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minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear30·edit-21 year agoSocialism was developed as an intellectual tradition in opposition to liberalism. I didn't define it The people who invented liberalism defined it. Take that up with Rousseau and Locke, et al. link
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workshexbear1·1 year agoBut definitions change over time as people use the words differently. Except French where the government gets to decide what words mean. linkfedilink
minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear37·1 year ago Words have meaning. Your political illiteracy is not my fault link
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workshexbear1·1 year agoWords meaning is what we all decide they are. Not always the original. linkfedilink
minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear27·1 year agoJust because you're illiterate doesn't mean the squiggles I'm making don't have meaning link
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workshexbear1·1 year agoBut if enough people agree on what the squiggles mean, now they have meaning. linkfedilink
minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear29·edit-21 year agoPeople already agree on what the squiggles mean. They aren't squiggles to us because we can read - you are saying that they mean something different because you're illerate. Your opinion means nothing because you don't know what you're talking about link
Socialism was developed as an intellectual tradition in opposition to liberalism. I didn't define it
The people who invented liberalism defined it. Take that up with Rousseau and Locke, et al.
But definitions change over time as people use the words differently. Except French where the government gets to decide what words mean.
Words have meaning. Your political illiteracy is not my fault
Words meaning is what we all decide they are. Not always the original.
Just because you're illiterate doesn't mean the squiggles I'm making don't have meaning
But if enough people agree on what the squiggles mean, now they have meaning.
People already agree on what the squiggles mean. They aren't squiggles to us because we can read - you are saying that they mean something different because you're illerate. Your opinion means nothing because you don't know what you're talking about
Also that's not an insult.
Sure thing
Thanks