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Originally Posted by Savoir Faire
Because North Korea is just like Sweden and France????
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Originally Posted by Savoir Faire
Either a troll or an idiot. Who equates Sweden and France with Soviet Union, or North Korea??? Seriously, this is someone who knows nothing about politics, nothing.
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You mean like you?
North Korea, France and Sweden are nation-States, and note that all have been fascist at one time or another and sometimes again. The Soviet Union was a confederation.
Politically...
Mircea
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Originally Posted by mohawkx
I like the country I live in. I just don't like the far right fascists who are trying to take it from me.
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The "far right fascists" are taking anything from you -- you're freely giving it up.
Pointing out the obvious....
Mircea
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Originally Posted by LookinForMayberry
Mostly, I would like people to stop being so mean spirited, sanctimonious, and self-righteous, as if they personally had all the answers and everyone else needed to hear them.
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I guess you didn't study the "Rat Test" in you psychology classes.
four males four female white lab rats seeded for test. Rats given optimum temperature, humidity, hours of "day" and "night" no hindrances, no predators and all the food and water they could.
Experiment recorded on time-lapse video.
Rat colony expands gradually, then the population explodes and then for some bizarre still as of yet unknown reason, population growth plateaus -- become zero and then turns into negative population growth.
Rats are observed exhibiting strange behaviors -- not mating, isolating. acting violent, forming "gangs" and attacking other rats -- as time goes on, the violence decreases but rats are continuously more isolated refusing to socialize with other rats, refusing to mate and even refusing to eat.
The experiment ended when the last rat died and the entire colony ceased to exist, and that was about 9 days after the population peaked and plateaued.
There's a documentary aired on PBS about 20 years (right at the height of the gang war hysteria in the US). The time-lapsed film footage of the rats is pretty powerful stuff to watch.
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Originally Posted by LookinForMayberry
I would like patriotism to mean more than waving flags and bombing innocent people.
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Then why do you keep making 435 mistakes every 2 years?
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Originally Posted by LookinForMayberry
I don't want to support troops. I want to support teachers, health care providers, and the people that keep our streets safe. I want our troops to come home.
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Okay, but are you prepared to live with the consequences of your actions?
The answer is a clear and resounding "No." You are all talk, and no action.
Let me explain how it works:
You, through your own personal actions and the actions of others tell the government that you want a certain life-style, quality of life and standard of living --- one that is infinitely superior to all other people on Earth and you want to paid handsomely to boot.....
....then having told your government what through your actions, your government sends troops overseas and drops fire on people so that you can have your certain life-style, quality of life and standard of living, and make 400x more in wages than other people on Earth.
Quite clearly you are an hypocrite.
Because you see, if you wanted to bring the troops home permanently, then you would tell your government that by saving 20% of your income, by getting rid of your credit cards, by demanding smaller homes, by living in apartments instead of homes, by owning only one or two cars, and by not purchasing a new car every two or three years, by cancelling your cable and internet, by not buying name brand clothing, by living a much simpler life-style.
See?
Reality bites...
Mircea
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Originally Posted by natalie469
Why would we want to be another country  How about our politicians start compromising for the good of all of us. |
Politicians have been compromising---- that's why you're in the mess you're in and you'll continue to be in this mess until he stop compromising.
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Originally Posted by VMH2507
That would be great if BOTH sides were willing to compromise. Unfortunately neither is at this point.
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You don't understand the situation. The compromise at this point is either slit your throat or slit your wrists.
To be successful, there are certain things that must be done, and there is no compromise. In fact, to compromise is to embrace defeat. And in spite of what you might think, sometimes there's only one right way or one best way to do something, in which case compromise is harmful and destructive, not beneficial.
Not compromising...
Mircea
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Originally Posted by InformedConsent
Looks like Sweden is winning the poll. Hmmmm... Demographically, Sweden is a much more homogeneous country than the U.S.
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Yes, Sweden is a nation-State and nation-States historically lend themselves to fascism due to the fact that they have an huge homogenous population and typically 1 or 2 very small minorities who make up perhaps 3% to 8% of the population, and are easily labeled as scape-goats when things go wrong.
That is why all Euro nation-States were fascist at one time or another -- sometimes more than once.
Fascism is nearly impossible in an heterogeneous country.
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Originally Posted by InformedConsent
Liberals, how do you plan on making the U.S. population more homogeneous? (That means how do you plan on making the U.S. much less diverse?)
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I'm sure they have a plan like death camps or something.
Demographically....
Mircea
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Originally Posted by HurricaneDC
Swedes live a pretty good life and they invented melodic death metal. They're alright in my book.
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Yes, they do live a good life, right up to the point they become alcoholics and then right up to the point they commit suicide.
Not over-looking reality...
Mircea
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Originally Posted by odinloki1
Wait a second, the founding fathers compromised...........:0
Guess thats something the tea party forgot......
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Uh, the compromise was between dictatorship and presidency. Right? Some, like Hamilton wanted a powerful central government with a king -- just like Liberals want. Others wanted a weaker central government with limited powers, like conservatives want.
Looks like something you forgot.
Reminding....
Mircea
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Originally Posted by 313Weather
I guess a lot of conservatives were trying to troll by voting "20th Century Soviet Union."
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I voted for 20th Century Soviet Union because Belarus, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Zimbabwe, Mali, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Greece, Equatorial Guinea and Syria were not options.
Voting...
Mircea
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Originally Posted by ABQConvict
Troll poll. Here is a suggestion for the next one:
-1st century AD Palestine
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1st Century AD Palestine was under control of the Romans. They had running water, sewage, security, public baths, sanitation, libraries, schools, education, peace and such --- right to the time about 100 christs started the Jewish Civil Wars in 66 CE.
Oh, yes, and they weren't on welfare either.
Archaeologically...
Mircea
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