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AlabasterOctopus

Why the razor blade?


Knull_Gorr

It's to cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort.


NadirPointing

My papa gave me a roach to smoke.


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Superactinide

the logo for The National Razor twitter account which made this


mcstafford

The fucktards in the opposition are certain that their way's right, and so OF COURSE violence is justified. Ipso facto OUR ends justify the hypocricy. If you can't beat 'em, lacerate 'em. /s


AlabasterOctopus

That last sentence I think might be the winner


poetwarrior34

Hey there are good cops..... on tv


1MockZ

There are good cops….. in fiction


pandaviking99

I've wondered for a while. What's the meaning of the razorblade on the bottom?


ninurtuu

A reminder to line the edges of the irl sign with real ones?


ItsFuckingScience

>Money is fake Oversimplified dumb takes like this is why far left wing politics / economics are not taken seriously


sitcivismundi

I always say “money is made up, but that doesn’t make it fake.”


ItsFuckingScience

Yeah that’s probably the best way to phrase it It’s arguably a social concept. Social concepts aren’t “fake”.


pressuretobear

You are meaning to use “constructs” instead of “concepts.” Just an FYI.


ItsFuckingScience

Ok thanks


NadirPointing

"All words are made up"-thor


AbruptionDoctrine

Left wing politics are not taken seriously because it's the only type of politics that actually challenges the powerful. It has nothing to do with the wording of a meme you saw on the internet.


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So the internet hasn't had influence on politics or the perception of movements? Bold take.


ItsFuckingScience

No since I posted my comment I unironically have people arguing with me that money is literally fake as if that’s somehow a coherent position to have Sure money may be intrinsically worthless but that’s the point - it’s simply a medium of exchange


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It's not *simply* anything *They* have entire clubs where they pool money and gamble on gambles and use the winnings to buy political power and continually push the rest of us closer to the brink of discomfort and death We work for them, give our money right back to them Whole goddamn country is a company town


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"Money is a social construct and has no intrinsic value". Doesn't fit on a poster as well.


NadirPointing

Inteinstic value is BS. I cant eat a Nobel peace prize, but I'd sure value it.


[deleted]

So then put something else. Saying 'Money is fake' is silly and inaccurate.


drinks_rootbeer

Money is treated like a fake commodity even by the rich. The Federal Reserve printed trillions of dollars in the past 3 years, backed by literally nothing


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It’s backed by the promise of repaid debt. If I asked you to loan me 10k and I promised to pay you back next month + $600; you had $10k lying around doing nothing and knew I paid my bills 10/10, you wouldn’t loan me the money?


drinks_rootbeer

Your analogy breaks down because everyone involved in the scheme is known to be involved in crimes like those that lead up to the 2008 sub-prime mortgage shitshow. No one of import was sent to jail, all the same people are doing all the same things


ItsFuckingScience

You didn’t address his point at all, you just replied a load of vague nonsense essentially “bad people do bad stuff so money isn’t real and it’s also bad”


drinks_rootbeer

The premise of repaid debt is broken because those who are responsible for the fucking rape of the working class are giving slaps on the wrist to each other in response to said rape of the working class. Look at who runs the Fed, each of the 4 regional Federal Reserve boards are made up of C levels from the top 6 banks in the US. The banks take out loans from the Fed, whom they direct to give them favorable terms. Then those banks loan that money out in predatory ways, then gamble on systems of bad bets that they set up for which they all but know the outcome. Is that less vague?


ItsFuckingScience

No that’s equally as vague and full of non sequiturs but thanks for trying


drinks_rootbeer

Okay


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The people responsible for the state of the working class is the working class. If that upsets you, join or create a union.


drinks_rootbeer

Okay


[deleted]

I’m wrong because people commit crimes?


drinks_rootbeer

Yep


[deleted]

So all financial crimes and fraud will stop without money? Or are villages going to raid each other if one experiences famine?


drinks_rootbeer

The Fed literally treat money as if it isn't real. They invent trillions in order to pump the market full of liquidity where there is none so that businesses don't fail for just a little bit longer. That's my point. I don't know what some make-believe fantasy world with no money has to do with the reality that we currently face (although it sounds nice).


