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Debunked, "Socialism has never worked"

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by Patricio Da Silva, Jul 7, 2020.

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  1. quiller

    quiller Well-Known Member

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    If I were sponsored, like one leftist here who posts 25,000 words a day of cut-and-paste, I would have far more time to condescend to those who are ruining America. So sponsored? I wish.

    The rest of your post was wasting electrons. My. Nothing new there either.

    Discipline builds character. Permissive creates bullies. Karens or worse.
     
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    Zero content. If you can't work out a reasoned comment, then just say so. I'm sure the psychologists mind you will test RWA attitudes over Trump's camouflage shirts. Only a matter of time really...
     
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    Zero content.
     
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    Reiver Well-Known Member

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    Is this your effort at critiquing RWA? Needs a little work ;)
     
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    No it was commenting on your post.
     
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    Which referred to RWA. Bit obvious really.
     
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    1) Yes, Shatner. Exactly.

    2) I love TNG, but I love it because it was spare, conceptual, and beautifully paced .. moralising and Wes notwithstanding.

    3) DS9 for the win, always.

    4) Enjoyed Voyager .. because girl power and medicine pouches. Also, a grand adventure!

    5) I must admit to a softspot for Enterprise. I like the flawed captain thing, and some of the characters were great.

    6) No Discovery pour moi, merci.

    I'm a Star Wars hater. Overblown dross, in every iteration.
     
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    No it ain't.

    It's 'everyone must work'. No seizing, when everything is earned.
     
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  9. quiller

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    And you're not?

    *SNORK!*
     
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    Avery Brooks was kickin' it as Hawk in the Spenser detective series, and Broadway-quality dramatic actor well worth watching just standing there with his expressive face and stage presence. The boy? Not so much.

    I had a mental blank on this one, although it was pretty darn good until it went for the pubescent teen boy viewers with Jeri Ryan in her paint-job costume. Make that postpubescent boys as well. Oh hell. Nice outfits.

    Connor Trinneer struck me a bit the wrong way in S-1 but I recently got and binged-on the whole run and found him to be the best of the bunch. They gave him a good running story arc.

    An unlikable captain and high improbability factor do make Season 1 a chore. Season 2 picks up but some viewers may not want to make the effort. I can understand. Anson Mount is terrific as new captain.

    Well, for cheese, 1-3 still have their place. That and slave girl outfits.
     
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    1) Avery Brooks would terrify me, if he was my dad. It would like being the child of a god (no Jesu).
    2) Voyager was great. The only annoyance for me, was Cap'n's Hepburnesque vocal fry. Seven of Nine .. bless her. She worked!
    3) I adore Trip Tucker. He was incredibly annoying at the start, but he grew. I found most of the characters more complex than in other series.
    4) Maybe one day ... I'll Discover
    5) Can't do SW. Have seen all of them, some several times. My mind wanders within 10 minutes, and remainder of film becomes a punishment. Every.Single.Time.
     
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    I like Star Trek too. The best two were the two reboots imo. I enjoyed every one of them though
     
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    I used to roll with Robert Beltran
     
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    He was a bit of a hotty, back in the day. That face tatt :p
     
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    Xandufar Active Member Past Donor

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    Spare us the marxist propaganda. Try reading the Constitution and the Federalist Papers like every American should. Read Plato's Republic. Socrates revealed why socialism is stupid 2,500 years ago
     
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    Xandufar Active Member Past Donor

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    I had a good friend in Cali that still is a good friend of Robert Beltran. We hung out. True story
     
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    Tell him I said hi :)
     
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    So you're excusing not knowing a form of socialism by referring to an outdated text that I doubt you've read? True to form!
     
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    Try reading Plato's Ship of Fools where he is describing your Covidiot-in-Chief's abject FAILURE of a regime. Gov DeSantis is just a MiniMe version of the same sinking ship.
     
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    So, the same old false dichotomy fallacy capitalists and socialists have been peddling for ~150 years? I'll pass, thanks.
     
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    There is only one kind of socialism: state ownership of the means of production. I assure you I've read ALL of Plato, and ALL of The Federalist Papers. The fact that you dismiss The Republic as "an outdated text" is yet another example of your silliness.
     
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    So, by not actually doing any reading on socialist political economy, you are able to pretend that this political economy does not exist. That is cheese in the ears politics. Do you have a cunning plan like Baldrick?
     
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    I live in a Republic. My plan is to keep it.
     
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