Welcome To Hell, Elon

[UNI88]

Elon gets billions in subsidies from the gubmint

Well that’s where the money is….so you can then spend $44 billion, lose May if your largest advertisers, engage with everyone you don’t like, while satisfying the alt right cuck boys, all in order to stroke your gigantic ego.

Clever.

kalm and houndawg when it comes to understanding people, ambition, and innovation.

[GannonFan]

Well that’s where the money is….so you can then spend $44 billion, lose May if your largest advertisers, engage with everyone you don’t like, while satisfying the alt right cuck boys, all in order to stroke your gigantic ego.

Clever.

kalm and houndawg when it comes to understanding people, ambition, and innovation.

They took "the Nazi's went underground" very literally in their pursuit of fascism.

[dbackjon]

Nonsense - the genie is out of the bottle no matter what Elon does. Which hopefully will be captaining the first rocket to Mars.

If Socialists such as yourself had their way, Elon never would have made Tesla what it is today. Yes, the genie is out of the bottle but what future enhancements will society lose out on if we become a socialist nation?


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LOL - without socialism, Tesla would have been bankrupt years ago.

[UNI88]

kalm and houndawg when it comes to understanding people, ambition, and innovation.

They took "the Nazi's went underground" very literally in their pursuit of fascism.

Huffpo must have reported that trump has a secret underground lair (kind of like Cobra Commander) and kalm is bound and determined to find it. kalm and Houndie are the new GI Joes protecting us from fascism.

[UNI88]

If Socialists such as yourself had their way, Elon never would have made Tesla what it is today. Yes, the genie is out of the bottle but what future enhancements will society lose out on if we become a socialist nation?

LOL - without socialism, Tesla would have been bankrupt years ago.

Socialism is not the government encouraging private enterprise.

Socialism is the government controlling the means of production, distribution and exchange. It doesn't work on a large scale and leads to bloated bureaucracies, shortages and misery. But heh, we'll all be equal. Equally miserable. Except for the ambitious people who succeed in government, produce nothing of value and are rewarded with lavish lifestyles compared to 99% of the population.

[dbackjon]

LOL - without socialism, Tesla would have been bankrupt years ago.

Socialism is not the government encouraging private enterprise.

Socialism is the government controlling the means of production, distribution and exchange. It doesn't work on a large scale and leads to bloated bureaucracies, shortages and misery. But heh, we'll all be equal. Equally miserable. Except for the ambitious people who succeed in government, produce nothing of value and are rewarded with lavish lifestyles compared to 99% of the population.

What Americans are advocating for the government controlling the production, etc?

[GannonFan]

Socialism is not the government encouraging private enterprise.

Socialism is the government controlling the means of production, distribution and exchange. It doesn't work on a large scale and leads to bloated bureaucracies, shortages and misery. But heh, we'll all be equal. Equally miserable. Except for the ambitious people who succeed in government, produce nothing of value and are rewarded with lavish lifestyles compared to 99% of the population.

What Americans are advocating for the government controlling the production, etc?

Just houndy.

[UNI88]

Socialism is not the government encouraging private enterprise.

Socialism is the government controlling the means of production, distribution and exchange. It doesn't work on a large scale and leads to bloated bureaucracies, shortages and misery. But heh, we'll all be equal. Equally miserable. Except for the ambitious people who succeed in government, produce nothing of value and are rewarded with lavish lifestyles compared to 99% of the population.

What Americans are advocating for the government controlling the production, etc?

AOChe, Bernie, kalm, HoundDiggityDawg, etc.

And more importantly, it isn't just about the USA moving to a full socialist model. It's about giving government more and more control over our lives and economy while reducing the incentive to take risks and build businesses. It's that incentive that leads to the innovation and advancement that improves our society. The government has a role to play (common sense protection of the environment, funding research, etc.) but shackling the innovators is a short-sighted move the people like AOChe, Bernie, Warren, etc. don't have enough common sense to understand.

[dbackjon]

What Americans are advocating for the government controlling the production, etc?

AOChe, Bernie, kalm, HoundDiggityDawg, etc.

