"Socialism" Isn't the big bad boogie word Republicans want it to be any more

[HikerGuy83]

That is so general I dont see anything to respond to

Are you familiar with the 10th amendment?

 

[Mac-7]

Whatever.....

Young people, especially those radicallized in universities have generally been leaders in revolution....most of which have be cataclysmic failures.

Our young people are no different.

I agree with the results of most revolutions

It remains to be seen if the under 30’s today will still be lefties when they grow up

 

[Mac-7]

Are you familiar with the 10th amendment?

What about the 10th?

 

[HikerGuy83]

How about we try to let the federal government handle the 18 enumerated powers in the US Constitution, like foreign affairs, national defense, some interstate commerce, and protecting our sovereignty as a nation? Then we can handle all the other stuff at the state or local level, where it was intended to be handled.

This was the ultimate goal.

And the GOP has been a dismal failure in doing this.

Andy Biggs, our candidate for governor here in AZ stresses this all the time. It's one of the planks in his platform.

He is our (I live in AZ CD5) congressman....he knows what a swamp D.C. is.

 

[HikerGuy83]

I agree with the results of most revolutions

It remains to be seen if the under 30’s today will still be lefties when they grow up

Which revolutions did you like?

I didn't think the French Revolution was so great.

I don't believe the Cambodian Revolution was so wonderful either

I can think of some others.

 

[Lockback]

You just proved Glasnost right, do you actually know what a Communist is?

I absolutely do.
And everybody who defends Communism always asks me that question.

 

[HikerGuy83]

What about the 10th?

The GOP at the federal level violates it all the time.

Of course, the democrats do, but you would expect that.

 

[Mac-7]

Which revolutions did you like?

I didn't think the French Revolution was so great.

I don't believe the Cambodian Revolution was so wonderful either

I can think of some others.

Ours

 

[HikerGuy83]

That's all true and here is the formula for success in the US (from my own personal perspective):

1). Propaganda

2). Minimal education

3). Censorship

4). Intimidation

5). Geographic isolation

6). Mongering. Take your pick.
a. War mongering
b. Fear mongering
c. Hero worshipping
d. Patriotism

Feel free to make additions, deletions, or rephrasing, Mr. Stick.

Your schtick here to "Fry" someone is to move both the narrative and the goalposts.

The fact is that Scandinavian countries are not socialist countries in the standard definition of the word.

Your moron acolyte doesn't know this.

I get that you feel the need to defend her, but she's a lost cause.

Socialism in a society is not digital. But a country that has "communal" activities (I love how people say having a police force is a socialistic characteristic......so stupid......) isn't socialist or sociailistic. It is very much on a scale. That is pretty understandable to most people.

Also, it depends on what government you are talking about. My state is larger than Finland or Norway. Our country can be very much a conservative republic while member states can be very socialist in nature.

 

[Mac-7]

The GOP at the federal level violates it all the time.

Of course, the democrats do, but you would expect that.

Its true that repubs are not perfect

We have to try and make the best of s bad situation

 

[rightwinger]

No autocrat in history has reduced the size of government. Trump has.

An autocrat will release those who do not kiss the ring

 

[Mashmont]

An autocrat will release those who do not kiss the ring

Autocrats add workers to government. The great man has reduced government.

 

[HikerGuy83]

Ours

Yes....very much a blessed event.

I believe it was helped by Diety.

However, that is an anomaly. Most are driven by mens quest for power and result in misery and death.

 

[Bitterhook]

Ours

Revolutions do nothing more than provide a chance for something different to happen.

Eventually, a ruling class will develop at the federal level, regardless of their ideology or ambitions. The only way you can limit their power is to limit the power of the federal government and strictly define its responsibilities. To 'govern' is to limit and has little to nothing to do with freedom and liberty.

All the mess about fairness, equality and even equity, in regard to the federal government, can only be achieved by what the federal government does not do for anyone.

Any time we ask the federal government to stretch its power and overreach its basic responsibilities, we are surrendering our power to the ruling class and the establishment. Our Founders understood that, and we have allowed our Constitution and federal government to become so bastardized by political nonsense, that we are in danger of losing it all.

A two-party system only complicates matters, because it forces the fringe into one of the two parties. Legislation becomes clouded with thousands of pages of dogeared carve outs to reconcile and condense power at the federal level. Everything gets crammed into two options, when neither is entirely acceptable or a decent example of responsible governance.

It makes us weak as a nation, and susceptible to outside forces and foreign influence. It won't be easy to fix, because we all need to take responsibility for our part in the failure. It won't be fixed by backing into a corner, throwing down stakes marking your territory and believing you are doing what is necessary by simply throwing everyone else to the wolves.

Sooner or later people will figure out the wolves are coming for them, and they are stuck in a corner with nowhere to go, and no one left to help them.

 

[GLASNOST]

Your schtick here to "Fry" someone is to move both the narrative and the goalposts.

You are an idiot who's been thrashed due to your own ignorance on a subject about which you have absolutely no insight, so you are now trying to manoeuvre your way to the exit without anyone noticing. It ain't gonna' work because I've got my eye on you. You’re fried and your goose is cooked.

 

[HikerGuy83]

You are an idiot who's been thrashed due to your own ignorance on a subject about which you have absolutely no insight, so you are now trying to manoeuvre your way to the exit without anyone noticing. It ain't gonna' work because I've got my eye on you. You’re fried and your goose is cooked.

Thanks for the laugh.

You and your electronic sweetheart can assuage each other (in whatever way you do) all you want. It doesn't change the facts.

 

[Deadstick]

I absolutely do.
And everybody who defends Communism always asks me that question.

So what is it?

 

[Deadstick]

This one makes the most sense to me ↓

We can love our Country without hating others, that's the bottom line, Nationalism needs enemies.

 

[Failzero]

Communism is when the Socialists have Guns

 

[Deadstick]

Nationalism sells the idea that our nation is better than sny other and deserves to be protected

Which I far prefer to globalism that tells people that America is no better than any other country

Depends what you mean by better, better at what?