You claimed that the democratic party is fascist because "fascists criticized capitalism [...] due to its [..] indifference to the nation." Since labor is part of the capitalist system, your claim implies that a good, Democratic fascist would expect labor, like all other aspects of the community, to sacrifice its well-being for the state. A good fascist expects people to take crappy jobs out of national pride to benefit the state.
Yes. I claimed Progressives are like fascists. Someone who is completely and unabashedly fascist would expect everyone to sacrifice for the State. We have very few who fit that description in the United States. Progressives certainly do criticize capitalism for it's selfishness and non-collective goals. And the left certainly encourages people to work for the State, or work in areas closely associated with the State. Whether it be social work, non-profits, federal or state government, education, journalism...etc. You should really leave your ellipses at home. I noticed you ignored the first paragraph, and focused on a minute portion of a single sentence in the second bring a thought not even described to the forefront to make your point.
You claimed that the democratic party is fascist because "fascists criticized capitalism [...] due to its [...] individualism" This means a good Democratic Party fascist wants people to be cogs in the great machine of state, rather than educated, free/independent thinkers. School, in fascism, is for indoctrination not education. Now, you may differ on whether "science" amounts to secular indoctrination, but no one really thinks US schools are mass brain washing camps
I claimed that of Progressives not Democrats. Progressives certainly do lean towards collective goals rather than individual goals, after all it takes a villiage. They would love it if everyone were a cog in the wheels of the State. Whether it be as a recipient of welfare, an unwilling provider of taxes, a government employee, a worker in a highly subsidized and regulated industry, a scientist on the government payroll aligned with the goals of the State, it goes on and on. The left controls the education system in this country. It certainly has become an indoctrination system. It serves to disseminate progressive ideology at the expense of a well rounded and competent education. See all the unemployed students with social work, english, women's and african american studies, and communications degrees with tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debt, owed to the state or state sponsored loan companies. They'll forgive the debt (proposed), of course, if you take a job in service to the State. You can look at college after college and see that greater than 90% of the political donations from employees go to the Democratic party and it's affiliates. If the roles were reversed you'd be claiming brainwashing left and right. And once again you have ignored most of the point and focused on a very small portion of a statement to make your point.
You claimed that the Democratic party is fascist because "fascists criticized capitalism [...] due to its materialism, [and ] bourgeois decadence." Both NAFTA and the TPP were negotiated by Democrats. NAFTA, in particular, was ground-breaking at the time, representing a dramatic change from decades of import tariffs and policies intended to safeguard US businesses and US strategic capabilities. These agreements reduce the costs f production and allow delivery of more material goods at lower prices, encouraging materialism and decadence.. If you haven't heard Democrats promote free trade, then you haven't been listening.
I claimed that of Progressives not Democrats. NAFTA in particular was written 25 years ago by Republicans and pushed strongly by G H W Bush who ran out of time before his term ended. Even though Democrats had majorities in both the house and the Senate, Repub
No one in the US has ever been put in jail for not paying your taxes.
Oh really? Are you sure about that? Because I can think of three right off the top of my head. Which means thousands of people have probably been jailed for tax evasion.
Fascist economics supported a state-controlled economy that accepted a mix of private and public ownership over the means of production.[176] Economic planning was applied to both the public and private sector, and the prosperity of private enterprise depended on its acceptance of synchronizing itself with the economic goals of the state.[177] Fascist economic ideology supported the profit motive, but emphasized that industries must uphold the national interest as superior to private profit.[177]
While fascism accepted the importance of material wealth and power, it condemned materialism, which it identified as being present in both communism and capitalism, and criticized materialism for lacking acknowledgement of the role of the spirit.[178] In particular, fascists criticized capitalism not because of its competitive nature nor support of private property, which fascists supported—but due to its materialism, individualism, alleged bourgeois decadence, and alleged indifference to the nation.[179] Fascism denounced Marxism for its advocacy of materialist internationalist class identity, which fascists regarded as an attack upon the emotional and spiritual bonds of the nation and a threat to the achievement of genuine national solidarity.[180]
This reads like it was lifted from the Democratic Party's platform. It exactly describes the criticisms that progressives level against capitalism, and exemplifies their idea of what the American economy should look like.
