I had a conversation once with a guy who would probably self identify as libertarian, in the “I want to smoke weed, own a gun, and not have to pay taxes” sense of the word. The point of entry was that he’s a pretty big Star Trek fan.

I asked him if he would rather live in the Blade Runner future or the Star Trek future. He said Star Trek future, no contest. And I said “Yeah, well you know the biggest difference between the two is that in Star Trek we basically solved the inherent problems of capitalism, and in Blade Runner we didn’t.”

And he said “Well, yeah, but—” and I swear I saw a wheel turn just a little click in his head. And ever since that conversation I feel like he’s been just a little bit more open to the idea that putting some goddamn reins on capitalism already might be a good idea.

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Please don’t bring political compass memes here

This is rich coming from a communist. Like, yacht rich. So rich that I think you should feel bad and maybe think about leaving some irony for the rest of us next time.