Now if Romney had not explicitly thought that Russian "Communism" was the threat, he might have had a better argument, but he never once managed to get up to an idea that mattered like the corrupt oligarchy in Russia that was oppressing the freedom of its citizens.
The only difference between Russian communism and the Russian oligarchy is that under the oligarchy people can actually get bread.
Mine misteryously stopped working a couple years back and started throwing some python errors. I reinstalled it a few weeks ago thinking a newer version might have resolved the problem... and it's still throwing the same damn errors. Would love to try it again but it just won't work, and support is nonexistent.
Conversely, there have been serious and significant human rights violations against the Palestinians by Israel.
And there haven't been any human rights violations against Israelis by Palestine, eh?
And Israel's current ultra-right-wing government is not showing any signs of changing that.
Whereas Palestine's current ultra-right-wing government is all about change, right?
This is why people assume you hate the Jews. You make a halfhearted effort to criticize Palestinians for indoctrinating their kids, and then turn around and lambast Israel with terminology which would apply even more strongly to the Palestinians.
For my part, I understand that this is just the limp-wristed-left's knee jerk reaction to back the non-western underdog in all conflicts. It's not that you hate the Jews neccesarily; you're just trying to make up for your white-guilt by criticizing whichever side of the conflict happens to be more civilized, democratic, tolerant, and otherwise "westernized". But I can certainly see why others would assume that your position was based on nothing more complex than pure jew-hatred.
Again, your stawmen and argumenum ad reductum are fucking tiring and tedious. honestly they're beneath me.
The fact that you would even make such a statement indicates that you are most likely beneath every other person I've interacted with on here. The rest of your diatribe serves only to confirm that.
Taking is just simple harvesting of a accumulation of resources. It's people and animals naturally do when they come across useful things.
Yes, I was just watching a cat try to take a piece of chicken from another cat. Very natural. Did not turnout well for him.
To maintain exclusive access requires Force to artificially maintained control
Of course it requires force to hold on to something which others wish to take by force. The cat defending its piece of chicken understood that very well. The question is which party is initiating the use of force.
Your use of the appeal to nature fallacy notwithstanding, it's asinine to suggest that the person holding on to what they already have is the one initiating force. It's almost as asinine as suggesting that the concept of ownership is somehow unnatural. Just ask the cats.
You do understand that socialism isn't what is killing Venezuela right? I hate hearing this stupid talking point over and over. Authoritarianism is what is killing them.
True. It's not the water which kills a drowning man; it's the lack of oxygen.
How about "bbbbut every fucking time it's been tried"?
Venezuela is just the most recent example, and a particularly funny one because just a decade or so ago American commies (including idiots on Slashdot) were celebrating it's transformation and crowing about how wonderfully everything was going once Hugo nationalized everything.
Cute talking point. Have you tried thinking about it? Here, I'll walk you through it: what's the difference between a person who walks into your house and doesn't want to leave, vs a person who sneaks in while you're away?
Maybe you should stop calling people sacks of shit, and realise that everyone has a right to live, and that America should stop denying that right just because people have the wrong sort of democracy.
IKR? Shoulda left those poor Nazis alone. They didn't deserve to die for having the wrong sort of democracy.
Maybe next year you should ask Santa for a new brain.
Blacks are 300% more likely to go to jail for marijuana possession.
That's basically nonsense. This particular propaganda talking point is brought to you by people who want you to believe that millions of minorities are going to jail just for having a bit of weed on them. In reality most convictions for marijuana possession happen simultaneously with convictions for other crimes. So when home-boy robs a convinience store, then gets put away for robbery plus having some weed on him, these clowns count him as a poor innocent victim arrested for possession.
Correct; a small government is limited in how much harm it can do.
If you start shrinking government, it'll be the good parts that are removed, not the bad parts. Eventually you'll have a government consisting of 3 letter agencies, federal prisons, corrupt politicians and tax collectors.
I thought you said the good parts would be removed. That sounds like a pretty good start right there. Let's get on that.
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Now if Romney had not explicitly thought that Russian "Communism" was the threat, he might have had a better argument, but he never once managed to get up to an idea that mattered like the corrupt oligarchy in Russia that was oppressing the freedom of its citizens.
The only difference between Russian communism and the Russian oligarchy is that under the oligarchy people can actually get bread.
they simply do what is necessary
The words of every tyrant in history.
You're making the rookie mistake of assuming that something which you personally cannot understand is actually inexplicable.
Mine misteryously stopped working a couple years back and started throwing some python errors. I reinstalled it a few weeks ago thinking a newer version might have resolved the problem ... and it's still throwing the same damn errors. Would love to try it again but it just won't work, and support is nonexistent.
because today, Chinese have truly surprised the American
That's some funny shit.
Pretending science can answer all questions is an insult to real scientists.
