The Environmental Benefits of Communism

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Re: The Environmental Benefits of Communism

Post by rainbow » Fri May 19, 2017 8:15 am

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Re: The Environmental Benefits of Communism

Post by Forty Two » Mon May 22, 2017 1:54 pm

pErvin wrote:
It can't both be totalitarian and the people happily existing.
Marx assumed that the people would be happy if they would just do as they were told. That's what totalitarians always say.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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Re: The Environmental Benefits of Communism

Post by Forty Two » Mon May 22, 2017 2:58 pm

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“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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Re: The Environmental Benefits of Communism

Post by lpetrich » Thu Jun 08, 2017 2:19 am

Forty Two wrote:(Communist countries' economic degradation...)

http://thefederalist.com/2014/01/13/if- ... vironment/
I checked on The Federalist - Culture, Politics, Religion and what it says about environmentalism -- extreme hostility. So they are dishonest in complaining about Communist countries' environmental degradation. That's because Communist countries put economic development before protecting their environments. To capitalism apologists, like what The Federalist's writers seem to be, that is The Right Thing To Do.

I will concede that Marxism-Leninism has been an economic failure. But that is no excuse for bad forms of capitalism.

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Re: The Environmental Benefits of Communism

Post by rainbow » Thu Jun 08, 2017 6:22 am

Forty Two wrote:
pErvin wrote:
It can't both be totalitarian and the people happily existing.
Marx assumed that the people would be happy if they would just do as they were told. That's what totalitarians always say.
We wouldn't know, not being on the extreme right wing of Fascism.

I suppose that we'll just have to take your word for it.
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