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Why Americans do not want to live in communism?

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OCGuy

Lifer
Jul 12, 2000
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And I guess you are a fan of Pinochet, Mussolini, Franco and Gengeis Khan, and Hitler too...hurr durrr

Well you seem to distance yourself from any 20/21st century "Red" regimes. So I am wondering where this worker's paradise is that you are promoting with your handle?

Unless you are some big ironic troll, in which case, I applaud you.
 

Thump553

Lifer
Jun 2, 2000
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Is the lower banner showing up in Russian for anyone else? Do I detect a commie conspiracy at Anandtech?

NM, go one page back, it's in Russian. I now suspect a Highland145/Google conspiracy.
 

Steeplerot

Lifer
Mar 29, 2004
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When every real-life manifestation of your ideology leads to massive failure, it's safe to say that the idea wasn't very good to begin with.

Keep on dreaming, comrade.

We shall see how sustainable everyone competing over limited resources works out. Society adapting is a group effort. Capitalism days will end soon, or it will end us as a productive non-totally destructive selfish species who may have a long term future.

Socialism in acts and theory has always been around fighting the default nature of tyranny/despotism in societies and always shall.

Capitalism shall always consume itself by nature.

Be it a technological democratic resource based economy or whatever you call it in the 21+ century, we shall be fine Comrade.

Thanks for your solidarity! *Bark!*
 

QuantumPion

Diamond Member
Jun 27, 2005
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We shall see how sustainable everyone competing over limited resources works out. Society adapting is a group effort. Capitalism days will end soon, or it will end us as a productive non-totally destructive selfish species who may have a long term future.

Socialism in acts and theory has always been around fighting the default nature of tyranny/despotism in societies and always shall.

Capitalism shall always consume itself by nature.

Be it a technological democratic resource based economy or whatever you call it in the 21+ century, we shall be fine Comrade.

Thanks for your solidarity! *Bark!*

You have it backwards. Capitalism is all about obtaining natural equilibrium. It is socialism that has proved to be unsustainably self-destructive.

I laugh at the suggestion that socialism is about fighting tyranny and despotism. The entire purpose of socialism is top-down rule by the elite. No different from the divine-right-of-kings of the middle ages, or the senate of Rome. Socialism is the modern era's excuse for dictatorial rule.

P.s. I liked your old avatar better with the kitty.
 
Oct 30, 2004
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Americans don't like communism because they're afraid that they would get splinters in their butts from government toiler paper. Also, we like our silly TV shows. Who wants to watch 3CP1 Russian Television?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btnIRlBidQc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RpJH5zDmZc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv1j9erks2Y

watch
 
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Steeplerot

Lifer
Mar 29, 2004
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You have it backwards. Capitalism is all about obtaining natural equilibrium. It is socialism that has proved to be unsustainably self-destructive.

I laugh at the suggestion that socialism is about fighting tyranny and despotism. The entire purpose of socialism is top-down rule by the elite. No different from the divine-right-of-kings of the middle ages, or the senate of Rome. Socialism is the modern era's excuse for dictatorial rule.

P.s. I liked your old avatar better with the kitty.

I would suggest learning more of Socialism and what it is then.

And I may go back at some point, Commie Kitty rules on many levels also.
 

Steeplerot

Lifer
Mar 29, 2004
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Ahem,

"The Soviet Union was never Socialist, let alone "Communist" as the right-wing American media routinely claim. It was, as I would put it, a State Industrialist society, which was born out of the fall of the Dependent Capitalism of former Russian Empire and, after the failure of initial attempts at supporting the working class revolutions and uprisings in 1918-1923 and the consolidation (regrettably inevitable) of the former revolutionary leadership into the new ruling class, turned to pursuing a slightly different way to the primitive capital accumulation than was experienced by 'classic" Capitalist nations.

Though State Industrialist model was quite progressive in comparison with both "traditional" capitalism ( especially Dependent one) and the Fascist Statist-Capitalist synthesis, it lacked the resources and innovativeness to bridge the threshold to the truly socialist construction as opposed to "catching up with the West", even as the continuing involution of its bureaucratic ruling class into proto-capitalists and the growing cynicism among the populace doomed it to regressing back to "old good" Dependent Capitalism - this time with aging population and diminishing natural resources. "
-Comrade Kiev Communard
 

Eagle1969

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Politicians steal anywhere. The reason that you live better than others, because your politicians steal so much that they can not eat it all. They steal too much (Bill Gates, Donald Trump). They have nowhere to do with money and they give you a little bit for fun, like crumbs from the table.

