# @RockChartrand: Topical List
Profile: [[Users/@RockChartrand/RockChartrand-x-profile|RockChartrand-x-profile]] · [[Users/@RockChartrand/Chronological List|Chronological list]]
The same 200 items (Oct 20–Oct 24, 2026, CT) grouped by theme, newest first within each theme. Themes come from keyword rules applied to his text (or the post he quoted or replied to, when his own text is short). They are a reading aid, not a hand-coded content analysis. ★ = substantive (original or quote over 500 characters).
## Summary
| Theme | Items | ★ Substantive | Likes | Views | Top post |
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| [[#Nazism, fascism and left vs right]] | 14 | 4 | 760 | 10,657 | [Stalin persecuted and murdered fellow communists. Did that m](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112587280426684680) (171 likes) |
| [[#Energy and climate]] | 5 | 2 | 352 | 8,542 | [What Bernie conveniently ignores is that human beings surviv](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113763637043290385) (195 likes) |
| [[#Religion and Islam]] | 1 | 1 | 4 | 309 | [One disturbing similarity between Leninist communism and Isl](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113999221288300555) (4 likes) |
| [[#Elections, democracy and the role of government]] | 29 | 11 | 2,357 | 36,764 | [Over 99% of what politicians do today is none of their busin](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113252940035031382) (303 likes) |
| [[#Taxes, spending and welfare]] | 54 | 15 | 5,715 | 76,863 | [Maybe you should reevaluate how closely your conception of r](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113286419070292077) (1,185 likes) |
| [[#Communism and socialism critique]] | 57 | 12 | 9,252 | 138,621 | [The irony is that communists still imagine themselves leadin](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113756084104204342) (2,230 likes) |
| [[#Capitalism, profit and property]] | 19 | 4 | 984 | 16,662 | [The difference is that you weren't enslaved, and nobody aliv](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113790139121951165) (282 likes) |
| [[#Rights and identity]] | 6 | 1 | 1,104 | 10,369 | [There are no separate trans rights, women's rights, or disab](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113674176460366019) (560 likes) |
| [[#Other]] | 15 | 3 | 761 | 12,342 | [Imagine taking your car to a mechanic who, instead of fixing](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112948456750817544) (237 likes) |
## Nazism, fascism and left vs right
Topic: [[Topics/Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum/Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum|Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum]] · analysis: [[Users/@RockChartrand/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - RockChartrand on Hitler's Principles (2026-10-24)|Hitler's principles]]
| Date (CT) | Type | Post | Likes | Views |
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| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:59 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114024109717819879) | reply to @StellarVoyager1 | Private means you can tell Hitler to fuck off when he tries to control the business | 0 | 35 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:46 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114020686905696498) | original | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:42 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114019831695421900) | quote of @vatniksoup | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:42 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114019803803402344) | reply to @vatniksoup (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:29 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114016402537410967) | reply to @zijing1222 | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:21 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114014372137722052) | reply to @RepThomasMassie | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 9:55 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114007806722392541) | reply to @LachlanScott | Different? Certainly. Completely different? Hardly. And not where the fundamental issue of individual economic freedom is concerned. Marxism sought collective ownership i… | 1 | 14 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 5:59 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113948593048494406) | quote of @Rakeshhkumaar | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 5:59 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113948565844209724) | reply to @Rakeshhkumaar (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 1:06 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112968719710171320) | quote of @shift_in2_turbo | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 1:06 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112968680971661515) | reply to @shift_in2_turbo (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 2:03 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112620821965586554) | original | 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 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 11:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112587280426684680) | quote of @shift_in2_turbo | 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 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 11:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112587253298172008) | reply to @shift_in2_turbo (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
## Energy and climate
Related topic: [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate|Climate Change Science and Policy Debate]]
| Date (CT) | Type | Post | Likes | Views |
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| [Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113763664754831605) | quote of @SenSanders | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 5:44 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113763637043290385) | reply to @SenSanders (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 10:08 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113648873948184973) | quote of @BladeoftheS | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 10:08 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113648848253939869) | reply to @BladeoftheS (same text also posted as a quote) | Capitalism values forests through sustainable forestry, conservation, tourism, and recreation. It values oceans through fishing, tourism, and industries that depend on he… | 46 | 382 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 1:03 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112968008243028293) | original | Alex Epstein on Climate Alarmism, Trump’s Energy Policies, ESG, and the Fight Over Data Centers @AlexEpstein @JohnStossel | 2 | 467 |
## Religion and Islam
Related topic: [[Topics/Religion, Trust and Civilization/Religion, Trust and Civilization|Religion, Trust and Civilization]]
| Date (CT) | Type | Post | Likes | Views |
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| [Oct 24, 2026, 9:21 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113999221288300555) | original | ★ 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 |
## Elections, democracy and the role of government
| Date (CT) | Type | Post | Likes | Views |
