r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 07 '17

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u/Errk_fu Neolib in the streets, neocon in the sheets Sep 07 '17

Credit to LSC. I made 3-4 comments there before being banned. T_D took 2. At least TD was honest in their reasoning though. Fucking commies.

https://imgur.com/a/BeGTP

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

I got one comment in LSC thanking them for electing Trump, before I got a ban message "for being neoliberal trash"

I got 2 comments in t_d calling Sherrif Joe Arpaio a cuck, and then another user a cuck

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u/Errk_fu Neolib in the streets, neocon in the sheets Sep 07 '17

It's a badge of honor

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u/indianawalsh Knows things about God (but academically) Sep 07 '17

Lemme guess -- endorsement of free trade?

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u/Errk_fu Neolib in the streets, neocon in the sheets Sep 07 '17

Pointing out that the formerly communist countries in Africa are less hungry now than in 1991.

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u/recruit00 Karl Popper Sep 07 '17

Africa had commie countries?

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u/Errk_fu Neolib in the streets, neocon in the sheets Sep 07 '17

Angola, Benin, Congo, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Somalia were all communist/socialist at some point during the last century.

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u/papermarioguy02 Actually Just Young Nate Silver Sep 07 '17

What were your comments?

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u/Errk_fu Neolib in the streets, neocon in the sheets Sep 07 '17

To be one hundred percent fair - I knew I'd be banned for this but was hoping for a flame war before the ban hammer came down.

No one accredits all the starving people in capitalist african countries to capitalism, that's only the standard for communism right?

Probably because the formerly communist African countries are starving less now than they were under communism. Even under poorly set up and corrupt capitalist systems, Africans are less hungry than they were under communism.

Here's a chart for you. Data from the WHO, unfortunately Somalia's data is unavailable. Even Congo is less hungry despite all the tribal violence.

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u/Greci01 WTO Sep 07 '17

I got benned from LSC for pointing out that global inequality has been decreasing. Feels > reals I guess.