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Is communism possible in the USA?

Is communism possible in the USA?

  • Yes, Soviet type of communism

    Votes: 9 9.1%

  • Yes, community type of communism

    Votes: 10 10.1%

  • Yes, religious type of communism

    Votes: 2 2.0%

  • Yes, other type of communism

    Votes: 12 12.1%

  • No, not possible

    Votes: 57 57.6%

  • Dunno

    Votes: 3 3.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 6 6.1%
  • Total voters
    99
Artevelde said:
The idea of claiming that Christ espoused a particular ârty political ideology is ridiculous.
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I would say thats not ridiculous at all, since pretty much almost everything is political. I would say feeding the hungry, cloth the homeless, telling someone to get rid of all their belongs and give to the poor, being against greed and money in general is pretty "political".
 
Well then Surtr my possible friend in the future
I apologize profusely in advance ;)
 
Communism is an excellent social organization for organisms that are very low on the evolutionary ladder and possessing very limited intelligence. Bees and ants are the obvious examples of successful communal social structures but we haven't any successful examples among higher life forms. I don't know what this says about the progressives who favor it, but I don't think it's a tribute to their intelligence.
 
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Papa bull :applaud
I like that ALOT
 
You forgot that the queen bee sits around all day and lives the longest, where the worker bees work and live the shortest. Sounds like a good idea for CEO's, Politicians, and High ranking officers. Of course conservatives loves those republicans who support that type of ideology.
 
Papa bull said:
Communism is an excellent social organization for organisms that are very low on the evolutionary ladder and possessing very limited intelligence. Bees and ants are the obvious examples of successful communal social structures but we haven't any successful examples among higher life forms. I don't know what this says about the progressives who favor it, but I don't think it's a tribute to their intelligence.
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You forgot that the queen bee sits around all day and lives the longest, where the worker bees work and live the shortest. Sounds like a good idea for CEO's, Politicians, and High ranking officers. Of course conservatives loves those republicans who support that type of ideology
 
jag2594 said:
You forgot that the queen bee sits around all day and lives the longest, where the worker bees work and live the shortest. Sounds like a good idea for CEO's, Politicians, and High ranking officers. Of course conservatives loves those republicans who support that type of ideology
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When worker bees can produce royal jelly, we'll talk.
 
jag2594 said:
You forgot that the queen bee sits around all day and lives the longest, where the worker bees work and live the shortest. Sounds like a good idea for CEO's, Politicians, and High ranking officers. Of course conservatives loves those republicans who support that type of ideology
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As it turns out, every single instance of socialism/communism ever tried has fallen victim to the same structure, only far more severe and blatant than in any capitalist country.

jag2594 said:
Royal jelly is secreted from the glands in the heads of worker bees

Royal jelly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lets talk
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...that was actually a pretty good riposte.
 
jag2594 said:
You forgot that the queen bee sits around all day and lives the longest, where the worker bees work and live the shortest. Sounds like a good idea for CEO's, Politicians, and High ranking officers. Of course conservatives loves those republicans who support that type of ideology
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I didn't forget anything. The queen does nothing but produce eggs. The workers all go through various stages of "work"; fanning the hives, producing wax, guarding the hives, tending the larvae, etc. What makes the communal social structure work for them is that there is no self, so there's no selfishness. The lack of self-awareness makes communism possible. So it might be possible for progressives to live in a communist society just fine since their utter lack of self-awareness seems to be one of their defining characteristics.... except that without someone to feed them they'd all feckin' starve to death waiting for everyone else to do the work for them.
 
Gonzo Rodeo said:
As it turns out, every single instance of socialism/communism ever tried has fallen victim to the same structure, only far more severe and blatant than in any capitalist country.



...that was actually a pretty good riposte.
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Failure and persistence are two different things.

There's a reason he won't answer.:3oops:
 
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When people understand the task and are working together towards a goal, that is not lack of self awareness. Competition is trying to eliminate the opponent, not the same thing. There are reason why the enlisted hate officers, same with owners and workers. The conflict of interest is ignored, instead of officers joining in, they rather sit in their tents. Workers do most of the work, owners are just concentrated on formulas, statistics and status.
 
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Papa bull said:
it might be possible for progressives to live in a communist society just fine since their utter lack of self-awareness seems to be one of their defining characteristics.... except that without someone to feed them they'd all soon starve to death waiting for everyone else to do the work for them.
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and the hits just keep on coming! :giggling:
 
Once you've signed the front of paychecks instead of the back you gain a whole new perspective.
 
AngryOldGuy said:
Once you've signed the front of paychecks instead of the back you gain a whole new perspective.
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exactly, some people side with the rich (even though they aren't) and some side with middle class. Its class warfare, except only one side knows its a war( rich).
 
in a war you destroy your enemy
in a capitalist society an employer's profitability would certainly be damaged
if he killed his employees and customers?

help me out here jag how do you measure wealth
thereby allowing you to decide who the Rich are?
in a war targeting the enemy is crucial, right?
 
Papa bull said:
Communism is an excellent social organization for organisms that are very low on the evolutionary ladder and possessing very limited intelligence. Bees and ants are the obvious examples of successful communal social structures but we haven't any successful examples among higher life forms. I don't know what this says about the progressives who favor it, but I don't think it's a tribute to their intelligence.
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Don't know much about biology, do you?
 
Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book
Don't know much about the French I took.

But I do know that without commies
what a wonderful world this could be
 
AngryOldGuy said:
oh
my
gawd
Becky
Look at calm he's like such a commie luver
I can only imagine if he was to go live in North Korea or Cuba for a decade
how his tune might change just a lil bit? (if he survived).
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My Reply:

Can you name me one single country in the universe which attempted to enjoy a form of True Socialism (nationalization of country resources) and which the U.S. Capitalists did not immediately set out to destroy with sanctions or military might?

The U.S. Capitalists can't handle a competitive economic system because they would lose.

Comparisons would be made and any success would encourage socialism.

You mention North Korea .... China will never allow the reunion of North and South Korea because the U.S. Capitalists will move military bases at the NorthKorea/China border just like they did with the collapse of the Soviet Union and where the U.S. put military bases into several former USSR states.

Calm
 
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calm said:
My Reply:

Can you name me one single country in the universe which attempted to enjoy a form of Socialism and which the U.S. Capitalists did not immediately set out to destroy with sanctions or military might?
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'fraid you meant to say Communist not socialist country?

"U.S. Capitalists did not immediately set out to destroy"

other than Japan & Germany in WWII (which we rebuilt) no not really cain't think of any countries we destroyed but them
South Koreans sure as heck are doing a daumn sight better than their brothers up North eh?

So tell me how a reunification of the two Koreas would look, like when east and west germany got back together?
 
AngryOldGuy said:
Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book
Don't know much about the French I took.

But I do know that without commies
what a wonderful world this could be
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Are there many commies in Phoenix?
 
Angry Ol' Guy:

Nevermind .... I guess you have your views and I have mine and we will never agree on much.

I quite understand since you are an American. Nationhood is strong. I would guess that my attacking U.S. Capitalism would very much feel to me like you bad-mouthing Canada health care.

Calm
 
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yup moot there's more of em everyday either fleeing from California or scurrying across our secure southern border.
 
gee I dunno once the Affordable Care Act fully implements I don't know where them Canadians are going to go to get good health care ;)
 
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