# @RockChartrand: Chronological List Profile: [[Users/@RockChartrand/RockChartrand-x-profile|RockChartrand-x-profile]] · [[Users/@RockChartrand/Topical List|Topical list]] · Post analysis: [[Users/@RockChartrand/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - RockChartrand on Hitler's Principles (2026-10-24)|Hitler's principles]] The 200 most recent items on his timeline (originals, quotes, replies and reposts), Oct 20, 2026, 11:22 AM to Oct 24, 2026, 11:38 AM CT, newest first. All times are Central Time (CT). Metrics are an X API snapshot from Oct 24, 2026, about noon CT. ★ marks a substantive post: an original or quote longer than 500 characters. "Same text also posted as a quote" marks his habit of replying to a post and then quoting it with the identical text, seconds apart. **Maintenance:** new posts are added above the newest day; backfill batches are appended below the oldest day. The state file (`newest_id`, `oldest_id`, pagination token) lives on the box at `/workspace/x-research/users/rockchartrand/state.json`. ## Saturday, Oct 24, 2026 | Time (CT) | Type | Theme | Post | Likes | Views | |---|---|---|---|---:|---:| | [11:38 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114033811319136467) | quote of @CDMorlock | Communism and socialism critique | ★ It's not utopia I believe in. It's principles. Capitalism rests on private property, individual rights, and voluntary exchange. By what principle of capitalism does the s… | 10 | 284 | | [11:38 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114033778133811211) | reply to @CDMorlock (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | It's not utopia I believe in. It's principles. Capitalism rests on private property, individual rights, and voluntary exchange. By what principle of capitalism does the s… | 2 | 23 | | [10:59 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114024109717819879) | reply to @StellarVoyager1 | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | Private means you can tell Hitler to fuck off when he tries to control the business | 0 | 35 | | [10:58 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114023730250662266) | reply to @SweetLemonBooks | Communism and socialism critique | What are you advocating? | 0 | 12 | | [10:51 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114021910229008765) | reply to @SweetLemonBooks | Communism and socialism critique | Do you imagine China, Russia, or North Korea don't have a privileged 1%? Or is the problem considerably worse when the government possesses the authority to create, enric… | 0 | 19 | | [10:48 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114021328445493495) | reply to @SweetLemonBooks | Elections, democracy and the role of government | I speak of capitalism according to its principles, not the betrayals of them. Capitalism means individual rights, private property, voluntary exchange, and equality befor… | 0 | 9 | | [10:47 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114020847400652925) | reply to @ItIsAllTheater | Other | The elites of the losing side | 0 | 25 | | [10:46 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114020686905696498) | original | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | ★ Everyone wants to disassociate themselves from Hitler's name, but considerably fewer are willing to disassociate themselves from many of the political principles and poli… | 9 | 363 | | [10:42 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114019831695421900) | quote of @vatniksoup | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | ★ The obsession with whether Hitler belonged to the left or right misses the far more important point. Both fascism and communism subordinate the individual to the state. B… | 121 | 1,416 | | [10:42 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114019803803402344) | reply to @vatniksoup (same text also posted as a quote) | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | The obsession with whether Hitler belonged to the left or right misses the far more important point. Both fascism and communism subordinate the individual to the state. B… | 31 | 268 | | [10:36 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114018249830490139) | quote of @BladeoftheS | Rights and identity | ★ If you actually believed this, you'd be typing it on a typewriter. Instead, you're using technology that would have seemed like science fiction 50 years ago to complain t… | 57 | 621 | | [10:36 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114018214766071867) | reply to @BladeoftheS (same text also posted as a quote) | Rights and identity | If you actually believed this, you'd be typing it on a typewriter. Instead, you're using technology that would have seemed like science fiction 50 years ago to complain t… | 60 | 259 | | [10:30 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114016813243682958) | reply to @jiadehui | Communism and socialism critique | One in principle protects individual rights while the other subordinates them to public interest/common or greater good/collective dictates | 0 | 13 | | [10:29 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114016402537410967) | reply to @zijing1222 | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | So Stalin's Soviet Union and Mao's China were closer to true communism, but the regimes that followed betrayed it? That's quite an admission. And you've conveniently avoi… | 13 | 300 | | [10:23 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114014877744275565) | reply to @jr_galt | Communism and socialism critique | Anti trust laws are socialist | 0 | 16 | | [10:21 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114014372137722052) | reply to @RepThomasMassie | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | Massie, that's an astonishingly shallow understanding of warfare. Not every war is fought for the same reasons, and not everyone fighting a war has the same motives. Ther… | 11 | 215 | | [10:09 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114011363584406008) | reply to @mentorstrophy | Taxes, spending and welfare | You've correctly identified a problem with politically connected elites privatizing profits while socializing losses. That's cronyism, not capitalism. Capitalism requires… | 0 | 64 | | [10:07 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114010780991459520) | reply to @SweetLemonBooks | Communism and socialism critique | You're describing cronyism and government favoritism, then blaming capitalism while demanding even more political control over the economy. If billionaires are controllin… | 0 | 24 | | [10:04 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114010238181347688) | original | Elections, democracy and the role of government | ★ A Proposal for Electoral Reform. I'd Welcome Your Opinions and Criticisms. I've been considering an alternative to our current electoral system that would make political … | 9 | 502 | | [9:55 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114007806722392541) | reply to @LachlanScott | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | Different? Certainly. Completely different? Hardly. And not where the fundamental issue of individual economic freedom is concerned. Marxism sought collective ownership i… | 1 | 14 | | [9:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114006632879304895) | reply to @pedrofgdrete | Elections, democracy and the role of government | So because capitalism has never existed in its purest form, it has never existed at all? By that standard, neither has socialism, and every failure attributed to it can c… | 0 | 64 | | [9:31 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114001727200407947) | quote of @patriach2051 | Communism and socialism critique | Communists: Capitalism is bad because it creates monopolies that enrich the wealthy and exploit workers. Also communists: Let's impose wage mandates that smaller business… | 70 | 909 | | [9:30 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114001694447071662) | reply to @patriach2051 (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | Communists: Capitalism is bad because it creates monopolies that enrich the