when did communism become so popular amongst the young and uneducated?

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FLUFFYGERM 3 days ago#1 been noticing a trend online with more people wanting to move into communism, mostly amongst the young and uneducated who/what/when/where/why? reportquote

Antifar 3 days ago#2 The financial crisis kin to all that throbs reportquote

pinky0926 3 days ago#3 Antifar posted... The financial crisis And the ever increasing wealth divide CE's Resident Scotsman.  http://i.imgur.com/ILz2ZbV.jpg reportquote

tennisdude818 3 days ago#4 Leftist academia and the leftist media are mostly silent on the crimes of the left. Even their chosen vocabulary makes their intentions clear. For example, LePen is "far right" but hardly anyone in the media calls the Venezuelan regime "far left". "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." -Thomas Sowell reportquote

ChromaticAngel 3 days ago#5 tennisdude818 posted... Leftist academia and the leftist media are mostly silent on the crimes of the left. Even their chosen vocabulary makes their intentions clear. For example, LePen is "far right" but hardly anyone in the media calls the Venezuelan regime "far left". Venezuela isn't far left. Far left is the government in Demolition Man. https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png reportquote

Twinmold 3 days ago#6 Maybe if more conservatives valued education, they would learn what Communism actually means. I know it's a stretch, but one can dream. Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain reportquote

Roxborough4Ever 3 days ago#7 once Bernie and Obama promised all that free stuff You feast on red herring because it is your birthright. deletequote

tennisdude818 2 days ago#8 ChromaticAngel posted... tennisdude818 posted... Leftist academia and the leftist media are mostly silent on the crimes of the left. Even their chosen vocabulary makes their intentions clear. For example, LePen is "far right" but hardly anyone in the media calls the Venezuelan regime "far left". Venezuela isn't far left. Far left is the government in Demolition Man. I knew somebody would say that. This is another reason communism is in vogue. None of the disasters ever count in the minds of leftists. "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." -Thomas Sowell reportquote

MagusKingOfZeal 2 days ago#9 It represents a lazy and low effort lifestyle https://tinyurl.com/yaluaj9c reportquote

HypnoCoosh 2 days ago#10 Blame the education system and the democrats. We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. - C.S. Lewis reportquote

tennisdude818 2 days ago#11 Twinmold posted... Maybe if more conservatives valued education, they would learn what Communism actually means. I know it's a stretch, but one can dream. Mao killed 45 million people in 4 years. "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." -Thomas Sowell reportquote

voldothegr8 2 days ago#12 They want everyone to be as miserable as them Oda break tracker 2017- 6 (3) | THE Ohio State: 1-0 | Oakland Raiders: 0-0 Super Mario Maker Profile: 1237-0000-0073-02FE reportquote

Questionmarktarius 2 days ago#13 Natural order of things, really: Young: "Why I gotta work for s*** that should be free?" Middle-aged: "Why I gotta work so hard to pay for that guy's s***?" Old: "Why I gotta work for s*** that should be free?" reportquote

Saxon 2 days ago#14 Everybody gets an equal piece of the pie seems like a good idea until it gets manipulated and corrupted. reportquote

Questionmarktarius 2 days ago#15 Saxon posted... Everybody gets an equal piece of the pie seems like a good idea until it gets manipulated and corrupted. Everybody getting an equal piece of the pie just results in fewer bakers. reportquote

hockeybub89 2 days ago#16 HypnoCoosh posted... Blame the education system and the democrats. Why would Democrats want people to be communists? I thought they want votes. http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ reportquote

gmanthebest 2 days ago#17 FLUFFYGERM posted... young and uneducated Well, there's your answer What do I feel when I shoot an enemy? Recoil. reportquote

Anarchy_Juiblex 2 days ago#18 Roxborough4Ever posted... once Bernie and Obama promised all that free stuff Bernie never promised free stuff, said taxes would pay for it. What did Obama promise again? "Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice." ~ Ayaan Hirsi Ali reportquote

FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)2 days ago#19 gmanthebest posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... young and uneducated Well, there's your answer so basically it's because most of them are just unbelievably stupid and naive? reportquote

pikachupwnage 2 days ago#20 pinky0926 posted... Antifar posted... The financial crisis And the ever increasing wealth divide You will have the same thing just with the high level government officials having the money and resources instead of Bill gates, Elon Musk, Mark zuckerberg and the like. I'm Mary Poppins y'all. http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/665/328/d75.gif reportquote

Twinmold 2 days ago#21 tennisdude818 posted... Twinmold posted... Maybe if more conservatives valued education, they would learn what Communism actually means. I know it's a stretch, but one can dream. Mao killed 45 million people in 4 years. Conservatives are allowed to talk about Communism when they can prove they know what defines Communism. Hint, it's not Democrats, nor other political parties you disagree with. Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain reportquote

NINExATExSEVEN 2 days ago#22 Twinmold posted... Maybe if more conservatives valued education, they would learn what Communism actually means. I know it's a stretch, but one can dream. What's there to learn about communism? It's never worked and has caused more deaths than ww2. What brand of communism are you selling? Listen to my story... This... May be our last chance... Dubstep song of the week http://youtu.be/MmVHWPdI5d0 reportquote

John_Galt 2 days ago#23 FLUFFYGERM posted... gmanthebest posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... young and uneducated Well, there's your answer so basically it's because most of them are just unbelievably stupid and naive? Yes Who is John Galt? reportquote

Unquestionable 2 days ago#24 Lack of social mobility and opportunity, having access to information to see how absolutely f***ed a lot of the upper class can be. As awareness increases it becomes easier to look for potential solutions. Immanentize the eschaton reportquote