And more importantly, it isn't just about the USA moving to a full socialist model. It's about giving government more and more control over our lives and economy while reducing the incentive to take risks and build businesses. It's that incentive that leads to the innovation and advancement that improves our society. The government has a role to play (common sense protection of the environment, funding research, etc.) but shackling the innovators is a short-sighted move the people like AOChe, Bernie, Warren, etc. don't have enough common sense to understand.

Links? I see AOC, Bernie, Warren advocating for European style Democratic Socialism, which is still very capitalistic.

The US has been Privatizing profits, and socializing losses for decades - not sure where you have been. Bailouts for many industries, subsidies galore. You will be hard pressed to find any industry that doesn't get billions in subsidies from various levels of government.

[UNI88]

AOChe, Bernie, kalm, HoundDiggityDawg, etc.

And more importantly, it isn't just about the USA moving to a full socialist model. It's about giving government more and more control over our lives and economy while reducing the incentive to take risks and build businesses. It's that incentive that leads to the innovation and advancement that improves our society. The government has a role to play (common sense protection of the environment, funding research, etc.) but shackling the innovators is a short-sighted move the people like AOChe, Bernie, Warren, etc. don't have enough common sense to understand.

Links? I see AOC, Bernie, Warren advocating for European style Democratic Socialism, which is still very capitalistic.

The US has been Privatizing profits, and socializing losses for decades - not sure where you have been. Bailouts for many industries, subsidies galore. You will be hard pressed to find any industry that doesn't get billions in subsidies from various levels of government.

Democratic socialism is not capitalistic. Quoted from the Democratic Socialists of America's old website (good thing I quoted it in an old post because they've changed their website to whitewash the truth about what they want):

Social ownership could take many forms, such as worker-owned cooperatives or publicly owned enterprises managed by workers and consumer representatives. Democratic socialists favor as much decentralization as possible. While the large concentrations of capital in industries such as energy and steel may necessitate some form of state ownership, many consumer-goods industries might be best run as cooperatives.

Getting rid of private enterprise is a form of socialism and is decidedly not capitalistic. The really moronic thing state ownership is about as centralized as you can get.

AOChe is/was a member of the DSA and Bernie Sanders has long described himself as a Democratic Socialist.

So let's demonize people who innovate like Musk, Bezos, etc. while idolizing people who haven't produced anything of value like AOChe, Bernie, Warren, etc.

[CID1990]

AOChe, Bernie, kalm, HoundDiggityDawg, etc.

And more importantly, it isn't just about the USA moving to a full socialist model. It's about giving government more and more control over our lives and economy while reducing the incentive to take risks and build businesses. It's that incentive that leads to the innovation and advancement that improves our society. The government has a role to play (common sense protection of the environment, funding research, etc.) but shackling the innovators is a short-sighted move the people like AOChe, Bernie, Warren, etc. don't have enough common sense to understand.

Links? I see AOC, Bernie, Warren advocating for European style Democratic Socialism, which is still very capitalistic.

The US has been Privatizing profits, and socializing losses for decades - not sure where you have been. Bailouts for many industries, subsidies galore. You will be hard pressed to find any industry that doesn't get billions in subsidies from various levels of government.

Here’s a link, Jon…

https://energynow.com/2022/10/commentar ... erger/?amp

Bernie has been up to these shenanigans since the 1970s but now what used to be a third rail in politics us now mainstream in the Democratic Party. The link above is from this year.

Here is your High Priest from the way-back machine:

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/14/poli ... index.html

Socialistic economies are just one small step further than Fascist economies.

How much do you want to bet the Dem progressive caucus signs on to this stuff whole hog? I can provide links to that also.


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[Winterborn]

Well that’s where the money is….so you can then spend $44 billion, lose May if your largest advertisers, engage with everyone you don’t like, while satisfying the alt right cuck boys, all in order to stroke your gigantic ego.

Clever.

kalm and houndawg when it comes to understanding people, ambition, and innovation.

Explains so much of their political philosophy.

[Winterborn]

Links? I see AOC, Bernie, Warren advocating for European style Democratic Socialism, which is still very capitalistic.

