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@Isaac Clark - What? You realize that the vast vast majority of people just took it for granted that Africans were inferior mentally. It would be out of place for a European or Arab or whoever to suggest they were on equal footing. Jefferson pushed the boundaries from the norm, trying to impart some rights onto them. This is a classic example of looking back in history and applying modern morals. Was Mansa Musu a monster? Black people and Muslims hold him up as an icon, but he made his money through slaves. Weird how the double standard is accepted by some..
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 @amitsunoko7270 - Hahahaha. Did you just say CRT is objective? It is explicitly not, according to a video from this very person.
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 @mackmckinney5206 - Not true. You are just mad that people are seeing through these bs "theories".
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if people listened to this type of news instead of Fox and CNN?
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That is the exact opposite of what happened, lol. Marx was wrong about so much, his theories led to widespread misery.
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@BlapwardKrunkle - I am a biochemist, and I wouldn't trust a sociologist as far as I could throw them. If you are assuming sociology is scientifically rigorous, or scientific at all in a lot of cases, you are solely mistaken. Just because it is published doesn't mean it is true
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@isaacclark9825 - How so? Being created equal doesn't mean you end up in equal positions. He was trying to improve upon the paradigm of his time. African tribes fought the British because they wanted to continue slavery, are they cowards?
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@Isaac Clark - I said he improved upon the standards of the time. He tries to move the direction towards emancipation without having the moral convictions to fully embrace the best course of action. Calling him a coward is just funny. It would be like calling a Roman a coward for having slaves. It's just dumb to insert our modern morals. The vast vast majority of men back then thought that Africans were clearly mentally inferior on a genetic level, it was a different time and your emotive responses serve no purpose.
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@stuartj.wright1579 - How about you don't respond if you don't know what you are talking about? No one demanded your uneducated response.
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@JerodimusPrime - You're applying modern morals on history, and it is exceptionally tedious.
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@stuartj.wright1579 - This has nothing to do with free speech. It is you making an uninformed response that you shouldn't have. That's it. Take it like a man and move on.
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@darylstephens1391 - Seriously? That is your justification? I am curious if you actually believe it. Tell me, how old are you? It is obvious you are just grasping for reasons to justify hatred you have developed because of the opinions of others on social media, because no serious person could think the US was worse than other nations that had slaves. It was a worldwide practice, and plenty of countries had rights granted to their citizens. Hell, in England it was illegal in the country but not for people shipping them abroad. That would be far more hypocritical. No nation operates on a purely moral plane, and singling out the US as particularly evil is just... dumb.
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@stuartj.wright1579 - I am not anti free speech, lol. Say what you want, but if you want to project an image of intellect, perhaps don't become aggressive about topics when you aren't fully informed. I don't care either way. And speaking of arrogance, I am pretty sure Europe has the US beat on that.
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So, basically, you can't say what it is, but you sure know he is wrong. Weird, almost like it is a nonsensical philosophy that shouldn't be promoted. Enlightenment, science, objective truth are just casualties to you.
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@stuartj.wright1579 - Are you seriously trying to turn this around and claim I am the one acting ignorantly? That might work in Europe, but it is pretty clear you are just trying to flip the tables because you are embarrassed. You responded without understanding the context, so just say it's mia culpa. Either way, move on from this topic, because I am not interested in you trying to save your ego by finding fault with me and trying to turn it around. You enjoy Europe.
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@luizmonad777 - Who are cowards?
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Bobby Brown - Socialism has a precise definition. I am not sure your social media informed view will really add anything here. In case you didn't know, Marx stated socialism was the public ownership of the means of production. We very much do not have that here. Socialism isn't "when the government does stuff. The more stuff it does, the more socialist it is!"
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@stuartj.wright1579 - Just so you know, I think people like you are ruining the country. You are on the wrong side of history, trying to bring pre-enlightenment immature ideas into the mainstream. I hope you grow up some day, honestly.
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@stuartj.wright1579 - Oh, you want to have a high minded debate about the implications of post modernism? Well, depending on what specific type you are talking about, please understand I was talking about a subject mentioned in the video which is pertinent to many readers. It was not purposefully exclusive, please don't take offense. That work for you my overseas friend?
