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I also believe that government control of the means of production is not something that is close to happening here nor will it any time soon. (the actual definition of socialism)
Absolutely wrong. Government ownership of the means of production is textbook Socialism. Government control without ownership is called Fascism.
Absolutely wrong. Government ownership of the means of production is textbook Socialism. Government control without ownership is called Fascism.
HeadSet saysAbsolutely wrong. Government ownership of the means of production is textbook Socialism. Government control without ownership is called Fascism.
Splitting hairs in my opinion.
I think of fascism as corporate ownership/control of the government.
Once it was obvious that Obama was incapable of saying Islamic Terrorism, American was dead right there and then
To answer TPB's original question, I will cite two analogies:
1. When Benjamin Franklin was asked what the founding fathers had created, he answered:"A Republic, if they can keep it."
2. When a child asks his parents "will I die someday?" The answer is yes.
Those voting for it, will be voting for the benefits side of it, those voting against will be defending themselves against Slavery to finance a Sloth class of shiftless able bodied fucknuts sitting on their asses waiting for the fruits of those that have to work to hand it over to entitlement
Yes but the Paradox of a Communist America spured on by the Socialist Left.
Those voting for it, will be voting for the benefits side of it, those voting against will be defending themselves against Slavery to finance a Sloth class of shiftless able bodied fucknuts sitting on their asses waiting for the fruits of those that have to work to hand it over to entitlement
That's worth a lot more than most Democrat voters can afford to pay.
I'd rather live in a world where our politics was about finding ways to minimize the extent to which laziness sets in, to shiftless numbnuts, for example requiring work of some kind even if it's some sort of work that doesn't cause a well defined short term profit to some entity that exceeds the amount paid to the person. Politics could address that. Everyone wants dignity, and to hold their head up with pride that they contribute something to the world. If not, they can learn.
anointed by the new god named "The People." It's the divine right of the clowns in the costumes of the officialdom!
Reality saysanointed by the new god named "The People." It's the divine right of the clowns in the costumes of the officialdom!
So you don't believe that the people can elect leaders with good innovative ideas that can work if those ideas aren't some application of 1960s politics and economics onto 2150 America in a 2150 world /\?
Innovative ideas hit a very small number of minds first; that's why they are called geniuses! Haven't you heard the expression
Mass voting precludes innovation; otherwise, the thing would already have been there.
A competitive market place delivered internet
Do you think iPhone would have been made if millions of consumers voted on drawings that can get past DNC and RNC? Instead of private/corporate funds controlled by Steve Jobs?
Not really. Ms. Clinton won the popular vote in the 2016 election by 3 million votes.
Earth calling to space dweller. Look up arpanet sometime. The government funded and developed network that became the internet. Being ignorant of history doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Do you think IPhone,Ipad,Ipod would have made millions if government labs hadn't invented the touch screen? Or the military hadn't put up the GPS network? How many satellites did Apple put into space for it's IPhone customers?
Read The Entrepreneurial State, by Mariana Mazzucato for an increadibly well researched book about the dependence of industry on government spending and research.
bob2356 saysEarth calling to space dweller. Look up arpanet sometime. The government funded and developed network that became the internet. Being ignorant of history doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Darpa was/is an organization of only about 100 people. It's not a research outfit, but more like a government-run hedge fund surveying what's in the market place and what type of research might be of critical importance to military therefore can be exclusively bought for the benefit of the defense department for a few years / decades. It's a little like National Inquirer buying some stories in order to keep exclusive rights to the stories (sometimes not to publish it!). The story/invention was out there or about to come out anyway
What enabled internet as a system beneficial to the wide cross-section of society (instead of a mere intellectual curiosity in the ivory towers) was the wide availability of inexpensive personal computers and the phone network, both brought about by the market place.
The original iPhone did NOT have GPS receiver inside. Its location information came from triangulating cellphone towers. Yes, even the original iPhone made millions, proving your thesis false.
It was the 1980's independent invention and marketing of devices made by private companies (including HP) that ushered in what we today know as useful touch screens.
It's not surprising to see another female author with a slave mentality, probably given the opportunity to publish a book and make some dough after sleeping with some insiders of the propaganda ministry.
It was about to come out anyway because you say so? and it would have had one set of standardized protocols that all worked to together seamlessly and became endlessly scale-able? Like so many technologies that are seamless between companies? Like all the seamless lan protocols? Like ethernet, token ring, atm, fddi, that all worked together? ROFLOL. Without DARPA and the standards they created plus the military adopting tcp/ip as their standard in 1980 then switching arpanet over from ncp to tcp/ip to in 1983 there would have been no internet around the world.
E A Johnson invented the capacitive touch screen at the Royal Radar Establishment government research center. Capacitive touch screens are still used today in things like ATM's. So much for being utterly impractical.
It's not surprising to see another female author with a slave mentality, probably given the opportunity to publish a book and make some dough after sleeping with some insiders of the propaganda ministry.
Nothing like nah, nah, nah your mother wears army boots as a well reasoned intellectual argument. I can see why fox and bretibart do so well.
LOL! Where was the government/military when the numerous standards were established in order for all the parts of your computer to work together? How can USB devices and HDMI displays ever connect to any computer without the heavy hand of government/military?
Do you think industry standards drive technology or technology drives industry standards? Is writing up "industry standards" now considered "technological innovation"?
Johnson's "touch screen" on a storage scope was in the 1960's! Where were your practical implementations of the technology all through the 60's and 70's? The two decades of non-use proved his approach was impractical.
I will tell you the difference: iPhone was a device that could garner more revenue than the cost of engineering therefore more advanced versions of iPhones could be researched and developed.
What the big-government-apologists are doing is like pointing at the ME-262 and V-2 rocket and claiming the world wouldn't have jet plane or space rockets if not for the Nazis
Find out for yourself what her husband does.
I can't see America shifting to a Socialist government over night based on one Election outcome. It would take a 80% majority or more, and I don't ever see that happening in my life time. The poor kids our Liberal education system is trying to Marxistize might buy into it in other 20 years if they don't get round up and fired or shot first.
I think we'll see our 2nd Revolution before we're ever allowed to be dominated and oppressed by Marxist bastards and Fucknuts like Germany, France and the UK are so trampled so. This is why it is more important than ever to defend the 1st and 2nd amendment, and vote Republican. Your future depends on it.
Don't you think?