The Thread of Democrats

[pErvinalia]

[Hermit]

I don't know if I qualify as a member of "the left", and I don't know any recently active individuals who regard themselves as Marxists, so I have no way of telling if they are nutty, but I have expressed my rejection of Marxism in particular and communism in general on many occasions. Here are four of the more recent ones:

Marx was just another obsessively scribbling utopian, and his conception of revolutionary communism can at best be described as fatally inadequate, and looking at all instances where communism through revolution has been attempted, fucking disastrous.

I regard communism, particularly the Marxist variety, as a preposterous pipe dream. It cannot possibly work as it is supposed to, so I do not see a point in wasting time describing how it might work if it could work. May as well try to describe how a square circle could be constructed and what it might be good for if we somehow succeeded.

I am not interested in defending communism, basically because I am not in favour of communism. I am not interested in attacking capitalism either, basically because I think capitalism is how things work best. What I am opposed to is Milton Friedman's version of capitalism. It gives capitalists too much leeway for destruction in order to maximise profit and not enough scope to prevent the ensuing human suffering. If you can get yourself to think of me and very likely all or almost all other forum members as capitalists we might actually have a more fruitful discussion.

I am not opposed to communism because it is evil and all it wants to do is to destroy the freedom of the individual. It isn't and it doesn't. My opposition stems from the empirical fact that it has never worked, and knowing what we do know about human beings it never fucking will. Given enough time, and it usually does not require much of it, the dictatorship of the proletariat morphs into the tyranny of a very small, tight-knit oligarchy and a single individual soon after that.

[pErvinalia]

Yeah but Jussi Smollet.

[Hermit]

Yeah but Jussi Smollet.

Our member from Yellowknife has abandoned the Jessi Smollett trope a while ago. The one he favours now is the Tanzanian pawpaw.

[pErvinalia]

Oh yeah. I knew there was something new, but i couldn't remember it.

[Cunt]

Oohh - can you give an example, of marxists being ejected by the left as nutty?

Yeah, me.

Now, about your false equivalence..

I still don't see public examples of them trimming their fringe, the way that the 'right fringe' is trimmed.

But ya, you got ejected.

Sorry about that. You'll probably find the right more tolerant and accepting. (though things are probably different in your 'borders closed' society)

[Scot Dutchy]

Hermit did you read your own sig?

People who quote themselves are either neurotic arseholes or inveterate trolls or both.

[Cunt]

Yeah but Jussi Smollet.

Our member from Yellowknife has abandoned the Jessi Smollett trope a while ago. The one he favours now is the Tanzanian pawpaw.

Democrats have offered up LOTS of fuel.

If you understood the Tanzanian president story (reuters, if you care) you might also wonder why a NEWS agency is covering it that way...

But I understand your interest is more in me, than other, lesser subjects.

I'm creeped out, but flattered. Be more flattered if you were a homo....

[Hermit]

Hermit did you read your own sig?

People who quote themselves are either neurotic arseholes or inveterate trolls or both.

Seeing I wrote my own sig there is a fair chance I read it as well.

Did you click on the link to the original post?

[Cunt]

Does anyone think Ed Buck is 'rolling' on his buddy Adam Schiff?

[pErvinalia]

Oohh - can you give an example, of marxists being ejected by the left as nutty?

Yeah, me.

Now, about your false equivalence..

I still don't see public examples of them trimming their fringe, the way that the 'right fringe' is trimmed.

That because there's way more loonies on the right than there are Marxists.


Now, about your false equivalence..

[Cunt]

That because there's way more loonies on the right than there are Marxists.


Now, about your false equivalence..

I can't think of a single one being publicly disavowed by the Dems...but you enjoy your chewing.

[Scot Dutchy]

Hermit did you read your own sig?

People who quote themselves are either neurotic arseholes or inveterate trolls or both.

Seeing I wrote my own sig there is a fair chance I read it as well.

Did you click on the link to the original post?

What's that got to do with anything? You are still quoting yourself.

[pErvinalia]

Sucked in Hermit, your turn to deal with some Scot Dutchy stupidity for a while..

[Hermit]

Nothing, Scott. I lied.

The real reason for my sig is ridiculing someone else's. You don't have to scroll up very far to figure things out from here.