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08 Feb 2009, 11:06 am

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What is socialism, anyway? The government provides education, police, roads, etc., but this is not socialism? But if the government provided healthcare, that WOULD be socialism? I don't get it. If that's what socialism is, then why is "socialism" treated as a dirty word?
Further, why do people say that socialism is contrary to the beliefs upon which America is based? America is based on democracy, not capitalism. Can a country not be democratic and socialist?
(These are honest questions; I'm not being sarcastic or anything)


Do you know what a camel is? It is a horse designed by the Government.

Your government also produced the Challenger and Columbia disasters not to say anything about the dykes and levees falling apart in N.O. during Katrina. If the government ran the supermarkets we would soon all start going hungry.

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09 Feb 2009, 4:20 am

op: because it doesn't work. it's senseless, reactionary thinking.



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09 Feb 2009, 4:28 am

mistercheech wrote:
op: because it doesn't work. it's senseless, reactionary thinking.


Oh do please explain why, please could you give some examples of socialism


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09 Feb 2009, 4:05 pm

Ruveyn, you damn necro.


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09 Feb 2009, 7:41 pm

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Ruveyn, you damn necro.


No. I am Caucasian. What is a necro?

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09 Feb 2009, 7:43 pm

ruveyn wrote:
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Ruveyn, you damn necro.


No. I am Caucasian. What is a necro?

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Necro is short for Necromancer, a term for someone who revives dead threads. The comment was made for this thread as the last post in it before you made your comment about the camel was over 3 months ago and thus the thread was considered dead.



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09 Feb 2009, 8:39 pm

Why not????...

The USSR... Theres ur freaking reason why not... :x


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09 Feb 2009, 9:36 pm

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
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Ruveyn, you damn necro.


No. I am Caucasian. What is a necro?

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Necro is short for Necromancer, a term for someone who revives dead threads. The comment was made for this thread as the last post in it before you made your comment about the camel was over 3 months ago and thus the thread was considered dead.

And reviving dead threads is normally considered poor form.


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