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aidbo

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26. Yes I use google sometimes. Was I not clear about that?

Reply to Budi (Reply #22)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 03:45 PM

Oct 2020

If I may ask, do you hold capitalism to the same standard as socialism?
So when the USA wages wars for oil access in foreign countries or when through its inaction 200k of its citizens die in the span of 5 months from preventable infections, do you blame capitalism for that?

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Supressing the vote, not wanting people to vote...this is more like socialistic, communism [View all] Boogiemack Oct 2020 OP

No. Not like socialism or communism. Those are economic models like capitalism. bullimiami Oct 2020 #1

Americans conflate economic and political systems all of the time. Yavin4 Oct 2020 #11

I have said this numerous times. smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #20

A lot of them benefitted under the pre-Communist/Socialist yet still authoritarian government. Yavin4 Oct 2020 #24

Authoritarianism. Totalitarianism. House of Roberts Oct 2020 #2

Suppressing the vote is about totalitarianism. Caliman73 Oct 2020 #3

Incorrect. johnp3907 Oct 2020 #4

ABSOLUTELY ! Thank you for your post. Budi Oct 2020 #5

Absolutely not... Caliman73 Oct 2020 #8

It is indeed true in communist & socalist nations. Budi Oct 2020 #9

Are we a communist or socialist nation? Caliman73 Oct 2020 #13

We are a Democratic Republic of course. Budi Oct 2020 #16

I agree, there are no magic unicorns Caliman73 Oct 2020 #18

Nice try Cirque du So-What Oct 2020 #6

Do we still conflate anything we think is bad with socialism? aidbo Oct 2020 #7

No different than conflating everything unicorn pretty with socialism. Budi Oct 2020 #10

Lol wtf are you even talking about. aidbo Oct 2020 #12

Google has pages of paragraphs explaining just this issue thruout world history. Budi Oct 2020 #14

Google is a search engine. It finds you things on the internet that you want to believe. aidbo Oct 2020 #15

Of course. And where do you find your info? Budi Oct 2020 #17

Bye bye, Budi. aidbo Oct 2020 #21

Haaaahaa. You use google too. Budi Oct 2020 #22

Yes I use google sometimes. Was I not clear about that? aidbo Oct 2020 #26

"in the hands of a Dictator...economics becomes easily a means to suppress fair elections." Yavin4 Oct 2020 #25

No, the so-called "socialist" countries wanted everyone to vote DFW Oct 2020 #19

It is one of the 10 indicators of emerging fascism. roamer65 Oct 2020 #23