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What's your "favorite" facepalm inducing take that libs regularly trot out? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mine is when a lib says that a socialist leader is filthy rich because le ebil dictator owns literally everything in the country.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

But the business owner takes THE RISK. FUCKING WHAT RISK? The risk of having to liquidate your assets and have to work a normal job like your employees do for you? You don't get to take that kind of risk unless you already have a fuckload of money or enough that a bank thinks it can get a steady return on investment, no one is taking any risk here.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

That is the risk. The risk for the worker is that we become homeless. The risk for the business owner is that they become a worker; their worst nightmare.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

But the business owner takes THE RISK

I know, it's terrible, right? Shouldn't we strive for a society where individuals don't have to go through the stress of that kind of risk just to feed their families? Couldn't we socialize the risks as well as the benefits?