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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:17 PM Original message |
Why are some people so strongly against Socialism? |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. easy... |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. yes indeed |
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Bad Penny (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
65. True dat |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #65 |
89. That's why it's so important to them to run down the public |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
76. I agree |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #76 |
85. They don't know it's been alive and well here for almost a century |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
82. The Only Response This Thread Needed. -NT- |
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boolean (992 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because they play with the English language |
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insanerepubs (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I am not dumb |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. No benefit. |
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Hav (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. . |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. The ebb and flow |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Welcome To DU. |
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insanerepubs (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. Thank You |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Deleted message |
insanerepubs (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
46. Sorry |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #46 |
92. Ignore it. |
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Lefta Dissenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. nice... |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
59. Pretty stinking rude there boolean. And |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. For one thing we don't have a free market system. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. For one thing, |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Okay, let's just look at some of the social democracies of Europe |
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Show_Me _The_Truth (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 07:58 AM Response to Reply #35 |
114. Ever been to Toronto? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #114 |
115. Canada isn't socialist and it isn't in Europe |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. The Market cured my herpes! |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. sorry to be so frank, but it's dumb to contrast socialism |
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boolean (992 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. EVERYBODY READ THE ABOVE POST |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. DITTO |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
78. That's true |
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Bad Penny (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
66. something about making greedy, selfish capitalists |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
69. What "Free-Market"? |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
91. Socialism IS part of the "free market system" - they're not mutually |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. Re: Language and propaganda |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Libertarians promoting a flat tax used the slogan: |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. The cold war generations and their parents and children... |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. because this is ameriKa |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. 50 years of brainwashing |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. For the same reason that "liberal" is a dirty word nowadays. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because they feel their pockets are being picked. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because capitalism WORKS! |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. I Am A Socialist. It Is The Future And It Works. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. It is a question involving |
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insanerepubs (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. What |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. It is the study of |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. Let's simplify |
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insanerepubs (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. What happens |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. then you're too selfish.. |
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insanerepubs (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. Who |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #51 |
131. We can pay your one-way trip |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
93. Exactly! |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Nope |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
63. That's easy! |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
118. I knew that one was a troll....he had the smell of one. nt |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because there are many here who are in favor of the corporations! |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why are some people so strongly against Communism or Nazism? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Brainwashing since WWII. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. The Democratic Socialism of Sweden |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 09:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
86. Thank you for demonstrating the mindset of the ignorant... |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
94. Nominate this post as the most ignorant post of the day/week |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
100. Double recommend for the dumbest post of the month. |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
105. I asked the question that most of you havent bothered to answer |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. Umm, no |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #105 |
117. LOL |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #105 |
140. Yeah, writing utterly imbecilic statement DOES tend to hit nerves. -nt |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. Knee-jerk reaction to the word, instead of actual knowledge. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. Because only the hardline approach has any hope of working |
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cadmium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. great question. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. The Soviet Union, China and Cuba are NOT 'Communist' they are Totalitarian |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
62. I don't think Cuba falls into the totalitarian category |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #62 |
84. whatever... return to origional point |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #84 |
97. if your original point was about Cuba being totalitarian |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because the Corporate Bastards control this country & they hate Socialism. |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. But what does this have to do with Socialism |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Nothing |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. At what level if any does Socialism not work? |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
37. Because they're selfish pricks |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
39. You're Definition Of Socialism Is Amazingly Flawed. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
101. Universal health care, universal education, and welfare |
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michaelpush (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. FEAR is why... |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Right -- unless greed is eradicated, pure Socialism, however lofty |
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OllieLotte (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. Exactly right. Greed has been around for a long time. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
42. I don't know enough about the mechanics of socialism as |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. Read this quote to see what we're facing |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. labels are weapons |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
49. Also |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. The explanation lies right in your first |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
55. I am probably completely wrong, but this is what I think is the |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
58. I don't think socialism is more reviled than communism. |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
60. Wellll, on this side of the pond...shocker! (and thread needs R's) |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
61. Because of the second "S" in "USSR". |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #61 |
87. And this is different from the "Pro-Capitalists" how? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
68. I prefer a hybrid social capitalism/capitalist socialism sytem, myself. nt |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Over here it's called capitalism with social corrections |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #72 |
102. How about socialism with "market corrections"? Why not? /nt |
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Idioteque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
70. You are describing social liberalism, not socialism. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. An important note. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #70 |
95. No - what you described is COMMUNISM, not socialism. |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
71. IMO its kinda complex |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
73. Greed. |
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whirlygigspin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. you sound like a commie, partner |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
77. socialism. . . |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
79. Bolsheviks. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
80. ..because of extremism ON BOTH SIDES. Socialism and Capitalism. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 08:56 AM Response to Reply #80 |
88. But socialism DOES include incentives |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #88 |
98. I say it DOES. Even gave an example to say it DOES. SS. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 06:10 AM Response to Reply #98 |
110. How would it be that my saying socialism does include incentives, |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #110 |
112. . because you tried to say I hadn't, when I had. |
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Stockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
81. Freedom, Equality, Solidarity and Democracy |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
83. For my Grandpa, socialism and unionism was next to godliness-ism |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
90. Pure, simple IGNORANCE... |
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GOPS Worst Fear (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
96. What's worse? Socialism or Fascism? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #96 |
103. They are not opposites. One has nothing to do with the other. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #96 |
121. A left jack boot up your ass feels no better than a right jack boot |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
99. Because they don't know what it is |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
104. Because of the myth of American Supremacy |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #104 |
120. Thanks for the link to the great article. nt |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
107. Addiction to propaganda. n/t |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
108. Socialism is NOT Communism: It's the only system that's fair and works. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
109. Ignorance. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
111. Because a lot of people use Socialism to mean Communism |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
113. Socialism is a word that means whatever you want it to mean |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:00 AM Response to Reply #113 |
116. The economy we have now is regulated by rules made by the State |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #116 |
122. by my definition? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 04:50 AM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Did you not define socialism as |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #123 |
126. I do appreciate you proving my point |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #126 |
127. People tend to care about what matters to them: |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #127 |
128. Exactly right |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #128 |
132. Aren't bureaucrats supposed to represent the interests of the voters? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #132 |
133. Maybe you should study how the bureaucrats did in the soviet union |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. I imagine the soviet union's environmental record is quite bad, |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Far Worse in some respects |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
119. Western Europe and the New Deal are not socialism |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 05:04 AM Response to Reply #119 |
124. Xactly... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #119 |
129. Try explain that to hard-line RW-ers, Reaganites, neocons, |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #129 |
136. "spending tax money on the common good" |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
125. For the 1st time, the Forbes 400 Richest Americans are ALL billionaires... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #125 |
137. Combined they own half of the world's wealth. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
130. Many people consider it anti-freedom. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
138. Western Europe Is Not Socialism |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
139. Ooops. Dupe |
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