The US has been Privatizing profits, and socializing losses for decades - not sure where you have been. Bailouts for many industries, subsidies galore. You will be hard pressed to find any industry that doesn't get billions in subsidies from various levels of government.

Here’s a link, Jon…

https://energynow.com/2022/10/commentar ... erger/?amp

Bernie has been up to these shenanigans since the 1970s but now what used to be a third rail in politics us now mainstream in the Democratic Party. The link above is from this year.

Here is your High Priest from the way-back machine:

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/14/poli ... index.html

Socialistic economies are just one small step further than Fascist economies.

How much do you want to bet the Dem progressive caucus signs on to this stuff whole hog? I can provide links to that also.


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Your facts will not do much good.

It is all just water under the bridge to them.

[GannonFan]

Here’s a link, Jon…

https://energynow.com/2022/10/commentar ... erger/?amp

Bernie has been up to these shenanigans since the 1970s but now what used to be a third rail in politics us now mainstream in the Democratic Party. The link above is from this year.

Here is your High Priest from the way-back machine:

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/14/poli ... index.html

Socialistic economies are just one small step further than Fascist economies.

How much do you want to bet the Dem progressive caucus signs on to this stuff whole hog? I can provide links to that also.


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Your facts will not do much good.

It is all just water under the bridge to them.

Agreed. Once you hear that "privatizing profits, socializing losses" line it's almost the Nazi/fascist equivalent for when an argument jumps the shark and they fall back on that. Some people are still pissed that we let businesses depreciate capital spending over 10 years - they consider that a subsidy or a give-away.

[kalm]

Your facts will not do much good.

It is all just water under the bridge to them.

Agreed. Once you hear that "privatizing profits, socializing losses" line it's almost the Nazi/fascist equivalent for when an argument jumps the shark and they fall back on that. Some people are still pissed that we let businesses depreciate capital spending over 10 years - they consider that a subsidy or a give-away.

It’s funny because it’s true but sleep easy my friends…we’re no where close to pure socialism or for that matter pure capitalism. Is there still private industry in socialist hotbeds like Norway or Alaska?

We’ve swung way to the right on privatization, anti-trust, deregulation of certain industries, etc. We can swing back to the middle if we choose to and as the Boomers pass on.

[kalm]

kalm and houndawg when it comes to understanding people, ambition, and innovation.

Explains so much of their political philosophy.

Strong middle class and it’s massive buying power from homes to tech, to autos. Increase domestic energy production across the board (oil, and renewable), invest in education (trade schools, cc’s, higher Ed), protect and expand strategic industries (Covid and Ukraine should be teaching us this), universal healthcare.

Signed,

Your radical kalmunist

[dbackjon]

Links? I see AOC, Bernie, Warren advocating for European style Democratic Socialism, which is still very capitalistic.

The US has been Privatizing profits, and socializing losses for decades - not sure where you have been. Bailouts for many industries, subsidies galore. You will be hard pressed to find any industry that doesn't get billions in subsidies from various levels of government.

Here’s a link, Jon…

https://energynow.com/2022/10/commentar ... erger/?amp

Bernie has been up to these shenanigans since the 1970s but now what used to be a third rail in politics us now mainstream in the Democratic Party. The link above is from this year.

Here is your High Priest from the way-back machine:

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/14/poli ... index.html

Socialistic economies are just one small step further than Fascist economies.

How much do you want to bet the Dem progressive caucus signs on to this stuff whole hog? I can provide links to that also.


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I didn't see any "influential" Democrats in that article - just a few fringe rejected players.

Fascism is closer to Capitalism than Socialism.

[dbackjon]

Your facts will not do much good.

It is all just water under the bridge to them.

Agreed. Once you hear that "privatizing profits, socializing losses" line it's almost the Nazi/fascist equivalent for when an argument jumps the shark and they fall back on that. Some people are still pissed that we let businesses depreciate capital spending over 10 years - they consider that a subsidy or a give-away.

Except that privatizing profits, and socializing losses has been the US economic model for decades.

Who is pissed about depreciating capital spending?

