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Old 06-15-2015, 02:56 PM
 
Location: West Harlem
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Nobody getting to the point of officially running-ish for office is an actual socialist.
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Old 06-15-2015, 03:07 PM
 
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What is socialist to some of you? The U.S. military, for example?
What most Americans mean when they say "socialist" is "big government" although socialism has many different lines of thought and being a socialist doesn't necessarily mean that one is in favour of big government.

I think some Americans would even view Adam Smith as a socialist.
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Old 06-15-2015, 03:09 PM
 
Location: Between the Bays
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What is socialist to some of you? The U.S. military, for example?
Its a political economic structure invented by the white man to hold us down so that we can only get what we absolutely need. Yes, that means no new pair of Jordans.
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Old 06-15-2015, 03:11 PM
 
Location: USA
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Its a political economic structure invented by the white man to hold us down so that we can only get what we absolutely need. Yes, that means no new pair of Jordans.

I think you're 25%-right at least. Other than that, the sarcasm was sort of ridiculous, because history speaks for itself. It just depends on who you are and how it has affected you.
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Old 06-15-2015, 03:26 PM
 
Location: New Jersey!!!!
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lol, your quotes are getting better and better!!


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Hilarious no? Pay close attention though and you will find mistakes in the personality of the character. I've believed for awhile now that 11kap is an alternate screen name for someone else...

See how on this page his posts are in near-perfect english with proper sentence structure? Most of the time (and ALWAYS in the beginning), this poster mostly spoke gibberish and was incomprehensible.
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Old 06-15-2015, 03:32 PM
 
Location: Between the Bays
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I think you're 25%-right at least. Other than that, the sarcasm was sort of ridiculous, because history speaks for itself. It just depends on who you are and how it has affected you.
No sarcasm, its the truth. We'll all be forced to dress like europeans because that'll be considered the norm and we won't have the right to challenge it. So stop bowing down to the man.
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Old 06-15-2015, 05:02 PM
 
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^ Ok. Take it how you want it. Your mind is made up anyway.
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Old 06-15-2015, 05:42 PM
 
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^ Ok. Take it how you want it. Your mind is made up anyway.
You'll be walking around Brooklyn with your tight jeans like the newcomers, since of course the government isn't going to allow production of XL, XXL, etc... Just small, medium, and maybe large, because everything else will be deemed as unnecessary.
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Old 06-16-2015, 08:25 AM
 
Location: USA
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You'll be walking around Brooklyn with your tight jeans like the newcomers, since of course the government isn't going to allow production of XL, XXL, etc... Just small, medium, and maybe large, because everything else will be deemed as unnecessary.

You have me so confused that it is not even funny. You must be talking about yourself really, because half the stuff you talk about is just silly, and I am so not entertained. Go away.
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Old 06-16-2015, 08:27 AM
 
Location: Bergen County, NJ
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What most Americans mean when they say "socialist" is "big government" although socialism has many different lines of thought and being a socialist doesn't necessarily mean that one is in favour of big government.

I think some Americans would even view Adam Smith as a socialist.
Most Americans don't even know what that means. A lot of people with a straight face say Obama and Hilary Clinton are socialists.

It's just a big empty word in this country. Like liberal and conservative. These words have no meaning anymore.
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