I don't know if science can answer all questions, but if it can answer even one it's still more valuable than religion.
Conversely, there have been serious and significant human rights violations against the Palestinians by Israel.
And there haven't been any human rights violations against Israelis by Palestine, eh?
And Israel's current ultra-right-wing government is not showing any signs of changing that.
Whereas Palestine's current ultra-right-wing government is all about change, right?
This is why people assume you hate the Jews. You make a halfhearted effort to criticize Palestinians for indoctrinating their kids, and then turn around and lambast Israel with terminology which would apply even more strongly to the Palestinians.
For my part, I understand that this is just the limp-wristed-left's knee jerk reaction to back the non-western underdog in all conflicts. It's not that you hate the Jews neccesarily; you're just trying to make up for your white-guilt by criticizing whichever side of the conflict happens to be more civilized, democratic, tolerant, and otherwise "westernized". But I can certainly see why others would assume that your position was based on nothing more complex than pure jew-hatred.
You're on crack. The actual number is around 300,000. Out of a total population of 81 million.
Compare that to Israel with about 1.5 million Muslims and 170,000 Christians, out of a total population of just under 9 million.
Again, your stawmen and argumenum ad reductum are fucking tiring and tedious. honestly they're beneath me.
The fact that you would even make such a statement indicates that you are most likely beneath every other person I've interacted with on here. The rest of your diatribe serves only to confirm that.
Taking is just simple harvesting of a accumulation of resources. It's people and animals naturally do when they come across useful things.
Yes, I was just watching a cat try to take a piece of chicken from another cat. Very natural. Did not turnout well for him.
To maintain exclusive access requires Force to artificially maintained control
Of course it requires force to hold on to something which others wish to take by force. The cat defending its piece of chicken understood that very well. The question is which party is initiating the use of force.
Your use of the appeal to nature fallacy notwithstanding, it's asinine to suggest that the person holding on to what they already have is the one initiating force. It's almost as asinine as suggesting that the concept of ownership is somehow unnatural. Just ask the cats.
Venezuela would have worked except as a working "communism" it was told to fuck off by the banks and so could not borrow anything.
Yes, this is the key. Communism works great until you run out of other peoples money.
Capitalism always results in consolidation of options.
Communism does away with this problem by only starting with one option in the first place.
You do understand that socialism isn't what is killing Venezuela right? I hate hearing this stupid talking point over and over. Authoritarianism is what is killing them.
True. It's not the water which kills a drowning man; it's the lack of oxygen.
At its purest form, capitalism requires force and coercion to create the concept of personal possession.
Um, no. Having requires no force. Taking does. You have it ass backwards.
How about "bbbbut every fucking time it's been tried"?
Venezuela is just the most recent example, and a particularly funny one because just a decade or so ago American commies (including idiots on Slashdot) were celebrating it's transformation and crowing about how wonderfully everything was going once Hugo nationalized everything.
You are the only retard here. Oil is a commodity sold on a global market. If oil prices rise, they rise everywhere.
Hurr durr, thanks Einstein! And having a fuckload of oil they could sell for way more money would be so horrible for the US economy!
Horseshit. The US has enough oil reserves to be completely independent if they so choose. "No blood for oil" is a slogan dreamed up by retards.
You're speaking nonsense. There's enough demand that Japan has, in the recent past, resorted to importing whale meat from Iceland.
But it's free range organic gluten free sugar!
Pretty much the most intelligent comment on here, and some twit still downmodded it to -1.
Cute talking point. Have you tried thinking about it? Here, I'll walk you through it: what's the difference between a person who walks into your house and doesn't want to leave, vs a person who sneaks in while you're away?
Maybe you should stop calling people sacks of shit, and realise that everyone has a right to live, and that America should stop denying that right just because people have the wrong sort of democracy.
IKR? Shoulda left those poor Nazis alone. They didn't deserve to die for having the wrong sort of democracy.
Maybe next year you should ask Santa for a new brain.
Blacks are 300% more likely to go to jail for marijuana possession.
That's basically nonsense. This particular propaganda talking point is brought to you by people who want you to believe that millions of minorities are going to jail just for having a bit of weed on them. In reality most convictions for marijuana possession happen simultaneously with convictions for other crimes. So when home-boy robs a convinience store, then gets put away for robbery plus having some weed on him, these clowns count him as a poor innocent victim arrested for possession.
Correct; a small government is limited in how much harm it can do.
If you start shrinking government, it'll be the good parts that are removed, not the bad parts. Eventually you'll have a government consisting of 3 letter agencies, federal prisons, corrupt politicians and tax collectors.
I thought you said the good parts would be removed. That sounds like a pretty good start right there. Let's get on that.
This kind of stupidity is expected from the general public, who have no understanding of technology. You, on the other hand, have no excuse.