01-16-2024, 03:00 PM
(01-16-2024, 02:55 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Absolutely, but the question was why doesn't it happen now, was it not? At least that's what my entire answer was addressing.
He was saying that it is interesting how right-wing governments seeking that whole authoritarian or fascist thing always masquerade as leftist rather than right-wing. Liberalism is always touted as the ideal in those scenarios rather than owning up to the asshattery they are up to.
(01-16-2024, 02:55 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: True communism has never actually been tried.
Well, that is the case on a nation-state scale, at least, but that's because people suck to much, including college-aged "Marxists."
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
