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crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx
An activist being moderately inconvenienced from ending up on some watch list is exactly the same as systematic oppression.




This reminds of conservative whites in America comparing some moderate inconvenience to actual slavery.

crabcakes66 fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Jul 18, 2015

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crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx

Chomskyan posted:

On the other hand, polling data

So basically lingering effects of the dumbshit Iraq war and the date of that poll misses recent Russian and Chinese aggression and the deal with Iran.



Meanwhile in your article:

quote:

While poll respondents seem anxious about the United States’ role in world affairs, many of them would have no problems moving to America if they could. The United States topped WIN/Gallup’s list of top countries people would move to with 9 percent of the vote.



Also: polling data!

crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx
Communism is the nonexistent pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. And that rainbow is made of dead bodies. :black101:

crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx

Crowsbeak posted:

You know there's this wonderful place called Sweden.

Sweden is a capitalist country with a large welfare state. It seems to work pretty well.

crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx

HorseLord posted:

I love this idea of the solidly defined, fixed human nature, which transcends all history and every known society, despite all evidence to the contrary. The idea that all human beings all secretly have the same personality, and if they try to do something good, then they'll transform involuntarily like a werewolf on a full moon. "Free will doesn't exist, so it's okay I'm a shitpile and also so are you secretly". 3edgy5me bro


Yeah if we could like, just get like 7 billion people to hold hands and have a drum circle man. Like things would be so cool dude.

crabcakes66 fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Jul 19, 2015

crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx

HorseLord posted:

And no, China isn't "worse".


Counterpoint: Yes they are.

crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx

3peat posted:

China builds roads, railways, schools and hospitals in Africa, in return for access to resources.
America installed and propped dictators in Africa in turn for access to resources.

The chinese are svelte, beautiful, and have a rich, ancient culture, history and language.
Teh americans are fat, ugly, pasty hamlords with no trace of culture, history or even a language of their own.

There's no contest really. China rules, America drools. Ciao.



Rent-A-Cop posted:

Yeah but they poop in the street.


Checkmate.

crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx

HorseLord posted:

The DPRK has broken from the Communist project because it's impossible



This is an excellent point.

crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx
North Korea is not communist but it is the end result of communism.

crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx

nopantsjack posted:

wait do we got peeps in the tyool 2015 who don't recognise the US as the worlds biggest terror state yet? If so lol.


HUMAN RIGHTS *robot kills your family from the sky, your deaths are marked down as 11 combatants killed*


So killing them with JDAMs dropped by British, French, Canadian or various other nations using piloted aircraft is more humane?

crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx

nopantsjack posted:

no, we do a decent amount of state terror too it just pales in comparison to the worlds dominant, belligerent military superpower.

ITT: Fighting ISIS is an act of terrorism.

crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx
I think the only way to decide which system is better is bodycount since WW2.



So what has directly or indirectly resulted in the deaths of more people. Capitalism or Communism?

crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx

TheImmigrant posted:

China under the CCP is more capitalist today than the US.


That's a good point. So if capitalism is bad and China is more capitalist. They are the worse country.

crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx
Wow this socialism/communism(same thing imo) seems pretty bad.

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crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx

Fojar38 posted:

But on the other hand someone was inconvenienced at an airport in the US...

*throws hands up* I guess there's no point trying to judge either

You might hurt someone's feelings. Please stop.

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