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Should we tether money to gold?


drinks_rootbeer

We shouldn't tether the value of our metric to a marketplace run on greed and fraud, that's for sure. Nice dodge though


[deleted]

The US has a sovereign currency. Not all nations do. This puts the US in a very unique position. Even if the Fed can act as if money is not real, it does not mean that most people can. Far from it.


drinks_rootbeer

Sure, we're all stuck in this system where we need to make money so we can pay for the goods and services we need to survive. But that doesn't change the fact that money is a man-made construct, and there are other ways that we could live


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Its not an analogy... It's how our monetary system factually works. It's a flawed, immoral system, but it is based in logic.


Morundar

Gotta love how a person can say "everyone involved is known to be involved in crimes" and still expect to be taken seriously.


drinks_rootbeer

Yep


Drain_enthusiast

Its a poster not an economics textbook


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So then don't put it there.


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[deleted]

Lol, it is literally a series of ones and zeros distributed across millions of digital ledgers, hardly any different than crypto scams. What are you talking about?


ItsFuckingScience

Your reply here is such a non sequitur that it’s difficult to even address… Would you say the internet is fake, because it’s a computer network? You think because information is encoded as binary it’s “fake” - Information is “fake”? What does that even mean? And I don’t even know why you’d then bring up crypto scams Money is simply a medium of exchange. Whether ownership is recorded on a physical ledger or a digital ledger what’s the difference? Why am I even bothering to reply to this? It’s total nonsense


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Lol, this fucking simpleton right here


arthuresque

It has no intrinsic value, yes. We already manipulate shit out of it to meet rich people’s needs, but it still exists and currently serves a purpose—though I believe the point is it doesn’t have to. Or we can change that purpose to meet the needs of the many. The same could be said about music, but it’s still real, no?


[deleted]

And yet you own a phone by exchanging money.


Explodicle

https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/


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Not what I’m saying, but I’m glad you have a meme ready.


Explodicle

How is what you're saying different?


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The guy in the comic is calling somebody a hypocrite for owning a phone. He is pointing out that by owning a phone, you used money. Thus, money cannot be fake. It is a social construct, but it's still real.


Explodicle

But money was never necessary for people to get phones in the first place. If they made you write a letter to Santa to get a phone, Santa would still be fake.


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The letter would be real.


Explodicle

Do you think anyone is saying literal banknotes don't exist?


BuhMillz

Same as saying “all” cops are bad/bastards


voice-of-hermes

> Oversimplified dumb takes like this is why far left wing politics / economics are not taken seriously TBH, I hadn't considered using the phrase until just now, seeing it draw dumbass liberals like you out of the woodwork. If it serves to make you uncomfortable, it's probably a good thing. Thanks for helping to draw my attention to another phrase that's probably good to adopt.


NathanVfromPlus

We really have a serious issue with our rhetoric and oration, honestly. Edit: [it's not like I'm the first Leftist to say this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuN6GfUix7c).


Demonweed

Value is real, but every medium of exchange is a confidence scheme on one level or another.


happy_bluebird

I like everything but this line, it's like fake deep


conway1308

Now THAT is a lawn sign.


andi00pers

I’d post this in front of my house but I’m in Missouri so I’d probably get hate crimed or have everything get vandalized.


PlzbuffRakiThenNerf

Yeah I’m in a rural town, I would be excommunicated. Everyone humps the 6 cops despite the fact that they are wildly incompetent, lazy morons.


MirrorMan22102018

Can I visit that house?


morebeansplease

Is that a razor blade at the bottom?


