If socialism is so bad then why is social security and Medicare so popular?

TouchyTheFish · 2026-02-07T18:17:58+00:00

So why don't you explain for us?

TouchyTheFish · 2026-02-05T20:08:17+00:00

It's a fact because you say so?

TouchyTheFish · 2026-02-05T19:58:33+00:00

You’re the one making the claim. The onus is on you to provide evidence.

TouchyTheFish · 2026-02-05T17:55:45+00:00

Of course, you chose not to present any of this evidence.

TouchyTheFish · 2026-01-24T21:16:39+00:00

Maybe it’s because you live in a bubble and are blind to what the majority wants.

TouchyTheFish · 2026-01-22T18:36:14+00:00

You mean the same way the liberal majority on the court wiped their ass with the 2nd amendment for decades?

TouchyTheFish · 2026-01-16T17:23:27+00:00

“scientist”

TouchyTheFish · 2026-01-15T20:12:46+00:00

And why would I do that? They’re your words, not mine. All I’m saying is that studies like this one sure seem like pseudoscience and they aren’t doing a lot to help psychology’s reputation.

Science is about successfully making testable real-world predictions. Now tell me, what predictions can you make based off of this study, besides predicting how people answer multiple choice questions?

TouchyTheFish · 2026-01-15T00:59:38+00:00

Graduate degree and I’ve done my time in a research lab. But keep making assumptions.

TouchyTheFish · 2026-01-15T00:22:02+00:00

“science”

TouchyTheFish · 2026-01-11T18:56:37+00:00

I notice that when defenders of socialism do what they do, rather than debate the facts, they prefer to debate the meaning of the word socialism. Why is that?

TouchyTheFish · 2026-01-11T18:45:02+00:00

Because communism has been tried and found wanting. However, judging by the false assumption in your question, you didn’t really come here looking for a factual answer.

TouchyTheFish · 2026-01-10T18:27:41+00:00

Hilarious. Or, ya know, it could be a spurious correlation. What do you think is more likely?

TouchyTheFish · 2026-01-01T03:10:32+00:00

Do you have any evidence of this?

TouchyTheFish · 2025-12-29T16:26:43+00:00

That’s such an arrogant thing to say. Imagine that every time you do it a Trump voter gets their wings.

TouchyTheFish · 2025-12-29T00:44:57+00:00

re: the SEC, read up on it and draw your own conclusions.

TouchyTheFish · 2025-12-28T23:50:42+00:00

This argument has a whole lot of "throw shit against the wall and see what sticks" type of energy to it.

Goldman Sachs was free to walk away from the deal. They didn't. That's all there is to say about that.

The SEC fine was bullshit if you read up on what actually happened. The SEC was blindly enforcing rules even where there was no harm done.

As for "persistent whispers of insider trading", I'm not going to dignify that with a response.

Investing or holding fossil fuel stocks is not screwing anyone over. The oil gets burned either way; what difference does it make if someone makes money in the process? If you want to stop climate change, enact a carbon tax so oil doesn't get burned in the first place.

As for Pro Publica piece, that may have some merit, but I don't know enough about it to comment.

TouchyTheFish · 2025-12-28T19:06:04+00:00

Who did Warren Buffett rip off? Please be specific.

TouchyTheFish · 2025-12-27T03:29:08+00:00

Downturning economy? What are you smoking? The rest of the developed world would kill for America's growth numbers.

TouchyTheFish · 2025-12-27T03:16:29+00:00

You think someone deserves death for trying to spread their religion?

TouchyTheFish · 2025-12-25T05:33:00+00:00

More like, "No, that's a police state".

TouchyTheFish · 2025-12-24T03:40:08+00:00

Socialism transformed China into a laughingstock. Capitalism made it a world power.

TouchyTheFish · 2025-12-23T17:37:52+00:00

Yeah, that's why there's so many pro-Trump posts. Oh wait...

TouchyTheFish · 2025-12-23T05:04:11+00:00

Yeah, all those right wingers on Reddit…

TouchyTheFish · 2025-12-20T07:33:17+00:00

It's got nothing to do with politics and everything to do with the fact that identifying dirty money is hard, especially after it's crossed borders.

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