Nashville Flower Shop Refuses Business with Republicans.

[JoeB131]

You should have posted BEFORE smoking that joint.

The 10 Planks of the Communist Manifesto and how it's being implemented in the USA right before your red and tired eyes:

Not sure what your point is, here. That Marx realized that a modern state would have to do all these things, and all of them do today, even the nominally capitalist ones.

The ironic thing is Marx thought that the Industrialized Nations (Germany France, England, America) would go Communist and then spread it to the rest of the underdeveloped world. Instead, it was Russia and China that went Communist and got those nations to wet themselves about anything remotely "socialist".

So let's just take your points about agriculture. Yes, the federal government has made our agriculture pretty much socialist, with subsidies to stabilize prices of food stuffs and maintain a steady flow of food. why is this horrible, exactly?

 

[JoeB131]

There have been many Communist countries run by men who attempted to implement Marx's ideals and philosophies. Some still exist today (Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Communist China, etc.). None have reached their intended goal, but all have proven why Marx's beliefs were and are untenable. However, even if a dictatorship followed Marx's ideals to a "T" ... the result would not be as good as a free, Constitutional Republic. People are much happier and more productive when they keep what they earn and own what they keep.

Not really. It's just that we've established a social state while still maintaining the veneer of capitalism. We spend far more on middle class entitlements to keep white working class people from becoming poor than we do on welfare programs to keep the poor from rising up in revolution. But the reality is, most Americans are still... poor.

the bottom 40% control less than 1% of the wealth.
the middle 20% control 4% of the wealth.
the next to top 20% control 8% of the wealth.
The top 20% controls 87% of the wealth, with the top 1% controlling 41% of it.

This simply isn't sustainable.

 

[scruffy]

I love dealing with these dumb fuck MAGA Maggots , IT is like shooting ducks in a barrel.

Part of the delusion is you convince yourself you're actually hitting something.

 

[jotathought]

How do you know?

Because history repeats itself -- a basic concept that is taught in elementary - high school history, unless it's woke.

 

[jotathought]

Not really. It's just that we've established a social state while still maintaining the veneer of capitalism. We spend far more on middle class entitlements to keep white working class people from becoming poor than we do on welfare programs to keep the poor from rising up in revolution. But the reality is, most Americans are still... poor.

the bottom 40% control less than 1% of the wealth.
the middle 20% control 4% of the wealth.
the next to top 20% control 8% of the wealth.
The top 20% controls 87% of the wealth, with the top 1% controlling 41% of it.

This simply isn't sustainable.

You mean the government provides enough freebies to the poor so they become slaves to its dependency and aren't incentivized to better their life outcome.

 

[martybegan]

I don't have a plan for "government-less" society. That was your invention. My plan is keep government out of deciding social issues, and focused on protect individual rights instead.

Article of Confederation round 2, and the breakup of the US. got it.

 

[JoeB131]

You mean the government provides enough freebies to the poor so they become slaves to its dependency and aren't incentivized to better their life outcome.

Not just the poor.

We spend 2.5 TRILLION a year in Middle Class entitlements to prevent the middle class from becoming poor when they get too old to work.

 

[dblack]

Article of Confederation round 2, and the breakup of the US. got it.

You've got nothing.

 

[martybegan]

Obviously, unconstitutional laws will be struck down. Where does the Constitution say that businesses can do whatever they want (or don't want)?

argumentum ad absurdum. Not "whatever they want", what they want is the right to deny service for a specific event, not against the people, who they don't deny point of sale goods, but the event.

 

[jotathought]

Not just the poor.

We spend 2.5 TRILLION a year in Middle Class entitlements to prevent the middle class from becoming poor when they get too old to work.

Gosh .. maybe schools should teach basic economics, government and consumer math to prepare future generations instead of discussing chicks with dicks, pledge of allegiance to the rainbow flag and dumbing down math requirements so kids can graduate.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

I agree that the idea of Communism is oxymoronic. Their claimants profess to believe in a system that takes power away from Capitalists and places it in the hands of "the people", but they fail to see that the "people" who grab that power will use it to enrich themselves and enslave them who handed it to them. It's nothing more than a transfer of wealth from them who created it to a bunch of ingrates who did nothing to earn it.

The bottom line: Communism will never work as Marx intended or fantasized.

It's never anybody who is well adjusted, well educated and successful in life advocating communism, is it?

It's always losers like jbander, instead.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

It's never anybody who is well adjusted, well educated and successful in life advocating communism, is it?

It's always losers like jbander, instead.

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Losers unable to think past the indoctrination that has taught them that communism means they'll never have to work for any of the free shit they think they'll get.

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[citygator]

Because history repeats itself -- a basic concept that is taught in elementary - high school history, unless it's woke.

There ample evidence of gun laws working.

 

[JoeB131]

argumentum ad absurdum. Not "whatever they want", what they want is the right to deny service for a specific event, not against the people, who they don't deny point of sale goods, but the event.

Then they should have said they were booked up that day, and not got into anyone's face.

Gosh .. maybe schools should teach basic economics, government and consumer math to prepare future generations instead of discussing chicks with dicks, pledge of allegiance to the rainbow flag and dumbing down math requirements so kids can graduate.

Uh, we got into this mess because a bunch of MBA's and Ph.D.'s thought this was sustainable.

I don't think education is the problem, determination is.

 

[jotathought]

Uh, we got into this mess because a bunch of MBA's and Ph.D.'s thought this was sustainable.

I don't think education is the problem, determination is.

Education absolutely plays a role to shape the minds and prepare children for reality .... and when you become a slave to government through free or subsidized benefits .. you lose determination and incentive to become successful.

 

[martybegan]

Then they should have said they were booked up that day, and not got into anyone's face.


Uh, we got into this mess because a bunch of MBA's and Ph.D.'s thought this was sustainable.

I don't think education is the problem, determination is.

They shouldn't have to do that in a free society.

 

[Richard-H]

argumentum ad absurdum. Not "whatever they want", what they want is the right to deny service for a specific event, not against the people, who they don't deny point of sale goods, but the event.

That's a long stretch. They are basing their refusal on political prejudices.

It all depends on the text of the State Law.

This isn't about a particular event or business, it's about the requirement for business to conform to the State law.

I do not know what the State Law says. It may or may not be legal for them to refuse.

 

[martybegan]

That's a long stretch. They are basing their refusal on political prejudices.

It all depends on the text of the State Law.

This isn't about a particular event or business, it's about the requirement for business to conform to the State law.

I do not know what the State Law says. It may or may not be legal for them to refuse.

State law cannot override the Constitutional Right to Free Exercise.

Jim Crow Laws were "State laws", I guess we should have just let them remain in place, right?

 

[Richard-H]

State law cannot override the Constitutional Right to Free Exercise.

Jim Crow Laws were "State laws", I guess we should have just let them remain in place, right?

What Constitutional right to "Free Exercise"?

If there is one, I want my money back from Planet Fitness!

 

[martybegan]

What Constitutional right to "Free Exercise"?

If there is one, I want my money back from Planet Fitness!

Read the first amendment, you dumb fuck, before you comment on threads like this.