you know how libs always say knee-jerk "communism only works on paper" despite the opposite being true? i would like to crowdsource help in writing a good retort to that, that could. hopefully plant seeds in someone’s mind.
you know how libs always say knee-jerk "communism only works on paper" despite the opposite being true? i would like to crowdsource help in writing a good retort to that, that could. hopefully plant seeds in someone’s mind.
An approach I've had some success with is starting with a story/anecdote about problems in a big corporation and then tossing out some anti-government cliche. For example, if someone tells you about how some project they're working on at Big Company XYZ is a mess that's just bleeding money, hit them with:
It's not exactly "capitalism only works on paper," but it is a concise way of questioning both the supposed efficiency of the private sector and the supposed problems with public solutions.
am I misunderstanding or does your little statement say the exact opposite of what you’re arguing?
You aren't seriously bashing government waste and inefficiency with that statement. You're bashing private sector waste and inefficiency by mocking a talking point usually aimed at the government.