Communism ruined East Germany and it still hasn't been fixed - says Spiegel

[Traitorfish]

Those terrible Marxists. Either they're not really working class, or more dreadful still, they actually are.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Well, Lenin and a couple others were aristocrats.

 

[Takhisis]

How dare they act beneath their class?

 

[Bootstoots]

Oh look, luiz goes and proves my point

I'm starting to doubt if he really does what he reports for a living. It's very hard to separate fact from distortions, propaganda and omissions on the Internet.

Oh look, aelf goes and proves my point

I don't have to prove what I do to anyone, specially not a whiny, angsty wannabe internet revolutionary. If you want to think I'm flipping burgers for a living, suit yourself.

Moderator Action: Both of you are warned to stop flaming each other.

 

[gay_Aleks]

How dare they act beneath their class?

They slaughtered several million of the wrong-thinking countrymen; I think that's one of the requirements to become aristocrat.

 

[Traitorfish]

That's certainly the policy the Whites operated on.

 

[Domen]

So Communism is not to be blamed? Hmmm:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...s-ago-but-germany-is-still-divided/?tid=sm_fb

 

[Takhisis]

The westward exodus and destruction of the East German economy after annexation certainly didn't help, either.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Trailers owned? What does that have to do with anything to do with economy?

 

[aelf]

Still better than Poland.

 

[gay_Aleks]

That's not much of an accomplishment.

 

[aelf]

True, but those who live in straw huts shouldn't throw burning stones.

 

[Domen]

Aelf, how did you know that I live in a straw hut and that my computer is coconut-powered ???

I never told this to anyone before. Hmmm.

The westward exodus (...) certainly didn't help, either.

Drang nach Westen anyone ??? It's high time.

That's not much of an accomplishment.

For Bulgaria it definitely is. Or would be, because you haven't accomplished it.

 

[Takhisis]

You are intentionally missing the point to fit that wonderful world of delusions where you live, Domen.

Oh, and I don't speak German, so I don't know what that phrase means. For almost any other poster I'd bother to ask someone or search the Internet, but any reply I made would be answered by a thing several computer screens long and I don't have the patience to deal with that.

 

[Domen]

destruction of the East German economy after annexation

After annexation by what (and when) ??? And what destruction?

Oh, and I don't speak German, so I don't know what that phrase means.

That phrase means "drive toward the West".

wonderful world of delusions where you live, Domen.

What do you mean ??? BTW - do you live (or ever lived) in a Communist and / or post-Communist country ???

Because you seem to think that you are qualified to debunk my "delusions" about Communism, right ???

 

[Takhisis]

That is not what I have said, Domen. I have had enough of this world in which you live. In almost every single thread you've posted you've misrepresented my post and contributed nothing positive. Stop embarrassing yourself, people are looking -goodbye, Domen.

 

[Hygro]

cool maps.

 

[Domen]

Takhisis:

That is not what I have said, Domen.

Then explain what have you just said, because I've failed to guess what is the correct interpretation, apparently.

I have had enough of this world in which you live.

Which "world in which I live" ??? Be more direct because I am not going to be randomly guessing what you want to say.

In almost every single thread you've posted you've misrepresented my post and contributed nothing positive. Stop embarrassing yourself, people are looking -goodbye, Domen.

Who is embarrassing themselves ??? Not me. It is you who can't find arguments and then start hysterization...

In another thread you still haven't explained your wild claims about the Mapuches, after my last response.

 

[Takhisis]

Domen, I've already said that I won't waste any more time with you. You've necroed the thread, congrats, and made me lose what little appreciation I still had for you. Congrats, again. Now please stop tossing the toys out of your pram and be a good boy.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Moderator Action: for the most part this thread has been pretty good about keeping things civil. I've collected the bumpy spots I hope you will avoid in the future. thanks.
Please read the forum rules: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=422889

My point is that the article isn't interested in that. You want to talk about it, because you're that dreary combination of bore and zealot who finds their personal hobby-horse in every detail and statistic and then insists on telling everyone about it. But the article itself is about something else altogether, something which is a legitimately important if somewhat dry topic, and which you've made really no effort to discuss or to prompt discussion on.

I'm not arguing on behalf of the Stalinists on this one, screw those guys, I'm arguing against Domen's weird private universe and his insistence on inflicting it on others.

No, whoever told you that East Germans would keep on living normally under communism while being able to move freely to the West is an idiot. A major imbecile, an illiterate moron, and so on and so forth.

My "little anti-communism rant" has the authority of empirical evidence, of what actually happened whenever East Germans were able to leave. What you've been told only has the questionable authority of mental retardation.

Takhisis:
Who is embarrassing themselves ??? Not me. It is you who can't find arguments and then start hysterization...

In another thread you still haven't explained your wild claims about the Mapuches, after my last response.

Domen, I've already said that I won't waste any more time with you. You've necroed the thread, congrats, and made me lose what little appreciation I still had for you. Congrats, again. Now please stop tossing the toys out of your pram and be a good boy.