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Sperm Bank
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best Game
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Elder scrolls: Skyrim and The Witcher 3.
Both are open world role playing fantasy games with their own universe. The in depth interface into characters lives makes you feel its just you living inside the simulation. |
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Make her coffee this time, wearing a barista apron
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Gods are real or fake.??
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Mankind cannot control any weather any sunlight sunsets sunrises the moon the wind the oceans lightning nature life and death amazing isn't it All of this is God doing believe it or not,Coldersky️️️️️️️️️ Mankind can control weather, we already did it. Mankind has already controlled the amount of sunlight we receive too. Mankind can control the spin of our planet if we want. The obsession with "almighty" is pretty funny. People seek the most powerful being in universe and say they worship because of love. But in the end we find out they worship only the most powerful almighty in their textbooks. If it was not almighty they won't worship it. It shows how man is so afraid of an unknown powerful being that he is unable to tell what's real anymore. |
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In my country "We the People" is supposed to be the government. The problem is "We the People" have gotten lazy and put people in charge, give them authority and ownership of "We the People" then sit at home or at work and complain about it. That war we fought/fight (name one), is my war. It doesn't belong to my government. Its my war because I am part of We the People. The White House is My House. It belongs to We the People and I am We the People. The CIA, FBI, NASA, Social Security and all the other government funded stuff in my country is not the government's, its property of We the People. Its managed by We the People. It answers to We the People and since I am part of We the People, that's me as well as you too. Democrat, Republican or Independent doesn't/shouldn't matter, We the People needs to be what is important. We the People needs to be in charge. The final say. If We the People steps up to do what is right, I have much faith. If we continue the status quo, Just a deeper mess, loses my faith. Revolutionary |
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Edited by
Blaze
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Mon 02/24/20 04:02 PM
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I've no trust in my government. It has failed to deliver basic amenities to the citizens since decades.
Now things have turned worse and neo-fascists are all over the news proudly giving hate speeches towards minority. The ruling governments ideology is ultranationalism(far right) its rejecting the constitution again and again and there are protests all over the country against the government. The government is speculated to put an end to the "Muslim question". This is a last warning sign for a country to go Fascist. There are propaganda posters depicting hate against muslims, asking to vote for the ruling government in order to save the country from muslims. There is a cult of culture of a specific civilisation in my country. That civilisation is 5000 years old. Rationality is seen as "anti-national". Economic developments are not the key issues in my country, key issues are community tensions, war with Pakistan, blaming everything on the muslims. I've no warm feelings for muslims though, but my government uses muslims as scapegoat to excuse itself from providing any economic development at all. The unemployment level went highest in 45 years, deaths due to multi ethnic conflicts increased, economic growth went down, healthcare budget was cut, no education reforms were done. Tell me, does this ring any bell? 1934? |
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I'm a selfless being. I sacrificed my individuality for a greater good.
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socialism
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You should point out that the statement "if poor people work hard enough they will become rich" is ********. That’s called individualism and its based on the idea that life is fully controllable, but anyone with a brain knows otherwise. Life is anything but fully controllable.
