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[–]useless_aether[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

i agree with all of that, but

And the Nazis were... Socialists...? (Fascists)

--> any socialist is communist in the long run; the goal of socialism is communism (lenin)

And the DPRK (Democratic Republic of North Korea) are democratic...?

still commies. they cant be democratic without free elections. in marxist terms, they have a so called democratic dictatorship. its an oxymoron, but they are explaining it saying demos is for people, so the dictatorship is by the people (demos) who form the majority, therefore it is justified and the free elections are simply 'untimely' because reactionary forces would take advantage of it. so its better for the time being to stick to communist dictatorship.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

There's plenty of excellent socialist programs in the US.

  • Police force don't send you a bill (subject to circumstances).
  • Fire fighters don't send you a bill (that's recently changed in blighted areas for some fraudulent reasons).
  • Sewer services are largely socialized with a monthly fee.
  • Roads and bridges are generally socialized.
  • Utilities are controlled for socialist principles.
  • Water is generally socialized (for better or worse, Flint :-0).
  • Land line phone service.

These were all implemented during times of new deal social-capitalism. No one complains about these programs (excluding the police, for understandable reasons).
That's a list of sweet social-capitalist benefits. Proven, functional non-totalitarian, socialism.. Let's keep it. :-).

Had these others been introduced we probably would benefit similarly

  • Cell phones.
  • Cable tv.
  • Internet service.
  • Heath care. (Instead of spending trillions on nukes. Do it like Japan does... They can't be that much smarter than the West!?! They're definitely not commie's!).

What do you think? ;-)

[–]HeyImSancho 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think in the USof A, we've met the definition of socialism, and actually communism for a very very long time. It's more so authoritarianism masked, but still.

[–]useless_aether[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot_and_stick#/media/File:Europe_Boardman_Robinson.jpg

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

"But... what country is going to want carrots...? Even if there's like a million tons of carrots?"

[–]useless_aether[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

and a million tons of sticks?!

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That video is hilarious!

I love the scene where he asks one of the former secretary's "if Hillary drank from the furry cup".

[–]useless_aether[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

i dont know anything about it... i dont know anything about it... and then, because he really doesnt want to be arkancided, he repeats it again and again xD

[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Land line phone service

I complain and the monopolies on rural phone services and utilities spying on my in home behavior through smart meters and then sending that data to corporatists and marketers.