The "horrors" of Socialism Explained

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  1. danielpalos

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    you are the one special pleading with foreign nationals.
     
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    Golem Well-Known Member Donor

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    Oh? You're inspired by commies? Well you're repeating talking points by a right wingnut radio guy. Just so you know.
     
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    Please don't get me started on the patriots.:rant:
     
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    You feel you must give the black race compensation to atone for the sins of your forefathers. It gives you some kind of moral high ground in your mind.....NOT!!!

    I know my family history quite well and not a one of them ever owned slaves. A few fought for the Union. So I guess I would be exempt from paying any compensation. How do you single out who would pay? Do American Indians pay?
     
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    So is this Hannnity dude a commie? Because I'm accused of being such, and you say I'm repeating his talking points .. so logically, he must be a Commie.

    Else you're one of these Lefties who think Communism = more Arts Grants. Which .... lolz.
     
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    Even in a nominally communist system, the enervating effect on human beings is alarming. Few would advocate pushing cows off a high cliff hoping they learn to fly, but some damn fools think that if they keep struggling in opposition to the tao of human nature they will achieve an evil dream. They need a 'collective' Three Stooges bitch slap.
     
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    I'm a Jaguars fan myself. So you must understand that the matter is beyond any present or future aspiration I might have within the foreseeable future. I just want us to not finish last.....
     
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    What do you mean?
     
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    Hey, as long as you try your best. Don't take it too badly.
     
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    While I'll admit I've known a handful of welfare abusers who avoided work during my life, that number was minuscule compared to the number of unemployed I've know who were desperate to find work ASAP. It's grossly unfair to blame all who are unemployed as "lazy" or averse to work, when most are unemployed due to circumstances beyond their personal control.
     
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    That's what Hannity and his echo-chamber has told you I think. One thing you can be sure of is that if that if you hear it from that echo-chamber.... it's wrong!

    I don'tbelieve that. Why would anybody have to "atone" for anything? How would I be "atoning"? I got my degree a loooong time ago. And I got in to the school I wanted to go thanks to my sporting abilities (chess). So your mindless parroting of Hannity's talking point is ridiculous.

    However, you seem to have some sort of feeling of guilt, for some reason. I don't. Even though I've been told that at least one of my ancestors might have owned slaves in Texas. But only because they lived n an area where slave ownership was pretty widespread.
     
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    Logically? It would only if we could apply that word to anything you say. However, given that he's not a commie.... well.... something's gotta give.... And from the discussions we've had.... I am inclined to believe that it's your "logic"

    And, of course... proclaiming to be a "commie" in the 21st Century, doesn't help your case for "logic" much....

    Oh ho ho..... Most definitely not!!
     
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    ...one potential "horror" of socialism is that we might actually solve simple poverty in a market friendly manner, and the Poor may benefit.

    the horror.
     
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    No, they're not. They're unemployed because they don't have any marketable skills. That is our own responsibility (to acquire). And if you are some kind of super special exception, whereby there was just no possible way you could ever have improved your marketability via Community College, or any one of the thousands of free programs designed to do just that, then you fall back on family and make yourself useful at home. Trawl sidewalks for vintage pieces to sell online. Stuff envelopes. Telemarket. Grow vegetables for the family, which contributes to the household coffers by saving money AND health. Do whatever you can to reduce the family budget, which is an alternate way of making money.

    So many excused, Xp. Sooo many.
     
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    you can't 'solve' elective poverty.
     
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    I recall a particular road in Hayward CA. It was then a dirt road. A number of residents lived in homes on that dirt road. They could have paid to pave it. That would be classic socialism. They could have voluntarily sought the road. And not went Democratic party on us by seeking others in the city, almost none others using the dirt road but at the time I saw the dirt road it was not happening.

    In viewing the road now, it is clearly paved.

    I need to research who paid for the paving.

    https://www.google.com/maps/@37.686...80.380486&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i16384!8i8192

    Ah well, google fails me on this research.
     
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    Oh yeah, that makes it right! Tell that to the elites you hang around with! Ha!! George Washington and Jefferson lived in areas where slave ownership was pretty widespread. Your leftist friends don't buy that as an excuse. Well we know where to go to when it comes time to pay compensation for slavery......Masah Golem be footn' de bill!!
    I don't echo a thing Hannity says. It just so happens great Americans think alike! I was already thinkn' and sayn' when Hannity was in High School!
     
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    it is like saying we can't solve deficit spending and tax cut economics.
     
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    He never gave us his examples of black privilege. Wonder why not?
     
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    No, it's nothing like that.
     
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    Why is it like saying you can't cure selective poverty?
     
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    the right wing selects tax cut economics as public policy.
     
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