We in the Soviet Union would give their money to the people. Divide equally. Because of the money people would receive free medical, food, tourism, recreation, built roads. They do not lie in banks, as you have now, they would use for business.

Your propaganda media said recently that Bill Gates will give his money to charity. Can you believe it? Well maybe 10% will pay. The rest will be laundered and shipped to Afghanistan for the construction of factories for the production of heroin. Then this heroin comes to us in Russia, from a dying young stupid kids. This is done so that would definitely not give rise to the Soviet Union - to lure top scientists to yourself, others poisoned heroin, then come and pick up oil and gas.
 
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PottedMeat

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Holy shit, Bill Gates using 90% of his wealth in Afghanistan so that he can make heroin to sell to Russian children - ladies and gentlemen this is a true original idea.
 

OCGuy

Lifer
Jul 12, 2000
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Bill Gates is really running an international heroin scheme to destabalize Russia?

Now I REALLY love this poster.
 

StageLeft

No Lifer
Sep 29, 2000
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Bill Gates heroin factories is awesome! I also heard he has a stealth helicopter and he drops hookers from it after snorting lines off their butts.
 

Craig234

Lifer
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Poland absolutely sucked during communism. Any wealth that was there was sucked out of the country by the Moscow elite. People there were unhappy and impoverished, everywhere. Only after the eastern bloc collapsed was Poland able to rise out of the ashes as a rather successful capitalist country, and they're still growing strong today.

Poland got screwed by everyone in and after WWII - Hitler, then Churchill, then Stalin.

You had Stalin murdering thousands of Polish officer prisoners and lying that Hitler did it, Churchill using Poland as a poster child for the war and then betraying them to Stalin...

You had Stalin putting large numbers of Soviet military into the Polish society after the war pretending to be Polish vets returning home, after killing their government.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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hmm my friend who grew up in E Berlin didnt think it was so hot before the wall fell

my GF who grew up under Soviet Occupation (Latvia), says that those in the "Soviet Union" envied those in East Germany, and for good reason. the availability of meat being one of those reasons.

(the Baltics tended to be recognized as part of the USSR, though "officially," the US and UN and most other nations considered them occupied territories)

anyway, fuck Russia and the Russians.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Poland got screwed by everyone in and after WWII - Hitler, then Churchill, then Stalin.

You had Stalin murdering thousands of Polish officer prisoners and lying that Hitler did it, Churchill using Poland as a poster child for the war and then betraying them to Stalin...

You had Stalin putting large numbers of Soviet military into the Polish society after the war pretending to be Polish vets returning home, after killing their government.

Poland wasn't the only country abandoned by the West and surrendered to Soviets after WW2.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Politicians steal anywhere. The reason that you live better than others, because your politicians steal so much that they can not eat it all. They steal too much (Bill Gates, Donald Trump). They have nowhere to do with money and they give you a little bit for fun, like crumbs from the table.

We in the Soviet Union would give their money to the people. Divide equally. Because of the money people would receive free medical, food, tourism, recreation, built roads. They do not lie in banks, as you have now, they would use for business.

Your propaganda media said recently that Bill Gates will give his money to charity. Can you believe it? Well maybe 10% will pay. The rest will be laundered and shipped to Afghanistan for the construction of factories for the production of heroin. Then this heroin comes to us in Russia, from a dying young stupid kids. This is done so that would definitely not give rise to the Soviet Union - to lure top scientists to yourself, others poisoned heroin, then come and pick up oil and gas.

lol, what business? there was no private business in the USSR, you fucking tool.

:D
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Capitalist automatic translator is broken. Meant the money would not be at the bank, and will benefit.

so why are you using capitalist broken internet to troll these and other forums?
:hmm:

also, your idea of business was given for the reason for money not being in the bank. Your "translator" already translated this bit for you. You simply chose to ignore your actual argument as your rebuttal.

anyway, explain "benefit." After all, what good is money to anyone when there isn't a god damn thing to buy anywhere as there was in the Soviet Union...well, until your 10 year waiting period was up. :D
 
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Leon

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Nov 14, 1999
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The glory of USSR shall not be denied. Join us comrades, and lets make the world a better place. Communist Russia shall rise again! Death to imperialistic capitalist pigs!

:)

Leon
 

Sinsear

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The OP must read like a wet dream for TheRedUn.....I mean Steeplerot and Craig.