First criteria to all lefty arguments is how screwed up the system is and how harmed everyone is.
This is testable and false. More of us live longer and have more comfortable lives than anyone else in history.
Second criteria: the market is fundamentally bad.
Also testable and false. Open markets is linked with all sorts of positive outgrowth, less human rights abuses, and generally better lives for almost everyone.
Third criteria: you must agree with me or you're an idiot.
See, lefties, maybe even more than others, still distinguish themselves through consumption patterns, hold themselves in high status, and find lots of reasons to avoid dissonance, including not updating their worldview.
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