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 The fact that the commies feel so comfortable parading around their murderous ideas in public shouldn’t be passed over. These people are the scum of the earth and they mean you and your family harm. Take them seriously, believe them when they tell you who you are. Trust me as a Bitcoiner you will be hated above all. Never allow these scumbags an inch. https://image.nostr.build/559a3b3ee10ff63345c8ea4dd0d80108525eff4f1192d4a7f57fb462d5128c91.jpg  
 They want to turn it into Europe . Equality of outcome . We must resist 
 Yep. I shout these losers down every time I encounter one. 
 It always surprised me how my American friends would hype up Europe and shit on the US, but then I realized especially now that I’m in Europe, this is what they want. They want everyone to be the same bc they can’t compete otherwise. It has to be “fair” fuck that commie mindset . The western commies 
 I hate saying it, but it's us or them. It's not because we want it to be this way. It's because they make it so. 
 It's ok to hate commies. Can't say it enough.  
 Absolutely. It’s unamerican to normalize commies. 
 Since nobody on nostr seems to understand it, could you define communism? I literally haven't seen a single person who actually understands what communism is. Pretty sure the nostr definition is either "whatever I don't like" or "refusing to fellate the super wealthy". 
 Here's a good start...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0674076087?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share 
 I'd actually recommend Marx if you want to genuinely understand the ideology and why it appeals to people. I'm not saying I agree with him. I'm just saying a lot of what people label as communist is just some authoritarian assholery. If communism is really so terrible, we should be able to read what Marx said and clearly see the flaws in it, right? 
 A shortcut would be to simply ask, "Does this ideology respect the life, liberty, and property of the individual?" 
 And how do you propose to answer that question? By what definition and where did it come from? 
 Do you want your life, liberty, and property respected? Who owns you? 
 State ownership of all resources. Including the individual.
The end of all private property rights including the self. 
 Partially correct, until you get to the individual. Note that this isn't an endorsement of communism, just clarification because a lot of people use the word without understanding it properly. Communism is largely about the means of production, the spaces, tools, and materials requires to produce the things society needs. Personal possessions aren't strictly banned under the ideology. Owning your own home, for example, isn't forbidden under communism, but there may be examples of attempted communist states that made laws to the contrary. 
 But if you can't choose what to do with your time & labor then you don't own yourself. People are actually the source of all wealth & production, so if you (as an individual) don't get to decide what you produce & you can't own the tools needed to do so, then communism is ultimately just a philosophy crafted to sell slavery to the slaves. 
 Communism is mass public slavery 
 Yes, don’t underestimate what they are capable of. 
 It's definitely war and yes they would kill us if they could. We should return the favor though