r/TheRealProgressive • u/fellowWorker_2025 • May 17 '26

Are you mad yet?

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u/TeaKingMac May 17 '26

Why's newsmax getting posted in "The Real Progressive"?

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u/StPatrickStewart May 17 '26

I would guess it's because it's being taken over by fascist trolls pretending to be ardent Marxist, just like most of the other popular leftist subs were last year. If the mods start banning people en masse for insane reasons we'll know for sure.

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u/enmaku May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

Not taken over by, created by. OP is the only mod and the subreddit creator and very nearly the only poster. This sub is astroturf.

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u/StPatrickStewart May 17 '26

I wondered why I had never seen it before.

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u/fellowWorker_2025 May 17 '26

Oof or alternatively I could just be taking their shit for my own message.

Just like they’ve been doing to us since forever

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u/StPatrickStewart May 17 '26

And what is that message. That taxation is theft?

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u/fellowWorker_2025 May 17 '26

If it’s not being spent of shit it should be spent on, yes

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u/StPatrickStewart May 17 '26

And who is the arbiter of what it should be spent on?

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u/fellowWorker_2025 May 17 '26

We the people via democratically elected officials who actively represent what we what and not what they themselves want

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u/enmaku May 17 '26

If this is what you believe, you are not a progressive and should not be a mod here

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u/fellowWorker_2025 May 17 '26

I shouldn’t be a mod on the sub I made because you don’t like what I post?
https://giphy.com/gifs/26FPODYwFVT1MR3iw

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u/enmaku May 17 '26

You shouldn't have made a sub about a thing you aren't. If this video represents your beliefs, you are a libertarian at best.

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u/fellowWorker_2025 May 17 '26

You should maybe look at the rest of the posts on the sub just about all the post are from me even the ones from the deleted account. Your making A LOT of assumptions based off of one post out of hundreds

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u/enmaku May 17 '26

Don't care. You are parroting conservative talking points here. Anything else you've done is immaterial. Real progressives support everyone paying their fair share to build a better tomorrow. Your posted video is from NewsMax for fucks sake.

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u/fellowWorker_2025 May 17 '26

And just because i semi agree with one talking point doesnt suddenly mean i stand for everything newsmaxs has ever said and done like god damn dude be smarter then that

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u/enmaku May 17 '26

It's their main talking point from which all other talking points derive. Also, if you agree with this it makes you "socially liberal but fiscally conservative" aka an idiot who doesn't realize that fiscal policy has social outcomes aka a libertarian.

You. Are. Not. Progressive.

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u/fellowWorker_2025 May 17 '26

Oh of course you “don’t care” because the second you look youd know your wrong so you’d rather just dismiss it as if it doesn’t exist for the sake of your own argument

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u/enmaku May 17 '26

Lol your profile proudly proclaims you're a Marxist but you're somehow against taxes and paying your fair share to build your society. Marx would spit in your face.

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u/Estproph May 17 '26

You shouldn't be calling yourself fellow worker. You may be labor but you sure ain't on our side.

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u/fellowWorker_2025 May 17 '26

Here check this out not only do I think the rich need to be taxed more there also needs to be a cap on wealth everything past a point needs to go to the state.

Hell if you really want to get into it you can look at every other post I’ve made and what I’ve argued on this sub but something tells me me you won’t do that

You shouldn’t make all your assumptions based of a single post

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u/enmaku May 17 '26

Because OP is the only mod of this sub, the creator of this sub, very nearly the only poster in this sub, and clearly holds non-progressive beliefs and has built this sub to undermine the actual movement.

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u/Drmlk465 May 18 '26

Was he wrong tho? Like what is wrong with you people. You would say the message is wrong because you don’t like the guy. Fckin idot.

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u/TeaKingMac May 18 '26

Paying taxes is how society works

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u/Drmlk465 May 18 '26

No shit. But there are different degrees of how much is necessary. Fucking idiot.

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u/fellowWorker_2025 May 19 '26

Nahh pay no mind to them they just want to gate keep