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@Nanajsiuz - Lol, that is a favorite word for people trying to avoid debating their ideas. Identity politics divides us and creates enemies where there were none. I remember in the 90s when I was a kid, I strongly supported anti racism and equality for all. But now, because of how extremist and terrible the new movements are like BLM, I just cannot support them. They basically think the answer to racism is more racism, just aimed at the right people. It has created nothing but problems, and it is leaving many demographics in a bad situation. Our country does not exist so they can have "equity" I am not paying taxes so someone will get money from me just because of the color of their skin. I know activists think they are on the right side of history, but they are so wrong. In the future, we will look back on this time as an era when liberals lost their core values and adopted racism and other isms as a core part of their identity. They think it is good because the people being discriminated against "deserve it", but it is already failing and receiving massive backlash. People don't want the woke bs to become the standard.
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 @yeahohright3097 - These people will deny CRT is bad until liberals move on from it. They don't have the capacity for independent thinking, they are just following the crowd.
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@justaguy3665 - Lol, so, you aren't brave enough to admit CRT is intellectually bankrupt? Don't want to be seen as a bigot, so you adopt a completely irrational ideology lile CRT.
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@keropi193 - People like you always look at the extreme cases and try to make national policy on it. Just like socialism, it fails miserably. You refuse to see how your analysis is shallow and ignores empirical evidence. Most people want to maximize the whole system, you are fine with handicapping everyone so a small minority get a standard of living that you get to define. Go away, your ideology is dead and it isn't coming back in case you haven't noticed.
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@darylstephens1391 - Dude, come on, you are grasping at straws so hard it is absurd. They also didn't let women vote, but it never occurred ro them that it was an issue. They just viewed black people and women as naturally incapable of running a prosperous country. Looking at Africa, especially South Africa where you have a clear divide between white rulers and black workers, and you can see the country is now falling apart.
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 @na88egt - NPR hasn't been fair and objective for a while, it is quite sad.
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@JerehmiaBoaz - Lol, let me guess, you're black? Wow, big surprise, someone who would benefit from this skewed idea which demonizes white people and throws them under the bus, why wouldn't you love it? Now, if the programs were favoring men of German ancestry, you would lose your mind claiming the US was run by the KKK. It is your clear lack of intellectual consistency which no one likes. Your "ideas" boil down to "Give me more! I don't care who it hurts as long as I get mine!" It is a childish viewpoint, and it is based on very bad academic work.
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 @JerehmiaBoaz - Ah, you support socialism, no wonder you support such an intellectually immature idea like CRT.
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@JerehmiaBoaz - Hahahaha, CRT is not "accepted scientific theory" lol. Hell, a lot of good scientists don't even think sociology is a science in most cases, but rather philosophy driven by ideology. That is why there are so many activists in sociology, because it isn't a proper science. The fact that you think it is "proven" says all I need to know about your intellectual capabilities.
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@jeffmacdonald9863 - Ya, that is called chasing ghosts. Activists will find racism absolutely anywhere. And they always fall back on "well, even if it was their fault, it isn't really their fault because everything they do is controlled by the white man! At least everything bad that happens, all the good things are from our own hard work!" You guys are a joke
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@seannymommy - Lol, you just proved his point. Nothing but vague hand waves, but you are ever so sure it is 100% correct. This video does go over it, and it is a putrid ideology. It is all about being racist against white people, and that is why people like you are so damn vague about it.
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@seannymommy - You know that social scientists are regularly mocked by STEM academics, right? Nearly 50% of their papers cannot be reproduced. Many people question if it is even a science at all. You certainly cannot say it is a scientific fact, because sociology rarely rarely produces papers which even come close to proving causality. It is a whole lot of "Well, if you look at if from this very specific lens or modality which uses racism to explain everything, then of course racism is the answer!" I remember reading a sociology paper which tried to correlate more historically racist regimes in the South with underperformance the black demographic. They found a 5% correlation, meaning that all of these cries about systemic racism being the root of all black people's problems is a fricking joke. Many cultures have been through much worse and ended up thriving. And more importantly, look at how bad it is at actually addressing any of these problems. Supposedly racism is everywhere, but the best activists can come up with is "we need special programs that discriminate against other people so we can get ahead" But I thought that racism towards black people was the problem? Instead of getting rid of this racism, you want to introduce more racism. It's a joke.