DevsBro 2 days ago#25 It's not like it doesn't make sense if you somehow assume the gvrnment is benevolent http://backloggery.com/devsbro/sig.gif http://i.imgur.com/kU5vu5N.png Never pepper popcorn reportquote

luigi13579 2 days ago#26 I think it's a reaction against modern captalism / neoliberalism, which they feel is unsustainable and makes people do terrible things to survive within it. Communism is basically the antithesis of that: a classless, moneyless, stateless society. reportquote

FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)2 days ago#27 luigi13579 posted... I think it's a reaction against modern captalism / neoliberalism, which they feel is unsustainable and makes people do terrible things to survive within it. Communism is basically the antithesis of that: a classless, moneyless, stateless society. that'll never exist reportquote

luigi13579 2 days ago#28 FLUFFYGERM posted... that'll never exist Probably not. reportquote

FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)2 days ago#29 luigi13579 posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... that'll never exist Probably not. socialists are fools if they really believe it can reportquote

ZMythos 2 days ago#30 Capitalism awards more power to the wealthy, who then abuse that power to give themselves more wealth or take away wealth from others. This makes "moving up" nearly impossible for a majority, which leaves them struggling to avoid poverty and working harder for disproportionately less than their wealthy counterparts.  Capitalism also harms the consumer by disguising deregulation as "competition" and "innovation," when in reality most of the top companies avoid innovation and expanding infrastructure and try to buy out the competition (see: Big Oil, Big Telecom, Big Banks). The call for deregulation also opens up the door for harmful business practices and damage to communities and the environment (see: Leaded paint, leaded gasoline)  Luckily we don't live in pure, unregulated capitalism, but there are groups of people who want to move that way. There are also groups who want even more protection and power to the consumer as a stronger check to the influence these companies hold Rainbow Dashing: "it's just star wars" AutumnEspirit: *kissu* reportquote

darkjedilink 2 days ago#31 FLUFFYGERM posted... luigi13579 posted... I think it's a reaction against modern captalism / neoliberalism, which they feel is unsustainable and makes people do terrible things to survive within it. Communism is basically the antithesis of that: a classless, moneyless, stateless society. that'll never exist It CAN'T exist for a population above a hundred people. 'It's okay that those gangbangers stole all my personal belongings and cash at gunpoint, cuz they're building a rec center!' - OneTimeBen reportquote

FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)2 days ago#32 ZMythos posted... Capitalism awards more power to the wealthy, who then abuse that power to give themselves more wealth or take away wealth from others. This makes "moving up" nearly impossible for a majority, which leaves them struggling to avoid poverty and working harder for disproportionately less than their wealthy counterparts.  then how do you explain this: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/291896 https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/24/a-record-number-of-americans-are-now-millionaires-new-study-shows.html note that most of these are first generation rich ZMythos posted... Capitalism also harms the consumer by disguising deregulation as "competition" and "innovation," when in reality most of the top companies avoid innovation and expanding infrastructure and try to buy out the competition (see: Big Oil, Big Telecom, Big Banks). The call for deregulation also opens up the door for harmful business practices and damage to communities and the environment (see: Leaded paint, leaded gasoline)  capitalism doesn't support monopolies ZMythos posted... Luckily we don't live in pure, unregulated capitalism, but there are groups of people who want to move that way. There are also groups who want even more protection and power to the consumer as a stronger check to the influence these companies hold the only people who want to go that way are the people who run those monopolies reportquote

SharpX68000 2 days ago#33 Communism is responsible for more deaths than Nazism. Its ok though because Communism sounds better on paper. I wanna play call of duty shoot a man! - Grubba reportquote

A_Good_Boy 2 days ago#34 SharpX68000 posted... Communism is responsible for more deaths than Nazism. Its ok though because Communism sounds better on paper. Which would you prefer over the other? Who is? I am! reportquote

SharpX68000 2 days ago#35 A_Good_Boy posted... SharpX68000 posted... Communism is responsible for more deaths than Nazism. Its ok though because Communism sounds better on paper. Which would you prefer over the other? Neither. Theyre both crap. Nazism is worse in theory but Communism has proven to be more deadly in its impact. I wanna play call of duty shoot a man! - Grubba reportquote

tennisdude818 2 days ago#36 Twinmold posted... tennisdude818 posted... Twinmold posted... Maybe if more conservatives valued education, they would learn what Communism actually means. I know it's a stretch, but one can dream. Mao killed 45 million people in 4 years. Conservatives are allowed to talk about Communism when they can prove they know what defines Communism. Hint, it's not Democrats, nor other political parties you disagree with. By that line of thinking, you must be very outspoken against people who wrongly accuse others of fascism and nazism. "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." -Thomas Sowell reportquote

ZMythos 2 days ago#37 FLUFFYGERM posted... https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/24/a-record-number-of-americans-are-now-millionaires-new-study-shows.html At the same time that there is a record number of millionaires in the U.S., the middle class is shrinking. The percent of American adults who are considered middle-income fell from 55 percent in 2000 to 52 percent in 2014, according to a 2016 report from the Pew Research Center. And increasing numbers of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. One in three say they couldn't come up with $2,000 if faced with an emergency like an urgent home repair, medical crisis or car accident. Meanwhile, even affluent two-income households report feeling pinched. FLUFFYGERM posted... capitalism doesn't support monopolies That's where you're wrong, kiddo.  FLUFFYGERM posted... the only people who want to go that way are the people who run those monopolies Wat? Monopolies want to give away their power? wtf? Rainbow Dashing: "it's just star wars" AutumnEspirit: *kissu* reportquote

