The 2016 Election

Re:The 2016 Election by bleepbloop22 on Monday October 17, 2016 @03:20PM (#12728399)

> (of course, if Peter said some of the things Trump says himself, he would no longer be part of Y Combinator).

So when he wrote that giving women the right to vote has been eroding capitalist democracy ... ?

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Re:The 2016 Election by NoPiece on Monday October 17, 2016 @03:26PM (#12728529)

Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women — two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians — have rendered the notion of “capitalist democracy” into an oxymoron.

You can disagree with the statement, but why do you think it is punishable?

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Re:The 2016 Election by Tycho on Monday October 17, 2016 @03:22PM (#12728445)

sounds like the difference between a normative statement and a positive statement might be relevant here

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