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Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by Frondo on Friday September 07, 2018 @12:00PM (#17935332)
The contemporary American conservative's use of the word "socialism" seems so meaning-free, it's a stand-in for "things I don't like" or "whatever libtards want".

Can you elaborate on what socialism you think people are voting for?

Cause right now we don't have free education--we have massive loans we award to children that can never be disposed of.

We don't have free health care--we have the worst of both possible systems, with only now a real national discussion about bringing our horrible health care in line with literally the rest of the western world.

Where's this socialism people keep voting for, and when's it going to start reaching us and affecting our lives in a meaningful way???

Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by spacehome on Friday September 07, 2018 @07:46PM (#17938478)
Maternity leave policies are a transfer of wealth from people who have fewer children to people who have more children.
Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by spacehome on Friday September 07, 2018 @10:59PM (#17939148)
They’re also a transfer of wealth from shareholders to employees (who have kids).
Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by Frondo on Monday September 10, 2018 @10:55AM (#17952241)
Awesome. Transfer that wealth. Shareholders add nothing of value to any economic system. Transfer it all to the people who are making a contribution.

But you said "people are voting for socialism" (in a discussion about some group unionizing) and that's just a bullshit claim. This country is so far from socialist policies, and no one's running on a socialist platform, it's just empty words to say anyone's voting for socialism.