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Originally by GradyPhilpott
What's with the second-person personal pronoun, Ivan. You said you lived in America. Are you another individual who's trying to pass himself off as American citizen?
Save your pessimism for your marxist minions or someone as gullible as you.
Originally by GradyPhilpott
You're so incredibly ill informed, I can't believe you can type.
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
The real threat to America is not from without, but from within. It is not from explosives, but from an erosion of our values and our institutions. The changes I have seen in my short (yes, short) 55 years is astonishing. I know that some deny these changes, while some revel in them.
It is manifested in such things as abortion, the killing of our future. It is manifested in gay marriage and divorce, the erosion of the institution of procreation and the socialization of children. It is manifested in the belief that Free Speech is synonymous with criticizing your country and rampant obscenty and indecency. It is manifested in the belief that society owes the individual more than the indidvidual owes the sociey.
It is marxist ideology which has fueled the movements which have caused these sentiments to take hold in our nation.
It is manifested in the belief that society owes the individual more than the indidvidual owes the society.
Originally posted by Megaquad
But anyway, as time passes, there are more and more indications that US will be implementing socialist policies. It's part of Elite's philosophy that there are desirable limits to economic growth, and that is usually accomplished by redistributing wealth with high taxes and brainwashing kids in classrooms.
Originally posted by Flyboy211
Good to see people making sense here.
Someone said that the EU is more 'communist' than America, how is this so?
Originally posted by Flyboy211
Wouldn't part of the reason why some EU countries have socialist welfare programmes becuase they used to be in the Warsaw Pact? Not to mention the various Eastern European countries that have just joined the EU that were under the influence of the former Communist Soviet Union.
Originally posted by Megaquad
Originally posted by Flyboy211
Good to see people making sense here.
Someone said that the EU is more 'communist' than America, how is this so?
Countries of EU have a massive socialist welfare programs that choke the whole economy down.
- Europeans work around 10 less hours per weak
- Average USsian has around 9800$ more to spend per year if I remember correctly
- whole EU economy is effectively flat, no real growth.
Take this article for example, it gives you an idea of their perverted market control policies:
www.fool.com...
Originally posted by Gazrok
Interesting....that your leader could be sitting in the enemy's jail, and yet somehow this would be conceived of as "winning"....
Originally posted by Aelita
I don't have a problem with their "market controls". Looks like they have very balanced and happy societies.
Originally posted by koji_K
Originally posted by Megaquad
Countries of EU have a massive socialist welfare programs that choke the whole economy down.
- Europeans work around 10 less hours per weak
- Average USsian has around 9800$ more to spend per year if I remember correctly
- whole EU economy is effectively flat, no real growth.
Take this article for example, it gives you an idea of their perverted market control policies:
www.fool.com...
"I can afford a wide-screen TV cause I work 50 hours a week! Truly am I blessed! Shame I can't afford that operation I need, or some higher education..."
-koji K.
Originally posted by Megaquad
Originally posted by Aelita
I don't have a problem with their "market controls". Looks like they have very balanced and happy societies.
Yes, real nice and happy communist utopia.
We'll see in decade or two how they are left in dust, getting more and more poor.
Such government interference in market is no way to bring jobs and growth, or advance culture.
[edit on 27-8-2004 by Megaquad]
Originally posted by Megaquad
Now you see what would happen without capitalism, US wouldn't be able to protect allies in WW2 or Cold War.
At the time of WW2, USA generated 1/3 of WORLD resources and it had only 7% of world population.
If Europe was conquered, USA would probably be destroyed too.
Ooh BTW.. chances are you wouldn't use this computer because without free market computing technology would never get advanced this far.
[edit on 27-8-2004 by Megaquad]
Originally posted by Gazrok
Interesting....that your leader could be sitting in the enemy's jail, and yet somehow this would be conceived of as "winning"....
Originally posted by Megaquad
You see, if there wasn't for US capitalist economy, there would be NO EUROPE as we know it now, or their welfare, or free operations. They would be CONQUERED by Nazi's or Soviet Russia, remember??
Freedom has a price, and thanks to huge output generated by its economy US can defend it.
Now you see what would happen without capitalism, US wouldn't be able to protect allies in WW2 or Cold War.
At the time of WW2, USA generated 1/3 of WORLD resources and it had only 7% of world population.
If Europe was conquered, USA would probably be destroyed too.
Ooh BTW.. chances are you wouldn't use this computer because without free market computing technology would never get advanced this far.
[edit on 27-8-2004 by Megaquad]