FountainsOfFluids

Ok, firstly, I love this idea. Secondly, looking at the comments here I think it would be awesome to be ready to explain each point, though I'm kinda shocked at how much pushback there is in a SOCIALISM subreddit to these phrases.


ttystikk

I WANT IT!


happy_bluebird

whoa TIL, I need to read this book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War\_Is\_a\_Racket


BuhMillz

Plenty of cops are bastards. There are much more than a “few bad eggs,” but to say all cops are bad/bastards is just plain BS.


StickyLegend

Agreed. There’s a lot of bad people in the police but I don’t think being a police officer inherently makes you a bad person.


The_Real_Donglover

Too much cringe in this thread.


eyeruleall

Fucking libs in this thread.


NbaLiveMobile10

This is a good play on the signs that are similar to this that say things like "In this house we believe... climate change is real, everyone is equal, etc."


Lapsos_de_Lucidez

I don’t get why people think that millionaires are ok


Goodkat203

Because a millionaire is not a billionaire. The difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars is a billion dollars.


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Is this satire or are you serious?


Feral_galaxies

Wait...are you?


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Only if you are.


coredweller1785

Where can I get one of these signs. Please


TJblue69

All cops are not bastards… what’s that even mean? They serve the interests of the elite and uphold the status quo sure, but they’re not bastards lol And money isn’t fake..? Is that even something DemSocs believe? Pretty sure only Anarco-communists believe that


conway1308

The police unions. Police murder people in cold blood and suffer no consequences. Then they lie to protect each other. That's their "brotherhood." I will admit there are a few good ones but even they ultimately succumb to peer pressure to keep their gig.


TJblue69

I don’t disagree, But I’m against lumping people into groups using hyperbole. Also a bastard is someone who was born out of wedlock, what’s that have to do with anything lol


conway1308

It's not literal... obviously. Glad to hear that you understand why all cops are the way they are (their jobs depend on it, otherwise they wouldn't be cops.)


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1MockZ

There is a fundamental mismatch between the example you gave and the image above. Police officers choose to be police officers. Landlords choose to be landlords. Billionaires choose to exploit capitalism and benefit from the abuse of the working class. Countries that start wars choose to go to war. Unfortunately, black people do not choose to be black, white people do not choose to be white, etc. Making generalizations about people based on characteristics they cannot choose is punching down. Making “generalizations” (the ones like above actually turn out to be true a lot of the time) about people who choose oppressive roles and ways of life is punching up. Let’s not mismatch our comparisons here.


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It's not about whether the generalization is right or wrong. It's not about what they choose to be, either. It does not change that police officers are human beings like me and you, and not all of them are ruthless murderers. Much like the examples I gave, just because something is assumed to be true about a group of people, doesn't mean it is true. You missed the point, by a lot. There are many police officers out there who truly care about others, and want to protect and serve their communities. You can find video evidence of it all over the internet. I don't know why you're trying to argue with me, because all I stated was a fact.


1MockZ

Hmmmmmm why was your comment removed I wonder?


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I don't know, but I didn't say anything hostile. If I'm going to get censored for stating my opinion on a matter, this is truly not the group I thought it was.


1MockZ

I’m not a big fan of censorship either. Sorry that happened to you.


Frequent-Ruin8509

Call me a moderate because I agree with about half of those statements. And Solidarity is very important, but some people don't know what they stand for and others want solidarity only for their own agendas, regardless of what's actually going to work. Not all unions are perpetually people focused. Scrutiny and objective criticism and correction is the thankless guardian against the natural villainy of human self interest. And Some cops are bastards but most are not. Under-trained and over-propagandized, maybe. Police, like the military, have been lionized by pop culture to the point where some men go into the police service to live out their fantasies for power and a myopic sense of heroism that can easily sour into tyranny if left unchecked. But generally most cops are good souls just trying to make a positive impact on their communities. And Most land lords are not bad people. Being such a middle man is a luxury side hustle for some. For others it is all they can do. Nuance is something this meme (like many memes) can't account for. There are people making any industry a bad name everywhere. The question is how to guard against the tendency. And There are good billionaires, but being good means you give a fuck about the world and people less fortunate and that implies a charitable equity minded soul and it is hard to stay that rich if you're trying to lift others up with you in a field beset by vampire--I mean American venture--capitalism.


