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renewiltordyesterday at 10:25 PM2 repliesview on HN

Disappointing to see him spread the modern Republican myth of pulling oneself up by their bootstraps, as to who succeeds. Everyone deserves a good life, even gamblers.


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troadyesterday at 10:43 PM

Terrible, no good, upsetting, false class consciousness-derived take.

The point of the left is to bring prosperity into reach for everyone, not to stroke the hair of able young men in poker dens who refuse to work, and whisper "You're valid."

That's what capital wants the left to degrade into.

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