Kolibri X 2 days ago#38 The poor and uneducated are highly suspectable to promises of 'equality' and eating the rich, which is why it caught on so well in 3rd world s***holes instead of advanced capitalist societies much to Marx's misprediction. Platinum GameFAQs Member http://i.imgur.com/VgwI8qO.gif reportquote

FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)2 days ago#39 tagging ZMythos as dishonest reportquote

ChromaticAngel 2 days ago#40 FLUFFYGERM posted... then how do you explain this: What is inflation? https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png reportquote

Twinmold 2 days ago#41 tennisdude818 posted... By that line of thinking, you must be very outspoken against people who wrongly accuse others of fascism and nazism. I think conservatives should choose different flags and chants if they want to avoid those accusations. The fact that white supremacists being called so is a soft spot for you just shows how ignorant your beliefs are. Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain (edited 2 days ago)reportquote

The Admiral 2 days ago#42 Kids and man-children in their 20s think "communism" and "socialism" mean they get free stuff to maintain a comfortable lifestyle without needing to work or contribute to the system, even though this is complete fantasy. It's childlike thinking, which is why adults with non-entry level jobs think it's laughable. - The Admiral (edited 2 days ago)reportquote

tennisdude818 2 days ago#43 Twinmold posted... tennisdude818 posted... By that line of thinking, you must be very outspoken against people who wrongly accuse others of fascism and nazism. I think conservatives should choose different flags and chants if they want to avoid those accusations. The fact that white supremacists being called so is a soft spot for you just shows how ignorant your beliefs are. Aaand you just employed a weasely method to imply that I'm a white supremacist sympathizer. I guess you don't really have an issue with words being deceptively misused after all. "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." -Thomas Sowell reportquote

FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)2 days ago#44 hahah is twinmold really still polluting gamefaqs with his posts reportquote

glitteringfairy  gun baiter2 days ago#45 True communism would be fantastic but it's impossible to achieve with humans in charge of it. Great idea on paper, nowhere near achievable "How come you can believe in God but not Bigfoot?" V-E-G-Y http://i.imgur.com/AqR3aeX.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vvuUXpp.jpg reportquote

RPGaddict28 2 days ago#46 "Why you gotta fight with me at Cheesecake, you know I love to go there." - Drake (edited 2 days ago)reportquote

--kresnik-- 2 days ago#47 Idealism and rebellion will, sadly, always exist. "I don't get mad. I am better than you. All members of antifa are better humans than you." - YourAlt reportquote

tennisdude818 2 days ago#48 RPGaddict28 posted... And cancer is capitalisims fault! And the fact we get old and die is capitalisims fault! Seriously though, as India and China moved towards market economies 100s of millions of people escaped poverty. if communism did that, sociology professors would have a lot to say about it. "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." -Thomas Sowell reportquote

ehhwhatever 2 days ago#49 MagusKingOfZeal posted... It represents a lazy and low effort lifestyle Why try when everything ends? That is an individual's opinion but sooner or later that opinion will spread. Now I know what anarchy looks like. reportquote

Questionmarktarius 2 days ago#50 glitteringfairy posted... True communism would be fantastic but it's impossible to achieve with humans in charge of it. Great idea on paper, nowhere near achievable The traditional nuclear family is a working model of ideal communism. reportquote

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   FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)3 days ago#51 @RPGaddict28 do you really believe all of that? reportquote

   darkjedilink 3 days ago#52 Questionmarktarius posted... glitteringfairy posted... True communism would be fantastic but it's impossible to achieve with humans in charge of it. Great idea on paper, nowhere near achievable The traditional nuclear family is a working model of ideal communism. Not in the least. 'It takes a village...' is, however, and that's the antithesis of the nuclear family. 'It's okay that those gangbangers stole all my personal belongings and cash at gunpoint, cuz they're building a rec center!' - OneTimeBen reportquote

   RPGaddict28 3 days ago#53 FLUFFYGERM posted... @RPGaddict28 do you really believe all of that? The numbers, that capitalism is the cause or that communism would fix it? "Why you gotta fight with me at Cheesecake, you know I love to go there." - Drake reportquote

   pinky0926 3 days ago#54 pikachupwnage posted... pinky0926 posted... Antifar posted... The financial crisis And the ever increasing wealth divide You will have the same thing just with the high level government officials having the money and resources instead of Bill gates, Elon Musk, Mark zuckerberg and the like. I'm not defending communism, just explaining why young people might be disillusioned with the current state of the world and looking to other ideologies that claim to fix these problems CE's Resident Scotsman.  http://i.imgur.com/ILz2ZbV.jpg reportquote

   Kavatar 3 days ago#55 I've seen a lot of support for democratic socialism, but where are all these people supporting communism? The sea was angry that day, my friends. Like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli. reportquote

   Twinmold 3 days ago#56 Aaand you just employed a weasely method to imply that I'm a white supremacist sympathizer. I guess you don't really have an issue with words being deceptively misused after all. And many conservatives show a surprising amount of concern for the safety of nazis rights and ideologies. I wish they would stop posturing, and pretending that they aren't just racist towards blacks, and spiteful towards Democrats. That's what all of this is. It's posturing. Not every conservative is a Nazi. That would be a blatant misgeneralization, but a hefty portion harbor a lot of racial resentment, even if they would deny it to high heaven. I think a lot of conservatives see these nazis and white supremacists as part of "their team." They may not want to show them around town, but they get awfully defensive when they're attacked. Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain reportquote