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| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:48 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114021328445493495) | reply to @SweetLemonBooks | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:04 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114010238181347688) | original | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 9:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114006632879304895) | reply to @pedrofgdrete | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 8:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113993328442130806) | quote of @BladeoftheS | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 8:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113993298998149382) | reply to @BladeoftheS (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 7:56 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113978006318219278) | original | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 7:49 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113976113164664846) | original | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 5:53 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113947065663279157) | quote of @LucifersTweetz | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 5:53 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113947038685475008) | reply to @LucifersTweetz (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 5:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113946266153435386) | quote of @Rakeshhkumaar | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 5:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113946238588535250) | reply to @Rakeshhkumaar (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:28 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113804772419473651) | reply to @BigWhale777777 | The politicians you're simping for will fuck you though | 1 | 21 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 1:46 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113703635469144490) | original | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 11:12 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113664835208589511) | reply to @AzPetrich | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 9:10 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113634178579268025) | original | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113630877179601093) | quote of @Roger_Negan | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113630848738013573) | reply to @Roger_Negan | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:43 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113627457714601996) | quote of @haugejostein | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:43 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113627430749393251) | reply to @haugejostein (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:12 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113619509026160762) | original | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 7:32 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113609454172209282) | quote of @BladeoftheS | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 7:32 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113609432303034472) | reply to @BladeoftheS (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 1:15 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113333334692794562) | original | ★ Central planning is legalized and institutionalized discrimination. Instead of individuals freely deciding whom to trade with, employ, invest in, or support, politicians … | 60 | 938 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 8:05 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113255374534881679) | quote of @AbdulElSayed | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 8:05 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113255347733266929) | reply to @AbdulElSayed (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:55 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113252940035031382) | original | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 3:47 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113009284762239236) | original | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 11:51 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112949981774561624) | quote of @Roger_Negan | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 11:51 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112949956310941746) | reply to @Roger_Negan (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
## Taxes, spending and welfare
| Date (CT) | Type | Post | Likes | Views |
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| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:09 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114011363584406008) | reply to @mentorstrophy | You've correctly identified a problem with politically connected elites privatizing profits while socializing losses. That's cronyism, not capitalism. Capitalism requires… | 0 | 64 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 9:13 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113997399261638696) | quote of @RoKhanna | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 9:13 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113997373085044795) | reply to @RoKhanna (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 6:01 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113948947769172250) | quote of @patriach2051 | ★ Decades of appeasing socialists and central planners with ever-increasing spending, regulation, subsidies, monetary expansion, and government intervention. Did you imagin… | 28 | 963 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 6:01 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113948920099344741) | reply to @patriach2051 (same text also posted as a quote) | Decades of appeasing socialists and central planners with ever-increasing spending, regulation, subsidies, monetary expansion, and government intervention. Did you imagin… | 24 | 3,531 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 5:22 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113939244095766727) | quote of @BraddrofliT | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 5:22 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113939215729766604) | reply to @BraddrofliT (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:36 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113806872889204861) | quote of @EdbieLigerSmith | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:36 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113806841620672781) | reply to @EdbieLigerSmith (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 6:09 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113769792570020336) | quote of @JamesTate121 | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 6:09 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113769772840055116) | reply to @JamesTate121 (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 12:35 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113685733332439294) | original | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 10:54 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113660297290383554) | quote of @Roger_Negan | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 10:54 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113660272304931224) | reply to @Roger_Negan (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 1:08 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113331622607003953) | original | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 12:26 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113321050574352469) | quote of @patriach2051 | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 12:26 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113321007440367853) | reply to @patriach2051 (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 11:38 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113309033138356506) | reply to @jimma54 | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 11:19 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113304325636170197) | reply to @jimma54 | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 11:16 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113303427467886841) | original | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 