wealthy and exploit workers. Also communists: Let's impose wage mandates that smaller business… | 16 | 81 | | [9:27 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114000869150597304) | quote of @drboycewatkins1 | Capitalism, profit and property | ★ So what? You've described the difference between using credit to build wealth and using it to consume wealth. Neither opportunity is exclusive to the rich, and neither gu… | 24 | 554 | | [9:27 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114000841656983747) | reply to @drboycewatkins1 (same text also posted as a quote) | Capitalism, profit and property | So what? You've described the difference between using credit to build wealth and using it to consume wealth. Neither opportunity is exclusive to the rich, and neither gu… | 1 | 65 | | [9:21 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113999221288300555) | original | Religion and Islam | ★ One disturbing similarity between Leninist communism and Islam is that both explicitly justify deception under certain circumstances in service of supposedly higher objec… | 4 | 309 | | [9:17 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113998302299443579) | quote of @ScottCDunn | Communism and socialism critique | ★ Capitalism recognizes that we're human beings, not sacrificial animals belonging to one another. It encourages both competition and cooperation, with the latter vastly ou… | 53 | 1,036 | | [9:17 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113998278068949379) | reply to @ScottCDunn (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | Capitalism recognizes that we're human beings, not sacrificial animals belonging to one another. It encourages both competition and cooperation, with the latter vastly ou… | 49 | 274 | | [9:13 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113997399261638696) | quote of @RoKhanna | Taxes, spending and welfare | Don't threaten us with a good time, Ro. Outside the parasitic, economically illiterate socialist crowd that believes every problem can be solved by confiscating someone e… | 19 | 584 | | [9:13 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113997373085044795) | reply to @RoKhanna (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | Don't threaten us with a good time, Ro. Outside the parasitic, economically illiterate socialist crowd that believes every problem can be solved by confiscating someone e… | 45 | 1,120 | | [9:08 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113996028659564863) | quote (self) | Capitalism, profit and property | ★ It's also true that Ayn Rand's heroes are often dismissed as unrealistic, but that's largely because they're presented as ideals rather than representations of the averag… | 20 | 618 | | [8:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113993328442130806) | quote of @BladeoftheS | Elections, democracy and the role of government | ★ I'd point out that communist voters often seem to understand communism less than anyone else. Hence the term useful idiots. They imagine abolishing private ownership mean… | 94 | 1,417 | | [8:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113993298998149382) | reply to @BladeoftheS (same text also posted as a quote) | Elections, democracy and the role of government | I'd point out that communist voters often seem to understand communism less than anyone else. Hence the term useful idiots. They imagine abolishing private ownership mean… | 37 | 289 | | [7:56 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113978006318219278) | original | Elections, democracy and the role of government | Socialism doesn't necessarily abolish billionaires or the wealthy. It replaces the choices of consumers and workers with those of the political class in determining who g… | 38 | 686 | | [7:49 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113976113164664846) | original | Elections, democracy and the role of government | ★ If you think capitalism is when the government subsidizes the rich and socialism is when it subsidizes the poor, you're confusing plutocracy with ptochocracy. Neither is … | 51 | 825 | | [6:01 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113948947769172250) | quote of @patriach2051 | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ Decades of appeasing socialists and central planners with ever-increasing spending, regulation, subsidies, monetary expansion, and government intervention. Did you imagin… | 28 | 963 | | [6:01 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113948920099344741) | reply to @patriach2051 (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | Decades of appeasing socialists and central planners with ever-increasing spending, regulation, subsidies, monetary expansion, and government intervention. Did you imagin… | 24 | 3,531 | | [5:59 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113948593048494406) | quote of @Rakeshhkumaar | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | ★ Actions speak louder than words. Hitler opposed Marxism, not state control of the economy. He abolished independent unions, suppressed economic freedom, subordinated priv… | 116 | 1,889 | | [5:59 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113948565844209724) | reply to @Rakeshhkumaar (same text also posted as a quote) | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | Actions speak louder than words. Hitler opposed Marxism, not state control of the economy. He abolished independent unions, suppressed economic freedom, subordinated priv… | 161 | 1,721 | | [5:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113947944332222811) | original | Communism and socialism critique | Socialism is an ideology so morally rotten that its advocates' best defense against the accusation of being evil is to plead stupidity or ignorance. Either they understan… | 73 | 1,037 | | [5:53 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113947065663279157) | quote of @LucifersTweetz | Elections, democracy and the role of government | ★ And somehow the solution is to concentrate even more power in the hands of fewer people—politicians who wield far greater authority, face far less direct accountability, … | 50 | 831 | | [5:53 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113947038685475008) | reply to @LucifersTweetz (same text also posted as a quote) | Elections, democracy and the role of government | And somehow the solution is to concentrate even more power in the hands of fewer people—politicians who wield far greater authority, face far less direct accountability, … | 64 | 374 | | [5:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113946266153435386) | quote of @Rakeshhkumaar | Elections, democracy and the role of government | ★ Buying competitors doesn't prevent new ones from entering the market. Government can, through legally protected monopolies and barriers to entry. Bailouts are government … | 13 | 587 | | [5:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113946238588535250) | reply to @Rakeshhkumaar (same text also posted as a quote) | Elections, democracy and the role of government | Buying competitors doesn't prevent new ones from entering the market. Government can, through legally protected monopolies and barriers to entry. Bailouts are government … | 21 | 272 | | [5:22 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113939244095766727) | quote of @BraddrofliT | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ What makes it socialism isn't healthcare, decent wages, or economic security. It's the coercion used to provide them. Imagine being so shameless, hateful, and economicall… | 94 | 1,569 | | [5:22 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113939215729766604) | reply to @BraddrofliT (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | What makes it socialism isn't healthcare, decent wages, or economic security. It's the coercion used to provide them. Imagine being so shameless, hateful, and economicall… | 125 | 1,141 | ## Friday, Oct 23, 2026 | Time (CT) | Type | Theme | Post | Likes | Views | |---|---|---|---|---:|---:| | [8:43 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113808443798651129) | original | Capitalism, profit and property | ★ There's some truth to the claim that Ayn Rand's villains aren't realistic today. But that's mostly because she gave them more intelligence, subtlety, and shame than their… | 274 | 3,881 | | [8:36 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113806872889204861) | quote of @EdbieLigerSmith | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ Compound interest isn't a contradiction of capitalism. It's mathematics, and apparently mathematics becomes oppression when it exposes the consequences of your decisions.