   Questionmarktarius 3 days ago#57 darkjedilink posted... Questionmarktarius posted... glitteringfairy posted... True communism would be fantastic but it's impossible to achieve with humans in charge of it. Great idea on paper, nowhere near achievable The traditional nuclear family is a working model of ideal communism. Not in the least. 'It takes a village...' is, however, and that's the antithesis of the nuclear family. Father: The worker who thinks he's really in control, and the only truly productive member. Mother: The one who's really in control, while letting the worker (father) think otherwise. Children: Assigned menial and meaningless (but vastly overstated) tasks by the family authority, and punished as they rebel. (edited 3 days ago)reportquote

   darkjedilink 3 days ago#58 Twinmold posted... Aaand you just employed a weasely method to imply that I'm a white supremacist sympathizer. I guess you don't really have an issue with words being deceptively misused after all. And many conservatives show a surprising amount of concern for the safety of nazis rights and ideologies. I wish they would stop posturing, and pretending that they aren't just racist towards blacks, and spiteful towards Democrats. That's what all of this is. It's posturing. Not every conservative is a Nazi. That would be a blatant misgeneralization, but a hefty portion harbor a lot of racial resentment, even if they would deny it to high heaven. I think a lot of conservatives see these nazis and white supremacists as part of "their team." They may not want to show them around town, but they get awfully defensive when they're attacked. ITP - having an issue with someone's rights being violated makes you a racist. I guess the Civil Rights Act is racist, huh? 'It's okay that those gangbangers stole all my personal belongings and cash at gunpoint, cuz they're building a rec center!' - OneTimeBen reportquote

   DreadedWave 3 days ago#59 Because capitalism is a doomed system. http://i.imgur.com/ngBbHlM.png reportquote

   mario2000 3 days ago#60 when did communism become so popular amongst the young and uneducated? not sure if satire or just doesn't know what communism is Arrrr the SS Goku, Mighty fine boat... -fatmatt Hope Frieza doesn't chuck an Iceberg at the Goku, otherwise it's all over. -Nekoslash reportquote

   Newhopes 3 days ago#61 DreadedWave posted... Because capitalism is a doomed system. And we've had a 100 years of communism been a complete and utter failure, so whats your point? reportquote

   The Admiral 3 days ago#62 mario2000 posted... when did communism become so popular amongst the young and uneducated? not sure if satire or just doesn't know what communism is Sounds like he's got a pretty good handle on it. - The Admiral reportquote

   tennisdude818 3 days ago#63 Twinmold posted... Aaand you just employed a weasely method to imply that I'm a white supremacist sympathizer. I guess you don't really have an issue with words being deceptively misused after all. And many conservatives show a surprising amount of concern for the safety of nazis rights and ideologies. I wish they would stop posturing, and pretending that they aren't just racist towards blacks, and spiteful towards Democrats. That's what all of this is. It's posturing. Not every conservative is a Nazi. That would be a blatant misgeneralization, but a hefty portion harbor a lot of racial resentment, even if they would deny it to high heaven. I think a lot of conservatives see these nazis and white supremacists as part of "their team." They may not want to show them around town, but they get awfully defensive when they're attacked. When I oppose the "punch a nazi" movement that may look like concern for their well being to people who don't understand the value in free speech. "Racial resentment" is a staple of cultural Marxism. Would you like for me to post videos of angry non whites saying whites should have their s*** taken away? "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." -Thomas Sowell reportquote

   CrimsonRage 2 days ago#64 tennisdude818 posted... Twinmold posted... Aaand you just employed a weasely method to imply that I'm a white supremacist sympathizer. I guess you don't really have an issue with words being deceptively misused after all. And many conservatives show a surprising amount of concern for the safety of nazis rights and ideologies. I wish they would stop posturing, and pretending that they aren't just racist towards blacks, and spiteful towards Democrats. That's what all of this is. It's posturing. Not every conservative is a Nazi. That would be a blatant misgeneralization, but a hefty portion harbor a lot of racial resentment, even if they would deny it to high heaven. I think a lot of conservatives see these nazis and white supremacists as part of "their team." They may not want to show them around town, but they get awfully defensive when they're attacked. When I oppose the "punch a nazi" movement that may look like concern for their well being to people who don't understand the value in free speech. They defend Nazis in a way they would never defend communists, Islamists, BLM, Antifa, etc. Twinmold hit the nail on the head. They see Nazis/white supremacists as people on "their side", even if they may not personally like them. Hence they defend them. Enemy of my enemy and all that. reportquote

   tennisdude818 2 days ago#65 CrimsonRage posted... tennisdude818 posted... Twinmold posted... Aaand you just employed a weasely method to imply that I'm a white supremacist sympathizer. I guess you don't really have an issue with words being deceptively misused after all. And many conservatives show a surprising amount of concern for the safety of nazis rights and ideologies. I wish they would stop posturing, and pretending that they aren't just racist towards blacks, and spiteful towards Democrats. That's what all of this is. It's posturing. Not every conservative is a Nazi. That would be a blatant misgeneralization, but a hefty portion harbor a lot of racial resentment, even if they would deny it to high heaven. I think a lot of conservatives see these nazis and white supremacists as part of "their team." They may not want to show them around town, but they get awfully defensive when they're attacked. When I oppose the "punch a nazi" movement that may look like concern for their well being to people who don't understand the value in free speech. They defend Nazis in a way they would never defend communists, Islamists, BLM, Antifa, etc. Twinmold hit the nail on the head. They see Nazis/white supremacists as people on "their side", even if they may not personally like them. Hence they defend them. Enemy of my enemy and all that. This doesn't address my post at all so I'm wondering why I'm even quoted here. When Antifa calls everybody to the right of Hillary Clinton a nazi I'm going to take notice. It doesn't have anything to do with me identifying with actual nazis. Leftists are the ones grouping nazis in with me.  The amount of projection from the left is staggering. "Don't carelessly call everybody you disagree with a communist! Also I see nazis everywhere. Racial resentment is bad! Also I side with cultural Marxists." "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." -Thomas Sowell reportquote