10:19 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113289253341827505) | reply to @YourAnonNews | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 10:08 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113286419070292077) | quote of @OmotolaniWorld | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 10:08 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113286395380830684) | reply to @OmotolaniWorld (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:54 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113252625332236414) | quote of @SenSanders | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:54 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113252599868563874) | reply to @SenSanders (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113251634486636721) | quote of @LucifersTweetz | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:50 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113251608909828340) | reply to @LucifersTweetz (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:17 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113243291957235850) | reply to @khrachvik | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:00 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113239046797365265) | quote of @Auroraarrabella | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:00 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113238951389479093) | reply to @Auroraarrabella (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 6:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113238241063125314) | quote of @BladeoftheS | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 6:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113238215503102246) | reply to @BladeoftheS (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 6:55 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113237786031428025) | quote of @Afzalgital | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 6:55 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113237755303997662) | reply to @Afzalgital (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 6:47 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113235852897706245) | quote of @SenSanders | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 6:47 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113235826628800663) | reply to @SenSanders (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 5:16 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113212910495293574) | quote of @Auroraarrabella | Or, in other words, American capitalism is already heavily compromised by socialistic policies: redistribution, subsidies, bailouts, government intervention, and politica… | 132 | 1,444 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 5:16 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113212858448179431) | reply to @Auroraarrabella (same text also posted as a quote) | Or, in other words, American capitalism is already heavily compromised by socialistic policies: redistribution, subsidies, bailouts, government intervention, and politica… | 54 | 323 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 5:14 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113212410777530817) | quote of @khrachvik | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 5:14 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113212351646187521) | reply to @khrachvik (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 5:42 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113038367889702931) | quote of @AzPetrich | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 5:42 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113038338567348314) | reply to @AzPetrich | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 3:26 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113003975460929946) | reply to @khrachvik | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 12:14 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112955640259694882) | quote of @BraddrofliT | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 12:14 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112955605698974098) | reply to @BraddrofliT (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 12:03 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112952898585829806) | original | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 11:39 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112946815746113574) | original | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 8:17 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112896173845467632) | quote of @AntonioKingz | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 8:17 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112896150202126574) | reply to @AntonioKingz (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 7:15 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112880390515966283) | quote of @Auroraarrabella | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 7:15 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112880364641214923) | reply to @Auroraarrabella (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 1:42 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112615487192416713) | original | “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 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 12:34 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112598418249970121) | reply to @Coho29415979 | 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 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 11:22 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112580281597034703) | quote of @PeterMcCormack | 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 |
## Communism and socialism critique
Related topic: [[Topics/Economic Freedom and Prosperity/Economic Freedom and Prosperity|Economic Freedom and Prosperity]]
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| [Oct 24, 2026, 11:38 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114033811319136467) | quote of @CDMorlock | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 11:38 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114033778133811211) | reply to @CDMorlock (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:58 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114023730250662266) | reply to @SweetLemonBooks | What are you advocating? | 0 | 12 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:51 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114021910229008765) | reply to @SweetLemonBooks | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:30 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114016813243682958) | reply to @jiadehui | One in principle protects individual rights while the other subordinates them to public interest/common or greater good/collective dictates | 0 | 13 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:23 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114014877744275565) | reply to @jr_galt | Anti trust laws are socialist | 0 | 16 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:07 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114010780991459520) | reply to @SweetLemonBooks | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 9:31 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114001727200407947) | quote of @patriach2051 | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 9:30 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114001694447071662) | reply to @patriach2051 (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 9:17 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113998302299443579) | quote of @ScottCDunn | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 9:17 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113998278068949379) | reply to @ScottCDunn (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 5:57 