Vox.com Artcile - The Smug Style in American Liberalism

[RickJamesLich]

What the fuck does this even mean?

Is this really a surprise? Pretty much all the left does is complain about the country, in particular the people that contribute to it lol.

[Wells]

Is this really a surprise? Pretty much all the left does is complain about the country, in particular the people that contribute to it lol.

You hear what you want to, but any liberal will tell you that loving your country and criticizing it strongly aren't mutually exclusive.

[Rukh]

What the fuck does this even mean?

It's the typical mmo-c right-wing circle jerk. Careful you might get some on you.

[PC2]

Those damn takers! Can you believe they think they should make a living wage at work!

Everyone earning a living wage isn't possible, that is why we have welfare. Also, why would they think they should make more than their skills can command in the work force?

[Wells]

Everyone earning a living wage isn't possible, that is why we have welfare. Also, why would they think they should make more than their skills can command in the work force?

One could just as easily ask why government should subsidize the labor costs of wildly successful businesses.

[PC2]

Oh, you mean the welfare that a certain party goes after every chance it gets?

The majority on both sides support basic safety nets. Stop fear mongering.

[Roggendorf]

The cucks on the right have also adopted the smug style. Jon Leibowitz deseves a special place in hell for popularizing it.

[PC2]

One could just as easily ask why government should subsidize the labor costs of wildly successful businesses.

Because letting people starve to death would be bad and cause too much chaos. Those subsidies are good.

[Sci Fi Samurai]

Seems the author's identifying the hate-joy of tribalist thought. In my own experience, it does seem to be louder and more frequent from the left.

[Wells]

Because letting people starve to death would be bad and cause too much chaos. Those subsidies are good.

This is an argument as to why welfare is good. I don't debate that. But why should we subsidize labor for businesses that don't need the subsidy?

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The majority on both sides support basic safety nets. Stop fear mongering.

Except he's not wrong. The GOP consistently erodes all kinds of social safety nets.

[PC2]

This is an argument as to why welfare is good. I don't debate that. But why should we subsidize labor for businesses that don't need the subsidy?

Because they give the country a competitive advantage over places that try to artificially inflate the worth of low skill labour.

[Wells]

Because they give the country a competitive advantage over places that try to artificially inflate the worth of low skill labour.

Almost all minimum wage jobs are point of sale or service jobs. What other countries pay their comparable labor isn't relevant.

[PC2]

Come on. You know that is not true. Look at what is happening with something like Planned Parenthood.

I'm talking about things like nutrition. Someone being irresponsible by getting knocked up without proper planning is not a basic safety net.

[Wells]

I'm talking about things like nutrition. Someone being irresponsible by getting knocked up without proper planning is not a basic safety net.

No one has ever accused the GOP of having a coherent platform on welfare.

[PC2]

No one has ever accused the GOP of having a coherent platform on welfare.

Yeah I guess not. They should be making sure welfare people do get as many abortions as possible. I blame that one on religion.

Still, that doesn't change the fact that a basic safety net should be mainly about nutrition and homeless solutions.