Tiberius Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Tragic display of a gangster regime that is consolidating power and crushing democracy. So terrible to see this trend of wealth crazy strong men taking power like in Russia. Has a 1930's feel to it https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/opinion/venezuelas-descent-into-dictatorship.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Tragic display of a gangster regime that is consolidating power and crushing democracy. So terrible to see this trend of wealth crazy strong men taking power like in Russia. Has a 1930's feel to it https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/opinion/venezuelas-descent-into-dictatorship.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0 No sympathy here. Self inflicted by believing in the fantasy of a socialist utiopia. Morons. That's what you get when you elect a loser like Hugo Chavez. That's what we can have here to! Just have someone like Barry for another 8 years and we will be well on our way. We dodged a bullet in November by not electing that Chairman Mao shrew. We still have enough decent people here to fend off the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Tragic display of a gangster regime that is consolidating power and crushing democracy. So terrible to see this trend of wealth crazy strong men taking power like in Russia. Has a 1930's feel to it https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/opinion/venezuelas-descent-into-dictatorship.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0 Sounds like you are describing the Obama regime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 11 paragraphs in the NYT article............... The word 'socialism' does not appear. thread failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 No sympathy here. Self inflicted by believing in the fantasy of a socialist utiopia. Morons. That's what you get when you elect a loser like Hugo Chavez. That's what we can have here to! Just have someone like Barry for another 8 years and we will be well on our way. We dodged a bullet in November by not electing that Chairman Mao shrew. We still have enough decent people here to fend off the left. Sounds a lot like the Trump phenomenon. America will be great again if you elect and ignorant greed ball who can't tell the truth from a lie. All those Trump voters that he was going to take away there health care and shower tax cuts on the wealthy. Biggest employer in West Virginia is health care and Trump seriously tried to knee cap them while promising to dirty their water and air to boot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinreaper Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Sounds a lot like the Trump phenomenon. America will be great again if you elect and ignorant greed ball who can't tell the truth from a lie. All those Trump voters that he was going to take away there health care and shower tax cuts on the wealthy. Biggest employer in West Virginia is health care and Trump seriously tried to knee cap them while promising to dirty their water and air to boot! I'm saving this so that we can compare it to the inevitable perfect grammar and spelling of the next time you "author" a five paragraph post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Welcome to the party, pal. Only ten years late to the obvious for gatorman and the NY Times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richstadiumowner Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) lol Too bad there wasn't any examples in history of what socialism does to countries that the Venezuelans could have googled... The good news is the useful idiots are the first ones murdered. Getting the government they voted for, good and hard. Edited April 2, 2017 by richstadiumowner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 socialism isnt the problem. this country has always been socialist of a sort and has been the most successful country in human history the problem is what it always is when it comes to these things: human failings. the quest for total control always corrupts any form of government ppl can come in with the best of intentions, but if they are unchecked they will eventually start rigging the system in their favor. left unabated you end up with dictatorships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Sounds a lot like the Trump phenomenon. America will be great again if you elect and ignorant greed ball who can't tell the truth from a lie. All those Trump voters that he was going to take away there health care and shower tax cuts on the wealthy. Biggest employer in West Virginia is health care and Trump seriously tried to knee cap them while promising to dirty their water and air to boot! Your vitriol is strong. Do you have high blood pressure too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorbait Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) Social security, Medicare, Medicaid, Pell Grants, universal healthcare, school lunch programs, Welfare, and Foster Care are all social programs (socialism). There are hundreds of other programs too. Some are redundant, and could have the fat trimmed, especially in regards to disability, welfare, section 8 and food stamps. These programs get taken advantage of, but offer tremendous benefit to people who need it. Venezuela is a tiny, war ravaged and corrupt nation. Is that the best example of a socialist country? Look to Norway, Sweden, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, New Zealand and Belgium for better examples. No government is perfect and taxes are usually higher. I'm just sick of the rich and elite being the only ones who are truly prospering in Capitalistic countries like America. Edited April 2, 2017 by gatorbait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richstadiumowner Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) Name