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@kerryjacoby9438 - Lol, you are joking right? So, in my response I say that people like you automatically resort to calling things racial because you have been brainwashed ideologically without actual facts, and then you turn around calling me a racist, proving exactly what I was saying. And yes, it was a correlation between Historically Racist Regimes and undesirable outcomes in the black demographic. So, the best you can do is call me racist and quibble over something that wouldn't even matter if you were correct, which you aren't. And you wonder why no one takes you guys seriously and calls you extremists? You are. You are a plague on society.
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@JerehmiaBoaz - Let me guess, you're black? Let me explain something to you. Science formulates theories which can predict future events accurately. Theories are changed according to their predictive capability. Where are you seeing this in sociology papers? Papers which 50% cannot be reproduced. So, you have a 1 in 2 chance of a sociology paper just being outright false. Just because they call themselves scientists does not mean they are. The very core of science is making testable predictions, something sociologists rarely do because they cannot formulate a working theory which is congruent with empirical evidence. This isn't a new thing. I had a biochem professor call it a "soft science" for this very reason. Why do you think it is known as a soft science? What do you think the word soft implies? I'll hold your hand through this. I know you desperately, desperately want it all to be true and scientific so the government can give you more handouts, but it just isn't so.
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@JerehmiaBoaz - So let's discuss it, let's see who is more scientifically literate. What science am I denying? How can something be a science if it literally cannot make a prediction? How would you know if the theory is false or not?
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@JerehmiaBoaz - Sociology is a tenuous science at best. There is a reason it is known as a soft science. Meta reviews have shown roughly 50% of sociological papers cannot be reproduced. This isn't surprising, because it is not scientific in the first place in a lot of instances. Anyone can look at data, write a narrative, and publish it. That is philosophy, not science. Science makes testable predictions, that is the core of what science is. So, how did these CRT academics prove that their theory is correct? As this video shows, they specifically reject the idea of an objective truth, basically meaning that no one can falsify their claims. So, how is it a science again? Is this the point where you say it is just a legal framework, admitting that it isn't a fact and it is certainly not proven?
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Science Lad - Lol, you really want to go there? This will be fun. I am a biochemist, I am fully aware of what a scientific theory is. I think you are the one lacking here. A scientific theory is a well supported scientific hypothesis that fully explains its subject in an objective way which aligns with the empirical evidence. Crucially, it is a theory if it can make testable claims which have been supported by empirical evidence. These are usually mathematical equations in something like physics. CRT is absolutely not on that level, and it is laughable that you think it is. General relativity is a scientific theory, you can predict the orbit of planets with it accurately. CRT doesn't do any of this. It can't make accurate predictions, and it is not based on scientific inquiry. One of the main founders of CRT was explicitly anti-science, saying that it was a cultural artifact of white men. They reject the notion of objective data that might falsify their claims, so how in the world could it be a scientific theory? It is the opposite of that. Just because something is popular in niche circles doesn't mean it is a scientific theory. Popularity != scientific validity. Man, I see why you have so many bad ideas. You don't have a fundamental grasp of science or objective reality.
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Science Lad - Lol, about what I expected from someone of your intellectual stature. Just deflection, and oddly an appeal to authority right after criticizing me for it... Here, let me make this simple. I am appealing only to the scientific method. The scientific method REQUIRES that you make testable, objective predictions. That is kind of the entire point, otherwise it would just be more philosophy. That is what CRT is, philosophy. It isn't science, and I am actually not familiar with many people who would even claim it is a science. It is clearly not. It is a legal "lens" by which to analyze the laws of a nation, chiefly the US. This "lens" they use is little more than biases which are explicitly bad for academia. Like one of the principle authors of CRT being against the very idea of an objective truth through the scientific method. Thousands of papers are not proof. Thousands and thousands of papers were written about communism. It was even championed by the social sciences at the time. They thought it was the future and would lead to a better society. Turns out when your field isn't a science and doesn't require scientific rigor, it is very easy to get it completely wrong! Just like they were wrong about communism, and just like they are wrong about CRT. According to your intellectually deficient definition, communism must have been a scientific theory supported by thousands of papers and academics. Same thing is happening now. They are appealing to your emotion, not intellect. At least they know their audience, because you have far more of the former.
