Socialism

SGR · 07-10-2020, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

And while you have a lot of users the vast majority of them do not post with any amount of personality. I remember a few years ago when the membership was dying but we still had a bunch of old guard members they'd sometimes wax on about how the site used to be better but then I go into old threads from any given time before like a decade ago and they're all filled with one sentence responses from boring ****s who never had more than a hundred posts.

Sad thing is those one sentence responses are still a lot better than many of the posts you'll see on things like Reddit or Twitter.

I'm hoping this place stays active for a long time to come (or at least remains as active as it is). Unfortunately, I'm betting this place will be a ghost town in ten years. I don't see a young person interested in music today as likely to register on this site and participate. I think they'd opt for alternate avenues for music discussion. Am I wrong?

rostasi · 07-10-2020, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I may very well be the last poster to stick around and become part of MB cannon fodder.

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**Marie Monday** · 07-11-2020, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I may very well be the last poster to stick around and become part of MB canon

*clears throat*

Lucem Ferre · 07-11-2020, 07:47 AM

Elph doesn't notice women that won't touch his pene.

rostasi · 07-11-2020, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

Elph doesn't notice women that won't touch his penne pasta.

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~~jwb~~ · 07-12-2020, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

weirdly this specific form of almost underground small community, likely what we prefer about forums

is only possible because the original intention of forums was made obsolete

I agree. Reddit is just overwhelming to me.

I've been on forums more active than this one where you still knew the people but they've since fell off severely.

The Batlord · 07-12-2020, 10:16 AM

So that's why you came back. Probably still a smackhead too.

Neapolitan · 07-12-2020, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb

I agree. Reddit is just overwhelming to me.

I've been on forums more active than this one where you still knew the people but they've since fell off severely.

I've seen you severely fall off Music Banter quite a few times.

SGR · 07-12-2020, 02:05 PM

Speaking of socialism, I think the Democrats are concerned more about optics with a real convention that with the spread of the Coronavirus. I think if they held the convention (and instituted safety guidelines for Covid), they're incredibly fearful of what 'rabble-rousing' Bernie fans would do at the convention.

I think Bernie fans still feel cheated (as they should) and they would certainly let that feeling be known at a standard convention. I mean, I paid close attention to the Democratic primaries, and Joe Biden was an absolutely terrible campaigner who generated little to no enthusiasm. Bernie had a grassroots campaign and real, serious, consolidated support. In fact, he probably had the most enthusiasm of any Dem candidate. Despite that, I never thought the Democratic Party would allow Bernie to be their nominee, I thought it more likely, if they wanted a 'moderate', they'd go with someone like Buttigieg - the guy was articulate, smart, and sharp as a tack on the debate stage. Granted, he was a little milquetoast in terms of personality, but he's miles ahead of Biden in terms of his ability to communicate and debate.

I don't really think Trump could debate well against either Sanders or Buttigieg.

No one shows up to cheer for Biden. If the Democratic base wants a socialist (or, rather a Democratic-Socialist) as their candidate, they should get it. Instead, we get a coordinated effort by the DNC to get most of the other candidates to drop out before Super Tuesday to prevent Bernie from winning delegates. Some of these candidates had great ideas that never really got airtime. For example, I'm not a big fan of Tom Steyer, but I wholeheartedly support his position on term limits (when he took that position, I knew he didn't have a snowball's chance in hell at winning the primary). I can't speak for other Democrats, but I think most of them are ready for real change. They don't want an old neo-liberal warmonger who can barely make it through a teleprompter speech. I'm tired and sick of having to vote for the 'lesser of two evils'. I want to vote for the 'greater of two goods'. Some day in the future maybe.

OccultHawk · 07-12-2020, 04:22 PM

Dems are open capitalists

If that’s not considered unacceptable that’s what you get

Back to Bush is our best play? **** that.

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07-12-2020, 02:05 PM	#429 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,326	Speaking of socialism, I think the Democrats are concerned more about optics with a real convention that with the spread of the Coronavirus. I think if they held the convention (and instituted safety guidelines for Covid), they're incredibly fearful of what 'rabble-rousing' Bernie fans would do at the convention. I think Bernie fans still feel cheated (as they should) and they would certainly let that feeling be known at a standard convention. I mean, I paid close attention to the Democratic primaries, and Joe Biden was an absolutely terrible campaigner who generated little to no enthusiasm. Bernie had a grassroots campaign and real, serious, consolidated support. In fact, he probably had the most enthusiasm of any Dem candidate. Despite that, I never thought the Democratic Party would allow Bernie to be their nominee, I thought it more likely, if they wanted a 'moderate', they'd go with someone like Buttigieg - the guy was articulate, smart, and sharp as a tack on the debate stage. Granted, he was a little milquetoast in terms of personality, but he's miles ahead of Biden in terms of his ability to communicate and debate. I don't really think Trump could debate well against either Sanders or Buttigieg. No one shows up to cheer for Biden. If the Democratic base wants a socialist (or, rather a Democratic-Socialist) as their candidate, they should get it. Instead, we get a coordinated effort by the DNC to get most of the other candidates to drop out before Super Tuesday to prevent Bernie from winning delegates. Some of these candidates had great ideas that never really got airtime. For example, I'm not a big fan of Tom Steyer, but I wholeheartedly support his position on term limits (when he took that position, I knew he didn't have a snowball's chance in hell at winning the primary). I can't speak for other Democrats, but I think most of them are ready for real change. They don't want an old neo-liberal warmonger who can barely make it through a teleprompter speech. I'm tired and sick of having to vote for the 'lesser of two evils'. I want to vote for the 'greater of two goods'. Some day in the future maybe. Last edited by SGR; 07-12-2020 at 02:12 PM.

07-12-2020, 04:22 PM	#430 (permalink)
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