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Postby Willam the Conqueor » Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:59 pm

My mom was born in USSR She knows about communisim.
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Postby Mavorpen » Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:59 pm

Sibirsky wrote:
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The fuck?

What the fuck is your fucking question?


The blatant contradiction outlined in red.
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Postby The USOT » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:00 pm

Also why is this a question anyway?

You are comparing an entire economic system to one idea within another economic system.

Capitalism vs socialism sure.
But capitalism vs communism?
Makes just as much sense as saying Cartelism vs Socialism.
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Postby Sibirsky » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:00 pm

Mavorpen wrote:
Willam the Conqueor wrote:Are you a anti-communist??

No. I'm wondering why Sibirsky said it's proven that capitalist societies are more free, and then turn around admitting no communist society on a national scale has been implemented.

Because every attempt at communism has resulted in clusterfucks like North Korea, the Soviet Union, Cuba, Cambodia and other shit. None of them good.
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Postby Sibirsky » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:00 pm

Mavorpen wrote:
Sibirsky wrote:What the fuck is your fucking question?


The blatant contradiction outlined in red.

There was no contradiction.
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Postby Willam the Conqueor » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:00 pm

Sibirsky wrote:
Mavorpen wrote:
The fuck?

What the fuck is your fucking question?

Funny
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Postby Sibirsky » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:01 pm

Willam the Conqueor wrote:My mom was born in USSR She knows about communisim.

I was born in the USSR. I know about communism.
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Postby Mavorpen » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:01 pm

Sibirsky wrote:
Mavorpen wrote:No. I'm wondering why Sibirsky said it's proven that capitalist societies are more free, and then turn around admitting no communist society on a national scale has been implemented.

Because every attempt at communism has resulted in clusterfucks like North Korea, the Soviet Union, Cuba, Cambodia and other shit. None of them good.

And like you said, none of them are actual communist societies. So how do you know that communist societies on the national scale are not more free? I would have agreed if you said, "attempts at capitalism have proven to result in more free societies, while attempts at communism has not." But your wording was honestly very contradicting.
"The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."—former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman

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Postby Sibirsky » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:03 pm

Mavorpen wrote:
Sibirsky wrote:Because every attempt at communism has resulted in clusterfucks like North Korea, the Soviet Union, Cuba, Cambodia and other shit. None of them good.

And like you said, none of them are actual communist societies. So how do you know that communist societies on the national scale are not more free? I would have agreed if you said, "attempts at capitalism have proven to result in more free societies, while attempts at communism has not." But your wording was honestly very contradicting.

No, it was not.

Sure, none of them achieved it. But they have tried. Resulting in little to no freedom, poverty and bloodshed.
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Postby Cancerous Conservatism » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:04 pm

The free market/true capitalism is the best system. It encourages self-efficiency and lack of reliance on others.
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Postby Willam the Conqueor » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:05 pm

Sibirsky wrote:
Willam the Conqueor wrote:My mom was born in USSR She knows about communisim.

I was born in the USSR. I know about communism.

You were?
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Postby Mavorpen » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:06 pm

Sibirsky wrote:No, it was not.

Sure, none of them achieved it. But they have tried. Resulting in little to no freedom, poverty and bloodshed.


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That's what I JUST said.

Mavorpen wrote:And like you said, none of them are actual communist societies. So how do you know that communist societies on the national scale are not more free? I would have agreed if you said, "attempts at capitalism have proven to result in more free societies, while attempts at communism has not." But your wording was honestly very contradicting.


I get the feeling you're intentionally ignoring my posts at this point. Just admit it, your wording was contradictory. I agree with your revised statement that the attempts failed while the attempts at capitalism have resulted in more freedom than when communism was attempted.
"The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."—former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman

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Postby 4years » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:06 pm

Williamson wrote:
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ONE EXAMPLE: Paris Commune
Oh, and communism definitely.

didn't all lot of people die in the paris commune.

yes, they were members of the commune that were killed by the invading army that destroyed the paris commune. The deaths in the commune are at the feat of the invading (French) army that attcked the commune, not the citizens that tried to defend it against all odds. Of course, the untrained citizens in the commune were defeated by the professional French army, but the example still stands.
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Postby The USOT » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:08 pm

Willam the Conqueor wrote:My mom was born in USSR She knows about communisim.

