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Originally posted by christina-66
reply to post by Cancerwarrior
My reading comprehension is just fine thanks - but your swipe at communism (even if it had ever truly existed) harks back to the fear mongering of the McCarthy era. (and I just hate fear mongering)
And I guess Russia (and many other countries) were not communist for several decades? If that is what you are saying, I have known and served with personally several Russians that would disagree with that asinine statement. I dare you to go to eastern Ukraine or mother Russia and find someone who lived there through the middle of the last century and tell them that communism is all rainbows and hookers.
And since you bring it up, Capitalism/Democracy certainly has its flaws, but I would take it anyday over the bootheels of an iron fisted communist government dictatorship.
Is George Orwell a prophet?
Originally posted by christina-66
reply to post by Cancerwarrior
No you are not my enemy. You are a part of a conversation and that’s what we’re having here – you have been a member of this site for over a year now and you haven’t yet grasped the concept?
Originally posted by christina-66
And no – for your information Russia was never ever truly a communist state – it was an extreme form of socialism (Google it).
Originally posted by christina-66
And you've done it yourself – you've proven my point – simply with the use of a forward slash
Capitalism and democracy are NOT one and the same. They are completely different concepts. One pertains to economics and the other to politics. The choice is not capitalism v communism. That’s a stupid comparison (comparing apples to pears) and I don’t think you’re stupid.
Originally posted by christina-66
what started out as faltering attempts at democracy in the so-called developed world quickly dissolved into capitalism - and unfortunately - capitalism, in many peoples' minds equates to democracy.
Originally posted by christina-66
And FYI this is a bulletin board – with many more readers than participators. I wasn't giving a lecture to you – but rather trying to discuss an important topic with you and help educate anyone else who may be reading. Get that ego of yours in check.
Originally posted by christina-66
Bring back the concept of the mixed economy – that’s my message.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
reply to post by Cancerwarrior
And I guess Russia (and many other countries) were not communist for several decades? If that is what you are saying, I have known and served with personally several Russians that would disagree with that asinine statement. I dare you to go to eastern Ukraine or mother Russia and find someone who lived there through the middle of the last century and tell them that communism is all rainbows and hookers.
Except the whole capitalism/communism thing is somewhat of a false dichotomy. You know who helped communism get going? Same people that helped Capitalism get going-the banking families/Illuminati. The whole dichotomy was set up for mostly one purpose-social engineering society in the way the puppet masters wanted it to go. Plus there is that whole us vs. them, divide and conquer thing that the puppet masters like so much.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
reply to post by Cancerwarrior
You win major points for using the word speechify. Other than that, sadly you are right on. But then,. that's part of the plan isn't it. When I look at the kinds of things my (would be if she lived) nearly 99 year old grandma studied in high school prior to the Rockefeller education "reform" and compare it to the kinds of things high schoolers learn today there is no comparison. Unfortunately dumbing down the population is part of the plan and it has been all too successful. The really sad truth of the matter is that I think that the majority of Americans currently living are unable to tell propaganda from truth. Don't think for a minute that it's by mistake.
When the whole 2012 thing was going on late last year I was really thinking something might happen. Not that the world was going to blow up or aliens were returning or anything like most people seemed to think was going to happen. What I thought about was how the government has psychologsts, social engineers, behavioral scientists etc. who are just sitting around thinking of ways to capitalize and further their own agendas on all of the 2012 hysteria. That thought scared me alot more than the thinking world was going to just blow up at midnight on Dec. 21st.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
What if Syria, NK, Iran, Gaddafi, etc. were being demonized because they were actually going against the plans for the NWO. What if they were actually the "good guys?" Now I know that it's not as simple as all of that as even the "good guys" have done bad things, but it's an interesting consideration nonetheless considering the state of the world.
There were however many times that I remember patroling the pipelines and poppy fields. I'm talking about poppies everywhere, as far as you can see to the horizon.