• ArbiterXero@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I mean that’s beautifully put……

    But unfortunately it’s simpler than that. It’s the story of a reasonable man that achieved beyond his dreams and then flipped sides because of money and status.

    “Suddenly I have an opinion on the capital gains tax.” Type of stuff.

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      9 months ago

      I, too, have an opinion on the capital gains tax. It should be taxed at the same rate as income. We can let them keep the exception on the first half million in profit because I’m feeling nice today.

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        9 months ago

        It’s actually higher in many scenarios.

        What needs to be taxed like income is loans against the stocks

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          9 months ago

          Oh yeah that’s right. I forgot about Buy, Borrow, Die.

          I agree, though I’d have to do something thinking about the exact right way to implement a tax on that kind of behavior.

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        9 months ago

        Ok, I’ll bite, you don’t believe he’s changed?

        Or you think he’s still very reasonable?

        Make your case

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          9 months ago

          He’s become more defiant at people screaming for him to change for sure. And he’s hardened his stance on progressives trying to live out others lives. But not in the sense that I’m reading from you and others. He’s not becoming new gop cheerleader or corporate mascot (outside the actual ads of course) or flipped as you call it. Fuck he was never on your side before COVID and everyone flipped their shit. He had on all sorts of people.

          As for question 2, no he was never reasonable, he’s a fucking moron.

          He’s just an idiot, he doesn’t like to be told what to do, and he’s now going to let the Internet screaming at him change what he does. It’s not done plot. He’s just an idiot and progressives have gone full crazy on him.

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            My side? lol you’re assuming a lot, you don’t know my side, you just know the I think rogan is an asshat.

            He’s got a big platform and he’s allowing the promotion of some fairly harmful content…… that in itself seems like a problem, no?

            I definitely believe that he just “doesn’t like to be told what to do”, that’s entirely his vibe.

            I’m curious what you mean by “progressives trying to live out other peoples lives”