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the new socialism - 2/8/2010 10:54:29 AM

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So how come so many of our fellow posters clearly have no idea what socialism actually means? Is it a failure of the US education system? Or a reflection of a terminally dishonest political system? Or is it wilful ignorance? Or something else?

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 10:56:54 AM

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Years of successful indoctrination, of not reading books, and of hating "the Evil Empire", have yielded that particular fruit.

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 11:00:33 AM

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I tried asking this once, though I was a little more polite and trying to ascertain whether socialism meant something different across the pond.

I think KS hit the nail on the head, paranoid fear from the people at the top leading to misinformation

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 11:03:01 AM

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So how come so many of our fellow posters clearly have no idea what socialism actually means? Is it a failure of the US education system? Or a reflection of a terminally dishonest political system? Or is it wilful ignorance? Or something else?

Fear and ignorance, from All of the above.

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 11:11:08 AM

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It's been intentionally and effectively obfuscated for a long time, the purpose of which is always to scare people.

Reagan and Thatcher did it holding hands. (should be a bumpersticker)

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 11:13:01 AM

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Fuck that devil in a curly wig is still alive blast her eyes
the thought of them doing the nasty still makes me throw up in my mouth a lot

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 11:20:21 AM

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So how come so many of our fellow posters clearly have no idea what socialism actually means? Is it a failure of the US education system? Or a reflection of a terminally dishonest political system? Or is it wilful ignorance? Or something else?

I will give you an example.

you pay taxes, they created a liability and its against the law to create a liability with no remedy! We do know that do we not?

Anyway there is a remedy for paying taxes and it is in law.

Now wanna tell me where it is?

Oh shucks. They taught you about paying but forgot to teach about the remedy how NOT to pay!

Now only those at the top know how to get the remedy, which is to say those close to those who make the rules.

so when dealing with the government just remember these simple steps.

Rule1) if they open their mouth its a lie.

Rule2) if you have any doubt see rule 1.

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 11:21:29 AM

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Man... you're like a cockroach infestation. Do you really have to infest every single thread that scratches your weirdo fancy?

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 12:11:27 PM

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[I will give you an example.

you pay taxes, they created a liability and its against the law to create a liability with no remedy! We do know that do we not?

No, there is no such law. Not EVER.

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 12:32:00 PM

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So how come so many of our fellow posters clearly have no idea what socialism actually means? Is it a failure of the US education system?

Yes.

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Or a reflection of a terminally dishonest political system?

Yes.

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Or is it wilful ignorance?

Yes.

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Or something else?

You left out "xenophobia." That great American tradition of thinking our way of doing things is superior to anyone else's way of doing things.

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 12:34:31 PM

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It's been intentionally and effectively obfuscated for a long time, the purpose of which is always to scare people.

Reagan and Thatcher did it holding hands. (should be a bumpersticker)

and before that, McCarthyism, and before that, the Red Scare.

It's been a politico-corporate tool for a century. Workers wanted to organize. So they were labeled as radical.

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 12:43:45 PM

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As an admitted socialist I find it hilarious when Americans call Obama a socialist...he's far to right-wing for my tastes.

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 12:51:35 PM

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The current crop of anti-socialists ie anti-egalitarianists are the children of McCarthyism.

It's predicated on a percieved fear of losing a 'way of life'. To suscribe rabidly to capitalism means you believe you will eventually be at the top of the pile.

The inherent flaw in that is that everybody cannot be at the top of the pile.

It's not that people are turning from elements of capitalism because it doesn't work, it's that it only works for some, and progressively, fewer people.

Plus, anti-socialism also allows you to rant about immigration, governmental control, Russia, China, social welfare and all the usual hotkeys.

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 12:53:07 PM

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Socialism simply means that those that expounse this philosphy are enemies of the country I grew up in...these people are people that must be found, identified, and watched carefully....and if at all possible exported to a country that agrees with them...they have no place in a captialistic society....it is simply a historically failed system that has denied freedoms, and extorted money from citizens that choose to live differently..... It will be, and must be stopped in its tracks and its supporters rounded up....pure and simple..... and I for one that has, and will again go to war to stop its spread by any means available..... plain enough for you?.....

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 12:54:59 PM

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You are an enemy of the country I defended and it's constitution. That would be the United States of America.

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 12:56:48 PM

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and your parents sent you to school to learn this?....good god, your father must really be proud of his brand new communist..... by benefitting yourself, you unknowingly benefit others is the root of capitalism....that and freedom....your side only offers others who take freedom away, and decide what you will get.... I will fight to the last breath to defeat and destroy those that believe this garbage....socialism is evil....and so are those that support it....

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 12:56:51 PM

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same reasons we're taught to sneer at the French and Canadians, b/c god forbid the average American discover there's actually something TO the way progressive politics and single payer healthcare.

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 12:57:16 PM

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Socialism simply means that those that expounse this philosphy are enemies of the country I grew up in...these people are people that must be found, identified, and watched carefully....and if at all possible exported to a country that agrees with them...they have no place in a captialistic society....it is simply a historically failed system that has denied freedoms, and extorted money from citizens that choose to live differently..... It will be, and must be stopped in its tracks and its supporters rounded up....pure and simple..... and I for one that has, and will again go to war to stop its spread by any means available..... plain enough for you?.....

Mainly, that's pretty fucked up.

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 12:57:33 PM

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Dude?.. have you actually READ the constitution?

Everything in your last post is completely opposed to it.

Are you a russki agent or something?

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RE: the new socialism - 2/8/2010 1:00:50 PM

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The real slime on this site are socialist turds that are trying to mainstream their philosophy....it ain't gonna happen..... hide and watch the fate of the socialist in America for coming soon to a thearter near you will be a reawakening of America, and with it....a bunch of folks are just going to get run the fuck off! Don't bet against it....we have had enough of socialist pukes and its time they go somewhere else....

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