• helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    2 months ago

    Predatory loans is a great example

    Yes it is.

    they’re not taken out because people have bad decision making ability but because they’re left with no other choices.

    Bruh have you forgotten about the global recession of 2006? There were people that had 4 and 5 houses.

    You’ve never heard of the auto loan scams?

    Never heard of the mobile home scams?

    None of those situations are improved by people taking out loans they know they can’t afford.

    Quoting the dictionary isn’t how you learn about things!

    So…how am I supposed to learn, exactly? You’re going to tell me? Wikipedia says something similar. If there’s another definition, that’s not the one I was referring to. But you knew that, didn’t you?

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      Sure, go read the Wikipedia article, that’ll give you a solid foundation! I’d suggest the Conquest of Bread if you’re interested, or google “what is Anarchism”

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        2 months ago

        Have they considered renaming the movement? It’s a bit like “believe all women” or “anti-work”. You’re shooting yourself in the foot by using words with concrete definitions that don’t mean what you’re trying to convey.

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          2 months ago

          It’s the other way around - because the establishment has so much to fear from anarchism, they peddle anti-anarchist propaganda. If we renamed anarchism, they’d just do the same thing. Anarchism does exactly what the name implies - against heirarchies.

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              2 months ago

              I’m not really sure I understand what you mean, sorry. Lots of people have misconceptions and some of those misconceptions are intentionally fed to us. You know, propaganda and such? Lots of people have a really skewed perception of what anarchism is, so I guess that makes them wrong about anarchism, if that’s what you mean!

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                2 months ago

                Lots of people have misconceptions

                I mean when everyone else has a common understanding of the term, and you’re the only one with the “correct” understanding, doesn’t it make more sense that maybe you are the one with the misunderstanding?

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                  2 months ago

                  That’s what a common misconception is, when lots of people are wrong about something

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                    2 months ago

                    But it’s not a common misconception. You’re the only one with a misconception.