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beedly t1_j9wav3h wrote

Reply to comment by Northstar1989 in I Like Killing Flies (2004) profound and profane philosophies from an iconic New York restauranteur as he navigates gentrification in his neighborhood [1:18:14] by maxkmiller

Can't you just let a legend rest without slapping modern ideology all over his memory?

Fuck me I'm a socialist but for the love of selling socialism. shut up.

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BBHymntoTourach t1_j9wdeeu wrote

Lmao 'modern'

What the fuck are you talking about, socialism far predates this dude

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beedly t1_j9wehrm wrote

Good point. But I'm not gonna take it.

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Northstar1989 t1_j9wbvc7 wrote

Fair enough...

He might have been a Socialist though. We don't know. There's a tendency to "sanitize" legends of anything that rubs against the power of elites...

After all, how many people know Albert Einstein was a lifelong Socialist? Here's an essay he wrote in 1949...

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beedly t1_j9wefl5 wrote

What did I say?

Correct me if I'm wrong, please, but I'm pretty sure I said shut up.

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CrookedCreek13 t1_j9wj40r wrote

I’m pretty sure random strangers on the internet don’t have to follow your commands.

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Kamelasa t1_j9xe6ac wrote

I love how his pugnacious (dare I say NYC) attitude lives in the comments. Also I saw this documentary years ago and this is the first I've heard anyone else mention it. Feels good to share the love.

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