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This is America (if we get through Jan. 21), and nobody is going to "force" you. That doesn't take away from the fact that we ALL should consider the lives of first responders and medical workers who have worked their asses of, risking their lives, sometimes for assholes that don't give a shit about them! No vacations, no days off .... unless they are about to drop from exhaustion. They also risk bringing the virus from these assholes who won't even TRY to protect themselves from it, to their OWN CHILDREN or mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, etc.
They have no plan to vaccinate idiots, but, they can always hope for some level of unselfish common sense, even from Trump fans or "proud boys"(A misnomer if there ever was one)! :-(
The fact that you advocate vaccines means that you trust the government. The government doesn't care about your health if they did there would be no Macdonald's
The government tells the scientist what to do, the government doesn't care about your health, Phizer makes the vaccines, Phizer doesn't care about your health.
Phizer wants money, do you really think it's some humanitarian organization that cares about your health so they made a vaccine out of the goodness of there hearts? Dude companies don't care whether you live or die it's all about the money$$$$$$$. ant that's it.
Our government is made up of American people who, "usually" run for office because they CARE about something. Many get greedy after a while, many DON'T. Some run because they have an agenda. If it's a bad agenda someone usually runs against them when they see it going bad. This last regime was ALL ABOUT agenda's. If you wanted to push your agenda through, you promised to back the BIG GUY'S agenda with money and votes. You kiss his ass, he'll kiss yours. The problem wasn't a "deep state", it was a "deep swamp!" Deeper than ever before!
Many people see a government as untrustworthy because it doesn't push THEIR agenda. Not much you can do about that, not everybody wants the same thing.
Obviously, you support anarchy, not everybody wants THAT .... in fact only a REALLY STUPID minority wants that. Do you think Russians, Venezuelans, Cubans, etc. are happy countries? If that's what you want, well, If the mountain won't come to Mohamad .... something like that ;-).
The current occupier of the White House vowed: "the most transparent government ever" (just one of his almost uncountable lies)! Did YOU trust THAT "government"?? Would you trust the butcher, MbS?? Do you think the human species can live happily without a government enforcing rules that protect FROM anarchy?? If you do, I know a very good Psychiatrist you should meet. An option to that would be to get into a very large jungle .... before those with no restricting government destroy it! The law within that jungle is what you are looking for, apparently. Survival of the fittest. I recommend the Psychatrist, (or "working toward" a trustworthy government. :-)
The government is controlled by rich oligarchs, You probably are a law abiding "good person" who loves there country, why do you bring socialist counties into this? Do you suppose all leftist ideas are the same? Money is the root of all evil, as long as there is money there will be corruption. Do you think the government that uses torture, and supports big factory farms is trustworthy?
Five years ago we weren't so stupid .... well, not quite so visibly anyway. I have hopes that we'll not be, by majority, in another five. With the NRA not having as much money to throw around. We still have (I never thought I'd say it), too much freedom and too few without principles. So-called "Proud Boys" and other false "patriots" as a f'rinstance!
That said, I hear a lot from you and a few others about how bad we are but never any solutions. Just what system do you think is best? Total anarchy?? I'd love to hear what you think is better than democracy, and how you think we can prevent oligarchs without it.
Oh. I'm glad to know where you stand. Now I don't have to take you seriously. Stalin (and a bunch of others) didn't have much luck with THAT either. It didn't HAVE to lead to oppression, it WAS oppression. It led to the wealth of a handful of loyal followers (who were afraid to do ANYTHING BUT .... loyally follow).
You can't make it a different system by hyphenating communism making it some other vague ideal, a rose, by any other name ......!
I'm sure you would be a loud voice if someone takes away some perceived "freedom", like your assault rifle if you own one, or insisting you wear a mask, etc. This is just another case of mental deterioration in this world, and it's not ALL in the U.S.
Now I don't have to take you seriously. Stalin (and a bunch of others) didn't have much luck with THAT either.
Alfie, I like you dude. But don't for a second think you haven't been influenced by American propaganda. Stalin was not a Communist, as anybody in the world who has read the theory of Communism can attest to. The problem really is that 99 percent of Americans have never read the theory of Communism. Stalin was a dictatorial warlord who murdered all his political rivals and then took power for himself under the guise of Communism.
I said anarcho-communism not communism you nincompoop. You're probably a dimwit who believes in democracy, because you're to dumb to realize that the state doesn't care about your freedoms! Quite the opposite!
We've been fighting "communism" almost all of my life. I still call the communism we fought "communism". Whether somebody with a Ph.D. has divided certain technicalities and split them into different categories is immaterial to me! We called Stalin a communist leader for years and THAT is my kind of communist! It may not be "politically correct" today, but that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
And, yes. If being FOR democracy is not politically correct for YOU, it IS FOR ME! We'll see (well, maybe not ME), but, good luck with YOUR type of communism! If it comes to THAT, I don't want to be around! THAT seems kind of stupid to ME!
We've been fighting "communism" almost all of my life. I still call the communism we fought "communism".
I understand, but you've been swamped with propaganda even worse than the Soviets were.
Whether somebody with a Ph.D. has divided certain technicalities and split them into different categories is immaterial to me!
I'm afraid there are no technicalities. Communism is one thing and Stalin was the polar opposite of that thing. Stalin was a dictator who ran a state capitalist empire while calling himself a Communist. Hitler took a similar course of action. Both of these men were opportunists who capitalised on the revolution of Communist theory to obtain total power for themselves.
We called Stalin a communist leader for years and THAT is my kind of communist!
And half of you still call Hitler a socialist. Neither is true.
It may not be "politically correct" today, but that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
It doesn't have anything to do with being politically correct. What you are saying is factually inaccurate.
And, yes. If being FOR democracy is not politically correct for YOU
Oh shut up Alfie. When it gets right down to it you are just as obstinate and stubborn as all the other Americans I speak to. In a DEMOCRACY people are given a fair and informed choice between ALL ideologies, ABSENT 90 years of capitalist propaganda to help them make up their minds. Don't dare try to confuse voting against your own best interests with a democracy.