   averagejoel 2 days ago#66 Newhopes posted... DreadedWave posted... Because capitalism is a doomed system. And we've had a 100 years of communism been a complete and utter failure, so whats your point? 1. there have been socialist states, but full communism has never been achieved 2. the biggest obstacle to socialism has been US interference peanut butter and dick reportquote

   darkjedilink 2 days ago#67 averagejoel posted... Newhopes posted... DreadedWave posted... Because capitalism is a doomed system. And we've had a 100 years of communism been a complete and utter failure, so whats your point? 1. there have been socialist states, but full communism has never been achieved 2. the biggest obstacle to socialism has been US interference Pretty sure Russia's food lines being blocks long for some stale bread and days-old sausage had more to do with socialism's proven s***tiness than America ever did. 'It's okay that those gangbangers stole all my personal belongings and cash at gunpoint, cuz they're building a rec center!' - OneTimeBen reportquote

   PonyLivesMatter 2 days ago#68 luigi13579 posted... I think it's a reaction against modern captalism / neoliberalism, which they feel is unsustainable and makes people do terrible things to survive within it. Communism is basically the antithesis of that: a classless, moneyless, stateless society. Ironoc since under communism you have to do terrible things to survive by default. reportquote

   averagejoel 2 days ago#69 darkjedilink posted... averagejoel posted... Newhopes posted... DreadedWave posted... Because capitalism is a doomed system. And we've had a 100 years of communism been a complete and utter failure, so whats your point? 1. there have been socialist states, but full communism has never been achieved 2. the biggest obstacle to socialism has been US interference Pretty sure Russia's food lines being blocks long for some stale bread and days-old sausage had more to do with socialism's proven s***tiness than America ever did. you think one famine in one country did more to harm socialism than the funding of counterrevolutionary groups, assassination or kidnapping of democratically elected leaders, and installation of fascist dictators, in like 20+ countries? peanut butter and dick reportquote

   GenGrievous03 2 days ago#70 I'm not even communist (lean more towards social democracy), but lol at using death tolls attributed to communism. "Communist dictators have killed millions!!!". And capitalism hasn't? Also, you can say what you will about Cuba, but there is not a single homeless person on there, literacy rate is pretty much 100%, etc. Meanwhile, go for a walk in any urban center in the United States and tell me unchecked capitalism doesn't kill. http://www.last.fm/pt/user/Purple_Scourge reportquote

   metralo 2 days ago#71 SharpX68000 posted... Communism has proven to be more deadly in its impact. no. https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1298321979/image.jpg reportquote

   metralo 2 days ago#72 communist dictators haven't even killed millions. its obvious propaganda that's still in effect to this day. capitalism kills millions yearly. https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1298321979/image.jpg reportquote

   tennisdude818 2 days ago#73 ITT there are some holocoaust denial level delusional statements. "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." -Thomas Sowell (edited 2 days ago)reportquote

   darkjedilink 2 days ago#74 averagejoel posted... darkjedilink posted... averagejoel posted... Newhopes posted... DreadedWave posted... Because capitalism is a doomed system. And we've had a 100 years of communism been a complete and utter failure, so whats your point? 1. there have been socialist states, but full communism has never been achieved 2. the biggest obstacle to socialism has been US interference Pretty sure Russia's food lines being blocks long for some stale bread and days-old sausage had more to do with socialism's proven s***tiness than America ever did. you think one famine in one country did more to harm socialism than the funding of counterrevolutionary groups, assassination or kidnapping of democratically elected leaders, and installation of fascist dictators, in like 20+ countries? The food lines were the result of socialism, and affected hundreds of millions of people - the very people being crushed by it, so yes, I do. 'It's okay that those gangbangers stole all my personal belongings and cash at gunpoint, cuz they're building a rec center!' - OneTimeBen reportquote

   wah_wah_wah 2 days ago#75 To some extent the free market is for suckers. That's why wealthy people preach about the free market. Not because it helps the poor and their managers. Because the free market is not what they participated in to get rich, oh no, but if everyone had the power and protection they had, then the whole system falls apart. So get back to work, b****. Daddy needs a new government-protected yacht. (edited 2 days ago)reportquote

   FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)2 days ago#76 averagejoel is a joke. he has no evidence for his ridiculous claims. i asked him for sources a couple days ago and he barfed up some wikipedia articles that didn't even say what he says. reportquote

   The Admiral 2 days ago#77 FLUFFYGERM posted... averagejoel is a joke. he has no evidence for his ridiculous claims. i asked him for sources a couple days ago and he barfed up some wikipedia articles that didn't even say what he says. He's a gimmick account who posts this stuff intentionally, like metarlo. I have no clue why people keep having serious discussions with him. - The Admiral reportquote

   FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)2 days ago#78 wah_wah_wah posted... To some extent the free market is for suckers. That's why wealthy people preach about the free market. Not because it helps the poor and their managers. Because the free market is not what they participated in to get rich, oh no, but if everyone had the power and protection they had, then the whole system falls apart. So get back to work, b****. Daddy needs a new government-protected yacht. the poor in the west have a phenomenal standard of living. it has been improving in every way. thanks free enterprise!!! reportquote

   darkjedilink 2 days ago#79 wah_wah_wah posted... To some extent the free market is for suckers. That's why wealthy people preach about the free market. Not because it helps the poor and their managers. Because the free market is not what they participated in to get rich, oh no, but if everyone had the power and protection they had, then the whole system falls apart. So get back to work, b****. Daddy needs a new government-protected yacht. Those "protections" you spew hatred towards the rich over prove it's not a free market. 'It's okay that those gangbangers stole all my personal belongings and cash at gunpoint, cuz they're building a rec center!' - OneTimeBen reportquote

   FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)2 days ago#80 The Admiral posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... averagejoel is a joke. he has no evidence for his ridiculous claims. i asked him for sources a couple days ago and he barfed up some wikipedia articles that didn't even say what he says. He's a gimmick account who posts this stuff intentionally, like metarlo. I have no clue why people keep having serious discussions with him. idk i think he is serious reportquote

   averagejoel 2 days ago#81 FLUFFYGERM posted... averagejoel is a joke. he has no evidence for his ridiculous claims. i asked him for sources a couple days ago and he barfed up some wikipedia articles that didn't even say what he says. I wasn't even making an argument - I said that the US interfered in foreign democracies, and I linked to sources that gave evidence of that you dismissed it by asking me to link to people making arguments when I never made any in the first place peanut butter and dick reportquote

   hockeybub89 2 days ago#82 The Admiral posted... mario2000 posted... when did communism become so popular amongst the young and uneducated? not sure if satire or just doesn't know what communism is Sounds like he's got a pretty good handle on it. Not if he thinks it is popular among any generation. Does CE even have communists anymore? I know I have never met any in real life. http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ reportquote

   tennisdude818 2 days ago#83 Class based communism has been replaced by the oppression olympics aka social Marxism. "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." -Thomas Sowell reportquote

   hockeybub89 2 days ago#84 tennisdude818 posted... Class based communism has been replaced by the oppression olympics aka social Marxism. Replaced by who in where? Angry Facebook posts? Neither of those have any traction in most developed countries. http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ (edited 2 days ago)reportquote

   tennisdude818 2 days ago#85 hockeybub89 posted... tennisdude818 posted... Class based communism has been replaced by the oppression olympics aka social Marxism. Replaced by who in where? Angry Facebook posts? Neither of those have any traction in most developed countries. By the leftist academia and media in the West. I'm referring to intersectional feminism and critical race theory. These are much older than Facebook and the internet. "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." -Thomas Sowell reportquote

   GenGrievous03 2 days ago#86 FLUFFYGERM posted... wah_wah_wah posted... To some extent the free market is for suckers. That's why wealthy people preach about the free market. Not because it helps the poor and their managers. Because the free market is not what they participated in to get rich, oh no, but if everyone had the power and protection they had, then the whole system falls apart. So get back to work, b****. Daddy needs a new government-protected yacht. the poor in the west have a phenomenal standard of living. it has been improving in every way. thanks free enterprise!!! tfw when the countries with the highest standards of living are the ones with strong government regulation on the economy (Welfare states). They are not full blown socialist states, but are far from having neoliberal politics. Hell, even the United States lived its glory days in terms of standars of living during the 50's and 60's due to FDR's legacy of semi Keynesian politics. http://www.last.fm/pt/user/Purple_Scourge reportquote

   Smoke944 2 days ago#87 GenGrievous03 posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... wah_wah_wah posted... To some extent the free market is for suckers. That's why wealthy people preach about the free market. Not because it helps the poor and their managers. Because the free market is not what they participated in to get rich, oh no, but if everyone had the power and protection they had, then the whole system falls apart. So get back to work, b****. Daddy needs a new government-protected yacht. the poor in the west have a phenomenal standard of living. it has been improving in every way. thanks free enterprise!!! tfw when the countries with the highest standards of living are the ones with strong government regulation on the economy (Welfare states). They are not full blown socialist states, but are far from having neoliberal politics. Hell, even the United States lived its glory days in terms of standars of living during the 50's and 60's due to FDR's legacy of semi Keynesian politics. Those were the glory days because the manufacturing base of Europe and Asia was a smoldering ruin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejCCEAjDU7U reportquote

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   averagejoel 2 days ago#89 tennisdude818 posted... Class based communism has been replaced by the oppression olympics aka social Marxism. the people that I assume you're talking about are not marxists - they're just talking about their experience, not necessarily grounding that with a lens of dialectical materialism not that there's anything wrong with that per se, but it's a different thing peanut butter and dick reportquote

   FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)2 days ago#90 averagejoel posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... averagejoel is a joke. he has no evidence for his ridiculous claims. i asked him for sources a couple days ago and he barfed up some wikipedia articles that didn't even say what he says. I wasn't even making an argument - I said that the US interfered in foreign democracies, and I linked to sources that gave evidence of that you dismissed it by asking me to link to people making arguments when I never made any in the first place hahaha reportquote

   Dragonblade01 2 days ago#91 I don't really think communism is all that popular. Rather, it seems what's becoming more popular is the desire for more policies which include socialist ideas. PSN: kazukifafner reportquote

   Knowledge_King 2 days ago#92 tennisdude818 posted... And cancer is capitalisims fault! Kinda. It stems from bad diet which is heavily influenced by capitalism. Also less incentive to find cheap cures. http://www.warwithwords.com He Who Leads: Global Ebook Award Winner:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CE0TLLM reportquote

   Antifar 2 days ago#93 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/02/socialism-young-americans-bernie-sanders kin to all that throbs reportquote

   Southernfatman 2 days ago#94 I've seen more critics of capitalism being called communists (when they are not) than actual supporters of communism. People who want communism are silly, but so are people who heavily support and never criticize our so called "free market" capitalism. http://i.imgur.com/hslUvRN.jpg When I sin I sin real good. reportquote

   EverDownward 2 days ago#95 Excuse you, TC, communism is popular among the young and educated. They went to college, so it's pointless to argue them. http://i.imgur.com/DKNJbBm.jpg Official Praying Monk from the Sky Temple of the MKX boards reportquote

   FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)2 days ago#96 Knowledge_King posted... tennisdude818 posted... And cancer is capitalisims fault! Kinda. It stems from bad diet which is heavily influenced by capitalism. Also less incentive to find cheap cures. under capitalism there is a lot of incentive to have the best product at the lowest cost. cheap cures would steal a lot of market share from the expensive cures. this is why products and services are overall getting cheaper with time reportquote

   Sinroth 2 days ago#97 I think the online interest in communism is actually an online interest in social democracies with strong welfare states, not any actual serious opposition to capitalism as a system I live in a big house and it's handy to have a pair of running shoes so that it doesn't take me forever to get from one area of the house to another. reportquote

   untrustful 2 days ago#98 pinky0926 posted... Antifar posted... The financial crisis And the ever increasing wealth divide And more expensive college education My Mario Maker Levels https://supermariomakerbookmark.nintendo.net/profile/untrustful?type=posted reportquote

   averagejoel 2 days ago#99 FLUFFYGERM posted... averagejoel posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... averagejoel is a joke. he has no evidence for his ridiculous claims. i asked him for sources a couple days ago and he barfed up some wikipedia articles that didn't even say what he says. I wasn't even making an argument - I said that the US interfered in foreign democracies, and I linked to sources that gave evidence of that you dismissed it by asking me to link to people making arguments when I never made any in the first place hahaha I know, right? it's ridiculous that you did it peanut butter and dick reportquote

   The Admiral 2 days ago#100 Dragonblade01 posted... Rather, it seems what's becoming more popular is the desire for more policies which include socialist ideas. What's becoming popular to young people is programs where they get free things, or get social praises for granting free things to other people, and never pay for it themselves. When young people touting socialism/communism are asked to personally contribute more money to make these expanded social programs viable, they become extremely conservative: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/03/24/millennials-like-socialism-until-they-get-jobs/ - The Admiral (edited 2 days ago)reportquote

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      Dragonblade01 2 days ago#101 Barring deep-rooted ideas, it's not surprising at all that many people align with what fits their immediate needs. PSN: kazukifafner reportquote

      J E S U S 2 days ago#102 communism will never work because people like to own things *imaginary* reportquote

      averagejoel 2 days ago#103 J E S U S posted... communism will never work because people like to own things if you think people couldn't own things under communism, you are mistaken google "personal property vs. private property" peanut butter and dick reportquote

      wah_wah_wah 2 days ago#104 darkjedilink posted... wah_wah_wah posted... To some extent the free market is for suckers. That's why wealthy people preach about the free market. Not because it helps the poor and their managers. Because the free market is not what they participated in to get rich, oh no, but if everyone had the power and protection they had, then the whole system falls apart. So get back to work, b****. Daddy needs a new government-protected yacht. Those "protections" you spew hatred towards the rich over prove it's not a free market. I never said I hated the wealthy, but nearly all wealthy people have a thinly veiled contempt for anyone earning less than billions. If you think the President would crash at your place for a weekend and would pound a beer with you, you're an idiot. He thinks your trash. reportquote

      Knowledge_King 2 days ago#105 FLUFFYGERM posted... Knowledge_King posted... tennisdude818 posted... And cancer is capitalisims fault! Kinda. It stems from bad diet which is heavily influenced by capitalism. Also less incentive to find cheap cures. under capitalism there is a lot of incentive to have the best product at the lowest cost. cheap cures would steal a lot of market share from the expensive cures. this is why products and services are overall getting cheaper with time But it makes more sense to keep the expensive treatment rather than the cheap cure (which is what they do). And I've seen almost nothing as solid as a cure get cheaper with time. Products only get cheaper due to being mass produced and no longer rare. http://www.warwithwords.com He Who Leads: Global Ebook Award Winner:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CE0TLLM reportquote

      darkjedilink 2 days ago#106 averagejoel posted... J E S U S posted... communism will never work because people like to own things if you think people couldn't own things under communism, you are mistaken google "personal property vs. private property" Under Communism, nobody has a right to any property, personal, private, or otherwise, if someone says that a 'greater good' is served by it being taken from you. 'It's okay that those gangbangers stole all my personal belongings and cash at gunpoint, cuz they're building a rec center!' - OneTimeBen reportquote

      darkjedilink 2 days ago#107 hockeybub89 posted... tennisdude818 posted... Class based communism has been replaced by the oppression olympics aka social Marxism. Replaced by who in where? Angry Facebook posts? Neither of those have any traction in most developed countries. The entire Democratic platform in the US is based on social Marxism. 'It's okay that those gangbangers stole all my personal belongings and cash at gunpoint, cuz they're building a rec center!' - OneTimeBen reportquote

      Antifar 2 days ago#108 darkjedilink posted... The entire Democratic platform in the US is based on social Marxism. I'm haveing a stroke kin to all that throbs reportquote

      averagejoel 2 days ago#109 darkjedilink posted... averagejoel posted... J E S U S posted... communism will never work because people like to own things if you think people couldn't own things under communism, you are mistaken google "personal property vs. private property" Under Communism, nobody has a right to any property, personal, private, or otherwise, if someone says that a 'greater good' is served by it being taken from you. this is blatantly not true peanut butter and dick reportquote

      Questionmarktarius 2 days ago#110 darkjedilink posted... if someone says that a 'greater good' is served by it being taken from you. There is no form of government where this is not true. reportquote

