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Old 10-14-2021, 10:37 AM
 
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I heard someone suggest the other day that the US is in "late stage communism". I dont know that I disagree
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Old 10-14-2021, 10:39 AM
 
Location: A Nation Possessed
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No it's not really a Marxist revolution.
Yes. Yes, it is. American style...

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It is the ultra rich seizing control of the government so they can get richer.
Exactly as it has played out in any other "communist" revolution. Do you honestly think the ruling class in the USSR were NOT rich and did NOT seize control of Russia so they could get richer. If so, don't be so naive.

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Mark Zuckerberg does not care about poor people.
Neither did Lenin, Stalin, Castro, etc, other than making EVERYONE besides themselves poor. A poor, uneducated, brainwashed society is not a threat to the elites.

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A Marxist society would have no Zuckerbergs.
You just go right on thinking that. And keep believing in unicorns and Santa Claus as well.


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Is it really that important to use Facebook? I've never used it. I don't see the point.
No it is not. The only thing we agree upon here. In fact its about as useful/important as getting hooked on morphine.
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Old 10-14-2021, 10:39 AM
 
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We see Communist tactics now . Smearing the other side.
My irony detector just blew up.
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Old 10-14-2021, 10:45 AM
 
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I read your post in Goofy’s voice.
Thats an insult to goofy
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Old 10-14-2021, 11:24 AM
 
Location: Orange County, CA
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Yes. Yes, it is. American style...



Exactly as it has played out in any other "communist" revolution. Do you honestly think the ruling class in the USSR were NOT rich and did NOT seize control of Russia so they could get richer. If so, don't be so naive.



Neither did Lenin, Stalin, Castro, etc, other than making EVERYONE besides themselves poor. A poor, uneducated, brainwashed society is not a threat to the elites.



You just go right on thinking that. And keep believing in unicorns and Santa Claus as well.




No it is not. The only thing we agree upon here. In fact its about as useful/important as getting hooked on morphine.
Very simple for us to agree. One way is to simply define what "Marxist" means on City-Data. Then we would likely agree. What Marxism is in theory is different from what some countries have claimed to follow. Plenty of varieties there.

It's like I am talking about an ideal point and someone objects, saying the mark I made on the blackboard is a few millimeters in size, and proceed to accuses me of believing in unicorns and Santa Claus.
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Old 10-14-2021, 11:34 AM
 
Location: USA
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They have no problems calling themselves Leftist these days. When I was a Dem 20 years ago no one would even consider calling themselves Leftist. In reality it's a matter of how Left they are, which varies with every Democrat. We know the BLM founders and the people that created the CRT movement are Marxist, right from their own mouths. And if you read Bernie Sanders quotes from the past he sings the praises of Communist countries everywhere
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Old 10-14-2021, 11:37 AM
 
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...any 'ism' will work in a society if the people have a moral and ethical compass and act as such...absent that, you can dress any 'ism' up in any way you want , it WILL fail...it has less to do with the 'form' of government than it has to do with the people running the government...
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Old 10-14-2021, 11:42 AM
 
Location: Suburb of Chicago
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- Military/ federal workforce being purged due to mandates
- Constitutionalists valuing freedom, resisting vax continuing to be portrayed as the enemy
- Green New Deal being implemented
- Radical leftist social agenda being implemented and children successfully being indoctrinated by them
- Election system comprimised
- Extreme partisan censorship
- All major news networks complicit
Police forces are also impacted.

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Yep and we were warned about this for years and here it is. There are really no old school democrats left and if there are their party moved on without them into Marxism.
In addition to what you've stated, I wouldn't be surprised if the Republican party hasn't been infiltrated by fakes who will vote with the Democrat Socialists.
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Old 10-14-2021, 11:45 AM
 
Location: Philaburbia
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We see Communist tactics now . Smearing the other side.
Oh, sweet irony.

Makes the rest of your manifesto not worth reading.
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Old 10-14-2021, 11:47 AM
 
Location: Orange County, CA
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They have no problems calling themselves Leftist these days. When I was a Dem 20 years ago no one would even consider calling themselves Leftist. In reality it's a matter of how Left they are, which varies with every Democrat. We know the BLM founders and the people that created the CRT movement are Marxist, right from their own mouths. And if you read Bernie Sanders quotes from the past he sings the praises of Communist countries everywhere
That BLM woman who claimed to be Marxist trained, made a lot of money from BLM and bought an expensive home, away from "the little people". The reason why people have no problem calling themselves leftist, is because people now believe the ultra rich are leftists too. It's a lie. Those in power just want the votes.
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