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113947944332222811) | original | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:26 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113804176396337537) | quote of @MarcoFoster_ | ★ “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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:25 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113804114823938389) | reply to @MarcoFoster_ (same text also posted as a quote) | “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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 7:24 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113788654451581273) | reply to @InfraHaz | Communism at best replaces one parasite with another | 40 | 500 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 6:12 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113770507136811015) | quote of @patriach2051 | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 6:12 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113770486098248063) | reply to @patriach2051 (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 5:18 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113756965776331177) | quote of @ATLCWorker | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 5:18 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113756938538451229) | reply to @ATLCWorker (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 5:14 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113756084104204342) | quote of @rainer_shea | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 5:14 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113756055767220303) | reply to @rainer_shea (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 3:28 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113729224188256607) | repost of @kiyahwillis | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 1:37 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113701269349285897) | original | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 10:37 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113655995805110595) | quote of @OmotolaniWorld | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 10:37 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113655968613458080) | reply to @OmotolaniWorld (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 10:11 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113649503748194456) | quote of @khrachvik | ★ You're confusing becoming dominant through competition with having the power to prohibit competition. Rockefeller faced competitors. Ford faced competitors. Morgan faced … | 29 | 843 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 10:11 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113649473284977007) | reply to @khrachvik (same text also posted as a quote) | You're confusing becoming dominant through competition with having the power to prohibit competition. Rockefeller faced competitors. Ford faced competitors. Morgan faced … | 28 | 330 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:49 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113628997821104348) | original | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 7:02 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113602053247218143) | quote of @RTSG_Main | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 7:02 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113602032598704285) | reply to @RTSG_Main (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 12:08 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113316502183018650) | original | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 12:04 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113315569491492965) | reply to @j000rdann | Socialism doesn't do that? | 2 | 32 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 11:35 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113308157468627125) | reply to @jimma54 | If the right does what the left does that you consider socialist does it prevent it from being socialist? | 1 | 32 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 10:14 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113287778775503005) | original | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:26 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113245573373399130) | quote of @Auroraarrabella | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:26 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113245547914035298) | reply to @Auroraarrabella (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:21 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113244281813049828) | quote of @BladeoftheS | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:21 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113244255116222607) | reply to @BladeoftheS (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:03 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113239882613014854) | original | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 10:14 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113106599262707912) | reply to @khrachvik | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 3:58 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113011953790750862) | reply to @DebtJubilee0 | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 3:48 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113009528010891521) | reply to @FlopMeister1 | Central planning | 5 | 56 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 1:09 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112969648811696368) | reply to @RTSG_Main | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 12:06 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112953670107046329) | quote of @khrachvik | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 12:06 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112953643875852521) | reply to @khrachvik (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 11:48 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112949250409816178) | original | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 11:28 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112944120796774774) | quote of @khrachvik | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 11:28 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112944100273971666) | reply to @khrachvik (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 10:48 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112934174570987954) | original | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 8:22 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112897253488623753) | quote of @Afzalgital | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 8:22 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112897227416817811) | reply to @Afzalgital (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 5:54 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112678986136330595) | original | RT @ddankenst: @RockChartrand Communism beats capitalism at one thing: it is far more efficient at eliminating communists. | 0 | 86 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 5:54 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112678908025770343) | reply to @grok | 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 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 1:49 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112617136539816420) | quote of @Now_we_Revolt | 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 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 1:49 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112617106378273085) | reply to @Now_we_Revolt (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 11:51 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112587626922336565) | quote of @Afzalgital | 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 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 11:51 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112587602654081333) | reply to @Afzalgital (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
