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Old 09-14-2011, 07:36 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks View Post
Yes, it's a good thing the unions have never been greedy.

It's a good thing that good communists like Mao always treated their people well.

It's a good thing that Stalin never imprisoned anyone.

It's a good thing that Obama never lied.

Caracas, Venezuela is a great place to vacation.

St. Louis, MO is a great place to live.
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While I can equally admire the uncorrupt ideology of communism as well as that of pure Democracy both are a utopia and as such would never work, thus you get the corruption of both the old soviet form of Communism and the Current day American idea of Democracy (Which is, in reality, a Constitutional Republic)

The problem with the Soviet system was that there was no incentive to produce and our current system is seeing a similar problem in that the non producers have learned that they can vote themselves a living from those who do produce, taking away the incentive for the producers to take the risks.
I didn't hear him say the Communist weren't effected by the same problems. Must of missed that part. What I heard was a man complaining about the faults of Men. Which didn't stop him living in a mansion in Hollywood or Switzerland.

The problem is with the nature of men. Be it Communist, Capitalist, Christian or any organisation or system. Some by their make up want to be top dog to make their life better. And don't care who they step on to get there.
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