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1884 points elorant | 3 comments | 23 Apr 24 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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neilv ◴[23 Apr 24 17:48 UTC] No.40134839[source]▶
I think this article would work better if it were written entirely like textbook traditional investigative journalism. And less like the modern TV opinion personality, or the random strong-opinion Web comments in which many of the rest of us (including myself) indulge.
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romanhn ◴[23 Apr 24 17:51 UTC] No.40134879[source]▶
Agreed. I struggled to keep going after "computer scientist class traitor". A very juvenile take that reflects poorly on the author, IMO.
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phyzome ◴[24 Apr 24 00:29 UTC] No.40139031[source]▶
"Class traitor" isn't a juvenile insult. It has a fairly well-defined meaning and describes a set of problematic behaviors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_traitor

Are you saying that it's an incorrect description, or are you just generally against accusing people of things?

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romanhn ◴[24 Apr 24 00:53 UTC] No.40139202[source]▶
It's a ridiculous term that promotes polarization and dumbs down the level of discourse. I have the same reaction to it as when I see "bootlicker" as applied to anyone who takes the company's side (or is in management in general). There's too much adversarial name-calling these days, and not enough seeking understanding.
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1. oldkinglog ◴[24 Apr 24 03:06 UTC] No.40140041[source]▶
If you also take a wage, then you're also a class traitor by any reasonable definition, because denying the existence of class struggle only benefits capitalists - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_conflict
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2. romanhn ◴[24 Apr 24 03:41 UTC] No.40140290[source]▶
Thanks for helping me make my point. How's it up there in the socialist ivory tower? See, I grew up in Soviet Union and seen socialism's effects first-hand. It thoroughly disabused me of the notion of the holy class struggle and made me an unabashed capitalist (though I imagine our definitions of what this implies will differ).
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3. fuzzfactor ◴[24 Apr 24 18:18 UTC] No.40147813[source]▶
Capital is Other People's Money (OPM) and capitalism is crafted so that's what rules.

Comparatively, socialism is other people's labor. That may be all you can do if there are not many other resources.

Free Enterprise is something completely different altogether.

For the Soviet natives I've known who have come to the US, it has often turned out to be the Free Enterprise which was the most promising thing they found which was not in their previous environment.