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 Science Lad - Man, you are the exact type of person I hate. Loudly ignorant, proud of their illogical and immature opinions.
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@abdirahmanhassan1848 - Right, then literally every human was a coward because slavery was common in all cultures. So, society was like that, weird to blame individuals. Especially in the modern age of "POC are never responsible for their failures! It is all systemic racism!" Do you really think that is the only reason they have failed societies? Are you a coward who refuses to put any blame on the actual group? You will look like a coward in 100 years, don't worry
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@anndds - Your talking points and cliches are really, really getting old. You sound like brainwashed NPC's. You just want handouts, tale as old as time. No wonder that demographic isn't doing well, they expect everyone else to just hand success to them.
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@lillisa6441 - Lol, that doesn't sound one bit better. You act like it changes the highlighted portion, but it doesnt,, it just expounds upon it. Basically, CRT proponents know their arguments are extremely weak and illogical. Therefore, they say thar people must use their biases "context" to come to predefined conclusions.
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It is a dangerous and racist ideology. It has no place in academia nor the wider world. The fact that you support it says a lot about your morals or intelligence.
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 @nenmaster5218 - This time it will for sure work, I can feel it... 109th time is the charm
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@tomminkler7640 - Lol, alright bud
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@markalan4026 - Socialism just doesn't work, period. It doesn't work on a fundamental level.
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@markalan4026 - Ya, it is getting seriously messed up out there. Feminists are openly chauvinistic and hateful of men. Anti-racists are openly hateful of white people. Socialism is trying to make an end around with "equity" being the new buzzword. And like you said, we have our tech overlords who force these ideas on is and censor any opposition.
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 @marcodemocracy10 - Critical theory is a joke which is based on Marxist ideas. The fact that you think more educated people would adopt it is quite funny, it is actually quite the opposite.
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@DemigodoftheSea - Based on very little? You mean how implementing Marxist thoughts turned out horribly every single time? How it always ended up in a dictatorship that fell behind capitalist countries? Marxists who refuse to acknowledge the mountain of empirical evidence we have about socialism are funny.
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@DemigodoftheSea - Honestly man, your response is just boring. It is the same standard tropes you get with delusional socialists. Just like "It will work next time" or "It wasn't real socialism!" Your ideas have been thoroughly debunked, which is why no one takes them seriously anymore. You aren't a threat to US capitalists, you are completely irrelevant with no power and no path to power. Your ideas don't work on a fundamental level, it doesn't matter if everyone or no one was interfering with them. Funnily enough, capitalists were easily strong enough to withstand outside pressure. You are wrong about so many things it is actually sad seeing someone brainwashed like you. Maybe someday in the future you can do what most people do and move on from your immature, extreme ideologies.
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@DemigodoftheSea - My God dude, you are too far gone. You are about 100 years too late, but you still think socialism has a future, haha. I am really sorry you ended up like this, I know the allure of bad ideas can be tempting when they speak to an issue you care about, but your complete lack of intelligence in analyzing this "solution" means that your ideas just can't be taken seriously. Like I said, you aren't a threat to anyone, you are irrelevant.
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@DemigodoftheSea - Hahahahaha. So, Americans are wanting social ownership of the means of production? What have you been smoking? Americans want universal healthcare, not socialism. You are so detached dude, it is scary how fanatical people can get when spoon fed the right ideology?
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@DemigodoftheSea - Hahahahahs. Thr majority of not a single demographic wants socialism. Our young people are just dumb, and they conflate government programs with socialism. And as they age and grow smarter, this association always drops off. It is truly mind boggling that you think some socialist revolution is on the way. Not a single politician is advocating for it. The most extreme is Bernie, and he isn't saying to overthrow capitalism. You are off your rocker mate.
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@DemigodoftheSea - Hahaha. Good luck buddy, I am sure your socialist revolution is coming any day now. Any day...
