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Originally posted by whyamIhere
My friend George Carlin...RIP....The best video about this subject I have ever watched.
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Originally posted by TexasChem
Originally posted by Boreas
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
reply to post by TexasChem
Remember people, when you vote for your own self-interest, you're being "herded." But when your rights are stripped from you for "national security," while police and the military are elevated to become an unquestionable fourth branch of the government, you're experiencing "freedom."
Exactly. It's the "You're being herded the wrong way! Be herded this way instead." argument that's been going on for years. Politicians are not your friends. We will never ever be the United Socialist States of America or the Imperial States of America. It's all just a distraction game while they (meaning all who desire power above all else) pick your pockets while you're shaking your fists, too busy to notice.
Exactly!
This is one of the reasons people must learn to think for themselves from a logical frame of mind using reason to deduce what is best for society rather than relying upon the "state" to dictate societal needs.
Originally posted by MMPI2
if you call yourself a liberal or a progressive or a communist, then you can not logically call yourself an American. the concepts are mutually exclusive.
Originally posted by TexasChem
“We cannot expect the Americans to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of Socialism, until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism.”
- -Nikita Kruschev, Premiere of the former Soviet Union, 3-1/2 months before his first visit to the United States.
Nina Karsov, in the interview with you, rightly quoted Jozef Mackiewicz referring to Western democracies as “deaf and blind men.” Western democracies never understood the Soviet system as such. The idea of deception as the foundation of foreign policy doesn’t fit into our way of thinking. Westerners can hardly comprehend a pursuit without material benefit, with strictly ideological goals based on a policy of conspiracy against other states. And that is what this is all about. We had quite a few predecessors of Perestoika in the past. We had the economic deception in the 1920s, deception of peaceful coexistence, and the ‘détente’ under the Brezhnev regime. Deception is an essential part of communist ideology. It is a central part of communism and it will continue to be like this. As Nina rightly pointed out, “it would be hard to believe that the wolf has become a vegetarian.” Communism is indeed totalitarian and was never interested in any compromise. So, the “end of communism” proclaimed by the West is a myth. And now we can see the resurgence of communism with the help of the Western right. Instead of punishing the communists for their crimes, the Western right has extended them a hand, like a sign of apology for defeating them. As Olavo de Carvalho nicely pointed out in the interview with Alex Newman for The New American magazine, “This absurd surrender of the winners was also stimulated by powerful globalist circles, whose interest in establishing worldwide bureaucratic controls converges with the objectives of communism.”
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Originally posted by aaa2500
Originally posted by TexasChem
“We cannot expect the Americans to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of Socialism, until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism.”
- -Nikita Kruschev, Premiere of the former Soviet Union, 3-1/2 months before his first visit to the United States.
Why do you cite a 'quote' that is known to be false?
Is it because you didn't check your source or is it because you don't care about facts and think people on ATS are too dumb to check?
Originally posted by EtherPrism
Socialism is great,I gotta say alot of you americans are brainwashed to fear it god knows..why hmm so the cooperate can contiune to save money not giving # about Your average joe n such thats why,
if a person is unable to fend/job for themselves they get free Money from the state to buy Food/Appartment Payments/Activties/ and also Free School even if u goto the most Prestigious university ITS FREE the state pays for your education, this go for Drug addicts/bum n such and they also get Counciling and therphutic help Notice (FREE) if they want, and this also includes Free Healthcare FOR ALL even if your a bum on the street, you do not have to go "uuuups" i dident have Healthcare n i got hurt this sucks... now i got a big ass bill wich i will never be able to payoff making me a slave for the rest of my life, probably be put in some Prison Camp to work off my bill ,
American System is flawed its like Everyman for themselves, and dont give a # about your fellow human let em rot,
I live in norway, wich is socialistic country, the average payment here is 62.0294 USD for people who Wash Floors, and since all got free education its up to you if you want to get a good Job its not based on your Families income, so if you come from a poor family your unable to get the education you need/want even if your bright, but cant because money falls short thats American way, Keep the Gap between Rich and Poor FOREVER the poor gets # jobs and the rich just take over the monopoly scheme and make it go on forever,
For people who does not have a job due to Mental/Physical condition and or other things in norway they get handed:28.8697 USD, + They pay the landlords rent, oh and i forgot + Vecation money in the summer so you can Travle the world if you'd like,
If you dont like To help your fellow human you should be Shot, cause your not human, Humans are Social Being, not greed based,if you study Primates you see they Share with their fellow Primate, not stack up all the banans he found for himself
Originally posted by TexasChem
Originally posted by EtherPrism
Socialism is great,I gotta say alot of you americans are brainwashed to fear it god knows..why hmm so the cooperate can contiune to save money not giving # about Your average joe n such thats why,
if a person is unable to fend/job for themselves they get free Money from the state to buy Food/Appartment Payments/Activties/ and also Free School even if u goto the most Prestigious university ITS FREE the state pays for your education, this go for Drug addicts/bum n such and they also get Counciling and therphutic help Notice (FREE) if they want, and this also includes Free Healthcare FOR ALL even if your a bum on the street, you do not have to go "uuuups" i dident have Healthcare n i got hurt this sucks... now i got a big ass bill wich i will never be able to payoff making me a slave for the rest of my life, probably be put in some Prison Camp to work off my bill ,
American System is flawed its like Everyman for themselves, and dont give a # about your fellow human let em rot,
I live in norway, wich is socialistic country, the average payment here is 62.0294 USD for people who Wash Floors, and since all got free education its up to you if you want to get a good Job its not based on your Families income, so if you come from a poor family your unable to get the education you need/want even if your bright, but cant because money falls short thats American way, Keep the Gap between Rich and Poor FOREVER the poor gets # jobs and the rich just take over the monopoly scheme and make it go on forever,
For people who does not have a job due to Mental/Physical condition and or other things in norway they get handed:28.8697 USD, + They pay the landlords rent, oh and i forgot + Vecation money in the summer so you can Travle the world if you'd like,
If you dont like To help your fellow human you should be Shot, cause your not human, Humans are Social Being, not greed based,if you study Primates you see they Share with their fellow Primate, not stack up all the banans he found for himself
The last time I checked it was a criminal act to take from one man his wealth through the use of, or threat of violence and yet you agree that it is fine for the "state" to do so.You seem smitten with the idea of taking one mans hard earned wealth to give to another even if that other makes the decision to be a drug addict and not be productive in society and responsible for their own wellfare.Where is the logic in that statement? What happened to personal responsibility?
Originally posted by nocents
reply to post by MrXYZ
I hate to tell you, but when the lower class has their needs met by the government ( welfare / Medicaid), and the Government bails out the upper class (General Electric, Goldman Sachs, General Motors, Banks ect.), we are already Socialist.
Oh, did I mention socialized health care or the demise of the middle class ? Or the fact that the bankers wrote the latest wall street regulations?edit on 23-1-2011 by nocents because: (no reason given)edit on 23-1-2011 by nocents because: to add stuff x2