My father was born in the UK. Doesnt mean he knows too much about capitalism.
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Peter Timmerman, “Defending Materialism"

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Postby 4years » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:08 pm

Sibirsky wrote:
Willam the Conqueor wrote:My mom was born in USSR She knows about communisim.

I was born in the USSR. I know about communism.

the USSR was state capitalist or stalinst of you prefer, not communist or socialist. as is explained every day on this website.
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Postby Williamson » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:08 pm

Cancerous Conservatism wrote:The free market/true capitalism is the best system. It encourages self-efficiency and lack of reliance on others.

By true capitalism do you mean unlimated trade with other countries and zero goverment restrucation on businesses then i rather have communism.

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Postby Willam the Conqueor » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:09 pm

The USOT wrote:
Willam the Conqueor wrote:My mom was born in USSR She knows about communisim.

My father was born in the UK. Doesnt mean he knows too much about capitalism.

Oh. 8)
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Postby Mavorpen » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:09 pm

Williamson wrote:
Cancerous Conservatism wrote:The free market/true capitalism is the best system. It encourages self-efficiency and lack of reliance on others.

By true capitalism do you mean unlimated trade with other countries and zero goverment restrucation on businesses then i rather have communism.

Why would that be the "true" capitalism when even Adam Smith advocated for the government to play a very important role in the economy.
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Postby Occupied Deutschland » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:10 pm

Mavorpen wrote:
Sibirsky wrote:Capitalist societies have proven to be more free and more prosperous. It's a hands down win for capitalism.

Of course, the communists will claim that no true communist society (at least on a national scale) has ever existed. While it is true, it is also true that the leaders of those societies, for the most part, did believe in communism, and did attempt to establish it. Through force.


The fuck?

Reading comprehension. It's a good thing.

The second part of the sentence is in addition to the first. So it is true that no communist society's ever existed on a national scale. IT IS ALSO TRUE that the leaders of those societies were trying to accomplish that goal. They failed terribly, but they were attempting to do it.
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Postby Mavorpen » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:11 pm

Occupied Deutschland wrote:
Mavorpen wrote:
The fuck?

Reading comprehension. It's a good thing.

The second part of the sentence is in addition to the first. So it is true that no communist society's ever existed on a national scale. IT IS ALSO TRUE that the leaders of those societies were trying to accomplish that goal. They failed terribly, but they were attempting to do it.


Mavorpen wrote:
Sibirsky wrote:No, it was not.

Sure, none of them achieved it. But they have tried. Resulting in little to no freedom, poverty and bloodshed.


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That's what I JUST said.

Mavorpen wrote:And like you said, none of them are actual communist societies. So how do you know that communist societies on the national scale are not more free? I would have agreed if you said, "attempts at capitalism have proven to result in more free societies, while attempts at communism has not." But your wording was honestly very contradicting.


I get the feeling you're intentionally ignoring my posts at this point. Just admit it, your wording was contradictory. I agree with your revised statement that the attempts failed while the attempts at capitalism have resulted in more freedom than when communism was attempted.


Additionally, I should have stressed that my main problem was that the point in blue was seeming to be second to the point in red. I emphasized the point in red because it was a contradiction. The point in blue should have been his main and only point about capitalism being better.
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"The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."—former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman

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Postby Sibirsky » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:12 pm

Willam the Conqueor wrote:
Sibirsky wrote:I was born in the USSR. I know about communism.

You were?

Yes.
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Postby Willam the Conqueor » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:13 pm

Sibirsky wrote:
Willam the Conqueor wrote:You were?

Yes.

Cool 8) 8) :)
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Postby Sibirsky » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:13 pm

4years wrote:
Sibirsky wrote:I was born in the USSR. I know about communism.

the USSR was state capitalist or stalinst of you prefer, not communist or socialist. as is explained every day on this website.

It was socialist. Deny it all you want, but that is a fact.
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Postby Williamson » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:14 pm

Mavorpen wrote:
Williamson wrote:By true capitalism do you mean unlimated trade with other countries and zero goverment restrucation on businesses then i rather have communism.

Why would that be the "true" capitalism when even Adam Smith advocated for the government to play a very important role in the economy.

so plese explain true capitalism to me. It's seems like you know better than me.

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Postby Willam the Conqueor » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:14 pm

Sibirsky wrote:
4years wrote: the USSR was state capitalist or stalinst of you prefer, not communist or socialist. as is explained every day on this website.

It was socialist. Deny it all you want, but that is a fact.

Oh,Ill ask my mother.See if she agrees. :unsure:
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