Socialism in action: 75% of Venezuela's population lost 19 pounds due to lack of food

[DMC]

Exactly.

Your question made no sense.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I see that DMC has now converted to trying to measure size by income and similar meaningless drivel in place of arguing merit. It doesn't look like he is trying to compensate. Really.

[DMC]

^Says the got who claimed he has me on ignore. Can't stop talking about me.

rent free

[Th'Pusher]

Sorry, you'll need to slow down, wipe your mouth and try again. Clean that up. It's almost illegible.

Your capitulation is duly noted.

Or was it the thought I put in parentheses that confused you?

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I was able to read pusher's post easily. Reading is FUNdamental.

[DMC]

Your capitulation is duly noted.

Or was it the thought I put in parentheses that confused you?

quitting when I challenged your income statement

Say I have $50 sitting in a savings account. Where would you put it outside of the stock market?

Home improvement?
Rental property?
Lottery tickets?

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Glenn Beck with theblazetv.com

Ron Paul with ronpaulchannel.com

seriously. What kind of god forsaken morons pay $10 a month for this ?

I like to read an article that requires a subscription, so wondering is anyone can post it here.

6 figure salary (when they use that term you know the 1st figure is a 1)

[DMC]

I was able to read pusher's post easily. Reading is FUNdamental.

Mine too else you couldn't have responded to what you just responded to.

got and a liar

[ElNono]

It's like calling a bolt a screw. They look similar and serve similar functions but they aren't interchangeable so they aren't the same. So if someone says you're espousing socialism because you're talking about something like social security or public transportation then they should be dismissed as over-eager. However when someone tries to say socialism works and then uses public transportation or some other socialistic policy then it's completely misleading and wrong. Social democracy works within a framework of capitalism, and capitalism is the an hesis of socialism. How then can social democracy be a form of socialism? It's like saying a bisexual is a form of sexual. It simply isn't, by definition, even if at some point it's still two people of the same sex being sexually attracted to one another. One could be sexual, the other bisexual. It has more to do with "what else" than the component that can be cherry picked as a "subset".

The idea of socialism is fine, just like the idea of most well established forms of government. Like many others though, it breaks down once applied to humans.

I'm not the one equating social democracies with socialism, but it would be fairly disingenuous to state that, at least in the US, the connection isn't routinely made, at least when some aspect of the ideology applies. I think we agree in the sense that it shouldn't really be equated.

When it comes to ideologies or philosophies, it's actually pretty normal to see humans picking and choosing subsets. There's countless cases of people being conservative in economic policy and liberal in social policies (or some other combos), and there's nothing wrong with it. They would probably be called 'independents' or 'leaning-xxxx' or something else.

I tend to agree that socialism 'by the book' is largely unworkable, tbh, but, even though I prefer capitalism myself, it too fails regularly due to somewhat the same systemic problems (corruption seems to be the enemy of all systems, tbh). That's probably a different can of worms and a longer topic (and certainly touches other areas like fiscal conservatism), but let's just say the US is certainly fortunate to have won WWII, and only have sovereign debt...

good chat

[z0sa]

It's like calling a bolt a screw. They look similar and serve similar functions but they aren't interchangeable so they aren't the same. So if someone says you're espousing socialism because you're talking about something like social security or public transportation then they should be dismissed as over-eager. However when someone tries to say socialism works and then uses public transportation or some other socialistic policy then it's completely misleading and wrong. Social democracy works within a framework of capitalism, and capitalism is the an hesis of socialism. How then can social democracy be a form of socialism? It's like saying a bisexual is a form of sexual. It simply isn't, by definition, even if at some point it's still two people of the same sex being sexually attracted to one another. One could be sexual, the other bisexual. It has more to do with "what else" than the component that can be cherry picked as a "subset".

The idea of socialism is fine, just like the idea of most well established forms of government. Like many others though, it breaks down once applied to humans.

Marxism is socialism on paper. An actual democratic socialist govt wouldnt guarantee jobs for everyone, for example. Theres no escape from supply and demand, for the foreseeable future. The difference between capitalism and socialism is the transparency of private business when required a public eye. This is why overpowerful unions would not be socialist in practice. The union would be essential to business, and business the lawful automatic creator of unions. They should be checking and balancing eachother equally

[Th'Pusher]

quitting when I challenged your income statement






6 figure salary (when they use that term you know the 1st figure is a 1)

You know he's upset when he starts rummaging through your post history. Good chat

[pgardn]

Your question made no sense.

You answered you were alert while comfortably numb in Europe.

You tow the same basic conservative line. Label socialism to anything that scares you. Then find a story on a death in a Norwegian hospital to back up your claim.

"Get the government out of governing."
Just get to the point. Its easy for you.

[in2deep]

Mine too else you couldn't have responded to what you just responded to.

got and a liar

. This Fuzzy fella sounds like a real bright prospect

[DarrinS]

I see that DMC has now converted to trying to measure size by income and similar meaningless drivel in place of arguing merit. It doesn't look like he is trying to compensate. Really.

^Says the got who claimed he has me on ignore. Can't stop talking about me.

rent free

I was able to read pusher's post easily. Reading is FUNdamental.

Mine too else you couldn't have responded to what you just responded to.

got and a liar

[SnakeBoy]

Mine too else you couldn't have responded to what you just responded to.

got and a liar

Poor Fuzzy

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Some people are apparently too stupid to figure out what the quote function does. The sense of accomplishment that was on display when I read your posts indicates that the function is still working properly. What a ing loser.

Yoni of course is there to fellate any blue team member making an effort.

[TheSanityAnnex]

Mine too else you couldn't have responded to what you just responded to.

got and a liar

Must have turned scripts back on. Just this time though, just this one time.

[DMC]

You know he's upset when he starts rummaging through your post history. Good chat

6 figure salary

[DMC]

You answered you were alert while comfortably numb in Europe.

You tow the same basic conservative line. Label socialism to anything that scares you. Then find a story on a death in a Norwegian hospital to back up your claim.

"Get the government out of governing."
Just get to the point. Its easy for you.

Read your question again.

I never found any story of death an any Norwegian hospital. You try to fit everyone into neat little categories then accuse me of binary thinking.

I'm pretty sure you're suffering from some form of over indulgence somewhere along your lineage.