Explain to me how source code will help the FBI? They aren't requesting source code. They are trying to compel Apple to create something that doesn't exist that will give them the means to unlock all hundreds of millions of phones. There is nothing reasonable about that.
Sure, that's why they are always talking about the rights of the individual, whereas you socialists are always talking about collective rights, and what society will take from people. It's the left that is Authoritarian in this country. You see it in schools, you see it in unions, you see it in every proposed solution to a problem and it always involves less choice, more rules, more laws, more taxes, more regulations, and more pointy headed pencil pushers deciding what is best for you and me.
Not only that but technical assistance from an entity that has done nothing wrong, and is not suspected of doing anything wrong. I may be mistaken, but suspected wrongdoing is one of the elements necessary to establish probable cause.
Oh really. So what crime is Apple suspected of committing? What evidence has the FBI used to establish probable cause against Apple that requires it to submit to the burden of a....... search? Only, it's not really a search, is it? In fact, what the FBI is seeking doesn't even exist at the moment, does it?
Just several years ago, a million people were marching in DC in protest of warrantless wiretapping. Where are those people now? Or were they not really marching in protest of wiretapping but really just against the R in front of the President's name?
I have no problems with government agencies sharing equipment. This story has nothing to do with that. This story is about the DoD surveilling Americans on American soil.
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We'd lower them for the poor and lower middle class, but they don't pay any income taxes as it is.
Let me walk you through it, slowly.
You claimed that the democratic party is fascist because "fascists criticized capitalism [...] due to its [..] indifference to the nation." Since labor is part of the capitalist system, your claim implies that a good, Democratic fascist would expect labor, like all other aspects of the community, to sacrifice its well-being for the state. A good fascist expects people to take crappy jobs out of national pride to benefit the state.
Yes. I claimed Progressives are like fascists. Someone who is completely and unabashedly fascist would expect everyone to sacrifice for the State. We have very few who fit that description in the United States. Progressives certainly do criticize capitalism for it's selfishness and non-collective goals. And the left certainly encourages people to work for the State, or work in areas closely associated with the State. Whether it be social work, non-profits, federal or state government, education, journalism...etc. You should really leave your ellipses at home. I noticed you ignored the first paragraph, and focused on a minute portion of a single sentence in the second bring a thought not even described to the forefront to make your point.
You claimed that the democratic party is fascist because "fascists criticized capitalism [...] due to its [...] individualism" This means a good Democratic Party fascist wants people to be cogs in the great machine of state, rather than educated, free/independent thinkers. School, in fascism, is for indoctrination not education. Now, you may differ on whether "science" amounts to secular indoctrination, but no one really thinks US schools are mass brain washing camps
I claimed that of Progressives not Democrats. Progressives certainly do lean towards collective goals rather than individual goals, after all it takes a villiage. They would love it if everyone were a cog in the wheels of the State. Whether it be as a recipient of welfare, an unwilling provider of taxes, a government employee, a worker in a highly subsidized and regulated industry, a scientist on the government payroll aligned with the goals of the State, it goes on and on. The left controls the education system in this country. It certainly has become an indoctrination system. It serves to disseminate progressive ideology at the expense of a well rounded and competent education. See all the unemployed students with social work, english, women's and african american studies, and communications degrees with tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debt, owed to the state or state sponsored loan companies. They'll forgive the debt (proposed), of course, if you take a job in service to the State. You can look at college after college and see that greater than 90% of the political donations from employees go to the Democratic party and it's affiliates. If the roles were reversed you'd be claiming brainwashing left and right. And once again you have ignored most of the point and focused on a very small portion of a statement to make your point.
You claimed that the Democratic party is fascist because "fascists criticized capitalism [...] due to its materialism, [and ] bourgeois decadence." Both NAFTA and the TPP were negotiated by Democrats. NAFTA, in particular, was ground-breaking at the time, representing a dramatic change from decades of import tariffs and policies intended to safeguard US businesses and US strategic capabilities. These agreements reduce the costs f production and allow delivery of more material goods at lower prices, encouraging materialism and decadence.. If you haven't heard Democrats promote free trade, then you haven't been listening.
