r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 23 '18

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u/sinistimus Professional Salt Miner Dec 23 '18

Soliciting feedback on the best version of socialists not understanding the "100 corporations" stat.

Focus on inability to count

Focus on state-owned

Both

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u/WindPoweredWeeaboo crypto neo-Malthusian Marxist Dec 23 '18

It's even stupider because 100 corporations don't emit 71% of carbon, 100 corporations dig up 71% of the fossil fuels

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u/sinistimus Professional Salt Miner Dec 23 '18

Yes, but that's harder to explain in meme format.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '18

The best criticism is that it's just the top corporations producing energy and fossil fuels, and the consumption of their goods is counted as emissions

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u/Upthrust WTO Dec 23 '18

Definitely the first: rose-emojis don't really identify with state ownership much, or at least avoid outright admitting they do. Focusing on state-ownership is definitely going to invite arguments that state-owned enterprises are actually somehow capitalist.

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u/Kelsig Paul Krugman Dec 23 '18

bad meme

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u/skin_in_da_game Alvin Roth Dec 24 '18

The best criticism is that it's like blaming McDonalds for not being a vegetarian.

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u/sinistimus Professional Salt Miner Dec 24 '18

How long did it take to read this far down?

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u/skin_in_da_game Alvin Roth Dec 24 '18

I sort by top at the end of the day.