… | 40 | 781 | | [8:36 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113806841620672781) | reply to @EdbieLigerSmith (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | Compound interest isn't a contradiction of capitalism. It's mathematics, and apparently mathematics becomes oppression when it exposes the consequences of your decisions.… | 56 | 3,030 | | [8:31 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113805548512563550) | reply to @mcsquared34 | Other | At least you've figured out that it's a luxury which is better than pretending it's a right | 37 | 195 | | [8:28 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113804772419473651) | reply to @BigWhale777777 | Elections, democracy and the role of government | The politicians you're simping for will fuck you though | 1 | 21 | | [8:26 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113804176396337537) | quote of @MarcoFoster_ | Communism and socialism critique | ★ “Greed is not good,” says the man who has spent his entire political career obsessing over other people’s money and demanding more of it. The billionaires he condemns gen… | 133 | 1,698 | | [8:25 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113804114823938389) | reply to @MarcoFoster_ (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | “Greed is not good,” says the man who has spent his entire political career obsessing over other people’s money and demanding more of it. The billionaires he condemns gen… | 32 | 714 | | [7:30 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113790174492606898) | quote of @DawnButlerBrent | Capitalism, profit and property | The difference is that you weren't enslaved, and nobody alive today enslaved you. A stolen watch has an identifiable owner and a thief. You want to replace individual gui… | 56 | 1,164 | | [7:30 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113790139121951165) | reply to @DawnButlerBrent (same text also posted as a quote) | Capitalism, profit and property | The difference is that you weren't enslaved, and nobody alive today enslaved you. A stolen watch has an identifiable owner and a thief. You want to replace individual gui… | 282 | 6,821 | | [7:24 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113788654451581273) | reply to @InfraHaz | Communism and socialism critique | Communism at best replaces one parasite with another | 40 | 500 | | [6:12 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113770507136811015) | quote of @patriach2051 | Communism and socialism critique | ★ If food weren't grown for profit, most of it would never be produced in the first place. People would largely grow food for themselves and their families. Profit is preci… | 1,328 | 14,460 | | [6:12 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113770486098248063) | reply to @patriach2051 (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | If food weren't grown for profit, most of it would never be produced in the first place. People would largely grow food for themselves and their families. Profit is preci… | 293 | 3,241 | | [6:09 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113769792570020336) | quote of @JamesTate121 | Taxes, spending and welfare | If you're complaining that your problems are caused by someone else getting a tax cut, you're effectively admitting that you believe you're entitled to their money. You'r… | 40 | 642 | | [6:09 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113769772840055116) | reply to @JamesTate121 (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | If you're complaining that your problems are caused by someone else getting a tax cut, you're effectively admitting that you believe you're entitled to their money. You'r… | 40 | 330 | | [6:05 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113768784716566539) | original | Other | ★ There are large swaths of people who seek to exploit others' emotions, ignorance, and tribal allegiances to advance agendas that ultimately harm the very people supportin… | 16 | 570 | | [5:45 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113763664754831605) | quote of @SenSanders | Energy and climate | ★ What Bernie conveniently ignores is that human beings survive extreme climates largely because of affordable, reliable energy, overwhelmingly supplied by fossil fuels. Ai… | 43 | 913 | | [5:44 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113763637043290385) | reply to @SenSanders (same text also posted as a quote) | Energy and climate | What Bernie conveniently ignores is that human beings survive extreme climates largely because of affordable, reliable energy, overwhelmingly supplied by fossil fuels. Ai… | 195 | 5,473 | | [5:18 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113756965776331177) | quote of @ATLCWorker | Communism and socialism critique | ★ Capitalism is the only economic system founded on the recognition of individual rights, including the right to life. What socialists seem to oppose isn't working to live.… | 113 | 1,692 | | [5:18 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113756938538451229) | reply to @ATLCWorker (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | Capitalism is the only economic system founded on the recognition of individual rights, including the right to life. What socialists seem to oppose isn't working to live.… | 50 | 522 | | [5:14 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113756084104204342) | quote of @rainer_shea | Communism and socialism critique | The irony is that communists still imagine themselves leading a workers' revolution when their ideology demands that workers surrender control over their labor, their pro… | 2,230 | 33,350 | | [5:14 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113756055767220303) | reply to @rainer_shea (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | The irony is that communists still imagine themselves leading a workers' revolution when their ideology demands that workers surrender control over their labor, their pro… | 223 | 1,115 | | [3:28 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113729224188256607) | repost of @kiyahwillis | Communism and socialism critique | RT @kiyahwillis: When communists call being a stay-at-home mom “slavery” because it’s “unpaid labor,” they’re projecting their belief that… | 0 | 77 | | [2:08 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113709117676134842) | reply to @brandiscrutches | Other | Perhaps someone who just has more practice articulating similar thoughts | 1 | 12 | | [1:46 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113703635469144490) | original | Elections, democracy and the role of government | ★ When protesters resort to violence to intimidate people or coerce political change, that's domestic terrorism, not peaceful protest. And I've noticed how remarkably quiet… | 40 | 765 | | [1:37 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113701269349285897) | original | Communism and socialism critique | Socialism in practice today is pointing at government corruption and favoritism, then demanding more of the same in your own name. All while ignoring that much of it was … | 35 | 739 | | [12:35 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113685733332439294) | original | Taxes, spending and welfare | Everyone complains about wasteful forever wars. Meanwhile, America's War on Poverty has been running since 1964, with no defined victory, no end date, and endless demands… | 156 | 1,595 | | [12:30 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113684481936634172) | reply to @TemFavo | Other | Probably poverty relief is the biggest one right now | 3 | 54 | | [12:09 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113679160753152015) | original | Other | When someone says, "The government should do something about this," what they're often really saying is, "I care about this problem right up until solving it requires my … | 236 | 6,448 | | [11:49 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113674176460366019) | quote of @AzPetrich | Rights and identity | There are no separate trans rights, women's rights, or disability rights. There are individual rights, and they belong equally to everyone. The problem arises when people… | 560 | 5,521 | | [11:49 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113674149969141838) | reply to @AzPetrich (same text also posted as a quote) | Rights and identity | There are no separate trans rights, women's rights, or disability rights. There are individual rights, and they belong equally to everyone. The problem arises when people… | 242 | 1,235 | | [11:12 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113664835208589511) | reply to @AzPetrich | Elections, democracy and the role of government | Trump is, in large part, the consequence of Democrats failing to live up to that very promise. You don't have to like Trump to recognize that his rise was fueled by voter… | 64 | 595 | | [10:55 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113660707396825597) | reply to @AzPetrich | Other | Not being white can also come with advantages, including race-based scholarships, hiring preferences, and diversity programs. So if the absence of certain disadvantages c… | 20 | 571 | | [10:54 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113660297290383554) | quote of @Roger_Negan | Taxes, spending and welfare | Notice what's missing here. Not a word about building hospitals, developing medicines, creating insurance alternatives, or investing their own money to provide better hea… | 168 | 1,890 | | [10:54 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113660272304931224) | reply to @Roger_Negan (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | Notice what's missing here. Not a word about building hospitals, developing medicines, creating insurance alternatives, or investing their own money to provide better hea… | 76 | 319 | | [10:37 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113655995805110595) | quote of @OmotolaniWorld | Communism and socialism critique | Capitalism is the system that actually asks rather than dictates. Under capitalism, exchanges happen because both parties expect to benefit. Neither is entitled to the ot… | 232 | 3,355 | | [10:37 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113655968613458080) | reply to @OmotolaniWorld (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | Capitalism is the system that actually asks rather than dictates. Under capitalism, exchanges happen because both parties expect to benefit. Neither is entitled to the ot… | 30 | 251 | | [10:12 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113649731171684655) | reply to @erharuspex | Other | You're probably right, but he's the gift that keeps giving | 1 | 12 | | [10:11 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113649503748194456) | quote of @khrachvik | Communism and socialism critique | ★ You're confusing becoming dominant through competition with having the power to prohibit competition. Rockefeller faced competitors. Ford faced competitors. Morgan faced … | 29 | 843 | | [10:11 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113649473284977007) | reply to @khrachvik (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | You're confusing becoming dominant through competition with having the power to prohibit competition. Rockefeller faced competitors. Ford faced competitors. Morgan faced … | 28 | 330 | | [10:08 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113648873948184973) | quote of @BladeoftheS | Energy and climate | ★ Capitalism values forests through sustainable forestry, conservation, tourism, and recreation. It values oceans through fishing, tourism, and industries that depend on he… | 66 | 1,307 | | [10:08 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113648848253939869) | reply to @BladeoftheS (same text also posted as a quote) | Energy and climate | Capitalism values forests through sustainable forestry, conservation, tourism, and recreation. It values oceans through fishing, tourism, and industries that depend on he… | 46 | 382 | | [9:10 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113634178579268025) | original | Elections, democracy and the role of government | Price controls are an attempt to solve problems caused by central planning with even more central planning. Rather than address the government interventions that distort … | 98 | 1,118 | | [8:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113630877179601093) | quote of @Roger_Negan | Elections, democracy and the role of government | What makes you a libtard is thinking that's how it works. Profit isn't the opposite of human well-being. It's often the reward for improving it. And handing more power to… | 48 | 803 | | [8:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113630848738013573) | reply to @Roger_Negan | Elections, democracy and the role of government | What makes you a libtard is thinking that's how it works. Profit isn't the opposite of human well-being. It's often the reward for improving it. And handing more power to… | 75 | 253 | | [8:49 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113628997821104348) | original | Communism and socialism critique | Socialists don't rise up. They tear others down. Rather than elevate themselves through achievement, they demand that those who have achieved more be brought down to thei… | 67 | 909 | | [8:43 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113627457714601996) | quote of @haugejostein | Elections, democracy and the role of government | ★ You're confusing economics with government intervention in economics. People can produce, trade, save, invest, and cooperate without politicians directing them. A free ma… | 101 | 2,657 | | [8:43 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113627430749393251) | reply to @haugejostein (same text also posted as a quote) | Elections, democracy and the role of government | You're confusing economics with government intervention in economics. People can produce, trade, save, invest, and cooperate without politicians directing them. A free ma… | 123 | 1,839 | | [8:27 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113623308423819692) | reply to @jacksonhinkle | Capitalism, profit and property | Capitalism | 10 | 190 | | [8:12 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113619509026160762) | original | Elections, democracy and the role of government | The difference between lobbyists trying to buy politicians and socialists demanding political favors is that the lobbyists are willing to pay for them. Socialists expect … | 57 | 1,079 | | [8:07 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113618399880192000) | reply to @Lieboisout | Capitalism, profit and property | Because capitalism is rarely defended as morally right. Self-interest is confused with greed, and feelings are treated as more important than reason. Even many defenders … | 36 | 368 | | [7:36 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113610557295141149) | reply to @BraddrofliT | Capitalism, profit and property | You’re threatened by the people who supply for your demands because they made a profit off of it. | 0 | 13 | | [7:35 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113610339027665292) | quote of @BraddrofliT | Capitalism, profit and property | You mean like how Democrats routinely demonize American entrepreneurs for becoming wealthy by producing things people voluntarily buy, then teach everyone else they're en… | 49 | 848 | | [7:35 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113610313371197891) | reply to @BraddrofliT (same text also posted as a quote) | Capitalism, profit and property | You mean like how Democrats routinely demonize American entrepreneurs for becoming wealthy by producing things people