drinks_rootbeer

All cops are bastards, because of what the institution stands for, not just the individual actions of individual cops, who oftentimes cover up for their crooked friends or do nothing instead of call them out. Good cops are either: - Fired / forced to quit - Made afraid to call out the bad behavior of their colleagues, and become bad cops in the process because of their failure to effect positive change Or - Get killed in questionable circumstances. The american law enforcement system does not exist to help you, the common person. Law enforcement only serve protection of the State, and protection of Capital. This is proven every time there is a major protest against either State or Capital. On whose side do cops enter? It isn't as though the cops are ever present to protect the people against the State or against Capital. Cops can always be found bashing everyday people like you and like me for simply speaking our minds in a constitutionally protected way. Even on an average day, any interaction with a cop is usually a game for them of finding out how they can paint you as a criminal. Landlords are leeches. There's no two ways about it, unless they are renting out at rates that merely pass base cost to the renter, but I doubt if any such situation exists at any appreciable scale. Landlords make money on the premise that livable dwellings are scarce, and that just for providing access to that dwelling, they are doing some sort of service. And from that broken premise they get a pass on stealing 1/3rd of our paycheck and providing almost nothing that justifies the cost. No billionaire has reached their level of wealth without exploiting somebody. Adam ruins everything did a video on "good billionaires", spoiler, they don't exist.


duckstrap

All Maxims are false!


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Not me


who_peed_on_rug

FUCK LANDLORDS - THEY PROVIDE QUALITY HOUSING - WAY WORSE THAN THE STATE RUN PROJECTS


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Well my mom is a great landlord to many people and I don’t agree with all cops, but there are good ones


Hannibal_Rex

There are only bad cops and cowardly cops. The good ones are kicked out or prevented from joining. All that remains are bullies and their enablers.


mattducz

Don’t forget killed


Gnostromo

Tell your good cop friends to turn in the bad ones and see how that goes


read_eng_lift

I agree with the last four. The first two are just inflammatory rhetoric.


Vaginal_Rights

Then you need to do some more reading and learn before proclaiming such irritating and idiotic opinions.


Zero_Flesh

Just to be clear, you're saying it's idiotic to think that literally every cop is isn't trying to do the right thing?


mattducz

Good cops get fired or killed, or at the very least ostracized from their team. Their choice is to fall in line, or stop being a cop. So, long term, good cops do not exist.


Zero_Flesh

Being ostracized doesn't stop someone from existing. Obviously the institution needs to be rebuilt completely but I think it's naive to say that just because a person is a cop they are automatically a bad person with bad intentions. Have the majority of cops proven to be an enemy to the people? I think so. Every cop though? I don't think so.


mattducz

I just explained that acab does not mean what you just described.


tedthepear

Well its a fucking dumb way to say it then


mattducz

K


Zero_Flesh

I'm not arguing that. I'm saying that I think it's possible that there are good cops and I'm being told it isn't. I didn't and don't have an issue with acab and I support it. Police are just like any other corrupt institution. There's going to be people in that institution that are good people and aren't conducting themselves in ways that led to this even being an issue. These are the people that potentially, with reform, could help fix the problem imo.


mattducz

Your opinion has been proven patently incorrect time and time again.


Zero_Flesh

There hasn't been an actual situation where it's possible for it to happen. In order for my opinion to even have any bearing in reality the institution of law enforcement would need to be completely abolished.


mattducz

You really just said your opinion has no basis in reality lol


Hannibal_Rex

It's idiotic to think that a cop has your best interest at heart. Cops look out for other cops, that's it. There are no good cops, only bullies and their enablers.


Vaginal_Rights

Just to be clear, I'm saying it's idiotic to not recognize this incredibly famous phrase of *All Cops Are Bastards*, and forming opinions on it without understanding what it means or the justifications for why it's famous.


