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Calling all socialists!
 

Just a quick PSA: If you're a socialist, or are planning to vote for one, you don't need to wait for it to be officially implemented! Experience it RIGHT NOW by sending me a check for 50% of your eBay profits every week! While you work harder to make up for the losses you're giving away to me, I'll be sitting at home, watching Netflix. Sound good? Awesome! PM me and I'll send you my PO Box # so we can get started right away!


(Note: I'm making a point, not being serious. That said, if you want to give me half your money, I'm all for it.)

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Sounds like a bargain to me. Ideally I would give you 80%

Is there room for negotiation?

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Oh man, I don't know. See, I like the Saviors philosophy from The Walking Dead. You give me half your stuff, and you keep doing that forever. If you give me 80%, that will be nice, but you can't give me more stuff when you're homeless and without transportation to work....

I'll take 60% though. :lol:

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Well good sir you have a deal

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Ok but only if I can come to your house, sit on your coach and watch Netflix with you.

We have to democratically vote for the movie to watch, tho.

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Naffin' politics.

BAH.

:mad:

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Ha! This thread is going in exactly the direction I had hoped.

You guys are awesome.

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We are all equally awesome, some are just more equally awesome than others.

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Bunch of radical hippies

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LOL :lol: us hippies?!?

who is promoting this?
https://www.peaceproject.com/sites/d...flesNotWar.png

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@GoA, I don't send it to po boxes - real address = done deal :d

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Now, we all know all the Trum-----er, I mean capitalists---are a bunch of violent racist evil sexist monsters, so I can't go out giving away my real address, because I'll be assaulted by those who hate Mexicans! :lol:

(Note: I'm not making a political statement here, only attempting to be funny)

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Are we allowed to assult you if it is for other reasons?!

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...in any case we shall equally assault in turn...

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Street address of the po box works!

You will all be ban!
Direct violation of sec 6 of the forum!

eBay Suspension & Paypal Limited Forums - FAQ

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Yes, I think that's acceptable under current social order, as long as I'm a straight white male. So you're good!

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We are just joking around. No one is making any serious remarks about politics or religion.

Everyone can vote for whomever they choose----I'm just saying that they don't have to wait for the election to start practicing their chosen lifestyle. I'm all about helping people! :d

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How can i trust yoou >

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How can you trust me to cash your check and do nothing productive?

200+ years of history, my friend. :)

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He uses paypal,

Phones ebay daily

And sells on amazon.


A regular capitalist, oops good guy.

Sure you can trust him.



:pound:

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Darn it, I've been exposed! :rant: :mad: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Send me 80% of the quarters' takings and I will retract the info.

My company in Panama has mah details.


:pound:

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What happened to the Cayman islands funds?

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Bernie Sanders, apparently.

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But that's not socialism...

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Good thing I am a Communist, I dont like them socialist.

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yotano names names..../list

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Yes it is. Socialism is about taking from the rich and giving to the poor so that all will become equally poor together! It's the best economic system ever, which is why the Soviet Union remains the dominant superpower in the world today!

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What names or list do you want.

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Socialism, communism/Marxism are a bit different

Communism is a very extreme form of socialism. The standard model for socialism is not anything libel what was used in the USSR

The USSR aimed for Marxism but ended up with something totally different, much more totalitarian than anything else

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I'm glad you brought that up.

The main "difference" between Socialism and Communism is that under Communism, the "means of production"or companies, are owned by the Government. Under Socialism, the companies, or "means of production" are owned by the people.

But let's use Amazon as an example. Under Socialism, the company would be owned by the people who work there. Let's just say for arguments sake that there are 50,000 Amazon employees. How does that work? How do 50,000 people split a website, the warehouses, the labor? Who's in charge? How do you justify to the employees that the ones who work developing the website, which requires a high degree of skill, get paid the same as the idiot with an IQ of 72 who packs the boxes?

Because as far as I can tell, there's no way for "Socialism" to function without becoming Communism. There HAS to be an organizing body, or else everything falls apart and descends into chaos, and then your "Socialism" is now "Anarchy".

Can you help me understand the difference?

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It will not ever work.

In theory its a really really great concept. Everyone putting in 100% effort for the betterment of mankind.

In reality some people are lazy, some people are selfish, some people are entitle ect. In a perfect society Marxism is a great form of government and economics.

Humans being humans means that the type of perfect society that would be needed for the theoretical Marxist concept to work is unlikely to come to pass anytime soon.

Watch Strek Trek for how it should work! Humans in that live under the same rules for the most part as Karl Marx conceptualized.

The Ferengi are meant to be the bad capitalists and the the humans the selfless Marxists. You can probably guess who the Borg represent!

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Right, I know that, but I was wondering if you might be able to explain the differences in practical terms between Communism and Socialism.

I get the THEORETICAL difference, but brass tacks, what differences are there in real life terms?

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I am LOST! Where is the Anarchy Page!!!!!

LIVE FREE OR DIE!!! CRAP! I DON'T LIVE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE!!! :s

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Bruce Willis is on his way!
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True communism has never been practised so all you have is the theoretical differences. There is no real world model to compare it to, the countries that aspired to be communist countries fell well short.

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So what you're saying is, when someone says: "Bernie Sanders (or whomever) is not a Communist, he's a SOCIALIST!", what they're really doing is arguing semantics, because in real world terms, there's no discernible difference?

That's pretty much what I gathered, I just wanted to make sure I understood it correctly.

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Socialism is just the general term for a left wing political philosophy. Communism is the extreme end of the socialist ideology

Communism is for the most part the same as Marxism.

You can get less extreme forms of socialism, Germany is a good example. The UK also has blends of socialism even in a conservative government.

All communists are socialists
Not all socialists are communists. Most socialists (like Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn in the UK) practise a less extreme version of socialism. Neither are real communists.

That is all in theoretical terms though. To have a fully socialist form of government it is pretty much communism, very few people really wants a truly fully socialist government, most people want a blend.

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No it isn't.

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Basically its about killing the productive members of society to fund the lazy unproductive degenerates. Once they run out of people to steal from it always comes crashing down.