[houndawg]

Elon gets billions in subsidies from the gubmint

Well that’s where the money is….so you can then spend $44 billion, lose May if your largest advertisers, engage with everyone you don’t like, while satisfying the alt right cuck boys, all in order to stroke your gigantic ego.

Clever.

and if ever things don't go your way there's always the Emerald mine to fall back on and - your step-mom is younger than you and hot

[houndawg]

LOL - without socialism, Tesla would have been bankrupt years ago.

Socialism is not the government encouraging private enterprise.

Socialism is the government controlling the means of production, distribution and exchange. It doesn't work on a large scale and leads to bloated bureaucracies, shortages and misery. But heh, we'll all be equal. Equally miserable. Except for the ambitious people who succeed in government, produce nothing of value and are rewarded with lavish lifestyles compared to 99% of the population.

That's communism. Big difference.

[UNI88]

Agreed. Once you hear that "privatizing profits, socializing losses" line it's almost the Nazi/fascist equivalent for when an argument jumps the shark and they fall back on that. Some people are still pissed that we let businesses depreciate capital spending over 10 years - they consider that a subsidy or a give-away.

Except that privatizing profits, and socializing losses has been the US economic model for decades.

Who is pissed about depreciating capital spending?

Are our tax dollars going to socialize losses or pay for an ever-expanding federal government? I would argue that it's both and we should stop doing both. I was against socializing the losses of GM, Chrysler, Solyndra, and the airlines.

kalmy, please provide some proof rather than your typical socialist conspiracy theory hyperbole that "we’ve swung way to the right on privatization, anti-trust, deregulation". You and trump seem to share the belief that if you say something it makes it true.

[UNI88]

Socialism is not the government encouraging private enterprise.

Socialism is the government controlling the means of production, distribution and exchange. It doesn't work on a large scale and leads to bloated bureaucracies, shortages and misery. But heh, we'll all be equal. Equally miserable. Except for the ambitious people who succeed in government, produce nothing of value and are rewarded with lavish lifestyles compared to 99% of the population.

That's communism. Big difference.

No, it is isn't.

[Winterborn]

Explains so much of their political philosophy.

Strong middle class and it’s massive buying power from homes to tech, to autos. Increase domestic energy production across the board (oil, and renewable), invest in education (trade schools, cc’s, higher Ed), protect and expand strategic industries (Covid and Ukraine should be teaching us this), universal healthcare.

Signed,

Your radical kalmunist

You say that but it is plain from your posts that you neither know what it means to reach it nor maintain it.

Enjoy your mediocrity.

[kalm]

Strong middle class and it’s massive buying power from homes to tech, to autos. Increase domestic energy production across the board (oil, and renewable), invest in education (trade schools, cc’s, higher Ed), protect and expand strategic industries (Covid and Ukraine should be teaching us this), universal healthcare.

Signed,

Your radical kalmunist

You say that but it is plain from your posts that you neither know what it means to reach it nor maintain it.

Enjoy your mediocrity.

Oh…well…I apologize.

Mediocrity as I think you’re implying is the old bull - young bull standing on a hill story applied to economics.

[CID1990]

Here’s a link, Jon…

https://energynow.com/2022/10/commentar ... erger/?amp

Bernie has been up to these shenanigans since the 1970s but now what used to be a third rail in politics us now mainstream in the Democratic Party. The link above is from this year.

Here is your High Priest from the way-back machine:

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/14/poli ... index.html

Socialistic economies are just one small step further than Fascist economies.

How much do you want to bet the Dem progressive caucus signs on to this stuff whole hog? I can provide links to that also.


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I didn't see any "influential" Democrats in that article - just a few fringe rejected players.

Fascism is closer to Capitalism than Socialism.

I would agree that the progressive caucus, Warren and Bernie are fringe (and extreme) but they most certainly are prominent and they are all proponents of the Green New Deal - a cornerstone of which is nationalization of the entire energy sector - which includes stranding fossil fuel assets through government ownership.

You are gaslighting when you say that nationalization of major industries in the US is not a platform of the progressive left. Every time you do it, I’ll show you another Dem pushing it.

Here’s Auntie Maxine, recently the chair of the House Financial Services Committee (totally fringe):



Would you like more?


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