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Ok I'm just gonna say it -- AOC is a grade A Buchiach. Raise your hand if you agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by BasinCruiser
I had to look that one up. Sorry I did.
she certainly is the face of the new democrat party.
OK -- I know that it's probably a long shot to squeeze a serious discussion in here amongst all the memes and jokes, but please humor me for a second. All kidding and name calling aside, what is the appeal to socialism?
This is not a rhetorical question.
Seriously, can somebody give me an objective reason why socialism is so attractive and so in vogue lately? Is this just a lack of knowledge about history and semi-recent human events? Or is it just blatant denial? I'm puzzled as to why anyone who claims to be intelligent would want to encourage leading our country into that quagmire.
The short answer is socialism offers the promise of what appears to be instant gratification and/or security. So perhaps you can see why it would appeal to the everyone gets a trophy generation.
Those offering socialism also fail to mention the iron fist that is always buried in the velvet glove. Meaning how do you pay for it or what personal freedoms do you surrender to obtain it.
One thing to always remember is socialism has never worked, never even once, not even one exception.
1. The powerful have rigged a system and stolen wealth and locked everyone out.Quote:
Originally Posted by rockgremlin
2. A deep selfishness to get something for nothing.
3. Once a govt program for xyz is in place, it would be easy to trick and steal from.
4. Utopian belief that all people should be equal in every regard.
5. Anger and/or jealousy toward those more successful, with wealth confiscation being the deserved punishment.
6. Money for socialist programs will come from those you despise.
7. Life will be easier with more govt money/programs available.
Great input guys.
Still crazy to me that in spite of so many bad examples of socialism in the world, they would still consider giving it another go.
Socialism....
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She's totally lost it. As part of her Green New Deal she wants to get rid of "farting cows"? :roflol:
From the Green New Deal FAQ: "We set a goal to get to net-zero, rather than zero emissions, in 10 years because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast."
https://assets.documentcloud.org/doc...w-Deal-FAQ.pdf
No more airplanes, huh. Sorry, but the cat's out of the bag on that one. What the heck is even happening anymore that people voted for her?
Totally off topic but, why do posts automatically insert random hyperlinks for words that have have nothing to do with the word?
Now the hyperlink is gone but, when I first posted my comment above, Green New Deal was hyperlinked to a green throw pillow. I didn't click or enter to hyperlink it to anything. Does it do that to anyone else?
Even more scary is Occasional-Cortex is currently the face and future of the Democratic party. If she was old enough she would probably be the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.Quote:
Originally Posted by devo_stevo
Remember the Democrats are the party that would have put forth a Socialist in 2016 if Hillary hadn't of rigged the nomination.
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I think it's a VigLink setting, one of the ad vendors for the forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by tallsteve
Is it a setting I can turn off? I grabbed this screenshot of iceaxe's post above. If you click on the "Democratic party" hyperlink it takes you to an Amazon page for Democrat trinkets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sombeech
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Oh I know. I don't know what's going on. If you watch video of her speaking there's always a bunch of random white people behind here just nodding their heads in agreement with all of the dumb things coming out of her mouth. It just boggles the mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iceaxe
Yes. All the time. I just assumed they were hyperlinked Google ads.Quote:
Originally Posted by tallsteve
I don't get the hyper links, but I also view the forum through tap-a-talk about 99% of the time.
She was nominated because she was successful at getting all of the Puerto Ricans in Queens to get to the polls and vote for her instead of that stuffy white guy who was a long standing incumbent. She was nominated with only 3% of the population of her district.Quote:
Originally Posted by devo_stevo
But again, she was nominated NOT because of her platform but rather because half the island of Puerto Rico showed up at the polls.
It's clear the second she opens her mouth she's in way over her head, and she lacks the maturity and common sense that her colleagues around her possess (For the most part).
So it was racism then. Makes sense.
Liberals don't call it racism... they use the term "identity politics", which makes it OK to be racist...
...unless you happen to be a white male that is....
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A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Either that or it's lipstick on a pig.
Pick your analogy.
She is just so damn stupid! Alexandria Occasional Conquistador sez we don't need fossil fuels.
She sez we can run the whole country on solar.
The current largest solar farm can't generate enough megawatts to run the New York City Subway system.
The current largest solar farm is 4,000 acres. There are currently 640 acres in a square mile.
How many acres of solar panels would it take to power the whole nation?
What is Alexandria Occasional Conquistador's current Intelligence Quotient?
If we could run the entire country on solar then why aren't we doing it now?
I hate her because in addition to being painfully stupid, she has a large following that thinks everything she says is gospel truth. Also she has this attitude that she's so smart and anybody who disagrees is an idiot.
She is undoubtedly one of the dumbest people I have ever seen.
In case you missed the unveiling of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s new green deal because her staff deleted it. Here’s the archived version. It’s insane and includes banning all air travel, petroleum, and guaranteed income for those unwilling to work.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190207...n-new-deal-faq
The stupid never ends... it looks like AOC has cost NY 25,000 jobs and $27.5 billion in taxes because she doesn't understand math.....
Ocasio-Cortez cheers as Amazon reportedly reconsiders NY HQ after fierce opposition
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/amazon-...osition-report
She's gonna get her ass kicked. She can revel in her utopian shenanigans all she wants --- until it starts costing other people money. That's when cooler heads should step in and put a muzzle on her.
She's like that dumb blond who sits in the back of the math class gabbing with her besties and asking stupid questions.
And when it comes time to take a test she gets pissed at the teacher for failing her.
Her "new deal" is just pure unadulterated socialism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iceaxe
Why did her staff delete it? Was it intentionally deleted because they recognized the absurdity of it, or was it an oopsie?
I think they deleted it because of how damn stupid it was. It literally included the phrases "farting cows" and offering economic security for those "unwilling to work" (those are the actual words).
Even the big-wig Democrats recognized how much of a trainwreck it was.
The only person I know that thought it was a good idea was an old high school buddy with a music degree that spends so much money on weed that he can hardly afford his rent.
I believe I now understand why NY passed late term abortion law---they plan to kill AOC and use this law as a defense:nod: