• FidelCastro [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      he turned Prince_Kropotkin from a leftist into a neolib

      Wait, like the PK from the old sub? Is that what happened to him?

      Fuck.

      :doomer:

      • Mrtryfe [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Don't worry, PK was shitty even before his heel turn. Still remember him trying to convince me that home ownership as a financial instrument was a good thing

        • FidelCastro [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          That’s not a good thing, it’s a fucking survival mechanism. You’re not bad if you manage to buy a house, but you’re bad if you think it’s a good thing we have to fucking buy houses.

        • CrimsonSage [any]
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          3 years ago

          Homeownership is only a good move in our system because everything is carefully constructed to make it that way. Ain't no way anyone who is making less than the top 10 percentile is getting a 30 fucking year 3 fucking percent mortgage outside of the hothouse that is the modern American suburbs and legal framework. I remember reading that prior to the new deal you would take a 10 year 5% mortgage from a bank as the ABSOLUTE BEST you would get and be happy about it.

      • Gosplan14 [any]
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        3 years ago

        Even back in the day when I was an anarchist I remember disliking them actually, along many people on the r/anarchism subreddit. They had this whole thing about respectability and optics, and even created that subreddit r/leftwithoutedge. It's doesn't surprise me they became a regular lib tbh.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Last I saw PK logged off for good a few months ago. I always liked him. He had shitty takes sometimes but he was consistent and would usually back up his arguments.