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@DemigodoftheSea - Lol, any day now bud. You think by the end of the decade? Maybe in 30 years? When are we talking, the revolution has a lot of ground to make up, lol
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@DemigodoftheSea - Lol, you are full of archaic ideas. Now you are being luddite on top of a socialist, haha. You just can't get enough bad ideas, can you?
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@DemigodoftheSea - Haha, right, any day now. It's not like your kind hasn't been predicting this same thing forever. Markets adapt, labor adapts. You just desperately want your insane ramblings to be true. Maybe stop doom scrolling reddit and actually wake up kid, it would do you some good. Here is a hint, no serious people think there will be 50% of people without a job in 10 years. Or 20. Maybe you and Andrew Yang can run for president together, lol.
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@DemigodoftheSea - hahahahahaha, we turned out enslaved to our employer? Damn bro, I am lower class in the US and I don't feel enslaved at all. Just like when Orwell said that socialists aren't caring about the poor, they are just jealous of those that do better than them. You think your idea, over 100 years old, and idea that has never worked and no one takes seriously, you think it is suddenly going to work because of automation!? Hahaha, you guys are always good for a laugh at least. Any day now comrade, all we have to lose is our chains. I am curious though, what year? I want to short the stock market, so if you could tell me when this collapse is coming, I would greatly appreciate it!
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@DemigodoftheSea - Why do you think I quoted Orwell? It was because he was a socialist, and even he could see it was primarily driven by jealousy. I can forgive him since socialism was new at the time, and he never praised any of the socialist countries. But to live in this day and age and still endorse socialism? That requires a large amount of ignorance. You keep waiting on this black swan event that won't change anything. Entire industries like textile were destroyed, and yet the labor market adapted. The only thing that is going to happen to AI is that it will be used as a tool and people will invent new jobs. There is literally 0 signs that we will run out of jobs. So, instead of relying on evidence, you rely on speculation, just like socialists were sure they were going to bury capitalism in the 20th century, lol. People like you stay attached to an idea for emotional reasons, and it shows how lacking they are intellectually. Go to any university and talk to the econ department, they will laugh you out of the room. Or are they "brainwashed by capitalism" hahaha
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@DemigodoftheSea - Holy crap dude, this is just boring. Ya, socialism is great until it is actually implemented. Oh wait, that means it is terrible, never was great, and is only appealing to jealous, bitter people. We currently have massive labor shortage dum dum, there is no lack of jobs. But like everything with you people, it is always "coming soon" and you are "sure it as around the corner". What don't you get? You are part of a discredited movement, you hang on to unfalsfiable future events. Just like socialists/communists of the past. You people are worse than religious zealots, I swear. Same amount of intelligence. And to top it off, you think the majority of Americans want socialism, when all they want are expanded government programs in a capitalist system. Touche. You are like the gold medalist for bad takes, lol
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@DemigodoftheSea - Hahahah, I can't anymore. If you are so unrepentingly slow that you think it failed because of outside intervention.... You will grow up some day kid. I am not going to argue with someone who is clearly a teenager and not educated enough to have an informed opinion, it is like picking on the handicapped. Best of luck to you, and make sure to stay in school.
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@DemigodoftheSea - Could you point me to the nearest scientific paper which shows socialism was only ruined by outside interference? Surely this isn't a very dumb trope trotted out by socialists, so surely you have access to just one reputable article which proves this, right?
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@DemigodoftheSea - Still waiting on that scientific paper bud!
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@DemigodoftheSea - No, I want a quantified scientific paper which shows it. Not descriptions of events. Surely if it is true, you can produce that, correct? You know, how modern economists model different variables and analyze them? Or, let me guess, you simply assume that is the reason with exactly 0 proof to back you up. And let me remind you, articles about the US doing this or that is not proof. I know science isn't your strong suit, but I'll walk you through it. You need a paper proving causation or at least strong correlation in a multi variable systemic analysis. Very standard papers for economics. But let me guess, you have no such thing but you are still soooooooo sure. Lol, you are not to be taken seriously dude. I already know your answer wont be able to provide it because it isnt true. It is just socialiats coping, losers.
