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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby americandream » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:34:23

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', 'T')he future of culture on Earth is a return to Monarchical rule, hopefully restrained by Constitutional limits and a rational populace. Pretending that the Republic or any other form of Democracy has long term stability is to ignore the reality of Human culture patterns. Very few people for very few centuries out of all of history have lived under anything but Monarchical government. Communism was intended to be the antithesis of Mercantilism/Capitalism but the ultimate Synthesis is just to return to our roots, the Monarchy in the middle.

Have no doubt the Elites in both camps have looked to their own family's future prospects, all they are waiting for is the inevitable collapse of the West which will reset both ends of the spectrum.

Interestingly enough lately I have been coming across references to the heritage of Vladimir Putin, there are now claims popping up that not only is he descended from relatives of the late Czar's family, he even physically resembles a branch of the Royal Family that was last known to live in the city his grandparents came from.

Every election cycle someone or other comes up with the Royal ancestry of the Presidential and VP candidates for the USA, for example Richard Cheney and Barack Obama have some common Noble ancestors. In the past these claims have been poo pooed by the elected officials in question, but it is not a large step for them to embrace those heritage's when the time is right.

What is more the British Royal Heir, Prince of Wales HRH Charles is very much a part of the Green movement in the UK, and both of his sons are peripherally involved as well.


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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby americandream » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:36:59

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AlexdeLarge', 'L')ets hear from an expert on the subject.........................

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '')Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.”

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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby sjn » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:47:19

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', '
')What is more the British Royal Heir, Prince of Wales HRH Charles is very much a part of the Green movement in the UK, and both of his sons are peripherally involved as well.

Ironically enough, I don't have a huge problem with Charles as my king, show's how easily swayed we are perhaps. I have no doubt he'd do a better job of ensuring a survivable, sustainable future than the current system which seems committed to ensuring no future at all. That said, can you honestly envision Charles becoming king with the powers you imply he'd possess? Does that really seem likely to you?

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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby sjn » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 11:54:32

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sjn', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'W')e do not believe that capitalism is sustainable, redeemable in green clothes or capable of being sustained in racial nirvanas. The ball therefore lies in your court to convince us otherwise.


Excuse me? We need to convince you that population won't jump to " no family" "no money " "work as much as you can --get as little as you can abide with" society? Sorry Mr Trotski''s beard. Humanity is not an ant-hilll. Never was, never willl be.

Homo Sapien's have always been highly social animals, the illusion of individualism has been afforded by cheap energy, and abundant resources. It's more "contribute what you can - get what you need", as it has been for human communities up until the modern era.



Oh yeah? So how these communities played popular in the early days games " who's getting who's pussy and for how long" and "who dies first in the winter", could you elaborate please.

You have a curious view of pre-history. If things were as you suggest, how did we ever develop Civilisation? Was it a gift/curse from the gods?
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby vision-master » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 12:02:40

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', 'T')he future of culture on Earth is a return to Monarchical rule, hopefully restrained by Constitutional limits and a rational populace. Pretending that the Republic or any other form of Democracy has long term stability is to ignore the reality of Human culture patterns. Very few people for very few centuries out of all of history have lived under anything but Monarchical government. Communism was intended to be the antithesis of Mercantilism/Capitalism but the ultimate Synthesis is just to return to our roots, the Monarchy in the middle.

Have no doubt the Elites in both camps have looked to their own family's future prospects, all they are waiting for is the inevitable collapse of the West which will reset both ends of the spectrum.

Interestingly enough lately I have been coming across references to the heritage of Vladimir Putin, there are now claims popping up that not only is he descended from relatives of the late Czar's family, he even physically resembles a branch of the Royal Family that was last known to live in the city his grandparents came from.

Every election cycle someone or other comes up with the Royal ancestry of the Presidential and VP candidates for the USA, for example Richard Cheney and Barack Obama have some common Noble ancestors. In the past these claims have been poo pooed by the elected officials in question, but it is not a large step for them to embrace those heritage's when the time is right.

What is more the British Royal Heir, Prince of Wales HRH Charles is very much a part of the Green movement in the UK, and both of his sons are peripherally involved as well.



The blood lines continue. :badgrin:

Where's mine, after all, I'm a descendant of King Eldred.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby americandream » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 12:06:33

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sjn', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', 'W')hat is more the British Royal Heir, Prince of Wales HRH Charles is very much a part of the Green movement in the UK, and both of his sons are peripherally involved as well.
Ironically enough, I don't have a huge problem with Charles as my king, show's how easily swayed we are perhaps. I have no doubt he'd do a better job of ensuring a survivable, sustainable future than the current system which seems committed to ensuring no future at all. That said, can you honestly envision Charles becoming king with the powers you imply he'd possess? Does that really seem likely to you?
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Don't expect business as usual. I suspect the Royals will be divesting themselves of their high profile in the next two decades as the Great Crash looms. The UK's colonial and North Sea subsidies will have long passed.Things will consequently be rather nasty in the UK as the old established hierarchies resort to ultra reactionary forces in a bid to stave off populist anger at plummeting life quality.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby Plantagenet » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 12:29:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Quinny', 'P')lanty - Have you ever read Das Kapital?

