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(set 23 days ago)
Location: Pine Grove,AL
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Originally Posted by pnwmdk
I have to comment on this:
This is the same Lois Learner who first claimed the fifth Amendment when called to account for her statements, and then resigned to avoid being compelled to speak since she had no right to claim such privilege for official acts or accountability.
If you believe the "shortcut" argument, you probably also believe that "investment" is the same taxes and spending on "green" energy, otherwise known as cronyism.
LOL, and you said i would be the one to question the legitimacy of the source.
Sure. Is that why most rich countries on the planet like UK, CAnada, Australia, Germany, Sweden are liberal while most real life ratholes of africa and south america are conservative. Do you ever think before you open your mouth or one thing precludes the other?
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Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC
One doesn't have to look at Venezuela to understand that liberals and liberalism are the scourge of the Earth. Although Venezuela is a very good example the failed ideology in action.
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Location: Pine Grove,AL
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Originally Posted by pknopp
And I was agreeing there but yet you felt you had to take a swipe anyway.
Again, i was not taking a swipe. I read your post, i felt you didnt realize why he thought you would be against gay marriage so i simply pointed it out.
As i demonstrated in earlier post, when i dont understand why someone said something, i ask.
further more, you still side stepped what you said earlier. You called me a bigot for posting a fact.
You either didnt know it was a fact, or you were frustrated and just lashed out.
Lol. The guy talked about Germany, Sweden or France and you come back with the criticism of USSR ?
What has one thing to the other? Lol
By the way Ayn Rand writing are so naive and dated that its simply embarrassing to bring them up.
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Originally Posted by pnwmdk
Absolutely. fatally flawed.
It is utterly impossible for progressivism to be sustained. Like the former USSR, when nobody is incentivized to produce wealth, eventually, all but the elites starve and suffer greatly. Progressivism, by nature, is designed to remove the risk of being unproductive by confiscating from those that still are. This causes an incentive to NOT work any longer, and the more people stop working and producing, the larger the burden and confiscation from those that do, steepening the collapse curve.
As the article points out, it is more about changing the culture -to one of entitlement and governments that engage in "end run" moves meant to shore up appearances for expediency's sake - that result in eventual collapse as they consume all resources in an attempt maintain the appearance they want.
Perhaps you should read Atlas Shrugged for a description of the "progressive" world - one where NOTHING WORKS.
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