Is it ok to discriminate against people in the workplace, supermarkets etc...

Cool, you've got a mind of your own apparently keybored, cheers.

I don't think there's anything "left" about it, just like I don't think there's been a viable left-wing since the 1930s in the US.

Social issues, especially the calls for equality are all lies --- the politicians know you can't legislate kindness or understanding, and it's much easier to give lip service than to give the people something tangible (such as the promises of $15/hr min. wage... free 2 yrs of college).. When push comes to shove, they'll give one group some kind of special treatment, such as NYC giving black/brown first dibs on therapeutics, which is only going to cause rifts between white/black/brown working-class, while something like universal health care helps EVERYONE. No one worried about stimulus checks raising inflation, because everyone got one.

Divide and rule is the oldest trick in the book, and it's been going on since the beginning, but knowledge is seeing the same pattern over and over and not falling for it. I suspect those who know better will still go along to get along because they know which side of the bread is buttered. If Hitler said 2+2=4, you must disagree, right?

What's funny (and sad) is that people who talk politics all day on discussion forums and chat rooms throw that word around, as if the change of a President suddenly makes us "Communist" - presto!

I never heard modes of production, abolishing private property, revolution of the proletariat, nothing... Also, some things to me aren't political (building better bridges), but everything is turning political with a simple word association. "Commie" or simply saying "Biden" or "Trump".. I've never voted Republican, but I notice those who are staunch Democrats annoy me the most. I don't believe that they believe whatever they're saying - they just don't want to be socially ostracized by the group. Even when I had fakebook activated, I'd post something, and sometimes get private messages with, "I agree with ya, but others won't understand" -- which is condescending. "WE understand, but all those others don't".

Before Yahoo fucked up their comment section, I would do little experiments. I would argue in favor of something "liberal" by sounding nationalistic.. "Why spend that money in foreign countries when we can spend it here on AMERICANS!"... I would also load up the sample, using a few accounts for a desired result, and the trend would continue (up and down votes)... An hour later, I'd type up the same exact thing, copy/paste, but this time, I'd use my burner accounts to give the comment multiple thumbs down, and the trend continued. Or simply by pretending to be a Biden supporter, and then say how RACIST the 94 Crime Bill is..

Speaking of fakebook, the 4 years Trump was in office, I'd "attack" the incumbent, and one group of "friends" would like it.. Biden gets in, suddenly, all those "friends" whine, and can't discuss things beyond a sentence.

The US isn't really capitalist, either. Almost every country has a private sector and a public sector. People should ask what they get in exchange for their taxes. A free (and healthy) market doesn't need to spend TRILLIONS to bail these huge companies every few years, and wouldn't need to constantly subsidize oil companies, etc etc..

I had to edit this message, because of the low character count, which is very telling about the current climate of anti-intellectualism.

It’s about politics.