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Originally posted by Psychic Missile View PostIn a nutshell, the people with the most money have the power to create and change government and corporate systems. They exercise this power to exploit people with less money. Socialism is recognizing this imbalance and redesigning systems to prevent exploitation. Personal decisions that don't involve creating or changing a system that results in exploitation are therefore unrelated to socialism.
So please, tell me what socialism is so I understand it.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostShe's not parading around, it was a photo shoot. That's what they do in photo shots, and the costs of the outfits have no importance, are probably not even known to the subjects. until the nutters like the original poster try to make an issue of it in order to demonize her rather than deal with the issue of her ideological stances. That's a common tactic of the right, don't deal with the issue, just try to demonize the target."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by Psychic Missile View PostWearing expensive clothes is not hypocritical for a socialist. None of these flimsy justifications change this fact."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View PostYou’re right because in socialist countries the leaders live in mansions while everyone else waits in breadlines."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
"[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostI didn't ask for an "in a nutshell" -- you said I didn't understand socialism, so I want you to explain it to me. Your statement above doesn't tell me anything at all about socialism. Just what you think it's purpose is supposed to be. Which if it is supposed to prevent exploitation would indicate that running around showing how much more money you have than other people is a poor way of showing that. Not to mention every socialist country I know of does use money and power to exploit the people with less money. Look at Cuba. Or China. Or Vietnam. Or North Korea.
So please, tell me what socialism is so I understand it.
Who is exploited by someone buying or using something expensive? And if you were to ask any modern socialist in the US, they would be opposed to the exploitation exhibited by those countries. One philosophy can have a myriad of executions, which you should know firsthand as a Christian.
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Originally posted by Terraceth View PostI don't really know about Cuba or Vietnam, but China is "communist" in name only at this point."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
"[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostIn your imagination is this occurring in the reasonably successful communist countries such as China, Cuba and Vietnam? Or is it occurring in the world-leading social democracies like Denmark, Norway, Sweden etc?"The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by Terraceth View PostI don't really know about Cuba or Vietnam, but China is "communist" in name only at this point."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by Psychic Missile View PostDude, you are on the internet right now. My definition of modern socialism isn't going to be radically different from any other common definition. It's unreasonable for you to expect me to write for you what amounts to a college essay.
Who is exploited by someone buying or using something expensive? And if you were to ask any modern socialist in the US, they would be opposed to the exploitation exhibited by those countries. One philosophy can have a myriad of executions, which you should know firsthand as a Christian.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostIn other words you don't know what socialism is. Yet you wanted to tell me I am ignorant because you disagreed with me. got it.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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