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Originally posted by devilwasp
Originally posted by National Security Agency
Really? Wow. You have to be joking, right? So, in your expert opinion was the USSR communist?
Hell no they werent comunist!
If the USSR was communist I would call the state of missipi pre 1950 a civil rights workers playground!
Originally posted by National Security Agency
It was the world's first Communist state, with the political organization of the country defined by the only permitted political party, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Sounds similar to previous examples, heh?
The logic you give proves you have no logical thoughts and most likely are just stating stuff that you know isn''t true just to continue argument.
Also comunism does not state that comunism must be the only party...
Originally posted by cmdrpaddy
The problem is that communism cannot work if there is an opposition party that doesn't follow communist principles of economics, just as in a western country a (strong) communist opposition cannot exist because of the economic and social system in place. There are many examples in history of extremist parties in opposition and things not working out very nicely (eg Spain).
No matter what way you look at it Communism cannot produce a functioning country that remains stable for very long, it doesn't make sense. People have little insentive to work if there is no possibility of improving their own circumstances, this alone dooms communism from the start.
Human nature is the problem
Originally posted by cmdrpaddy
Thats a pretty damn big problem you've got there!
Are you suggesting that people who don't support communism are bad?
Originally posted by devilwasp
Comunism makes people work for things...you want 2 loafs of bread from me , then you dig my garden
I want water off you, I trade you metal or something else..
Originally posted by National Security Agency
Devilwasp, are you God because you seem to know everything about everything? Just wondering........
Its a huge barter system!
Barter is a simple form of trade where goods or services are exchanged for a certain amount of other goods or services, i.e. there is no money involved in the transaction. Barter trade was common in societies where no monetary system existed or in economies suffering from a very unstable currency (as when hyperinflation hits) or a lack of currency.
Oh wait, let me guess, I'm wrong, devilwasp?
By the way, water is free.
[edit on 6-4-2005 by National Security Agency]
Originally posted by devilwasp
Depends in what ammounts and where you live...also the bottles of water you get out of the super market arent exsactly "free" are they?
Originally posted by National Security Agency
If you walk to a lake and drink the water thus it is free, or am I wrong again?
Or do you want to include the supplies it takes to walk there such as footwear, etcetera?
Its so much fun to argue with you.
[edit on 6-4-2005 by National Security Agency]
Originally posted by National Security Agency
Ah. devilwasp. Your the most hilarious person i've met here at ATS. I've enjoyed your.....perspective. I hope you don't believe in the things you say. Sincerely, NSA
Originally posted by devilwasp
Thanks....I hope you do take heed of what I say....I dont really see why your makeing a fuss about all this.....I thought the red scare ended in December of 1991....did I miss another bombing of the supreme justices house?
Originally posted by National Security Agency
Well, in your version of history it didn't end or begin. You said the USSR was not a communist/marxist/lenin, so in your version the Red Scare would've never been anything other than the media and history writing that the Red Scare was real.
In what context are you referring to Supreme Justice's houses? I have no idea what thats about.