      HiddenLurker 2 days ago#111 It's popular because it works.... on paper. In reality not so much and any examples are automaticly dismissed as not true communism. I used to be a gamefaq poster like you until I took an arrow to my face. reportquote

      tennisdude818 2 days ago#112 Knowledge_King posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... Knowledge_King posted... tennisdude818 posted... And cancer is capitalisims fault! Kinda. It stems from bad diet which is heavily influenced by capitalism. Also less incentive to find cheap cures. under capitalism there is a lot of incentive to have the best product at the lowest cost. cheap cures would steal a lot of market share from the expensive cures. this is why products and services are overall getting cheaper with time But it makes more sense to keep the expensive treatment rather than the cheap cure (which is what they do). And I've seen almost nothing as solid as a cure get cheaper with time. Products only get cheaper due to being mass produced and no longer rare. Laser eye surgery gets cheaper and better over time because it's a relatively free market. The government creates scarcity in healthcare by making it so expensive and time consuming to bring new treatments to the market. If I find a new cheap way to cure cancer I have every incentive to dominate the market with it. It may not be immediately positive for competitors but it's good for me. "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." -Thomas Sowell reportquote

      averagejoel 2 days ago#113 HiddenLurker posted... It's popular because it works.... on paper. In reality not so much and any examples are automaticly dismissed as not true communism. that's because full communism is a stateless society, and it has never actually been achieved  it hasn't happened yet because the US keeps funding counter-revolutionary groups, kidnapping or assassinating any democratically elected leaders with any progressive platforms, and installing fascist dictators in their stead peanut butter and dick reportquote

      HiddenLurker 2 days ago#114 averagejoel posted... HiddenLurker posted... It's popular because it works.... on paper. In reality not so much and any examples are automaticly dismissed as not true communism. *No true scot.....er communist fallacy* Thank you very much for proving my point. I used to be a gamefaq poster like you until I took an arrow to my face. (edited 2 days ago)reportquote

      averagejoel 2 days ago#115 HiddenLurker posted... averagejoel posted... HiddenLurker posted... It's popular because it works.... on paper. In reality not so much and any examples are automaticly dismissed as not true communism. *No true scot.....er communist fallacy* Thank you very much for proving my point. ok, I'm game: name 1 society since Marx that has existed without a state peanut butter and dick reportquote

      FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)1 day ago#116 averagejoel posted... HiddenLurker posted... It's popular because it works.... on paper. In reality not so much and any examples are automaticly dismissed as not true communism. that's because full communism is a stateless society, and it has never actually been achieved  it hasn't happened yet because the US keeps funding counter-revolutionary groups, kidnapping or assassinating any democratically elected leaders with any progressive platforms, and installing fascist dictators in their stead you have never provided evidence for this nonsense. plz stop polluting this board with your posts reportquote

      averagejoel 1 day ago#117 FLUFFYGERM posted... averagejoel posted... HiddenLurker posted... It's popular because it works.... on paper. In reality not so much and any examples are automaticly dismissed as not true communism. that's because full communism is a stateless society, and it has never actually been achieved  it hasn't happened yet because the US keeps funding counter-revolutionary groups, kidnapping or assassinating any democratically elected leaders with any progressive platforms, and installing fascist dictators in their stead you have never provided evidence for this nonsense. plz stop polluting this board with your posts yes I have - you just ignored it peanut butter and dick reportquote

      FLUFFYGERM (Topic Creator)1 day ago#118 averagejoel posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... averagejoel posted... HiddenLurker posted... It's popular because it works.... on paper. In reality not so much and any examples are automaticly dismissed as not true communism. that's because full communism is a stateless society, and it has never actually been achieved  it hasn't happened yet because the US keeps funding counter-revolutionary groups, kidnapping or assassinating any democratically elected leaders with any progressive platforms, and installing fascist dictators in their stead you have never provided evidence for this nonsense. plz stop polluting this board with your posts yes I have - you just ignored it no you didnt, you pasted random wikipedia links that didnt even say what you said reportquote

      averagejoel 1 day ago#119 FLUFFYGERM posted... no you didnt, you pasted random wikipedia links that didnt even say what you said this is one of many indications that you weren't listening.  those pages weren't random. they were pages about countries that had their democracies undermined by the US, focusing on their elected leaders. it's all fairly common knowledge among historians peanut butter and dick reportquote

      ChromaticAngel 18 hours ago#120 The Admiral posted... Dragonblade01 posted... Rather, it seems what's becoming more popular is the desire for more policies which include socialist ideas. What's becoming popular to young people is programs where they get free things, or get social praises for granting free things to other people, and never pay for it themselves. When young people touting socialism/communism are asked to personally contribute more money to make these expanded social programs viable, they become extremely conservative: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/03/24/millennials-like-socialism-until-they-get-jobs/ Sorry I'm having a hard time figuring out if washington post is fake news or not. So lets get it straight. If they post something that agrees with your preconceived opinions, it's legitimate, and when they post something that takes a steaming dump on everything you advocate, it's fake news? https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png reportquote

      The Admiral 4 hours ago#121 ChromaticAngel posted... The Admiral posted... Dragonblade01 posted... Rather, it seems what's becoming more popular is the desire for more policies which include socialist ideas. What's becoming popular to young people is programs where they get free things, or get social praises for granting free things to other people, and never pay for it themselves. When young people touting socialism/communism are asked to personally contribute more money to make these expanded social programs viable, they become extremely conservative: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/03/24/millennials-like-socialism-until-they-get-jobs/ Sorry I'm having a hard time figuring out if washington post is fake news or not. So lets get it straight. If they post something that agrees with your preconceived opinions, it's legitimate, and when they post something that takes a steaming dump on everything you advocate, it's fake news? CNN is the organization that posts fake news, WashPo just has biased op-ed writers. Not that your post is anything more than a deflection anyway. - The Admiral reportquote

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