voluntarily buy, then teach everyone else they're en… | 112 | 613 | | [7:32 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113609454172209282) | quote of @BladeoftheS | Elections, democracy and the role of government | ★ China has billionaires, enormous wealth inequality, and an entrenched political elite. The difference is that political favoritism isn't merely tolerated. The Communist P… | 113 | 1,697 | | [7:32 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113609432303034472) | reply to @BladeoftheS (same text also posted as a quote) | Elections, democracy and the role of government | China has billionaires, enormous wealth inequality, and an entrenched political elite. The difference is that political favoritism isn't merely tolerated. The Communist P… | 65 | 693 | | [7:02 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113602053247218143) | quote of @RTSG_Main | Communism and socialism critique | Marx spent a lot of effort trying to explain the value of commodities while overlooking the people who actually value them. You can spend a thousand hours producing somet… | 104 | 1,579 | | [7:02 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113602032598704285) | reply to @RTSG_Main (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | Marx spent a lot of effort trying to explain the value of commodities while overlooking the people who actually value them. You can spend a thousand hours producing somet… | 100 | 800 | ## Thursday, Oct 22, 2026 | Time (CT) | Type | Theme | Post | Likes | Views | |---|---|---|---|---:|---:| | [1:15 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113333334692794562) | original | Elections, democracy and the role of government | ★ Central planning is legalized and institutionalized discrimination. Instead of individuals freely deciding whom to trade with, employ, invest in, or support, politicians … | 60 | 938 | | [1:09 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113332034575950186) | reply to @FredMCarroll | Capitalism, profit and property | Fred, stock buybacks weren't categorically illegal before 1982. The SEC introduced a safe harbor that year, not the right to repurchase shares. And increasing a share pri… | 3 | 54 | | [1:08 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113331622607003953) | original | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ When the government tells you something is free, you can almost guarantee it's more expensive than advertised, with the real cost conveniently hidden in taxation. There's… | 113 | 1,660 | | [12:26 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113321050574352469) | quote of @patriach2051 | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ When the poor borrow money, debt is supposedly a predatory trap designed to keep them poor. When the rich borrow money, suddenly debt is a magical loophole that makes the… | 350 | 5,658 | | [12:26 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113321007440367853) | reply to @patriach2051 (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | When the poor borrow money, debt is supposedly a predatory trap designed to keep them poor. When the rich borrow money, suddenly debt is a magical loophole that makes the… | 56 | 415 | | [12:08 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113316502183018650) | original | Communism and socialism critique | ★ Those who condemn capitalism because private property restricts access to land and resources have a rather glaring contradiction to explain. Socialism doesn't eliminate r… | 138 | 1,612 | | [12:04 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113315569491492965) | reply to @j000rdann | Communism and socialism critique | Socialism doesn't do that? | 2 | 32 | | [11:38 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113309033138356506) | reply to @jimma54 | Taxes, spending and welfare | James, you're explaining why these policies exist, who supports them, and how popular they are. You're not addressing the principles behind them. Saying wealth is redistr… | 7 | 53 | | [11:35 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113308157468627125) | reply to @jimma54 | Communism and socialism critique | If the right does what the left does that you consider socialist does it prevent it from being socialist? | 1 | 32 | | [11:19 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113304325636170197) | reply to @jimma54 | Taxes, spending and welfare | A single example? How many would you like? Minimum wage laws: Someone voluntarily agrees to work for a wage, but socialists call it exploitation and demand the government… | 12 | 105 | | [11:16 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113303427467886841) | original | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ If today's so-called liberals want to pretend communists are their brothers in arms fighting for government healthcare, while revolutionary communists openly regard liber… | 36 | 729 | | [10:19 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113289253341827505) | reply to @YourAnonNews | Taxes, spending and welfare | You're replacing division by nationality with division by economic class. And even by your own standard of taxes paid, the top 1% contributes vastly more than undocumente… | 10 | 632 | | [10:14 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113287778775503005) | original | Communism and socialism critique | Socialists: “I'm being exploited because some of my demands aren't being satisfied. We should pass a law forcing someone else to satisfy them.” You're confusing exploitat… | 125 | 1,432 | | [10:08 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113286419070292077) | quote of @OmotolaniWorld | Taxes, spending and welfare | Maybe you should reevaluate how closely your conception of rights resembles slavery. Imagine being the person forced to produce the food, build the shelter, supply the wa… | 1,185 | 11,639 | | [10:08 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113286395380830684) | reply to @OmotolaniWorld (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | Maybe you should reevaluate how closely your conception of rights resembles slavery. Imagine being the person forced to produce the food, build the shelter, supply the wa… | 268 | 2,147 | | [8:05 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113255374534881679) | quote of @AbdulElSayed | Elections, democracy and the role of government | ★ When socialists are reduced to complaining that a company is using its own money to buy back its own shares from willing sellers, you have to wonder whether they've run o… | 110 | 1,997 | | [8:05 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113255347733266929) | reply to @AbdulElSayed (same text also posted as a quote) | Elections, democracy and the role of government | When socialists are reduced to complaining that a company is using its own money to buy back its own shares from willing sellers, you have to wonder whether they've run o… | 222 | 8,161 | | [7:55 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113252940035031382) | original | Elections, democracy and the role of government | Over 99% of what politicians do today is none of their business. Their legitimate role is to protect individual rights, not manage our lives, redistribute our earnings, d… | 303 | 3,226 | | [7:54 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113252625332236414) | quote of @SenSanders | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ Tuition-free college isn't free, Bernie. It simply transfers the bill from students to taxpayers. And here's the irony: college attendance is disproportionately higher am… | 250 | 2,318 | | [7:54 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113252599868563874) | reply to @SenSanders (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | Tuition-free college isn't free, Bernie. It simply transfers the bill from students to taxpayers. And here's the irony: college attendance is disproportionately higher am… | 32 | 446 | | [7:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113251634486636721) | quote of @LucifersTweetz | Taxes, spending and welfare | It's wild how someone can call