You'll struggle to find a more scientific analysis of economic behaviour anywhere.


Yes, Quinnie, I have read Das Kapital...not all of it....but part of it.

No it is not a scientific analysis. "Das Kapital" is not a scientific publication, anymore then the Bible or the Koran are scientific publications.

Marxists like to pretend that Marxism is science but it isn't. Marxism is a materialistic philosophy that serves as an ersatz religion for true believers.

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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby americandream » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 12:48:49

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Quinny', 'P')lanty - Have you ever read Das Kapital? You'll struggle to find a more scientific analysis of economic behaviour anywhere.
Yes, Quinnie, I have read Das Kapital...not all of it....but part of it. No it is not a scientific analysis. "Das Kapital" is not a scientific publication, anymore then the Bible or the Koran are scientific publications.
Marxists like to pretend that Marxism is science but it isn't. Marxism is a materialistic philosophy that serves as an ersatz religion for true believers.

Presumably capitals tendency to accumulate is of the same order as Eve being seduced by the serpent, a moot philosophical point?
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby Plantagenet » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:04:14

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'P')resumably capitals tendency to accumulate is of the same order as Eve being seduced by the serpent

Your faith in Marx's utopia being established everywhere on earth is of the same order as a fundamentalist Christians belief in an omniscient god establishing his kingdom on earth or a Muslim who has faith that Muhamadism will rule the earth under Sharia Law.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby americandream » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:07:29

Bible
"“Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.” Jeremiah 6:16"

Marx
"John Stuart Mill says in his “Principles of Political Economy":

“It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day’s toil of any human being.” [1]

That is, however, by no means the aim of the capitalistic application of machinery. Like every other increase in the productiveness of labour, machinery is intended to cheapen commodities, and, by shortening that portion of the working-day, in which the labourer works for himself, to lengthen the other portion that he gives, without an equivalent, to the capitalist. In short, it is a means for producing surplus-value."
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby americandream » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:08:49

I place no blind faith in anything. But like any rational human being, I am open to logic and reason.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby Pretorian » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:09:37

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sjn', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', 'H')omo Sapien's have always been highly social animals, the illusion of individualism has been afforded by cheap energy, and abundant resources. It's more "contribute what you can - get what you need", as it has been for human communities up until the modern era.



Oh yeah? So how these communities played popular in the early days games " who's getting who's pussy and for how long" and "who dies first in the winter", could you elaborate please.

You have a curious view of pre-history. If things were as you suggest, how did we ever develop Civilisation? Was it a gift/curse from the gods?[/quote]


You are good at answering questions with questions you know. So tipical for your kind.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby americandream » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:12:41

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sjn', 'O')h yeah? So how these communities played popular in the early days games " who's getting who's Obscenity deleted and for how long" and "who dies first in the winter", could you elaborate please.
You have a curious view of pre-history. If things were as you suggest, how did we ever develop Civilisation? Was it a gift/curse from the gods?You are good at answering questions with questions you know. So tipical for your kind.

I await your clarification as to what a "black hood" is. After all you are critical of our views and yet have offered us nothing of yours other than a tantalising glimpse of the above riddle... :)
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby Quinny » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:25:47

AD I think Pretorian must be a freemason, don't they wear a black hood ( he also has an obsession with kinky sex).
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby TheDude » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 13:48:52

My impression - correct me if I'm off the mark - was "black 'hood," i.e., race baiting.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', 'a')nother commie hypocrite on board. Queeny, did you ever even planned to move to a socialist country or at least a black hood in England?


Plantagenet threw out a puzzler as well - what does the band Devo have to do with Marxism? Their message, if they had one, was that humanity was headed on an evolutionary downslope that would eventually culminate in Wells's Eloi vs. Morlocks - throw in some danceable grooves. Can't recall any of their nerdy warbles having anything to do with taking control of the means of production.

Interesting thread, although it doesn't really answer my original question. Marx's vision didn't foresee a curve of energy production, or take in the full scope of human time; wonder what he'd think of industrial civilization's largess, or the ideas of neo-primitivists like Quinn. If hunter-gathering isn't a worker's paradise I don't know what is.

The anarchist world depicted in Ursula LeGuin's novel the Dispossessed was very alluring to me - your occupation for half a year is randomly determined mechanically, thus you could be a world-class physicist and find yourself working as a garbageman. Always meant to read up more on this.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby Plantagenet » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 14:09:12

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', '
')Plantagenet threw out a puzzler - what does the band Devo have to do with Marxism? Their message, if they had one, was that humanity was headed on an evolutionary downslope that would eventually culminate in Wells's Eloi vs. Morlocks - throw in some danceable grooves.


