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Old 01-24-2011, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Virginia Beach
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How did you come up with that conclusion?
How can a government that deprives people from a privet property right be perfect?
I say "ideally', not "literally".

The "ideal" part comes with everyone being happy with the distribution.

The reality comes with the fact that humanity is too greedy to ever be happy with that.
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Old 01-24-2011, 02:14 PM
 
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You, as with most revisionists forget the Indians and Mexicans that were living on this continent before the white man Capitalists came along torn it away how many died there hmmmm, thinking Millions? And lets not forget those black people that helped build this nation but I am sure your history books say they were well treated and never harmed just singing away in the fields. Any of those ring a bell? I can give more examples but that should be enough to enlighten you.
Casper
Your way out in left field. What you mentioned were WARS, not the government killing people they didn't like. Come on now and cough up more of your ridiculous examples.
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Old 01-24-2011, 02:15 PM
 
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I say "ideally', not "literally".

The "ideal" part comes with everyone being happy with the distribution.

The reality comes with the fact that humanity is too greedy to ever be happy with that.
Yep, everyone was sure happy as all hell to be waiting on bread and firing lines.
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Old 01-24-2011, 02:21 PM
 
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I say "ideally', not "literally".

The "ideal" part comes with everyone being happy with the distribution.

The reality comes with the fact that humanity is too greedy to ever be happy with that.
Have you ever noticed in those places where they try to build an ideal society a.k.a communism the government turns out to be greedy not the people?
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Old 01-24-2011, 02:22 PM
 
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Last time I checked Mao and Stalin weren't fans of the working class, women's rights, or GLBT rights.
Stalinism and communism aren't mutually exclusive.
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Old 01-24-2011, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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I'd urge most CD PnCers to go when the van stops in their city, since most CD PnCers are absolutely ignorant as to what communism is.

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The Soviet Union was communist
Exhibit A: SourD
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Old 01-24-2011, 02:30 PM
 
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Exhibit A: SourD
Exhibit B:

You have no idea what you are even talking about. Are you saying that the Soviet Union WAS NOT communist????
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Old 01-24-2011, 02:42 PM
 
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Exhibit B:

You have no idea what you are even talking about. Are you saying that the Soviet Union WAS NOT communist????
They were building communism.
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Old 01-24-2011, 02:45 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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... there was a mass genocide of communists by Nazis as well.
Yep, Nazis are another leftist organization who believed in the socialist utopia of gun control.
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Old 01-24-2011, 02:46 PM
 
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They were building communism.
They finished building it quite a long time before it collapsed.
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