another person a parasite for refusing to subsidize them, without even a hint of self-awareness. Apparently, earning your own wealth and wa… | 226 | 1,895 | | [7:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113251608909828340) | reply to @LucifersTweetz (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | It's wild how someone can call another person a parasite for refusing to subsidize them, without even a hint of self-awareness. Apparently, earning your own wealth and wa… | 393 | 2,402 | | [7:26 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113245573373399130) | quote of @Auroraarrabella | Communism and socialism critique | ★ Calling yourself an advocate for the poor doesn't establish that your policies actually help them. Socialism advocates transferring economic power from private individual… | 5 | 532 | | [7:26 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113245547914035298) | reply to @Auroraarrabella (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | Calling yourself an advocate for the poor doesn't establish that your policies actually help them. Socialism advocates transferring economic power from private individual… | 12 | 115 | | [7:21 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113244281813049828) | quote of @BladeoftheS | Communism and socialism critique | ★ Even if every accusation you made against capitalism were true, it would still be a fraction of what communism openly advocates and institutionalizes. You complain about … | 84 | 1,111 | | [7:21 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113244255116222607) | reply to @BladeoftheS (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | Even if every accusation you made against capitalism were true, it would still be a fraction of what communism openly advocates and institutionalizes. You complain about … | 90 | 612 | | [7:18 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113243612188180625) | reply to @khrachvik | Other | Laughing off murder exposes that you care little for those murdered | 3 | 23 | | [7:17 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113243291957235850) | reply to @khrachvik | Taxes, spending and welfare | Let's address your "points" individually, Noah. 1. "We already have higher taxes. That's capitalism." Taxes are imposed by the state, not by voluntary market exchange. Ex… | 0 | 23 | | [7:13 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113242454862201038) | reply to @khrachvik | Other | You've never made a point, only a fool of yourself | 5 | 47 | | [7:07 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113240899320766717) | reply to @khrachvik | Other | So what's the right definition? | 3 | 48 | | [7:03 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113239882613014854) | original | Communism and socialism critique | Socialists: Capitalism is unfair because you're only entitled to what you earn through voluntary exchange, rather than whatever you declare you need, which you should be … | 260 | 2,729 | | [7:00 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113239046797365265) | quote of @Auroraarrabella | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ What's unfair about capitalism, exactly? That people are free to negotiate wages, accept or reject offers, own property, and trade by mutual consent? Or is the supposed i… | 68 | 1,449 | | [7:00 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113238951389479093) | reply to @Auroraarrabella (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | What's unfair about capitalism, exactly? That people are free to negotiate wages, accept or reject offers, own property, and trade by mutual consent? Or is the supposed i… | 33 | 210 | | [6:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113238241063125314) | quote of @BladeoftheS | Taxes, spending and welfare | Reason #9,012 why communists make it so difficult to take them seriously and so easy to ridicule. Imagine blaming government debt on private ownership, then citing Norway… | 127 | 1,759 | | [6:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113238215503102246) | reply to @BladeoftheS (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | Reason #9,012 why communists make it so difficult to take them seriously and so easy to ridicule. Imagine blaming government debt on private ownership, then citing Norway… | 98 | 2,752 | | [6:55 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113237786031428025) | quote of @Afzalgital | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ What a strange endorsement of betraying your word, destroying trust, and replacing voluntary agreements with forced labor. The Bolsheviks repudiated debts they didn't wan… | 19 | 596 | | [6:55 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113237755303997662) | reply to @Afzalgital (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | What a strange endorsement of betraying your word, destroying trust, and replacing voluntary agreements with forced labor. The Bolsheviks repudiated debts they didn't wan… | 5 | 66 | | [6:53 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113237235529089220) | quote of @Auroraarrabella | Other | ★ This is what happens when you think with your heart instead of your brain, at best. Nobody is arguing that people shouldn't eat, afford shelter, or receive medical care. … | 64 | 1,023 | | [6:53 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113237210732343467) | reply to @Auroraarrabella (same text also posted as a quote) | Other | This is what happens when you think with your heart instead of your brain, at best. Nobody is arguing that people shouldn't eat, afford shelter, or receive medical care. … | 132 | 936 | | [6:47 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113235852897706245) | quote of @SenSanders | Taxes, spending and welfare | Apparently, seeing an NBA game in person is the latest human right. Bernie never explains why someone else's wealth creates an entitlement to their property or services. … | 135 | 2,142 | | [6:47 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113235826628800663) | reply to @SenSanders (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | Apparently, seeing an NBA game in person is the latest human right. Bernie never explains why someone else's wealth creates an entitlement to their property or services. … | 93 | 4,936 | | [5:16 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113212910495293574) | quote of @Auroraarrabella | Taxes, spending and welfare | Or, in other words, American capitalism is already heavily compromised by socialistic policies: redistribution, subsidies, bailouts, government intervention, and politica… | 132 | 1,444 | | [5:16 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113212858448179431) | reply to @Auroraarrabella (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | Or, in other words, American capitalism is already heavily compromised by socialistic policies: redistribution, subsidies, bailouts, government intervention, and politica… | 54 | 323 | | [5:14 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113212410777530817) | quote of @khrachvik | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ He blames capitalism for high taxes, government debt, and government-imposed restrictions on economic opportunity, then praises a system in which the state exercises even… | 42 | 784 | | [5:14 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113212351646187521) | reply to @khrachvik (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | He blames capitalism for high taxes, government debt, and government-imposed restrictions on economic opportunity, then praises a system in which the state exercises even… | 38 | 354 | ## Wednesday, Oct 21, 2026 | Time (CT) | Type | Theme | Post | Likes | Views | |---|---|---|---|---:|---:| | [10:14 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113106599262707912) | reply to @khrachvik | Communism and socialism critique | Noah, you sure spend a lot of time telling everyone they're too stupid to understand communism without ever bothering to explain it yourself. Calling people liars, idiots… | 335 | 2,236 | | [5:42 