I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism

rickyb

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It became a superpower because it focused all of its wealth on its military and nuclear weapons. Economically I've seen it said it was basically India with a huge military. It didn't become a superpower because it was communist. And ultimately it collapsed because it was communist and couldn't sustain itself economically.
and yet it still did these things while it called itself "communist"
 

vantexan

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and yet it still did these things while it called itself "communist"
It's people suffered greatly. You're trying to say it became a superpower because it was communist. It collapsed because it was communist. While it was communist only the elite in the Soviet Union lived well. Most people didn't.
 

rickyb

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It's people suffered greatly. You're trying to say it became a superpower because it was communist. It collapsed because it was communist. While it was communist only the elite in the Soviet Union lived well. Most people didn't.
north americans suffering greatly as well

look at how many canadians cant afford gas now. its amazing.

why did you vote trump? bc ur suffering and both parties sold u out decades ago.

russia wasnt actually "communist" but whatever they were, they were a superpower. china also a superpower, what does it call itself...socialist or something.
 

vantexan

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north americans suffering greatly as well

look at how many canadians cant afford gas now. its amazing.

why did you vote trump? bc ur suffering and both parties sold u out decades ago.

russia wasnt actually "communist" but whatever they were, they were a superpower. china also a superpower, what does it call itself...socialist or something.
China is a superpower because it allowed capitalism and took on manufacturing from capitalist nations. The result is no life at all for most of its workers. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 6 days a week for what? To exist. Nobody exploits workers like those communist capitalists in China. And Lenin was most certainly a communist and Russia paid dearly for letting him take power.
 

rickyb

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China is a superpower because it allowed capitalism and took on manufacturing from capitalist nations. The result is no life at all for most of its workers. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 6 days a week for what? To exist. Nobody exploits workers like those communist capitalists in China. And Lenin was most certainly a communist and Russia paid dearly for letting him take power.
chinas mixed economy (like yours) is ideologically superior to yours
 

vantexan

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chinas mixed economy (like yours) is ideologically superior to yours
Ideology doesn't mean much when it's falling apart from mismanagement. They can talk about the evils of capitalism all they want but they'd have very little without it. But hey, look how noble they are!
 

rickyb

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Ideology doesn't mean much when it's falling apart from mismanagement. They can talk about the evils of capitalism all they want but they'd have very little without it. But hey, look how noble they are!
china 8 percent growth 2021

usa 5.7 percent same year

not that im in favor of growth, i think its a cancer and insane on a finite world
 

rickyb

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“Prescription drug costs set to become a leading cause of death for elderly Americans. More than
1.1 million seniors in the federal government's Medicare program could die prematurely over the
next decade because they'll be unable to afford the high prices of the prescription medications”,
according to a November 2020 study issued by the West Health Policy Center," - RALPH NADER

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vantexan

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like america did in 2008 and will again soon?

doesnt capitalism always have recessions and depressions?

china will still be bigger economy than you

their PP will be longer than their balls
You're always ragging on the U.S. and are supportive of the Chinese. China has over a million ethnic Uyghurs in concentration camps doing slave labor. They are by far the world's biggest polluter. They routinely execute prisoners and harvest their body organs to sell. Either you're ignorant or you ignore it to hate on the U.S.
 

vantexan

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“Prescription drug costs set to become a leading cause of death for elderly Americans. More than
1.1 million seniors in the federal government's Medicare program could die prematurely over the
next decade because they'll be unable to afford the high prices of the prescription medications”,
according to a November 2020 study issued by the West Health Policy Center," - RALPH NADER

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No, they'll die of natural causes as opposed to having their life extended by those drugs.
 

rickyb

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You're always ragging on the U.S. and are supportive of the Chinese. China has over a million ethnic Uyghurs in concentration camps doing slave labor. They are by far the world's biggest polluter. They routinely execute prisoners and harvest their body organs to sell. Either you're ignorant or you ignore it to hate on the U.S.
i rag on china sometimes too
 

vantexan

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venezeula is also under crushing US sanctions and election interference like much of latin america.
Most Latin American countries have gone socialist to varying degrees. How then is the U.S. interfering in their elections? And who is under crushing sanctions again? When the U.S. sanctioned Cuba they still had trade with other countries. So why are the Cubans economically depressed? Communism.
 

PT 4 Life

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It's people suffered greatly. You're trying to say it became a superpower because it was communist. It collapsed because it was communist. While it was communist only the elite in the Soviet Union lived well. Most people didn't.

They suffered just as much under the Tsar
 
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