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I'm pretty sure Hitler would roll over in his grave if he knew people were accusing him of being a Marxist 70 years later.
Seriously? He and the Nazis were ALL ABOUT subjugating the individual to the benefit of the collective society. He even explicitly stated that the individual should be required to learn that their duties were NOT to themselves, but to the collective state.
"The higher interests involved in the life of the whole...must set the limits and lay down the duties of the interests of the individual." - Hitler, speaking at Bueckeburg, October 7, 1933
You just proved my point. The fact they they say they are socialist doesn't make it so. It just mean they are authoritarian as your example shows.
The problem is people can't go beyond words. If stalin says his government is socialist, it just means it is a lie. People can't something as simple as this. I just explained what socialism means, that has never happened in the history of nations, except in the Catalonia revolution for a little while, but they were in the middle of a civil war.
You don't have to feed them, just put a clamp on your MIC running your chit-show and getting you militarily or clandestinely involved in every corner of the planet.
Your post ignores the reality of at least some of those countries that your interpretation of "socialist" apply to, having a better QOL then yourselves.
Not necessarily. Look at the high suicide rates in Scandinavia.
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Sadly, this may mean that increasing happiness by reducing economic inequality could paradoxically produce more suicides as a “side effect.”
I've got to say, this has been a fascinating thread so far.
It's truly amazing how many average Americans side with the plutocracy and against their own interests. It's also amazing to see how many people are still fighting the Cold War.
We're a nation of suckers.
This amazes me as well! The 0.1%s really have us bamboozled. They misdirect our attention with side issues, (race, abortion, who is going to win the latest reality show) while they take everything of value.
You have no idea what socialism is. Like BruSan said, you get the meaning from 100 years of indoctrination by the us government. You can only talk about socialism or anything else for that matter when you can think about it yourselves.
Everything you are saying is just parroting propaganda.
I've got to say, this has been a fascinating thread so far.
It's truly amazing how many average Americans side with the plutocracy and against their own interests. It's also amazing to see how many people are still fighting the Cold War.
We're a nation of suckers.
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The problem with the american working class as they don't see themselves as a exploited proletariat but a temporarily embarrassed millionaire.
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We have been conditioned to believe we are all millionaires-in-waiting. The one percent need to keep everyone believing that. It's what keeps all those good little workers toiling away their lives working for crumbs while the plutocracy takes the lion's share of the fruits of their labor.
Conservatives used to talk about cutting waste in the federal government. Now they talk about raising taxes to feed the machine further. How times have changed!
Funny, that. It's exactly how compound interest works
If you're having a problem understanding that, think a mortgage amortization table, in reverse. In a mortgage, the interest is front-loaded as that's when you owe the most money. In savings/investments, it's exactly the opposite... The more equity you have invested, the greater the amount of the return on the investment.
It's basic math, which I realize is very difficult for many to understand. The lesson, there? Do NOT live beyond your means, and save and invest early and often.
That's a great comparison! Banksters and the usurious ways, (just look at your 29% interest rate Amex Card if you miss a payment) and the unfair advantage that the 0.1%s get through lobbyists, politicians and an unfair tax code.
That's a great comparison! Banksters and the usurious ways and the unfair advantage that the 0.1%s get through lobbyists, politicians and an unfair tax code.
There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”
― Warren Buffett
There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”
― Warren Buffett
Rather it's us who are voluntarily surrendering.
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