and use that to take more and more, it is not only tyranny but also destructive. Like any parasite that takes too much it eventually kills the host.

[–]IamCleaver[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Again, that is why we need the state to control it.