## Capitalism, profit and property
Related topic: [[Topics/Economic Freedom and Prosperity/Economic Freedom and Prosperity|Economic Freedom and Prosperity]] · [[Topics/Murray Rothbard/Murray Rothbard|Murray Rothbard]]
| Date (CT) | Type | Post | Likes | Views |
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| [Oct 24, 2026, 9:27 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114000869150597304) | quote of @drboycewatkins1 | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 9:27 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114000841656983747) | reply to @drboycewatkins1 (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 9:08 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113996028659564863) | quote (self) | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:43 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113808443798651129) | original | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 7:30 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113790174492606898) | quote of @DawnButlerBrent | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 7:30 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113790139121951165) | reply to @DawnButlerBrent (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:27 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113623308423819692) | reply to @jacksonhinkle | Capitalism | 10 | 190 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:07 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113618399880192000) | reply to @Lieboisout | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 7:36 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113610557295141149) | reply to @BraddrofliT | You’re threatened by the people who supply for your demands because they made a profit off of it. | 0 | 13 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 7:35 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113610339027665292) | quote of @BraddrofliT | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 7:35 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113610313371197891) | reply to @BraddrofliT (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 1:09 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113332034575950186) | reply to @FredMCarroll | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 5:01 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113028023888826699) | reply to @tylermcscifi | I'd like a radical plan for capitalism and freedom | 6 | 67 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 4:12 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113015656358572108) | reply to @kriticalkan | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 3:34 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113006106196811894) | reply to @FlopMeister1 | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 3:30 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113004986720194985) | reply to @kriticalkan | Where's the sacrifice? | 0 | 185 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 1:51 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112617717886812522) | reply to @strike_dr | 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 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 11:56 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112588753634009115) | quote of @shift_in2_turbo | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 20, 2026, 11:56 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112588710365536535) | reply to @shift_in2_turbo (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
## Rights and identity
| Date (CT) | Type | Post | Likes | Views |
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| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:36 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114018249830490139) | quote of @BladeoftheS | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:36 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114018214766071867) | reply to @BladeoftheS (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 11:49 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113674176460366019) | quote of @AzPetrich | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 11:49 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113674149969141838) | reply to @AzPetrich (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 11:34 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112945516757573784) | quote of @BraddrofliT | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 11:33 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112945496641954192) | reply to @BraddrofliT (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
## Other
| Date (CT) | Type | Post | Likes | Views |
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| [Oct 24, 2026, 10:47 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2114020847400652925) | reply to @ItIsAllTheater | The elites of the losing side | 0 | 25 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 8:31 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113805548512563550) | reply to @mcsquared34 | At least you've figured out that it's a luxury which is better than pretending it's a right | 37 | 195 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 6:05 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113768784716566539) | original | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 2:08 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113709117676134842) | reply to @brandiscrutches | Perhaps someone who just has more practice articulating similar thoughts | 1 | 12 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 12:30 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113684481936634172) | reply to @TemFavo | Probably poverty relief is the biggest one right now | 3 | 54 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 12:09 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113679160753152015) | original | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 10:55 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113660707396825597) | reply to @AzPetrich | 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 |
| [Oct 23, 2026, 10:12 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113649731171684655) | reply to @erharuspex | You're probably right, but he's the gift that keeps giving | 1 | 12 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:18 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113243612188180625) | reply to @khrachvik | Laughing off murder exposes that you care little for those murdered | 3 | 23 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:13 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113242454862201038) | reply to @khrachvik | You've never made a point, only a fool of yourself | 5 | 47 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 7:07 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113240899320766717) | reply to @khrachvik | So what's the right definition? | 3 | 48 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 6:53 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113237235529089220) | quote of @Auroraarrabella | ★ 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 |
| [Oct 22, 2026, 6:53 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113237210732343467) | reply to @Auroraarrabella (same text also posted as a quote) | 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 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 3:36 PM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2113006408589308182) | reply to @FlopMeister1 | I think you dont think | 3 | 60 |
| [Oct 21, 2026, 11:45 AM](https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2112948456750817544) | original | ★ 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 |