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[–] privatized_sun@hexbear.net 86 points 1 year ago

"My abortion is special, God wants ME to kill my baby!!!?" - conservatives

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 72 points 1 year ago

Another unsuspecting face, devoured by leopards.

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Let me tell you how free college educated "progressive" libs (who own capital) are reacting to this news:

Lib: - Well it's not that bad cuz they won't be charged much anyways

Me: They are a very small minority, the cost of teaching them it's the same. It should remain free for all, no exceptions.

Lib: Well but I can't go to their countries and study for free, it should be reciprocous

Me: Who cares? It's the same charging them than not, and they are opening the door to charge money to all of us

Lib: Well I would have been able to pay some amount. Plus we used to voluntary pay some small money for student lab material, but then it was outlawed and so the students labs pipettes fell in disrepair.

Me: regardless of amount the university should have payed it

Lib: Well but foreigners who come study here, their taxes don't cover their education.

Me: I already told you teaching such small number costs the same as not teaching them. Plus you are opening the door to everyone getting charged. If we'd had to pay the price of a degree in (for example) Colombia, we both won't be laureates.

Lib: Well we could have payed something, plus my college partners spent a lot in booze and parties. Plus there's no money so anything would help and it should be reciprocous at least.

Repeat the loop, again and again.

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wall-talk

It's pointless to have a discussion with someone who has no stake in the outcome.

This guy did. But random American assholes do not.

I've found it's easier to just deride the idea generally. "Milei deporting all his biggest supporters. No wonder libertarianism doesn't work."

And leave it at that.

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm argentinian ~~trapped~~ living here and I was arguing with another argentinian living here.

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And the escuse they used over in the states against free education - but you'd be subsidizing the rich!

My brother, the rich don't send their kids to public college because they want the luxury of having a prestigious private "I'm rich, bitch" title for their nepo baby. It won't be a problem.

maybe-later-honey Well how do you know!

Have you seen your idol pete? Have you looked at the executive and political class all from Harvard and Yale? They aren't going to give a fuck about a public university degree.

maybe-later-kiddo Says you! You don't care for the poor!

wall-talk

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

They do be using it here too "those rich brats living in apartments paid by their parents could easily pay for their free college" [the ones who don't go to the Catholic Universities (aka the only prestige private universities outside of Buenos Aires City) cuz they petty burshwá not rich ]

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 47 points 1 year ago
[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 46 points 1 year ago

Normies when they get exactly what they wanted. oooaaaaaaauhhh

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dumbass. Now learn from this next time.

[–] NedIsakoff@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

The guy is young enough he actually might. One can hope.

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The socialists made Milei do it

[–] casskaydee@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago
[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago

Lol. Lmao, even.

[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago

Womp

And this can't be understated:

Womp

[–] D61@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There should be up updated Gadsten style libertarian flag that's a leopard lunging at the person looking at the flag like its going to eat their face.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

At Least its not da gobermint ancap-good

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I thought the snake in the S&M and ball gag image worked well enough

[–] fox@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

I quite like the "I don't understand taxes" one

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

The libertarian snake eating it's own ass

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[–] CommCat@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago

This reminds of a talk by the old US Trot ISO party. It was during the Libya crisis, a Libyan American college student was giving the talk, they were pro Western backed Rebels and getting rid of Gaddafi. During the talk she mentions that her parents were able to study in the USA because of Libyan social programs under Gadaffi. Is Libya a functioning state anymore? Last big news story from Libya was the disastrous flood that killed at least 11,300 people.

[–] Civility@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] IzyaKatzmann@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

rare emoji, commenting to remember to use it later

[–] professionalduster@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

you're joking right? this is extremely funny

[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mean, he did get exactly what he asked for then acted all shocked and regretful, but that's still a human being that has been denied access to higher education. This might actually be life ruining for them

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 year ago

I agree with you, he may have helped encourage Milei's election but many people have ridiculous views especially at that age, we're all being scammed by people like Milei everyday. At least he is young enough that he still has time to continue education maybe in a different country or if Argentina reverses these policies.

If Milei himself or other people closer to the origin of these bullshit views suffered some consequences I'd be more inclined to laugh but I don't feel much joy when young people get things fucked for them, even if they are idiots, I know when I was 20 there were beliefs I had that I now see are obviously false.

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

that's still a human being that has been denied access to higher education

I mean, what kind of education was he even receiving, of he thought Milei was going to benefit him?

Unfortunate to see all these kids get rug-pulled. But these institutions are producing the agents of their own demise. This guy is probably better of getting proletariatanized than finishing out a degree in PMC U.

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

I mean, what kind of education was he even receiving, of he thought Milei was going to benefit him?

The vast majority of education is not explicitly political. This is part of how you get educated people with all sorts of ludicrous political beliefs.

[–] professionalduster@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

I like it when bad things happen to bad people. there's a lot of pain in the world, someone fucking around and finding out is not on my list people to care about 🤷

[–] buh@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

Have some Civility 😔

[–] casskaydee@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Be more respectful man, this student clearly had no idea that leopards would be eating his face.

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

He will be now.

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

fuck-around

Edit Oh shit this is a Venezuelan gusano screwing around in another nation's election? maduro-coffee

[–] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Lol. What a fucking doofus

[–] the_kid@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

it's pretty nuts that he's not even grandfathered in, usually that's what they do with this kind of law

[–] Torenico@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Like we say here: Que pelotudo!

[–] SovietWaveGoddess@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Liberals have the logic of fascists to justify their treats.

people's well being is more important than individual greed