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Politics: Left, Right, and Center National, state, regional, and local politics. Who's doing what to whom, and what you can do about it. How-to-get-action messages are encouraged. "How the government fucked up my life" stories are encouraged. Sharing new methods for cheating on taxes is encouraged. Sample "letters to congresscritters" are encouraged. Apathy and "I can't do anything" posts are discouraged. Left, right, centrist, or any other form of political-economic systems are all up for discussion. Be prepared to defend yourself, or at least have a good line of bullshit ready. Extensive quoting of economists and philosophers is frowned upon. We want to hear what YOU have to say, not what some constipated, impotent, dead guy dreamt up while suffering from the DT's over a hundred years ago thought.

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 #1 
Old 2008-12-30, 23:10
Genesis_93 Genesis_93 is offline
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what do you think of communists?
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Old 2008-12-30, 23:48
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Doomed to failure.
Overly democratic in theory, not at all democratic in practice.

I could go on, but I can't be fucked.
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Old 2008-12-31, 03:36
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Communists people are alright i guess.

The communists governments will always fail.
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Old 2009-01-01, 01:10
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Are we still hating this guy? He seems pretty bad ass to me.

http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2007/castro_obit/fidel_castro_01.jpg
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Old 2009-01-01, 06:47
Spiphel Rike Spiphel Rike is offline
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They're bad at logic.
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Old 2009-01-01, 21:15
Carbonbased Carbonbased is offline
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Good in theory, poor in practice (due to human nature).

How the hell is your post a conspiracy theory?
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Old 2009-01-02, 04:52
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Op, if you've got a conspiracy idea to share, you posted in the wrong forum, and this should be moved to Conspiracy. Otherwise, you might have just wanted a discussion about communism. I think you meant the latter.

On that note, basically what everyone else has said. As good as Communism may sound on paper, it is completely impractical due to our very human nature. In Cuba, for example, a doctor own the same as a bean farmer. That's right, a fucking bean farmer. There is no incentive to work, and therefore the economy stagnates.

I won't go any further, though, seeing as how no one is contesting that view. Also, this shit runs deep.
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Old 2009-01-02, 07:14
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Additionally, no communist government has ever been achieved, because it requires a transitional period of "socialist dictatorship" to create a truly communist state, and once you're a socialist dictator, you're not gonna give up your power.
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Old 2009-01-03, 00:41
patton patton is offline
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Isn't "Communist Government" an oxymoron of sorts?
At least the way Marx defined communism there was no class or state.

All the societies that today we call "communist" such as Cuba, the USSR, china were all really more like totalitarian socialists, not communists.
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Old 2009-01-04, 23:48
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Reading Pa USA
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communism is for people who are stupid and lazy
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Old 2009-01-12, 14:46
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Alameda, CA
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Originally Posted by vazilizaitsev89
communism is for people who are stupid and lazy


I agree... they are the type of society that allows a whole class of trust fund brats to inherit a good percentage of their economy's money with no understanding of work or the value of a dollar. What's even worse is that they idolize those brats.
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Old 2009-01-13, 02:50
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People should be free to buy a plot of land and start their own voluntary commune. Anything else about communism is completely immoral.
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Old 2009-01-14, 01:34
patton patton is offline
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Originally Posted by Zay
People should be free to buy a plot of land and start their own voluntary commune. Anything else about communism is completely immoral.


Just curious. Would these people still have to pay taxes? How would you regulate these communes?
 
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