You will never know what capitalism throws at you, what debts you must pay, how much interest will be applied to debts, medical bills, tuition fees, etc… You can bet on something but that doesnt mean it will happen. Under capitalism, you gamble for success. You are living in a gambling game in capitalist society where the market is ever changing and opportunity is unequal. “Every night, you should be coming home and selling something, creating something, learning something, etc.” Has this idiot ever considered that many people tend to be extremely tired after they come home from work? Has he ever considered that what he sees as ‘laziness’ is actually hoplessness? Has he ever considered how many of those people wanted to get a decent education but couldnt afford it, how many drowned in debt before they could graduate, how many got into accidents and we forced to drain their life savings and quit their jobs? Life isnt always "yeah just work hard and you’ll be fine". Capitalism is dynamic and “equal opportunity” only means equal legal rights, not equal economic opportunity. People can work their ***** off every single day of the week and on an anually salary of 40k and still struggle to put food on the table. Mind you, i’m referring to the US here, how do you think much poorer countries in the capitalist world are carrying out? Those people unable to produce value end up in poverty, become homeless or starve to death, not because they are lazy, but because the social conditions capitalism creates makes it very hard to do so. But capitalists try to justify the obscene inequalities and poverty that capitalism creates, to reassure the rich that they somehow deserved the wealth they accumulated, and to fool the poor into thinking that they simply aren’t working hard enough. It’s really no different than the Divine Right of Kings from the feudal era. Here are some things that should be asked: Is it a mental disability affecting their ability to retain information? Is it a lack of education/A wealth of bad information? If they are too "stupid" to learn, are they at fault? Should people be punished by actions they're unable to consent to? Are we morally righteous if we watch them suffer through poverty? Where do they live? Do they live in a poor area? Are there any overwhelming problems in these communities that puts the probability of failure at a higher rate? Is crime a major issue? “Lazy “people whose options are limited often turn to crime. How little do they earn in their current job? Do they earn minimum wage? Can they even get access to a decent job? Do they live in an area where there is few job opportunities? Are their parents poor as well? . These are questions that mostly conservatives don’t ask, probably because they don’t want to ask. They attempt to distance their utopian view of capitalism from the absolute clownshow that is actual capitalism by making the excuse that all poor people are just “lazy”. A rejection of reality pretty much. |
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socialism
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I could consider socialism IF everyone could be forced to contribute to their full potential. The reality of the human condition is that some do make that level of contribution but too many want to do the very minimum they can get away with. When the high level contributor finds that they are sacrificing for the under performer, they tend to rebel and no longer are willing to perform at the higher level. This downward economic spiral has destroyed all totally socialist economic systems. Most people seem to want a capitalist economic society with some socialism for the truly incapable. |
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socialism
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I like to keep it pithy, so. our divergence of opinion can be put as simply as I believe in personal responsibility and you believe the "state" should care for you.. I shutter just typing that... |
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socialism
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Ok let's be serious. Interpreting the famous slogan (From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs) by saying that it means taking from this to give that is a simplification of the whole theory. This slogan refers to the social justice that will be achieved at the end of the social stage (Which enables the transformation to the ideal communism). Speaking about my opinion, I don't believe in communism, not because I don't like it, but because it is too platonic to be applicable. Socialism, on the other hand, represents the highest applicable stage of communism (Which is ironic since socialism should lead to communism) and is a social, political, and economic system that I support when applied by a real democracy (Take as an example Sweden or Germany). Each human being should have the right to have basic rights in a way that assures their human dignity. Failing to do so will result in social unrest that triggers a class struggle or a revolution if you will. Such revolutions can be or have been witnessed even in states that claim socialism as a political system but failed to apply it or applied it in such a selective way (As socialism applied only to the common people while the ruling party members lived as barons). The dissolution of the USSR, which is not the mere result of communism or its wrongful implementation, can be discussed in a separate thread. I agree with you. The sad thing is whenever socialism is applied, it faces several serious challenges. Initially there is shortage of production and people have to be allocated to workforce by law. The aim is to make tremendous production of goods so that it can be available to the masses without the notion of profit. Another factor is the constant economic sanctions coming from the rest of the world. The USSR was constantly under sanctions from the west yet it survived until 1990. This forced the socialist state to be self sufficient. Trade was minimal with the west. Cuba faced similar situation. Hence i believe socialism cannot sustain in one or two countries. It had to be a global phenomenon occurring simultaneously in entire world. Like marx predicted the workers of the world were to overthrow their oppressive governments or win through democratic process(which is impossible since the capitalists control everything) Another obstacle is, the reactionaries or the people who won't let go off their accumulated wealth. They started forming counter revolutionaries groups which made the state paranoid and it had to defend itself from reactionaries. In the end I'll admit communism as for now seems impossible until the whole world gets class conscious and let go off their differences. My best hope is the climate change, it will be the catalyst for the revolution in this century. |
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socialism
