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originally posted by: Annee
What the Left forces - - is Equality - - and that everyone gets a chance.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Annee
I don't see that at all.
Of course not. People on either end of the spectrum never see the shortcomings of their own parties authoritarian dictates.
originally posted by: BIGPoJo
I guess you are the winner in this argument then. I guess it would have been better if China would have never built a wall, just pulled down their pants, and give it up to the enemy.
originally posted by: neo96
a reply to: Krazysh0t
So let me get this straight.
There wasn't anything authoritarian about CLintons 'assault weapons ban'.
Or the Brady Law that for the first time in American History FORCED every American in this country have to ask the States permission to practice their second amendment RIGHTS ?
That was under CLinton too.
Or the 'Affordable' Care Act that FORCE people to buy a corporate product. Healthcare.
Some people sure do need to look in the mirror.
originally posted by: xuenchen
originally posted by: Annee
What the Left forces - - is Equality - - and that everyone gets a chance.
Oh yeah.
It seems the only way to do that is to drag down the levels of "success" and mix it in with the levels of "failure".
That takes massive authoritarian policies doesn't it.
originally posted by: TheBandit795
a reply to: Bluntone22
Yes they are. The U.S. is one of two countries in the world who forces expats to pay U.S. income taxes in addition to the income taxes they pay in the country they reside in. So they think twice before (temporarily or permanently) moving out o f the U.S.. That's authoritarian and a use of force.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
To be honest, I feel that a great many Democrats aren't Democrats because they WANT to be Democrats. They just don't feel any sympathy or love from the Republicans. So that is the only place left for them.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: BIGPoJo
History has proven the exact opposite. The Great Wall of China for example.
Really? You need to brush up on your history. The wall was repeatedly overrun during the Song Dynasty by the Jurchens who even captured the entire Song royal family.
The Mongols were also able to ride though the wall as it had fallen into disrepair when Genghis Khan conquered China.
There is a reason people would build motes around castles. You have to have some form of security, the honor system simply doesn't work.
Moats are only effective on small scale efforts. A sieging army does not even have to ford them, the can starve the occupants into surrender.
There are instance after instance of large-scale fixed fortifications proving to be ineffective from the Classical period all the way up to the modern era.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: BIGPoJo
I guess you are the winner in this argument then. I guess it would have been better if China would have never built a wall, just pulled down their pants, and give it up to the enemy.
It would have been better to, as Sun Tzu cautioned, not engage in warfare at all but seek a political solution. If warfare was then unavoidable they should have destroyed the enemy completely when the opportunity best presented itself. The man knew what he was talking about.
Building a 1,400 mile long wall was wasteful and highly ineffective.
originally posted by: xuenchen
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
To be honest, I feel that a great many Democrats aren't Democrats because they WANT to be Democrats. They just don't feel any sympathy or love from the Republicans. So that is the only place left for them.
Especially Democrat voters that are locked in tight into an endless loop of poverty.
where he is writing his dissertation about authoritarianism.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: Annee
And if I asked you who you politically aligned with I would be correct in saying Clinton or Sanders who are most certainly not Centrists or Libertarian.
originally posted by: Terminal1
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: BIGPoJo
History has proven the exact opposite. The Great Wall of China for example.
Really? You need to brush up on your history. The wall was repeatedly overrun during the Song Dynasty by the Jurchens who even captured the entire Song royal family.
The Mongols were also able to ride though the wall as it had fallen into disrepair when Genghis Khan conquered China.
There is a reason people would build motes around castles. You have to have some form of security, the honor system simply doesn't work.
Moats are only effective on small scale efforts. A sieging army does not even have to ford them, the can starve the occupants into surrender.
There are instance after instance of large-scale fixed fortifications proving to be ineffective from the Classical period all the way up to the modern era.
/agree
Maginot Line anyone?
Fixed fortifications only slow, not stop.
originally posted by: Annee
If you support Socialism - - how can you not be a Globalist?
I personally view the world as a whole - - but, that's a different discussion.