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@DemigodoftheSea - No, it isn't scientific dummy. Every heard the saying "the plural of anecdote is not data"? I am a biochemist, so I am very familiar with the scientific evidence, you clearly are not. Linking editorials, historical descriptions, etc... is not evidence for your claim. As always, socialists show their utter inability to grasp simple intellectual concepts. Listen kid, you will learn this stuff once you grow up. You don't have enough knowledge right now to make intelligent opinions, but hopefully that will change as you mature.
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@DemigodoftheSea - Yes dum dum. Let me explain what "the plural of anecdote isn't data" and basic science for you. The claim "CIA interference is the main reason the Soviet Union fell" is not the same as showing that the CIA interfered. The former causally links foreign interference as the main reason the USSR fell, the latter just shows they interfered. See the difference? Proof of meddling is NOT proof that the meddling is the main reason they fell. I didn't think I would need to explain something so simple to you, but you are a socialist, so I don't know why I expected anything more. Kid, you aren't the smartest, sorry. You don't know basic things about science, what proof is, etc... You need to mature before you can even begin to grasp this concept. You are just full of reddit cliches that you repeat like a good sheep, but that doesn't mean you understand anything, which is clearly evident from your confusion here. It would be like saying "I think pop causes cancer. My proof? Pop exists and people with cancer exist" That is how juvenile the whole thing sounds. Do you still not understand or do I need to hold your hand some more? Not sure I can simplify it much further for you.
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@DemigodoftheSea - Your claim was that socialism would have worked if it wasn't for American interference. You have shown exactly 0 proof of this. So, do you have the proof or not? Stop wasting my time, you are annoying and I don't feel like arguing with a child.
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@DemigodoftheSea - hahahaha. Now you are trying to deflect by saying I was talking about the wrong thing? You don't have evidence for ANY OF IT. You don't even understand what evidence is! Just go away kid, this is annoying now. I get it, you're a socialist and you're very sure of yourself. Good for you, bye.
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Ya, because socialism was famous for being efficient with resources and never wasting anything.... Capitalism is 1000x more efficient than socialism precisely because people are motivated by their own self interest, which always trends towards more efficient production in order to maximize personal profit. Played out over a lifetime, you see the stark differences in quality of life of the USSR in 1986 compared to the US. Socialism is a dead end, it gets things wrong on the most basic level. It will never be resurrected, and it is not relevant for 99% of humans. Except the poor souls in countries like North Korea or Cuba who still have to suffer under it. But I am sure communists have 1001 reasons why it isn't actually the fault of the only common factor among failed socialist states.
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@fl00fydragon - OH boy, you guys are always so fun to talk to. Clinging to a long dead ideology, not realizing just how sad it is. It does not matter what type of socialism you support, because socialists are famous for saying "next time it will work comrades!" The empirical data is blindingly obvious, socialism does not work period. Now, you can cling on to the absurdly unlikely possibility that this iteration will work, but the world has moved on. Furthermore, you can be as socialist as you want in a capitalist society. Start a company, then give Bob the janitor equal pay as the CEO and an equal vote in the board. Literally no one is stopping you. This is just another reason capitalism is vastly superior, it gives you the freedom to conduct business as you see fit instead of forcing everyone to use one model. No big surprise that people have tried this, but they usually cannot compete well enough to make it big or do anything beyond a small coop. Now, the rest of your predictions are more socialist cliches. Did you know that you are using the "shrinking market" critique of capitalism that Hitler used in justifying a new economic order? It is just as wrong now as it was then. Capitalism isn't about commodities only, as so many socialists seem to think. Growth just means more market share. It can come from and often does come from using less materials and being more efficient. Your market socialism just sounds like businesses being comprised of people who get the same pay and an equal vote in everything. Great, if you like that model, use it in a capitalist country. But no one is on board with "market socialism" being imposed on the population. Your ideology doesn't even have a reason to exist unless you plan on forcing other people to submit to your economic model. Otherwise, you would just start businesses with this model now. Listen, I am sure you have good intentions. I know at first glance, socialism sounds great to a lot of young people. Most people grow out of that phase, realizing that how it sounds doesn't reflect on how it actually is. I hope you come to that point soon, most do.