all the dictators that are socialist and then name the dictators that wanted to reduce the size of government. Here's a hint, it goes, "All of them, None of them." " 100 million dead people since the 30's isn't enough for Leftards. They're too stupid. How socialism ruined my country. I know two people on my block from Vietnam with escape stories that would make you cry. My closest Vietnam neighbor was the only survivor on his boat of 30 that wasn't machine gunned in the water. Socialists are evil f-ing retards hoping they get the machine gunning job. Edited April 2, 2017 by richstadiumowner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorbait Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) If you want to blame those atrocities on socialism and not the dictators who were ruling at the time, then I have no use having a conversation with you. You can't be that ignorant, can you? Nazis and millions dead all because of socialism! What a joke. I pointed to numerous current examples, and you point to Venezuela and dictators. Nice. Edited April 2, 2017 by gatorbait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richstadiumowner Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) If you want to blame those atrocities on socialism and not the dictators who were ruling at the time, then I have no use having a conversation with you. You can't be that ignorant, can you? Nazis and millions dead all because of socialism! What a joke. I pointed to numerous current examples, and you point to Venezuela and dictators. Nice. Only socialists are stupid or evil enough to make government so big it can give you everything and take everything. Edited April 2, 2017 by richstadiumowner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorbait Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Only socialists are stupid or evil enough to make government so big it can give you everything and take everything. Did Bernie Sanders sleep with your old lady or something? Modern Socialism is not like you are describing but that's okay. We are already somewhat socialist with all the social programs we have. I want to take away your social security when you turn 65 and see how you are feeling about government then. The good old days of limited government and no social programs are over, adapt or become extinct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richstadiumowner Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) Did Bernie Sanders sleep with your old lady or something? Modern Socialism is not like you are describing but that's okay. We are already somewhat socialist with all the social programs we have. I want to take away your social security when you turn 65 and see how you are feeling about government then. The good old days of limited government and no social programs are over, adapt or become extinct. Socialists even call it "progress" and "progressivism" towards bulldozers and death squads but you're too stupid to crack a history book. Talk to anybody that's ever been forced to escape a "socialist" utopia. Edited April 2, 2017 by richstadiumowner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorbait Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Socialists even call it "progress" and "progressivism" towards bulldozers and death squads but you're too stupid to crack a history book. Talk to anybody that's ever been forced to escape a "socialist" utopia. Death squads? The last time I traveled to Europe I didn't see any of those. Our taxes should cover everything like quality education, infrastructure and healthcare. Socialism means everyone is supposedly equal, even though the rich and shameless will always be just that. Individuality is discouraged, which I don't like. And taxes are higher. Bulldozers and death squads? You sound like Alex Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 If you want to blame those atrocities on socialism and not the dictators who were ruling at the time, then I have no use having a conversation with you. You can't be that ignorant, can you? Nazis and millions dead all because of socialism! What a joke. I pointed to numerous current examples, and you point to Venezuela and dictators. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorbait Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 If you want to blame those atrocities on socialism and not the dictators who were ruling at the time, then I have no use having a conversation with you. You can't be that ignorant, can you? Nazis and millions dead all because of socialism! What a joke. I pointed to numerous current examples, and you point to Venezuela and dictators. Nice. For the love of god, categorizing all socialists as the same because of some tyrannical dictators in the past is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richstadiumowner Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) Death squads? The last time I traveled to Europe I didn't see any of those. Death squads? The last time I traveled to Europe I didn't see any of those. Our taxes should cover everything like quality education, infrastructure and healthcare. Socialism means everyone is supposedly equal, even though the rich and shameless will always be just that. Individuality is discouraged, which I don't like. And taxes are higher. Bulldozers and death squads? You sound like Alex Jones. "should, "supposedly" You sound pathologically nuts and like you've never been to Europe. "Each socialist regime has collapsed into dictatorship and begun killing people on a huge scale." The Black Book of Communism, a set of academic essays on mass killings under Communist regimes, details "'crimes, terror, and repression' from Russia in 1917 to Afghanistan in 1989". Edited April 2, 2017 by richstadiumowner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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