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113038367889702931) | quote of @AzPetrich | Taxes, spending and welfare | This from the same political camp that routinely blames the top 1% for society’s problems and proposes taxing them as the solution. Obsessing over a tiny percentage of th… | 47 | 922 | | [5:42 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113038338567348314) | reply to @AzPetrich | Taxes, spending and welfare | This from the same political camp that routinely blames the top 1% for society’s problems and proposes taxing them as the solution. Obsessing over a tiny percentage of th… | 180 | 1,109 | | [5:01 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113028023888826699) | reply to @tylermcscifi | Capitalism, profit and property | I'd like a radical plan for capitalism and freedom | 6 | 67 | | [4:12 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113015656358572108) | reply to @kriticalkan | Capitalism, profit and property | You've provided examples of tragic workplace accidents, not evidence of workers being sacrificed to capitalists. An accident, even one caused by negligence, is not eviden… | 5 | 55 | | [3:58 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113011953790750862) | reply to @DebtJubilee0 | Communism and socialism critique | Communism is the abolition of private ownership of the means of production, voluntary economic independence, and the individual's right to produce, trade, and retain the … | 4 | 88 | | [3:48 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113009528010891521) | reply to @FlopMeister1 | Communism and socialism critique | Central planning | 5 | 56 | | [3:47 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113009284762239236) | original | Elections, democracy and the role of government | ★ I hate the way the word democracy is used today, often by both the left and the right. “The people voted for this. Who are you to oppose them?” I'm someone who believes i… | 187 | 2,508 | | [3:36 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113006408589308182) | reply to @FlopMeister1 | Other | I think you dont think | 3 | 60 | | [3:34 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113006106196811894) | reply to @FlopMeister1 | Capitalism, profit and property | And that creates an enormous incentive for someone else to open a shop, offer better service at lower prices, and take their customers. Now explain what happens when the … | 8 | 53 | | [3:30 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113004986720194985) | reply to @kriticalkan | Capitalism, profit and property | Where's the sacrifice? | 0 | 185 | | [3:26 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113003975460929946) | reply to @khrachvik | Taxes, spending and welfare | Noah, you've written an extraordinary amount without addressing the fundamental distinction. Capitalism rests on private property and voluntary exchange, not government c… | 18 | 201 | | [1:09 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112969648811696368) | reply to @RTSG_Main | Communism and socialism critique | Scarier indeed. Pol Pot's communist regime was responsible for the deaths of roughly a quarter of Cambodia's population through executions, starvation, forced labor, and … | 58 | 470 | | [1:06 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112968719710171320) | quote of @shift_in2_turbo | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | ★ Capitalism and private property are effectively abolished when the state assumes ultimate control over their use and disposal. It's literally removing the private from pr… | 29 | 736 | | [1:06 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112968680971661515) | reply to @shift_in2_turbo (same text also posted as a quote) | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | Capitalism and private property are effectively abolished when the state assumes ultimate control over their use and disposal. It's literally removing the private from pr… | 13 | 113 | | [1:03 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112968008243028293) | original | Energy and climate | Alex Epstein on Climate Alarmism, Trump’s Energy Policies, ESG, and the Fight Over Data Centers @AlexEpstein @JohnStossel | 2 | 467 | | [12:14 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112955640259694882) | quote of @BraddrofliT | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ What's more dangerous is a government that considers its role to be appeasing demands rather than protecting individual rights. The political influence of billionaires be… | 83 | 1,044 | | [12:14 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112955605698974098) | reply to @BraddrofliT (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | What's more dangerous is a government that considers its role to be appeasing demands rather than protecting individual rights. The political influence of billionaires be… | 17 | 144 | | [12:06 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112953670107046329) | quote of @khrachvik | Communism and socialism critique | ★ Noah seems to think calling people liars and idiots constitutes an argument. It doesn't. Here's an actual argument explaining Hazlitt's point. Marxism treats profit as ev… | 48 | 1,169 | | [12:06 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112953643875852521) | reply to @khrachvik (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | Noah seems to think calling people liars and idiots constitutes an argument. It doesn't. Here's an actual argument explaining Hazlitt's point. Marxism treats profit as ev… | 26 | 203 | | [12:03 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112952898585829806) | original | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ I often hear socialists argue, “I pay taxes, therefore I'm owed more.” Conveniently overlooked is how much they actually contribute, how much is already spent on their be… | 63 | 1,087 | | [11:51 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112949981774561624) | quote of @Roger_Negan | Elections, democracy and the role of government | The compassion of voting away someone else's livelihood. They're awfully generous when someone else is paying the bill. Wanting people to have healthcare and affordable h… | 225 | 2,142 | | [11:51 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112949956310941746) | reply to @Roger_Negan (same text also posted as a quote) | Elections, democracy and the role of government | The compassion of voting away someone else's livelihood. They're awfully generous when someone else is paying the bill. Wanting people to have healthcare and affordable h… | 88 | 416 | | [11:48 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112949250409816178) | original | Communism and socialism critique | ★ Socialists seem to envision some Garden of Eden where everyone lives in harmony, everyone's needs are met, and nobody has to struggle to survive. What they fail to apprec… | 94 | 1,501 | | [11:45 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112948456750817544) | original | Other | ★ Imagine taking your car to a mechanic who, instead of fixing it, makes it worse, then demands more money to repair the damage he caused. Any rational person would fire th… | 237 | 2,318 | | [11:39 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112946815746113574) | original | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ If your goal is tax revenue, you should be cheering for trillionaires, not trying to turn billionaires into millionaires or abolish inequality altogether. Yet the same pe… | 86 | 1,315 | | [11:34 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112945516757573784) | quote of @BraddrofliT | Rights and identity | So basically, the argument comes down to claiming that stealing and using human beings as productive chattel is justified because the people you want to rob have somethin… | 150 | 2,066 | | [11:33 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112945496641954192) | reply to @BraddrofliT (same text also posted as a quote) | Rights and identity | So basically, the argument comes down to claiming that stealing and using human beings as productive chattel is justified because