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@williamdavidpitt9938 - Those sound like entirely unimportant things. This video gets right pretty much all the overarching beliefs and systems that communists wanted/used. Socialists and communists are just mad because it includes all the negative things, which is pretty much everything with communism. Socialists cannot stand when people look at the application of their ideas, they want them to remain abstract and unfalsifiable so that they can claim their ideas will surely work the next time. Just give it up, hardly any serious adult thinks socialism is a good thing. Just a fringe lunatic fringe.
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@williamdavidpitt9938 - Let me guess, Paul never says anything overtly negative about socialism and communism?
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@williamdavidpitt9938 - Marxism is NOT science, at all. Science makes testable predictions which can be used to model and predict results. That is how scientists alter their theories to match with the empirical evidence. Marxists have refused the mountain of empirical evidence which shows their "idea" is nothing more than a poorly thought out, emotional lashing out at the rich.
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@williamdavidpitt9938 - Marxism has failed in literally every endeavor it has set out for. It ignores the massive complexity of economics, so no surprise that Marx wrote unscientific papers which simplified issues to such a degree his analysis was worthless. If anyone claims to be a scientist or someone who upholds science, then they must be someone who looks at the empirical data. Socialists/communists abhor the actual scientific method. They want to keep is abstract so no one can falsify their claims.
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@sterlingm1140 - No, that is the left. The right isn't trying to censor everything and ram nonsensical theories down everyone's throat. Everyone knows the right is religious and irrational in ways, but leftists try to act like they are rational and backed by science. They aren't, by a long stretch
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Man, why would you voluntarily listen to Steve Bannon?
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@jsharp3165 - Ya, I was being a bit facetious. It is always good to broaden your horizons, I just haven't heard anything good about him.
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@jsharp3165 - Really? He always came across as rather pedestrian to me, and I assumed he had to be since he associated with Trump.
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@MiserableMuon - Right. So, the great leap forward was Western imperialism? How about the cultural revolution? How about when the commie students went around killing people with wrongthink?
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@MiserableMuon - Communism/Chinese CCP caused many problems, it wasn't the fault of the West.
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@MiserableMuon - Jesus, I can already tell what kind of zealot you are. There is no chance for a mature and informative discussion with you. Good luck, I'm sure your socialism is around the corner.
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Probably because they fully bought into it because of their desperate situation.
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Yep, you are correct. Russia suddenly started a flurry of diplomatic demands, but it did so in a hurried and half hearted way. People were saying at the time that Russia was just developing a pretext for their invasion, and that none of the diplomacy was real. Russia is always lying, you can never trust what they say.
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@litesp - Weird, only Russians call it a US backed coup. It was a country turning towards the EU because they hated Russian influence with their terrible economy. And the Eastern regions tried to declare independence, usually shelling follows that genius. Stop repeating propaganda and brain dead talking points, grow up
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@edwardbateman3094 - Which is why communism is always authoritarian. It requires the state to crush people who do not want to participate. People can be as socialist as they like in a capitalist country, no one is stopping them from starting businessss and giving the janitor an equal vote and equal pay. But in socialist countries, you cannot be a capitalist. Everyone is forced into the rigid model. Honestly, it is a dead idea. It is never coming back. So many people waste their time debating it when it is completely irrelevant.
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@canilernproto3018 - It is extremely divisive. Either you are a black person who stands to benefit, or you are a white liberal who has been indoctrinated that it is "good". So which one are you?
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@canilernproto3018 - Oh wow, your type resorting to calling someone racist because your ideas cannot stand up to the slightest intellectual scrutiny, such a shock. It's funny, when someone is in a cult, everyone knows it except the people in the cult. Cult like ideologies such as Nazism and communism flourish on the same principle. You are in a modern equivalent. Anyone who questions the integrity of your ideology is labeled a racist, bigot, etc... it is just a way to deflect from the many, many deficiencies inherit in your ideas. That is why your ranks are filled with young people, they are more amenable to brainwashing and a tribal mentality. Hopefully you grow out of it, or you might end up a bitter, unsuccessful person who blames the man for all his problems. Either way, I don't care, you have had nothing of value to add here.
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