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Re:Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century, in 20 minut... by knucklesandwich on Sunday October 30, 2016 @07:10AM (#12829169)
Yeah Orwell, the democratic socialist and Labour Party member, would have hated income redistribution programs. Orwell was anti-authoritarian, but he knew that the market left to it's own devices was just another incarnation of authoritarianism.
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Re:Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century, in 20 minut... by aminok on Sunday October 30, 2016 @07:22AM (#12829194)
I never said he would have hated compulsory income redistribution. I was just showing that even Orwell recognized that socialist movements are dominated by people like the "youthful snob-Bolshevik" (looking at you).

Orwell was wrong about the market. There is nothing authoritarian about voluntary interactions between consenting adults, even if said interactions involve the exchange of (god forbid!) currency.

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