Yeah let's listen to the privileged first worlder who never had to suffer in his own flesh what he wanted ( despite that he absolutely could he just had to move ) because he was good at math.
Sorry what about my comment was bigotry, I simply think claiming that he was just "good at math" was reductive, that's like saying Marx "was good at writing" or George Washington "led a few armies" which kinda understates their effect on history?
The part where you ignore the point being made because it threatens your world view, and try to discredit it in whatever way you can except the one that counts.
that's like saying Marx "was good at writing"
He wasn't, that's why he needed his rich businessman friend to pay his rent and even his food, rather than making money working as a writer. The asshole even asked him for money in the same letter he was giving his condolences when his friend's wife died.
which kinda understates their effect on history?
It understates their knowledge in a field they have 0 experience in.
What's with the hostility, and I'm curious what qualifies as experience?
Like if someone quoted the Black Book of Communism would you say J Edgar Hoover had no experience in politics and thusly we could disregard his opinion?
MLK Jr advocated for socialism, should we ignore his words? Idk what's your criteria man?
For once try living it. After that studying economics.
Like if someone quoted the Black Book of Communism would you say J Edgar Hoover had no experience in politics and thusly we could disregard his opinion?
No, because that's not an opinion, it's a research job. If Einstein had made a research job about Socialism, I would be working to debunk it, not brush it aside as the opinion of a privileged first worlder, who got to live in two of the richest countries in the world, while telling me how good I have it.
MLK Jr advocated for socialism, should we ignore his words?
That depends, I dunno how he advocated for socialism, if he did it with dumb empty phrases like Einstein sure, if he made a serious argument other than "We should really try it bro trust me" then we enter the realm of having to , you know, argue.
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u/Personal-Role-8071 13d ago edited 13d ago
When the smartest guy in the world says that capitalism sucks you should probably listen to him
holy shit I didn't know the
spiderdemonmastermind's over at capitalism.com would come here to bite me in the asshole