the people you want to rob have somethin… | 35 | 667 | | [11:28 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112944120796774774) | quote of @khrachvik | Communism and socialism critique | It's increasingly a fading principle on the right, but it's fundamentally at odds with communism. The whole premise is sacrificing the able to the needy, regardless of wh… | 15 | 618 | | [11:28 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112944100273971666) | reply to @khrachvik (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | It's increasingly a fading principle on the right, but it's fundamentally at odds with communism. The whole premise is sacrificing the able to the needy, regardless of wh… | 56 | 6,979 | | [10:48 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112934174570987954) | original | Communism and socialism critique | Notice how, when confronted with socialism's inherent coercion, socialists often resort to whataboutism: “Capitalism is coercive too!” They implicitly acknowledge coercio… | 216 | 2,209 | | [8:22 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112897253488623753) | quote of @Afzalgital | Communism and socialism critique | ★ Communism is winning? Then why do communist regimes repeatedly resort to markets, private enterprise, and foreign investment to generate wealth? China and Vietnam embrace… | 169 | 2,604 | | [8:22 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112897227416817811) | reply to @Afzalgital (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | Communism is winning? Then why do communist regimes repeatedly resort to markets, private enterprise, and foreign investment to generate wealth? China and Vietnam embrace… | 74 | 481 | | [8:17 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112896173845467632) | quote of @AntonioKingz | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ Everything you've listed is compatible with socialism and a betrayal of capitalism. Even socialists call subsidies and bailouts "socialism for the rich," conveniently for… | 60 | 1,007 | | [8:17 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112896150202126574) | reply to @AntonioKingz (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | Everything you've listed is compatible with socialism and a betrayal of capitalism. Even socialists call subsidies and bailouts "socialism for the rich," conveniently for… | 49 | 742 | | [7:15 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112880390515966283) | quote of @Auroraarrabella | Taxes, spending and welfare | ★ Profit is profoundly human. It represents the creation of value that other people willingly pay for. It rewards those who discover better ways to satisfy human needs, imp… | 188 | 2,182 | | [7:15 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112880364641214923) | reply to @Auroraarrabella (same text also posted as a quote) | Taxes, spending and welfare | Profit is profoundly human. It represents the creation of value that other people willingly pay for. It rewards those who discover better ways to satisfy human needs, imp… | 83 | 482 | ## Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 | Time (CT) | Type | Theme | Post | Likes | Views | |---|---|---|---|---:|---:| | [5:54 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112678986136330595) | original | Communism and socialism critique | RT @ddankenst: @RockChartrand Communism beats capitalism at one thing: it is far more efficient at eliminating communists. | 0 | 86 | | [5:54 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112678908025770343) | reply to @grok | Communism and socialism critique | Vietnam's economic success followed its retreat from central planning toward markets, private enterprise, and foreign investment. Singapore's government-owned hospitals d… | 0 | 30 | | [2:03 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112620821965586554) | original | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | The distinction between fascism and so-called corporate control of government is often exaggerated. Corporations may influence politicians, but politicians possess the le… | 74 | 1,085 | | [1:51 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112617717886812522) | reply to @strike_dr | Capitalism, profit and property | Calling something a revolution doesn't make it self-defense any more than calling yourself oppressed makes you a victim. Self-defense requires an actual aggressor, not me… | 19 | 122 | | [1:49 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112617136539816420) | quote of @Now_we_Revolt | Communism and socialism critique | Capitalism already allows workers to own the means of production. They can start businesses, purchase factories, establish cooperatives, and share ownership however they … | 1,885 | 39,118 | | [1:49 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112617106378273085) | reply to @Now_we_Revolt (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | Capitalism already allows workers to own the means of production. They can start businesses, purchase factories, establish cooperatives, and share ownership however they … | 162 | 1,143 | | [1:42 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112615487192416713) | original | Taxes, spending and welfare | “Free at the point of service” often translates to more expensive overall. Eliminating the price at the point of consumption doesn't eliminate the cost. It shifts it to t… | 33 | 655 | | [12:34 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112598418249970121) | reply to @Coho29415979 | Taxes, spending and welfare | So welfare under capitalism is evidence of capitalism's dysfunction, but welfare under socialism is what, exactly? If redistribution has nothing to do with socialism beca… | 0 | 29 | | [11:56 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112588753634009115) | quote of @shift_in2_turbo | Capitalism, profit and property | ★ If the government decides what you can produce, how you must produce it, and what you're permitted to do with the proceeds, in what meaningful sense are you the owner?Pri… | 43 | 712 | | [11:56 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112588710365536535) | reply to @shift_in2_turbo (same text also posted as a quote) | Capitalism, profit and property | If the government decides what you can produce, how you must produce it, and what you're permitted to do with the proceeds, in what meaningful sense are you the owner?Pri… | 36 | 279 | | [11:51 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112587626922336565) | quote of @Afzalgital | Communism and socialism critique | So communism deserves praise for abolishing slavery in Tibet, but we're supposed to overlook the forced labor camps, mass persecution, confiscation of property, and milli… | 33 | 586 | | [11:51 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112587602654081333) | reply to @Afzalgital (same text also posted as a quote) | Communism and socialism critique | So communism deserves praise for abolishing slavery in Tibet, but we're supposed to overlook the forced labor camps, mass persecution, confiscation of property, and milli… | 15 | 934 | | [11:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112587280426684680) | quote of @shift_in2_turbo | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | Stalin persecuted and murdered fellow communists. Did that make him a capitalist? The Nazis persecuting socialists and communists proves they regarded them as political e… | 171 | 2,397 | | [11:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112587253298172008) | reply to @shift_in2_turbo (same text also posted as a quote) | Nazism, fascism and left vs right | Stalin persecuted and murdered fellow communists. Did that make him a capitalist? The Nazis persecuting socialists and communists proves they regarded them as political e… | 10 | 105 | | [11:22 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112580281597034703) | quote of @PeterMcCormack | Taxes, spending and welfare | Every new tax, especially in 2026, is another tacit admission that the government cannot manage what it already takes from us. Rather than question its spending, its prio… | 115 | 1,448 |