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Old 10-23-2007   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: What's Communism?

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Originally Posted by bns View Post
Extremely pejorative.
True, but do you care to refute any of his assertions?

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I actually wish LordFu wouldn't have posted that because now, if one of our resident commies actually does come post in the thread, it will be to call Fu a bunch of names rather than answer the challenge posed in the OP. Not that I expect they'll show up to support their views anyway.
I held off posting anything for exactly that reason, but as none of our local "communists" were taking the opportunity, I made an attempt at provoking further discussion. You're probably right about the name-calling.

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If this is really what communists stand for I would be against it as I value my individualism greatly. My ability to be different, to be unlike anyone else is very important to me. I doubt if I would be able to fit into a collective whole.
Individualism is incompatible with any form of collectivism, not exclusively communism. They are diametrical.

Last edited by LordFu : 10-23-2007 at 01:00 PM.
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