I claimed that of Progressives not Democrats. NAFTA in particular was written 25 years ago by Republicans and pushed strongly by G H W Bush who ran out of time before his term ended. Even though Democrats had majorities in both the house and the Senate, Repub
No one in the US has ever been put in jail for not paying your taxes.
Oh really? Are you sure about that? Because I can think of three right off the top of my head. Which means thousands of people have probably been jailed for tax evasion.
Well the Supreme Court has decided that the government can compel you to purchase something. Why can't they compel you to provide something?
But...but...that would imply that the free stuff the government promises us isn't really free.
You mean Russia?
They won't comply if there's a republican in office.
What does labor have to do with the quote I posted? I can't remember the last time I heard a Democrat promote free trade.
Viable doesn't actually mean what you think it means.
Yeah, you'd no longer have to pretend that you're not trying to import a bunch of new Democratic voters.
No kidding. It's so much better to have the State do the thinking for them. Self-determination is such an outdated concept. Vote Sanders 2016!
Fascist economics supported a state-controlled economy that accepted a mix of private and public ownership over the means of production.[176] Economic planning was applied to both the public and private sector, and the prosperity of private enterprise depended on its acceptance of synchronizing itself with the economic goals of the state.[177] Fascist economic ideology supported the profit motive, but emphasized that industries must uphold the national interest as superior to private profit.[177]
While fascism accepted the importance of material wealth and power, it condemned materialism, which it identified as being present in both communism and capitalism, and criticized materialism for lacking acknowledgement of the role of the spirit.[178] In particular, fascists criticized capitalism not because of its competitive nature nor support of private property, which fascists supported—but due to its materialism, individualism, alleged bourgeois decadence, and alleged indifference to the nation.[179] Fascism denounced Marxism for its advocacy of materialist internationalist class identity, which fascists regarded as an attack upon the emotional and spiritual bonds of the nation and a threat to the achievement of genuine national solidarity.[180]
This reads like it was lifted from the Democratic Party's platform. It exactly describes the criticisms that progressives level against capitalism, and exemplifies their idea of what the American economy should look like.
That's pretty funny, after watching the multi trillion dollar gift to the corporations that is the Affordable Care Act.
No, it's not close to direct evidence. It is circumstantial evidence. Words have meaning.
Explain to me how source code will help the FBI? They aren't requesting source code. They are trying to compel Apple to create something that doesn't exist that will give them the means to unlock all hundreds of millions of phones. There is nothing reasonable about that.
Sure, that's why they are always talking about the rights of the individual, whereas you socialists are always talking about collective rights, and what society will take from people. It's the left that is Authoritarian in this country. You see it in schools, you see it in unions, you see it in every proposed solution to a problem and it always involves less choice, more rules, more laws, more taxes, more regulations, and more pointy headed pencil pushers deciding what is best for you and me.
And all of that is circumstantial evidence. The thing they don't have is direct evidence that he made the posts.
That argument only works if you think the Constitution actually means what the Constitution says it means.
Not only that but technical assistance from an entity that has done nothing wrong, and is not suspected of doing anything wrong. I may be mistaken, but suspected wrongdoing is one of the elements necessary to establish probable cause.
Oh really. So what crime is Apple suspected of committing? What evidence has the FBI used to establish probable cause against Apple that requires it to submit to the burden of a ....... search? Only, it's not really a search, is it? In fact, what the FBI is seeking doesn't even exist at the moment, does it?
Just several years ago, a million people were marching in DC in protest of warrantless wiretapping. Where are those people now? Or were they not really marching in protest of wiretapping but really just against the R in front of the President's name?
If only there was someone in charge that could tell the FBI to stop this.
There are lots of reasons for sealing in a battery. Cost, size, durability, waterproofing, safety, weight...
I have no problems with government agencies sharing equipment. This story has nothing to do with that. This story is about the DoD surveilling Americans on American soil.
I'm not changing the subject. That's exactly what I was talking about in the parent.