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What is wrong with inheriting money? It gives incentive to strive to do better for your family. If I had kids I would love to set them up and give them an easier life than the one I had. No, inheriting property and means of production makes a person unworthy of it. In capitalist world its okay to inherit assets because every person is worried about future of their children so they save money in form of assets for their future generations. They are forced to do this because they know the system is cruel and they want their children to not be a part of the system where they be exploited and get their value of labor stolen by big companies and businesses. So everyone just wants to accumulate wealth so that their future generations don't have to "STRUGGLE". But in a socialist country, you do not need wealth or inheritance. The state gives you a house, education and healthcare. You're responsibility of the state, not your parents. The state even pays for your food and living while you study in a university. After that the state lets you determine your passion of work and puts you into the workforce. You earn your fair amount of money through your labor. The state ensures you're not exploited since there is no private property to exploit you. Its a meme to say that in socialism wealth is equally distributed. Its not. Wealth is earned in socialism depending upon the amount of work you do. And even the type of work too. A janitor and a researcher had different wages but the gap wasn't too big. Both had similar living standards. I've been to ex-socialist countries in eastern europe. |
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socialism
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Where would I start? It's easier for you to tell me what he did that you admire. We can go from there. |
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Topic:
socialism
Edited by
Blaze
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Tue 02/18/20 07:16 AM
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I have been poor my whole life and I never felt like I wanted someone to take something from somebody else and give it to me. I don't get jealous of rich people, I learn from them. This is a side note but I like Dave Chappelle's quote from his last special, This is paraphrased but off the top of my head "(to his father) ' I hate being poor!' Son poor is a state of mind, You're broke!'. You have been poor your whole life because you never had equal opportunity to flourish in first place with the already rich people. And they decide how much opportunity you will get. They decide the policies of business. They decide how much tax has to be cut from certain firms and how much wages have to be paid to certain people. They influence your president and whole senate. They pay the election campaigning of favourable political party so that laws be made that favour their monopoly. Why? Because they run the country through their capital. Your vote has always been insignificant. Who are "they"? They are the corporate elites. Perhaps you're poor because you couldn't afford higher education. Perhaps they limited you by not giving you a free education so that you can reach your maximum potential. Most students have educational debt that take decades to settle. How else they make you poor? They take advantage of your poor health and seek profit out of it. Healthcare is a very good business for them. They exploit your labor and give you the least wage and keep all the profit earned through your labor. Its a theft. Since 20th century they feared revolutions throughout the globe so they were forced to change their system and introduced universal basic healthcare and public education institutions. Well, not whole world has these yet. You still think anyone is "jealous" of the rich? That's a bit funny. Forbes says that only 8% of billionaires are self made. Rest are inherently billionaires. And probability of you or me to be a billionaire is mere 0.002%. Capital is made from capital. Rich people just have to invest money and it creates even more money. The working class does all the work and working class is the one which is oppressed. This post will trigger many people |
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socialism
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Marx was a world class loser. I wonder how many Marxist" out there ever read about the guys life.. Marxists read his life, yes but Marxist are Marxist not because of how he lived his life. Marxist are Marxist for agreeing with his critique of capitalism and for creating a new political theory which favours equality and justice above greed and inhumane capitalism. |
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socialism
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Taken into account the number of leftists here |
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From what I see, there are no women that want to answer this question for real, so I will answer. I see a lot of women that want a tall guy, at least 6 feet or more. I'm 6'2" and women don't usually approach me first. Can you tell us what is it about height that makes a man attractive? Why tall men? Is it about feeling of submissiveness to a man? Or is it about feeling of protectiveness around someone tall? Or something else? |
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Topic:
socialism
Edited by
Blaze
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Tue 02/18/20 03:48 AM
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Can you be more specific? I do not believe people are unanimous in their ideas of what 'socialist' is. I do not support a disallowing of private property. I would support a system with MORE 'collective' or 'community' ownership, however. By definition around the world, socialism is a stage of social development in which private property is abolished so that workers would not be exploited and all means of production are to be collectively owned by the community. Main goal of socialism was set to set a stage to obtain communism, eventually transforming the society from capitalism to socialism and then to communism. Socialism was coined by Friedrich Engels in his thesis with karl Marx. Socialist countries were people's republic of China, polish people's republic, german democratic republic, People's republic of Romania, USSR(Union of soviet Socialist republics) etc. I doubt there are much socialists in United States. But there are some social democrats. My take is, Bernie sanders probably will not win. The oligarchs will not let him win. He has made it clear that once he gets to power he will crush their monopoly over healthcare and education by subsidising these facilities. This is a characteristic of a socialist. |
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socialism
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I'm a Marxist. Every Marxist is a socialist but not all socialists are Marxists.
Socialism is on halfway to left side of political spectrum. Marxism is on extreme left side of political spectrum. |
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I'd like the meal with delicious dessert. I'll just sleep after that. Eating a lot makes me drowsy. I can't help it, i love food too much.
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