2020 US Election (Part 3)

[Estebonrober]

I didn't say otherwise. It seems you're assuming my economic views based on an inflexible Capitalism vs. Socialism binary, like mine, many other people's, are presumptively assumed, both American and around the world, based on an inflexible Democratic Party vs. Republic Party binary. Such binaries are artificial, contrived, and very often far from correct.

even you are falling into that binary. There are no socialist nations on earth that I know of right now.

 

[Patine]

even you are falling into that binary. There are no socialist nations on earth that I know of right now.

I didn't say there were. You missed the point I was making in the above rebuttal.

 

[Estebonrober]

I didn't say there were. You missed the point I was making in the above rebuttal.

ok I see it now, me bad

 

[Joij21]

I didn't say otherwise. It seems you're assuming my economic views based on an inflexible Capitalism vs. Socialism binary, like mine, many other people's, are presumptively assumed, both American and around the world, based on an inflexible Democratic Party vs. Republic Party binary. Such binaries are artificial, contrived, and very often far from correct.

And guess what happens once every nation becomes socialist? BOOM!! No industry just like that. There will be no more nations to export it to so consumer life as we know it will end. We'll be back woods Amish people reeking of body odor!

 

[Estebonrober]

And guess what happens once every nation becomes socialist? BOOM!! No industry just like that. There will be no more nations to export it to so consumer life as we know it will end. We'll be back woods Amish people reeking of body odor!

Name one socialist nation. Do you even know the definition of socialist?

 

[Joij21]

Yes, right now. Cheaper in long run but expensive up front. The wealthy are already making this move across the nation.

Well I ain't wealthy. So I guess this going green thing isn't for plebs like me.

 

[Patine]

And guess what happens once every nation becomes socialist? BOOM!! No industry just like that. There will be no more nations to export it to so consumer life as we know it will end. We'll be back woods Amish people reeking of body odor!

You're STILL, despite my last rebuttal, and @Estebonrober grasping it after a second take, not getting the fact that I'm not a Socialist. But nor am I Capitalist. That may be hard to get one's head around, nowadays.

 

[Joij21]

Name one socialist nation. Do you even know the definition of socialist?

Exactly!!! Hence why it would fail.

 

[lymond]

Honestly, I think this current line of discourse is devolving and should either be moved to a different thread or outright stopped.

 

[Estebonrober]

Exactly!!! Hence why it would fail.

My point was no the advocation of socialism, but that its used as a stupid fear tactic that has no bearing on the actual debates.

Honestly, I think this current line of discourse is devolving and should either be moved to a different thread or outright stopped.

Teh above response to him is why it is pertinent in a 2020 election thread.

 

[Arwon]

With the amount of virus circulating in the White House they're going to have to deep clean it and keep Biden out for a while after the inauguration and before he moves in. Might be safer just to burn the bloody thing down again, and start over.

 

[Estebonrober]

With the amount of virus circulating in the White House they're going to have to deep clean it and keep Biden out for a while after the inauguration and before he moves in. Might be safer just to burn the bloody thing down again, and start over.

lawls

 

[Arwon]

Imagine how much catharsis and closure the nation would feel in its warming, cleansing glow

 

[cardgame]

Even the world's most socialist nations were built on the backs of the capitalist industrial revolution. Socialism didn't build nations, merely inherited it. Meanwhile they export their industry to nations of a less equal standing to do the dirty work.

Russia was far from a world superpower before the soviets took over.

 

[Estebonrober]

Well I ain't wealthy. So I guess this going green thing isn't for plebs like me.

GND makes it for plebs like you. Its funny America worships money and capital so much, yet it has no ability to fathom how much capital is within it now.

 

[Farm Boy]

What sort? The paper sort? The blip sort? The infrastructure sort? The human sort? The commodity sort? They all play in. We've got a bunch of all of them, but the first two are probably the most pointless and the least able to do stuff.

 

[Estebonrober]

Ironically makes a powerful statement to disenfranchise men for a while. lol

 

[Sarin]

Still no word on the outcome?

Oh well, given the age of the candidates, it's no wonder that there's electile dysfunction.

 

[Estebonrober]

I liked this one too, seemed to fit

 

[Patine]

Might be safer just to burn the bloody thing down again, and start over.

lawls

Should hire a Canadian military unit. We did a very good job at it the first time.