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Re: Why is communism so appealing to young people?
by cube » Sun 16 Nov 2008, 18:24:42
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gorm', 'f')unny this liberal thing. A Liberal is very very far from a communist/socialist. But not in the US as I get, there liberal equals som kind of communist/socialist. Why is that?
Liberalism - Socialism - Communism: are 3 different things.
If you're asking why are so many Americans anti-socialist,
Do you really want to know?
The short answer is because we are Americans.
The long answer.....
The greatest hero in American folklore is the cowboy.
A cowboy may not be rich, smart, and he certainly does not come from an impressive family lineage.
But he is a burden to no man and owes nobody nothing.
Every dollar he spends came from doing honest work by the sweat of his brow and using his own two hands. --> NOT by mooching off other people or government.
Simply stated, a cowboy only spends what he earns.
Today in the 21st century very few Americans walk around wearing cowboy hats and even less so ride horseback but make no mistake, the "cowboy mentality" is still a very important part of American culture.
In the USA if you have to receive assistance from the government it is an embarrassment.
It's a sign of failure and it means you're mooching off someone else's hard work.
here's an example:
I had a friend who used to work as a cashier at a grocery store during the graveyard shift, he told me after midnight is when all the "food-stamp" shoppers come out.
You know why? Because people are embarrassed.
People who have to use food-stamps either drive far out of town to do their grocery shopping so none of their friends or neighbors can see them either that or go grocery shopping after midnight and hope nobody sees them.
There's probably a lot more examples but I'll leave it there.
my 2 cents...
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Re: Why is communism so appealing to young people?
by Quinny » Sun 16 Nov 2008, 18:31:05
Liberalism - Socialism - Communism: are 3 different things. Correct.
State Capitalism or Stalinism is another different thing.
American's are a bunch of cowboys mmm... He said it...
I think he's maybe just talking about the w..bankers now.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cube', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gorm', 'f')unny this liberal thing. A Liberal is very very far from a communist/socialist. But not in the US as I get, there liberal equals som kind of communist/socialist. Why is that?
State Capitalism or Stalinism is another different thing.
American's are a bunch of cowboys mmm... He said it...
I think he's maybe just talking about the w..bankers now.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cube', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gorm', 'f')unny this liberal thing. A Liberal is very very far from a communist/socialist. But not in the US as I get, there liberal equals som kind of communist/socialist. Why is that?
If you're asking why are so many Americans anti-socialist,
Do you really want to know?
The short answer is because we are Americans.
The long answer.....
The greatest hero in American folklore is the cowboy.
A cowboy may not be rich, smart, and he certainly does not come from an impressive family lineage.
But he is a burden to no man and owes nobody nothing.
Every dollar he spends came from doing honest work by the sweat of his brow and using his own two hands. --> NOT by mooching off other people or government.
Simply stated, a cowboy only spends what he earns.
Today in the 21st century very few Americans walk around wearing cowboy hats and even less so ride horseback but make no mistake, the "cowboy mentality" is still a very important part of American culture.
In the USA if you have to receive assistance from the government it is an embarrassment.
It's a sign of failure and it means you're mooching off someone else's hard work.
here's an example:
I had a friend who used to work as a cashier at a grocery store during the graveyard shift, he told me after midnight is when all the "food-stamp" shoppers come out.
You know why? Because people are embarrassed.
People who have to use food-stamps either drive far out of town to do their grocery shopping so none of their friends or neighbors can see them either that or go grocery shopping after midnight and hope nobody sees them.
There's probably a lot more examples but I'll leave it there.
my 2 cents...
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Re: Why is communism so appealing to young people?
by VMarcHart » Sun 16 Nov 2008, 18:46:21
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cube', 'I')n the USA if you have to receive assistance from the government it is an embarrassment.
As I understand it, there are over 120 welfare look-alike programs in the US. TAFN alone serves more than 4 million people. None of the people I know who receive welfare assitance seem to be embarrassed. But then, my friends are not model citizens, myself included.On 9/29/08, cube wrote: "The Dow will drop to 4,000 within 2 years". The current tally is 239 bold predictions, 9 right, 96 wrong, 134 open. If you've heard here, it's probably wrong.
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