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What kind am I?
Not a neo liberal or a Tankie.
I'm in-between. I'm caring enough to not agree with Conservatives and want a change to the status quo. I'm educated enough to know how the world actually works and that things can't be free and other people won't do stuff for free. Capitalism has its place, but needs to be highly regulated.
The “socialists expect people to do stuff for free” trope only exists in capitalist strawman rhetoric.
Cool. Never said that. I consider myself a socialist democrat. I was referring to a conversation I had with a Tankie claiming both sides and said, "Businesses should not earn a profit." And in a later sentence said, "Everyone should be on universal basic income." In those exact words.
You literally, almost word for word said exactly the argument laid out in his comment. No slinking away. You were not referring to a conversation and even your rendition of the conversation is nonsensical as if the other's arguments should lead to some conclusion about the very same argument, the one you ran away from..?
I never even mentioned socialism. Weird how you and the other jump to that conclusion when I reference two tankies I had a conversation with a few weeks ago.
I also have no idea what the hell you are talking about in the later part of your comment. Running away from what? Stop trying to strawman this.