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Originally Posted by Bulgaroctonus
I did call Confed999 a libertarian. What I should have done is outlined exactly why his ideas didn't work
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You would have to know what my ideas were, as your assumptions were pretty far off, before you could tell me why they do not work.
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Originally Posted by barrowaj
The problem is that you only think you understand what socialism means and stands for.
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Government oppression, and we have history to prove it...
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. " - Sir Winston Churchill
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Originally Posted by barrowaj
And in the vein of ensuring people "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," we have an obligation to correct such a failure.
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What if eating food makes me happy? Is there truly anything that doesn't have some health determent? Anything that does not include sugar, fat, starch, cholesterol, caffene, any vitamin or mineral that one can OD on, etc., etc.? Is there any one thing a person can eat and get everything needed with no side effects?
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Originally Posted by barrowaj
The Soviet Union failed because it was an authoritarian state that ignored the wants and needs of its people for the sake of the prestige of the nation.
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Kinda like taking the twinkie out of an otherwise healthy person's mouth? Socialism requires an authoritarian attitude. Otherwise they wouldn't feel the need to tell people how they can live. You have facists on the right, and socialist/commies on the left, they're both the same, but have different excuses for doing it...
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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
The US was founded on the idea of INDIVIDUAL first. What we have now is completely the OPPOSITE.
It sickens me.
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Amen...