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- Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:41 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: morality's half twists
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Re: morality's half twists
One I like is "Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you." If one of the parties involved is much more powerful than the other it may pay lip service to this all while violating the principle with enthusiasm. US foreign policy, especially in the 1960s-1980s an example... instigating c...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:14 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
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- Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:47 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Life's better moments.
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- Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:30 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 895
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Re: Planet America
It reminds me of something my father once said to me. He was 70 at the time. "All my life I called myself a socialist. It was only recently that I realized that if socialism could ever work, we wouldn't need socialism." He wasn't wrong. I dunno, sounds like maybe a good bumper sticker to ...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:01 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 895
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Re: Planet America
<snipped Truman image>. Keep in mind that Harry wasn't defending socialism in that quote. Only pointed out that some demonize the word to scare people. ETA: List of socialist members of the United States Congress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_socialist_members_of_the_United_States_Congress
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:39 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 895
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Re: Planet America
No, didn´t see that one there.Meadmaker wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:59 pmWas it next to one that saidPresident Bush wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 6:24 pm A mural I saw in Guangzhou. Commie countries tend to be fascinating.
War is peace.
freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:27 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 895
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Re: Planet America
I'm pretty confident I know what it means, and it is a very bad, evil thing that must be stopped. It's not, it's just profoundly unrealistic and relies on humans choosing to behave in ways that they have never behaved in their history. If humans could suddenly stop being human and become communist ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 6:24 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 895
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Re: Planet America
Communism has been a handy boogie-man for the U.S.'s need to flex its military might. I doubt that most americans know what it means, but they surely know it's a very bad, evil thing that must be stopped. I'm pretty confident I know what it means, and it is a very bad, evil thing that must be stopp...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 4:20 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 895
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Re: Planet America
You neglected to mention the most striking difference: Hitler´s side lost, Kissinger´s side didn´t. Last time I checked, Vietnam was a communist country. I think Kissinger's side lost, although the degree of defeat was not so bad as Hitler's. The Cambodians, Laotians and Vietnamese didn't have an o...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:57 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 895
- Views: 220537
Re: Planet America
Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. -Anthony Bourdain https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/960322190993477632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E960322190993477632%7Ctwgr%5E0e03372d30493ab0009b74d75ebcbbf67a...