r/MurderedByWords • u/baranzen • Oct 26 '19

Murder Same game, different level

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u/DrumMajorThrawn Oct 26 '19

People need to stop conflating liberalism and socialism. It poisons our language. The opposite of liberalism is authoritarianism.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Not to mention equating liberal policy with communism. Just because a public service didn't exist before 1945 doesn't make it communism. By blind conservative logic public high schools, fire departments and garbage collectors are communist organizations. Public healthcare and free college education are no different. You can be conservative and agree education and medicine are just as essential as police or anything tax money pays for. People need to stop equating human rights with socialism.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Who the fuck doesn't pay for garbage collectors? they are all private businesses with gov't contracts around here.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Just because it's a private contract doesn't mean that contract isn't paid with tax money. Where do you think that money comes from?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

The bill every single person in the city is obligated to pay with an address attached to their name. Rentals, owners, everyone owes the garbage company.