Comments by "AholeAtheist" (@AholeAtheist) on "The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder"
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SamSederIsAnIdiot You're uneducated. You have a false perception of the Left/Right political axis.
You even seem to have a false perception of U.S. history. If you think disregarding the constitution is a Left-wing action you are truly insane.
I'm going to explain some things about fascism in detail so you might understand..
fascism -n. a right-wing system of government characterized by extreme nationalistic beliefs and strict obedience to a leader or state.(1)
Which party is more nationalistic, Repugs or Dems? Republicans. Who is more nationalistic, G.W.Bush or Obama? Bush.
Is the Patriot Act "strict obedience to a leader or state"? Yes. Is it Authoritarian? Yes. As in conservative Right-wing? Yes.
Does this make Bush, and the Republican Party also/in particular, fascist? Yes.
Does any of it make Obama Left-wing? No. In fact, like I said in my last comment, if you check a political compass, Obama and Hillary are Right-wing. Exhibit 1. (Even Bernie Sanders isn't Left-wing, he's directly in the center.) There's no "No True Scotsman" fallacy here. If your politics are not Left-wing or socialist, and are in fact Right-wing and fascist, then that is what you are.
Fascism is also described as the merger of corporate and state power.
Exhibit 2: Obamacare. Now, while all you far-Right nutters are going on about how this is socialism, it is not. It is not supplied by the government, it is mediated by the government and supplied by privately owned corporate insurance companies. This is the merger of corporation and state. It benefits the corporation more than it does the people and the country.
Exhibit 3: TPPA. Obama is currently working on a "trade" deal, that is essentially giving corporations control over sovereign democracies. He's literally diminishing our democracies. That is not Left-wing AT ALL.
"rather tenuous argument" No. That shit was insane. Are you going to start raging about "white genocide" now? LMMFAO. What, an, idiot!
(1) Oxford English Dictionary.
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SamSederIsAnIdiot "Statism" is not equal to religion, but Libertarianism is. Here's why; left-wing people believe in economic regulation by an elected body of democratically elected representatives. An elected body of representatives which is not only a tangible group of people that one can confirm exists, but can also be changed whenever it is rational to do so based on evidence. It's kind of scientific like that. Libertarianism, on the other hand, believes the economy is best regulated by itself, or by "the invisible hand of the free market," which is not tangible and there is no evidence it exists/works. Get that again, it's a supernatural/metaphysical claim that cannot be proven. Yet Libertarians dogmatically believe it to be.
You were also a bit off, about religion and the state before the constitution. Most governing bodies before that point were monarchies which derived their power from being "God's representative." All based on classist ideals, that have no scientific basis in reality, that some are better or more deserving than others. It's funny you even brought that up, because Libertarianism would bring in a second era of Feudalism.
Now, go and cry to your god the "free market."
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TheRhinehart86 Then why, since Israel was created, by taking half of Palestine, for what reason, I don't know, have Israel been STEALING more and more Palestinian land. There are plenty of examples of how the Jews in Israel are intolerant of the natives and are trying to cleanse the whole country of them, and that's not a crazy minority either. You should also realise that the Jews of Israel have no claim over that country. They are Europeans who have a small amount of middle eastern Jew ancestry. They are not native to that region, the Palestinians are. They should leave, and go back to Poland, where they came from. Get better sources of information, the ones you have currently are not working in your favour.
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Eww, Armisen.
A few issues with this segment. Don't get me wrong, Bill is out of touch on economic issues, and his podcast is a bit cringe, but Emma referring to it as an "interview" is a bit wrong as it's a podcast, and then saying his atheism is "based" in Islamaphobia is a bit dumb. Like, he can be wrong to be going so hard against Muslims without nuance and also be atheist because, ya know, he doesn't think there's a deity. That, is the basis for atheism, because if it was just about hating Muslims he could be a Christian or otherwise spiritual. Language matters.
And also Armisen. Eww, Armisen.
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Ukraine was actually created by the Mongol invasion which split the original Russia, ya know, the one without all the territories to the east that they later imperialized. The Ukrainian language developed after that. Before that, Kiev was the seat of power in original Russia, AKA the Kievan Rus. Which is where Putin gets his, "they're just Russians" line from.
This is why it's a shame that China, Russia and the U.S. are nuclear nations. They should all be invaded and split into smaller countries with more uniform cultures. And if it wasn't for the nuclear threat, that's probably what NATO would be doing right now to Russia. Then they could possibly do China, and then kick the U.S. out and do them. Alas, they're all too powerful, especially China and the U.S.. Maybe diplomatic pressure might eventually get the job done?
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