the fuck they dont. why would you want to keep paying for something when you could instead just have it and stop paying? — Pfhorrest
That’s a pretty bold claim. And “stop paying”? How does that work? — Brett
That sort of commitment just didn’t appeal. — Brett
In theory, the market should control the capitalists. If they do something wrong (economically), the market should punish them. — synthesis
It would seem that the most productive form of capitalism is where resources are being used optimally, that is, the correct marriage of resources and labor. — synthesis
As well, wouldn't accumulation slow innovation/productivity through anti-competitiveness — synthesis
I would be interested in a couple of examples. Thanks. — synthesis
the fuck they dont. why would you want to keep paying for something when you could instead just have it and stop paying? — Pfhorrest
????? We are talking about Marx — Maw
not everyone wants to own a property
— Brett
the fuck they dont. — Pfhorrest
I dare say there are a tiny number of such people. — Kenosha Kid
basically the same as Brett's argument. — Kenosha Kid
So no enforceable contracts on paying rent for leasing a place. Consequently there would squatters, which defeats the purpose of owning and renting properties and therefore kills off the rental market. Is that it? — Brett
What exactly is the negative consequence of owning rather than renting that you're trying to avoid? — Pfhorrest
What would it take you to change your mind on the following issues:
(1) that systemic discrimination exists
(2) that a politics (BLM) wanting social programs for the worst off isn't "racism against white people"
? — fdrake
Because if the rental market died as a consequence of certain actions I was wondering how renters would fit in. — Brett
What exactly is the negative consequence of owning rather than renting that you're trying to avoid? I have my suspicions but rather than just give my answers to all of them at once I'd like to know what in particular you're concerned about. — Pfhorrest
Well you have to pay for maintenance, so if something major breaks just after you bought, you might then not be able to easily afford the repairs. Which is worse if, say, you were only planning to stay for a few months and need to sell the property afterwards, which will not recoup the expenses for the repair. — Echarmion
In addition, selling a property does itself require time and money, so depending on how long you stay, this might not be worth it. — Echarmion
BLM used carefully edited cell phone footage to create a social media narrative to suggest that police were murdering black people - and no-one disputed this because of political correctness. — counterpunch
In addition to confirming previously documented racial/ethnic inequalities in the United States, the analyses above identify strong socioeconomic inequalities in rates of police killings. Rates of police killings increase in tandem with census tract poverty for the overall population, and within the white, black, and Latino populations. For white people, the rate of police killings among the poorest fifth of census tracts (7.9 per million) is similar to the rate among black people in census tracts with the second-lowest poverty (i.e. the second quintile; 7.7 per million). Higher poverty among the black population accounts for a meaningful, but relatively modest, portion of the black-white gap in police killing rates. In contrast, higher census tract poverty fully explained the Latino-white gap, and the police killing rate among Latinos was lower than expected given their relatively high rates of census tract poverty
Well what are you meaning when you say “a tiny number”, it’s a reasonable question. — Brett
I have. You obviously haven't been paying attention either, but that is expected of an authoritarian. They only care what they think.Who said anything about misusing "racist"? — Michael
Who and when on these forums has criticized someone for being black? If there hasn't been any, or the percentage is minute, then how can you argue that racism is the prevalent idea, or is even a serious problem?I'm saying that if someone is a racist then it's acceptable to criticize them for being a racist, and that if someone is black then it's unacceptable to criticize them for being black. — Michael
You still seem to be focused on whites when whites are only a fraction of the world population. As I have been saying, white privilege is not a fact of life. Does that make a racist?[I've never used the term "white privilege". Others talk about it because it's a fact of life. And it is wrong that there is white privilege, but that's not to say that every white person is responsible for it. — Michael
What a lazy cop-out. This forum has members in many countries and this isn't the only forum on the internet. Thanks for showing everyone how truly biased and lazy you are.People don't tend to have much control over what happens in other countries. There's nothing I can do to address racism in Japan or corruption in Russia. — Michael
Who and when on these forums have generalized whites by using terms like, "white privilege"? Lots of people in this forum. And when you disagree with them and point out the weak points of their argument, they call you a "racist". — Harry Hindu
Here's something I really don't understand; how have you managed to convince yourself that political correctness is systemic racism against white people, but you believe systemic racism against nonwhites can be explained entirely by its alleged targets' individual merit? This makes very little sense to me. — fdrake
I can understand your feelings of persecution. I just don't think you're being persecuted like you seem to believe. To my reckoning, you're actually repeating the talking points and using the same data as right wing rags - and it's to your credit that you've actually looked up data. You should read this, which studies rates of police killings in the US while adjusting for poverty, — fdrake
The kind of politics that limits police power, empowers social programs, and provides more security for the worst off and the worker, regardless of skin colour... — fdrake
Oh, for goodness sake - stop adjusting for this and that, and take some fucking responsibility. There are plenty of poor white people. — counterpunch
The same explanation applies. The systematic racism of political correctness is a consequence of the individualism and cowardice of white people; that they don't have a collectivist sense of identity, less yet racial identity, and individually, fall victim to left wing ideologues who seek to make them ashamed of their history and skin colour - not least to justify mass immigration. — counterpunch
In fact, white people should be proud of the massive contributions they have made to the world. They invented damn near everything - from the scientific and industrial revolutions, to modern democratic governance, rule of law, medical science, the steam engine, the internal combustion engine, flight, radio, television, computers, the internet and so on and on. — counterpunch
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