Re-read "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley----the alphas and epsilons of Huxley are the socialist version of Well's Eloi and Morlocks and fit with Devo's future visions of human devolution as well.

American Dream earlier listed the "good" things about his vision of a Marxist future utopia, and virtually every point he listed was an uncanny match to features in Huxley's brilliant vision of a dystopian socialist nightmare in "Brave New World."

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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby Quinny » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 15:52:40

Which part did you read, because although you might not agree with the theory, most of the thinking & analysis seemed quite rigorous to me.

I've dusted mine off, and started to skim through it an I'm amazed at the how deep his analysis of working class conditions is. I'd also missed/incorrectly recalled some of his analysis into things like for instance changes in diet due to industrialisation, and amount of land used in various agricultural processes.

He goes down to the level of measuring nutrition in various occupations by grains/ounces of carbon and nitrogen and mineral matter.

There is also great detail of agricultural land in various parts of the country.

I hadn't recalled such vigorous treatment of resources, maybe I skipped some of Volume 1.

I still don't think he identified the impact of oil and it's sudden decline and how that will effect the transititon to communism.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Quinny', 'P')lanty - Have you ever read Das Kapital?

You'll struggle to find a more scientific analysis of economic behaviour anywhere.


Yes, Quinnie, I have read Das Kapital...not all of it....but part of it.

No it is not a scientific analysis. "Das Kapital" is not a scientific publication, anymore then the Bible or the Koran are scientific publications.

Marxists like to pretend that Marxism is science but it isn't. Marxism is a materialistic philosophy that serves as an ersatz religion for true believers.

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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby Plantagenet » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 16:11:25

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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby Plantagenet » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 16:25:27

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Quinny', 'W')hich part did you read.... most of the thinking & analysis seemed quite rigorous to me.

I've dusted mine off, and started to skim through it an I'm amazed at the how deep his analysis of working class conditions is. I'd also missed/incorrectly recalled some of his analysis into things like for instance changes in diet due to industrialisation, and amount of land used in various agricultural processes.

He goes down to the level of measuring nutrition in various occupations by grains/ounces of carbon and nitrogen and mineral matter.

There is also great detail of agricultural land in various parts of the country.

I hadn't recalled such vigorous treatment of resources, maybe I skipped some of Volume 1.

I still don't think he identified the impact of oil and it's sudden decline and how that will effect the transititon to communism.



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Marx was a great scholar in the German tradition and his work on early 19th century economics is still useful to economists today. Marx also wrote on many other subjects.

Unfortunately, Marxism has become a secular religion, complete with fundamentalist Marxists like AmericanDream who have absolute faith that Marx was able to prophesize the future. These fundamentalist Marxists share many traits with fundamentalist Christians (both are classic "true believers".) For instance, fundamentalist Marxists love to quote "scripture" from Marx's writings and believe that statements quoted from Marx provide moral guidance, Marxists believe Das Kapital and other writings of Marx are inerrant and literal and true, and Marxists have faith that Marx's predictions in these writs are destined to be fulfilled.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Postby DrBang » Tue 14 Jul 2009, 16:42:09

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'N')either capitalism nor communism are sustainable in the future. Choosing between them is a false choice, like choosing between Rep or Dem.

There are plenty of places in Communist China that are worse than superfund sites. Ditto for Russia recovering from Soviet era...



The coming era of human history is going to be quite different in many respects. Not because we want it to be but because the fundamnetals of what allows us to operate as a civiliastion is in the process of changing. The next step IMO will be one of evolution based on massive change. I mean this in context of the individual, as the family unit, as the tribal based (100 odd families) group and nation states. All scales of human interaction and operation must evolve, whether we like it or not. Social, political, technological, physcological, legal, ethical. How we do project managment and our planning scope will also change. At the moment we like to think in cycles of a single financial year with vague plans to achieve goals maybe as far out as 10-15 years. We expect returns on our investments too. Soon we will have to invest all sorts of things as well as money into long term projects of 50 years or so. It will be our children and grandchildren who will really benefit though.

The time that is coming will not defined by classic ideas like right wing/left wing or communism or captialism. Such ideas were usefull or even considered possible in the past couple of hundred years. Dealing with the coming challenges will ensure a completely unique way of showcasing the same old timeless human characterisics and behavioural traits.

IMO if the coming culture can be characterised by anything, imagine a tired exhausted, sleep deprived mother picking up the pieces after her teenage children have had a huge party which has trashed the entire street, destroyed her house and garden. Property damage of the permenant variety. Hung over kids everywhere begging a cessation of noise, whining how its not their fault and demanding a hot breakfast. Really angry neighbours talking to unsympathetic police. The result will be tough love dispenced with reality, consequence and no sense of humour whatsoever.

Learn the lesson and evolve or get the lesson again, but harder.

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