Marx assumed that the people would be happy if they would just do as they were told. That's what totalitarians always say.pErvin wrote:
It can't both be totalitarian and the people happily existing.
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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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“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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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.Forty Two wrote:(Communist countries' economic degradation...)
http://thefederalist.com/2014/01/13/if- ... vironment/
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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We wouldn't know, not being on the extreme right wing of Fascism.Forty Two wrote:Marx assumed that the people would be happy if they would just do as they were told. That's what totalitarians always say.pErvin wrote:
It can't both be totalitarian and the people happily existing.
I suppose that we'll just have to take your word for it.
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