It's really something to see people in the same breath talk about being anti-fascist while demanding that government take on more power to tell people how much they can pay for rent.
It's a real sign of lack of self-awareness.
@BryanLastRedDrop really something to see people dodging the issue.
Nothing new, same old same old, people eagerly supporting government power when they think it's imposing their will, but ducking the question of consistency.
@volkris @BryanLastRedDrop It isn't consistent that you don't want the government to work with corporations to oppress you?
@yoasif that gets it exactly backwards, though.
It's one thing for government to stay out of the way and let us manage our lives. What we're talking about here is government amassing more power and working with corporate entities to set their operations.
It's the exact opposite, and that's the point.
@volkris @BryanLastRedDrop The government is ideally us, so we are managing our lives via the government.
The power has already been amassed and delegated, and while the mechanisms of enforcing the will of the populace are crude, my feeling is that the alternative wouldn't express the will of the people; the only people clamoring for a free housing market (as in lacking regulation) are landlords.
@yoasif @volkris I don't think we are really talking about the same thing. I was responding to the original post suggesting being against nazis and for rent control measures is not automatically contradictory. If you think so, fine, I have failed to.convince you. I do believe I am stating the two positions more clearly.
@BryanLastRedDrop @volkris Sorry I missed any prior discussion and treated the original post as a one off.
@volkris well. I still think you are phrasing things in an inflammatory way. Ill state the positions more cleary I don't believe a person is contradicting themselves if they arw against a resurgence of the (or any) nazi party while also being against the collective (or individual) power of property owners to charge unfair rents for housing. More clearly, I am for empowering my government to protect me whether that be from unscrupulous property owners or against nazis.
@BryanLastRedDrop I think in general any use of the term fascist is inflammatory. So anyone using that term has already crossed the line into inflammatory.
But yes, anyone who is for empowering government really needs to realize what they're saying, more government power is something to be very concerned about.
@volkris @BryanLastRedDrop FASCINATING TAKE, FASCIST
@BryanLastRedDrop @volkris this is a real piece of shit you're looking at, Bryan
@volkris I labeled you on my notes as "shitlib or cryptonazi" lonnnng ago
@volkris really something to see your phrasing on this topic