Political Discussions for "Adults"

OccultHawk · 01-14-2020, 04:51 PM

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OH, not sure bruh. I think thats how it works though. I never participated in a caucus when I lived there.

I really dont care who wins the nomination either.. just someone to vote against trump

I’m registered D to vote for Bernie in the primary.

The Batlord · 01-14-2020, 05:48 PM

I remember when you were the one who said he was. Good times.

Lucem Ferre · 01-14-2020, 05:54 PM

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I remember when you were the one who said he was. Good times.

Hey, calling his movement 'socialist' was misleading. I read in a lot of places that he was socialist just to find that it was a superficial title and he was literally the antithesis of socialism believing that people who couldn't compete in a capitalist economy deserved to perish.

The Batlord · 01-14-2020, 06:14 PM

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people who couldn't compete in a capitalist economy deserved to parish.

I don't know if sentencing them to Catholicism is the best move.

~~jwb~~ · 01-14-2020, 06:22 PM

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Hey, calling his movement 'socialist' was misleading. I read in a lot of places that he was socialist just to find that it was a superficial title and he was literally the antithesis of socialism believing that people who couldn't compete in a capitalist economy deserved to perish.

Lol. That's a common right wing talking point. "National socialist German workers party" sounds left wing therefore the Nazis were leftist. You know North Korea is technically called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. They're neither Democratic, nor a Republic, nor for the people.

Anyone who does the slightest amount of research on the Nazis would realize that not only did Hitler personally hate Marxism, but that German Communists and brown shirts were duking it out in the streets in the Weimar republic in the run up to Hitler & co taking power.

Lucem Ferre · 01-14-2020, 06:27 PM

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Lol. That's a common right wing talking point. "National socialist German workers party" sounds left wing therefore the Nazis were leftist. You know North Korea is technically called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. They're neither Democratic, nor a Republic, nor for the people.

Anyone who does the slightest amount of research on the Nazis would realize that not only did Hitler personally hate Marxism, but that German Communists and brown shirts were duking it out in the streets in the Weimar republic in the run up to Hitler & co taking power.

Yeah, that's what happened to me. I did the slightest amount of research. Turns out he called his movement socialist to appeal to the working class where socialism was getting popular. I also learned that they were literally killing Marxists and Antifa in the streets during his campaign.

The Batlord · 01-14-2020, 06:28 PM

And original Nazi economic policy was to suppress unions and essentially set up a capitalist oligarchy with state support and only mild oversight. The economic policies of the Third Reich probably have waaaay more in common with current American capitalism than they ever did with any socialist state of any kind.

~~jwb~~ · 01-14-2020, 06:36 PM

Except for the fact that they were under an intense state of mobilization for war.. which accordingly shaped their industrial output

Very similar to the USA during ww2 except more extreme... And similar to the Soviet Union as well except they were probably the most extreme example.

Lucem Ferre · 01-14-2020, 06:39 PM

My friend told me that Pepsi at one point had the largest army in the world because the Soviet Union couldn't afford a Mountain Dew addiction so they traded some of their military for it.

The Batlord · 01-14-2020, 06:40 PM

Like I said, original. It all changed when war came and Hitler started micromanaging.

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Except for the fact that they were under an intense state of mobilization for war.. which accordingly shaped their industrial output Very similar to the USA during ww2 except more extreme... And similar to the Soviet Union as well except they were probably the most extreme example.