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baldguy

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60. Your one-liners have never been true, even when Reagan said them 30 yrs ago.

Wed Feb 5, 2014, 11:16 AM

Feb 2014

In order to engage in a debate, you need to attempt to address the points your opponent makes. If you don't you're just engaging in a public display of mental masturbation.

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7 Huge Misconceptions About Communism (and Capitalism) [View all] xchrom Feb 2014 OP

Popcorn anyone? whistler162 Feb 2014 #1

yes, please and move over xchrom Feb 2014 #2

I'll take mine with some garlic butter please! Initech Feb 2014 #41

It is unwise to play the bodycount game? joshcryer Feb 2014 #3

I'm an anti-communist too, but I think it would be interesting to see what goes into that number JHB Feb 2014 #8

I'm not anti-communist, I am anti-state communist. joshcryer Feb 2014 #24

If you want to fight that fight, I'll leave you to it JHB Feb 2014 #38

This statement may currently be true of the general public: PotatoChip Feb 2014 #42

One has to pick one's fights. If you want to pick that one, you're welcome to it JHB Feb 2014 #50

Interesting newfie11 Feb 2014 #4

Why oh why Android3.14 Feb 2014 #5

Some people are more interested in facts TBF Feb 2014 #10

As well you should. joshcryer Feb 2014 #25

Which ones specifically? nt TBF Feb 2014 #32

You don't see through this? Really? Android3.14 Feb 2014 #39

I'll ask you what I asked TBF Feb 2014 #45

I don't want to discuss anything Android3.14 Feb 2014 #47

As I expected. nt TBF Feb 2014 #48

You tried to pull the "there's no point in my telling you" canard with me. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #64

Great article. PoliticalPothead Feb 2014 #6

Thanks xchrom, great article. K&R. Scuba Feb 2014 #7

... xchrom Feb 2014 #9

K&R. nt DLevine Feb 2014 #11

Rec. n/t Smarmie Doofus Feb 2014 #12

Great article. The "best" is at the end. fasttense Feb 2014 #13

it's the MickeyD effect of culture and society. xchrom Feb 2014 #14

Oh, no, specialization! joshcryer Feb 2014 #26

Communism is a failed experiment Progressive dog Feb 2014 #15

Except that none of the so-called "communst" countries were actually following pure communism. baldguy Feb 2014 #18

Pure communism can't exist using real people, Progressive dog Feb 2014 #20

And you can't have true or pure capitalism or free markets either. fasttense Feb 2014 #23

I agree, but capitalism doesn't depend on a "new man" Progressive dog Feb 2014 #27

Can you explain? PotatoChip Feb 2014 #29

A "new man"? What do you mean by that? fasttense Feb 2014 #34

From wikipedia Progressive dog Feb 2014 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author PotatoChip Feb 2014 #43

That is funny, hint Progressive dog Feb 2014 #44

You mean like Capitalism's "Homo economicus"? Scootaloo Feb 2014 #51

The Soviets and the Chinese followed Marx and Engels Progressive dog Feb 2014 #52

Do you have any clue what sort of social upheaval occurred when feudalism gave way to capitalism? baldguy Feb 2014 #49

Yes and apparently you don't Progressive dog Feb 2014 #53

Would that be agrarian capitalism, mercantile capitalism or capitalism based on international trade? baldguy Feb 2014 #56

Communism failed, get over it Progressive dog Feb 2014 #57

And you're under the mistaken impression that capitalism has succeeded, baldguy Feb 2014 #58

If you have a better system than capitalism Progressive dog Feb 2014 #59

Your one-liners have never been true, even when Reagan said them 30 yrs ago. baldguy Feb 2014 #60

Communism has failed everywhere it has been tried, period. Progressive dog Feb 2014 #61

IT NEVER *HAS* BEEN TRIED!! baldguy Feb 2014 #62

So, your special undisclosed variety of communism has never been tried. Progressive dog Feb 2014 #63

"IT NEVER *HAS* BEEN TRIED!!" Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #65

Capitalism has been an abject failure too. So much so that there are few countries practicing it. baldguy Feb 2014 #66

"Capitalism has been an abject failure too." Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #67

Yes, a workers' cooperative would be the ideal of pure Communism Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2014 #30

Out-of-control Capitalism gave us "Money equals Free Speech" and "Corporations are people." another_liberal Feb 2014 #16

+1 daleanime Feb 2014 #21

No. 8 -- Communist countries were Communist. ananda Feb 2014 #17

+1000 PotatoChip Feb 2014 #19

"Capitalist governments don�t commit human rights atrocities." snooper2 Feb 2014 #22

Back during the Reagan administration, Jeane Kirkpatrick was all over TV Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2014 #28

Pretty weak article - there's a case to be made for communism el_bryanto Feb 2014 #31

Communism and capitalism are obsolete -- they are based on theories of production FarCenter Feb 2014 #33

Making money out of money PotatoChip Feb 2014 #35

Someone has to produce the stuff for all those fasttense Feb 2014 #36

Agriculture is down to a few percent of workers and manufacturing is about 1/5 or so. FarCenter Feb 2014 #37

I don't know if I'd say obsolete - TBF Feb 2014 #46

My kevlar drawers were in the wash, so I didn't post this yesterday. Starry Messenger Feb 2014 #54

... xchrom Feb 2014 #55