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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: You may be a Communist if . . . |
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Posted: Yesterday, 9:32 pm
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Replies: 236
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| You know you've been brainwashed when you just handwave all the ways an economic model doesn't work in order to declare that it's been actually working just swell the entire time. Yeah, Communists are like that. I know we're stereotyped as lacking self-awareness, but jeesh. Of course it's the other... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: You may be a Communist if . . . |
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Posted: Yesterday, 9:29 pm
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| You know you've been brainwashed when you just handwave all the ways an economic model doesn't work in order to declare that it's been actually working just swell the entire time. To the capitalist, capitalism is the natural state of things and always has been. Never mind that this very specific e... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does EVERYONE have childhood trauma? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 7:12 pm
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| Does EVERYONE have childhood trauma? [opinion=mine] I think so. A major factor being how well a person deals with trauma and how well they recover from it. "Why does this always happen to me?", "I am a victim!", and "Feel sorry for me!" signify a person who does not de... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: You may be a Communist if . . . |
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Posted: Yesterday, 7:05 pm
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| You know you've been brainwashed when you just handwave all the ways an economic model doesn't work in order to declare that it's been actually working just swell the entire time. To the capitalist, capitalism is the natural state of things and always has been. Nevermind that this very specific eco... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: You may be a Communist if . . . |
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Posted: Yesterday, 7:00 pm
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| You know you've been brainwashed when you just handwave all the ways an economic model doesn't work in order to declare that it's been actually working just swell the entire time. I don't think Fnord will recover from that one. There is nothing to 'recover' from. As stated... While Capitalism, as ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: You may be a Communist if . . . |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:30 pm
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Replies: 236
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| You know you've been brainwashed when you just handwave all the ways an economic model doesn't work in order to declare that it's been actually working just swell the entire time. Yeah, Communists are like that. While Capitalism, as an economic system, may not work "just swell" all the ti... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Are there an infinite number of copies of us? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:22 pm
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NewTime wrote: Are there an infinite number of copies of us doing different things? That is one assumption. But it cannot be proven. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: You may be a Communist if . . . |
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Posted: Yesterday, 2:40 am
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Yugoslav1945 wrote: If Capitalism can work, then how can you deal with basic human rights? Apples and oranges.
Capitalism is an economic system, not a justice system. It is the latter that keeps the former in check. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: You may be a Communist if . . . |
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Posted: Yesterday, 2:37 am
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| The feudal system has been completely overthrown in China Wrong. You do not know me, you do not know much about me, and you do not know my thought processes, so you have to invent a straw man, put my name on it, and attack it instead of what I have said -- it is common knowledge that when a person ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What path lead you to eventually accept yourself? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 1:29 am
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Replies: 14
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| What path lead you to eventually accept yourself? 6 years of honorable military service. I found out that I could do practically anything I could put my mind to (within reason), and that I was not the "weak, lazy, good-for-nothing loser" that my XYF and other relatives said I was. The onl... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: My partner ogles other women & it makes me feel unattractive |
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Posted: 27 Apr 2024, 7:00 pm
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Replies: 25
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A little reminder of your avowed fidelity is okay.
Controlling every aspect of a person's life out of jealousy is simply wrong. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Capitalism VS Feudalism |
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Posted: 27 Apr 2024, 6:56 pm
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| I'm not sure there's a huge difference. Either way you're working on someone else's means of production with little power or agency in the grand scheme of things. The biggest difference being that no matter who 'employs' you in a Feudal system, ultimately the person at the top owns all the means of... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: PPR GIFs, cartoons, jokes, funny pictures, etc. |
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Posted: 27 Apr 2024, 6:47 pm
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Replies: 6,925
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: PPR GIFs, cartoons, jokes, funny pictures, etc. |
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Posted: 27 Apr 2024, 6:47 pm
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Replies: 6,925
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: You may be a Communist if . . . |
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Posted: 27 Apr 2024, 5:53 pm
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Replies: 236
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| They either break down and fall into Capitalism or devolve into a Feudal system run by autocrats and oligarchs. So you do prove the point that Capitalism is bad. Not at all. To "fall into" something in this context is to fall into a default state that works . Yet you never seem to get ti... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: My partner ogles other women & it makes me feel unattractive |
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Posted: 27 Apr 2024, 5:12 pm
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| My XYF would get angry with me for even speaking to other women. She flew into a rage that lasted into the wee hours because I smiled and said, "Thank you" to the woman who served us at a fancy restaurant. She dropped in unexpectedly to my workplace to count the number of women who worke... |
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