One always has to question the genuineness of that kind of criticism, it seems to just be bad faith or plain stupidity. How is working for the government any more slavery-like than working for a big company?

[–] SunriseParabellum@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah it's one of those arguments that has such an obvious retort and glaring holes that I can't help but think people who make it know it's bullshit and just looking to waste their opponent's time.

[–] Judge_Jury@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

Sartre quote?

Sartre quote.

Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

[–] Fibby@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

When the government does stuff, that's socialism. And socialism is bad. So the government doing things is bad.

Q.E.D.