Communism?

[DarkHeartedDemoness]

I'm well used to English evolving. However, the apostrophe is not yet obsolete.

[Drake Dun]

Evolving, yes. Disintegrating, no. If you want people to take you seriously, you should think about brushing up.

Drake

[ArtificialOne]

Being taken seriously here really isn't a priority. Unless someone here is doing my dishes or paying my bills....

I'll leave the real stuff for real life and kickback here without worries of properness...

[Godslayer Jillian]

And yet you feel offended by someone in the boards, not because she was not proper, but because you misunderstood her question and are too proud to apologize.

[ArtificialOne]

No no I stand by that it was an accusation (in the form of a question).. I'm also offended by my cat shoving his butt in my face.. what's your point?

They feel insulted by my gramar aparently????.....

[DarkHeartedDemoness]

Not insulted.

Disgusted.

You meant to say "They feel insulted by my grammar, apparently?"

For the record, I'm probably half your age. That pretty much makes you pathetic.

[ArtificialOne]

Jeez, get a life...

End of post.

Let it go and get on with life, if all you can do is argue about spelling and such.

That's pathetic.

[DarkHeartedDemoness]

I have a life, dollface.

I work weekends. I'm bored. You're a moron.

By the way, why did you say "end of post" in the middle of your post?

[ArtificialOne]

And you're a ***** monkey.
Now I'm down to your level.
Whatever. Get a better job if you are that bored.

[ArtificialOne]

I'm gonna go get a breakfast burrito, so talk to yourself for awhile.
Have a nice "boring" day.

[DarkHeartedDemoness]

Why? I like my job, and I like doing this. There's no reason for me to change just because you feel threatened by someone half your age.

Oh, and I did somehow manage not to use hate speech against you, so you're not "at my level", you're way beneath me, fuckwit.

Plus, my insulting posts are, at the very least, intelligible.

[ArtificialOne]

Whatever you have to tell yourself to sleep at night.
Goodbye.

[DarkHeartedDemoness]

How about that burrito, son?

Or, you know, you could just wait around for me to post again, and give me another weak and impotent rebuttal.

[Vyusher]

Overall, communism has a problem more than that human-nature bullshit peopel prattle on about when discussing it; it is a society designed on the premise of universal equality that reequires a totalitarian central authority to be maintained. I don't mean "to stop people from fucking up," I mean to handle the mass levels of distrobution and logistical trauma a communist system brings with it. For instance, Salvadore Allende's short-lived communist regime wasn't so much brought down by human nature as it was the slowly imploding economy of Chile (General Pinochet murdering several thousand people publicly on U.S. Payroll and declaring himself leader didn't really help matters), because Allende's communist government wasn't as iron-fisted and totalitarian as most in the past, and was unable to handle the supply-and-demand concerns and international trade system.
Portions of communist theory (well, technically, Marxist Conflict theory) would work very well and improve many facets of life if implemented into more governmental systems; anarcho-syndicalism, for instance, though inherently capitalist, focusses heavily on the ideal of workers controlling the means of production. The rich would, as in almost all forms of anarchy, grow richer, but it would be extremely difficult for them to do it on the backs of the poor, far more difficult than in "communism", truth to be told. It also prevents anarchy from being the 1980s post-apocalytpic world image and creates a meritocracy based upon advisories by members of society skilled in a certain area rather than outright laws. The ideas of economic and legal control discussed in Conflict theory lend themselves to this form of government.

[Vako]

Communism eh? No sir, no sir, no sir...

There is good and bad in every ideology, but puhleas... Communism? Not if I can help it.

[HumanePain]

Communism has been proven in other countries to have repeatedly failed the people it governs, and is eventually thrown out and replaced. The countries that continue to strictly adhere to it still force their people to suffer, namely North Korea and Cuba.

[Vako]

Originally Posted by HumanePain

Communism has been proven in other countries to have repeatedly failed the people it governs, and is eventually thrown out and replaced. The countries that continue to strictly adhere to it still force their people to suffer, namely North Korea and Cuba.

I find it interesting you did not include China in there. What are your thoughts on China?

[HumanePain]

Originally Posted by Vako

I find it interesting you did not include China in there. What are your thoughts on China?

China does not strictly adhere to communism. It is a capitalist/communist hybrid.

[CptSternn]

But it is a communist nation, and does better than many so called democracies.

[HumanePain]

Originally Posted by CptSternn

But it is a communist nation, and does better than many so called democracies.

Does better as measured by what metrics?

by Justice: The Chinese court system is in the hands of the Chinese businesses that are willing to pay the most money, or in the hands of the plutocracy. An American businessman (David Li) who represented Walmart was kidnapped in his hotel room, and is still held hostage by Sichuan Changhong Electric, who claims they are owed money. He is not allowed to see a lawyer, post bail, leave, and the vice president of Sichuan Changhong Electric told him "I decide if you live or die".

by living standard: Although the living standard is rising, there are many people in the rural areas who are forced to drink polluted water, leave their homes for public works projects, and whose protests are met with oppression and jail.

by freedom: try complaining about the government, or practicing a religion of your choice.

etc. etc. etc.

[HumanePain]

Correction:

David Li

should be

David Ji

[Vako]

Originally Posted by CptSternn

But it is a communist nation, and does better than many so called democracies.

I would rather live under Democracy than I would under Communism. I am very thankful I was born and live in the West.

[Vako]

Originally Posted by HumanePain

China does not strictly adhere to communism. It is a capitalist/communist hybrid.

In my point of view, China is now a Fascist country. They are moving away from Communism, and moving towards Capitalism, but still not acknowledging or allowing increased civil liberties for their citizens. It is Capitalism without civil liberties, or Authoritarian Capitalism. That is part of doctrinaire Fascism.

Benito Mussolini would be proud.

[Vyusher]

Or appaulled, depending on what time in his life we're speaking of; in his youth, he was an Anarchist circus acrobat.

[Vyusher]

I did not type "appaulled." If you see such a misspelling, your eyes gravely deceieve you.