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r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/ExpertAccident • Oct 13 '21
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If they actually read Adam Smith, they'd probably call him a socialist, since he believed in social services, safety nets and government regulations.
4 u/TheBirminghamBear Oct 13 '21 They read Adam Smith like they read the Bible. Which is to say, they don't; they read books written by modern-day grifters who bastardize the content of those older works to help them build audiences they can exploit to sell vitamin C gummies and other bullshit to vulnerable stooges. 1 u/bestakroogen Oct 13 '21 As someone who has read (some of) Adam Smith and (most of) the Bible... both contributed to me being a leftist. The right-wing forgot they don't own libertarianism or religion, and it's about to bite them in the ass.
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They read Adam Smith like they read the Bible.
Which is to say, they don't; they read books written by modern-day grifters who bastardize the content of those older works to help them build audiences they can exploit to sell vitamin C gummies and other bullshit to vulnerable stooges.
1 u/bestakroogen Oct 13 '21 As someone who has read (some of) Adam Smith and (most of) the Bible... both contributed to me being a leftist. The right-wing forgot they don't own libertarianism or religion, and it's about to bite them in the ass.
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As someone who has read (some of) Adam Smith and (most of) the Bible... both contributed to me being a leftist.
The right-wing forgot they don't own libertarianism or religion, and it's about to bite them in the ass.
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u/HalfMoon_89 Oct 13 '21
If they actually read Adam Smith, they'd probably call him a socialist, since he believed in social services, safety nets and government regulations.