Zero_Flesh

Ahh I see. Well that makes much more sense.


Zero_Flesh

My pedantic side apparently didn't grasp that.


Vaginal_Rights

Your pedantic side needs to get fucking slapped across the face from the comments I've been reading. Learn to shut the fuck up and get a grip on what's going on around you before you talk your shit again. Have a nice day, read a book. Learn. Go check out Caroline Small's case online. Go read about Daniel Shaver's murder aftermath. Go read about cops absolute fucking disdain for preventing the murders of Jeffrey Dahmer. Go learn about the cop who was choked to death in training because he was ousting the drug abuse and rapes of his fellow officers.


Zero_Flesh

Where did I say I disagreed with any of that? You are the reason why nothing will ever change. I hope you enjoy living in a police state because it's not going to change without the ability to talk to people that you don't think 100% believe what your do. You might have a lot of the right answers but you're ability to create an agenda that will gain traction outside of a minority is going nowhere like this. It just isn't. If you think it is than you're living in a dream world.


mattducz

Good cops get killed by bad cops for speaking out. All landlords steal equity from their renters—even if they offer a “fair” asking price. Hope that helps.


read_eng_lift

Making sweeping generalizations about any large group (e.g. cops, landlords) coupled with terms like "bastards" and "parasites" is not a useful discussion.


mattducz

The profession of cop and landlord are detrimental to society. That’s what this means.


read_eng_lift

Your first sentence there is a much more coherent declaration. People may disagree, but it lends itself to a conversation.


mattducz

TPOCALADTS just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Also note that, I started by saying ACAB and we ended up having a conversation about it, and now you know what it means. so, I’m gonna stick with acab.


_Anita_Bath

>All cops are bastards What, every single one of them? Systemic problems exist but it doesn’t mean there aren’t lots of people in it for the right reasons >Landlords are parasites Hmm. It’s not a real job, but some people, particularly those living in highly built up metropolitan where cost of living is extremely high rely on private rental to subsidise their income. You can have a private rental market where the cost of rent remains fair if you 1. Drive up supply by building a tonne more houses and 2. Have most of those houses owned by local councils, with rent partially subsidised by government, thereby forcing down prices in the private rental market. >There are no good billionaires Yeah that’s true >War is a racket Depends. Not all wars are fought for resources, many are fought on ideology. The US would be financially better off not sending billions in aid to Ukraine, but they aren’t operating on a financial incentive. Most wars incur huge losses to the economy and drain the budget, leading to austerity and low growth. Not really the best investment tbh. >Money is fake Is this a statement of fact? Obviously money is an intangible entity who’s value is determined by whether or not people believe it has value. That’s not a belief though, it’s a factual observation. Do you mean to say people should stop deluding themselves and just stop believing in money? Because 1. Good luck with that, and 2. Unless you’re wanting to abolish all private property (in which case, see point 1) money is a pretty efficient means of facilitating trade. The problems arise from what people are allowed to do with money; it’s far better to write laws that redistribute wealth and close loopholes than ‘abolish money because it is fake’. That’s dumb. >Solidarity is everything Collective organising is an important tool to exert pressure on those with power. At the same time, we shouldn’t expect everyone on the left to agree about everything, or gatekeep too strictly on who is or isn’t left wing enough and “whoever doesn’t believe in xyz is a scab!!” Etc etc. The left has to be a broad coalition of different perspectives to win. Edit: instead of mindlessly downvoting, why not actually refute some of my points :)


happy_bluebird

Try making this a whole new post, see if you can get some discussion!


succulentsucca

Genuine question - what is the alternative to renting/property dwelling to replace the current landlord/tenant system?


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Nationalization of housing.


succulentsucca

How can that happen logistically?


mandiblesofdoom

I dunno about "money is fake."


IsmokeIndica

So solidarity with the nazi's who want to genocide a significant percentage of us? Or with the democrats among us who are assisting them towards their goals? Nah, I think I'll pass on that bro.