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    Quote Originally Posted by LV426 View Post
    Look at the people who thank your posts; the worst of the worst deplorables. The most racist among those on the board. Did you ever stop and wonder why it is that your belief system seems to attract people like ILA and CFM?
    Nice diversion attempt. I should support socialism and not capitalism because of CFM? Sure thing guy.

    Your thread premise is a failure. It has nothing to do with anyone else. Don't try and divert your failure onto others.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarod View Post
    It is a failure of authoritarianism and A success of American sabotage.
    A fairly good insight, with a kernel of truth, IMO.

    The thing is, none of us really know anything about Venezuela - almost none of us has ever set foot in the country, almost none of us actually knows a Venezuelan, and you really cannot obtain knowledge about a nation by reading the opinion columns of old, white dudes in the Wall Street Journal or the national review. It is always remarkable to me how quickly a lot of us turn into arm chair experts about topics we are not really qualified to speak on as experts.

    My impression of Venezuela is that it has been a basket case since at least the early 1990s, when I went there. A wonderful country, a beautiful country, but as with most of Latin America dealing with decades, even centuries of exploitation, crony capitalism, authoritarian generalissimos, ruthless land owners, a quasi-serf economy, some phony leftist and Maoist revolutionaries, lack of an adequate functioning legal system, the meddling of American governments and western oil companies, and more. There is a reason the Nazi leadership fled to South America after WW2 - the continent had a long history of providing cover for rightwing authoritarians, colonial exploiters, and quasi-feudal societies that favored the rich and powerful over the poor and landless.

    Naturally, it is a huge continent, with many positive advancements balancing the obvious problems. But the problems of Venezuela are obviously complex, cannot be boiled down to soundbites, nor can we really gain any insight by reading an opinion column by a white dude in a rightwing newspaper.

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    WHAT BOGUS STUPIDITY!

    WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A STUPID DICTATOR!

    SOME DICKS CAN'T SEE STUPID WHEN STUPID SHAFTS THEM!


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    We can gain insight into Venezuela from a liberal white dude on JPP though? Sure, why not

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    Quote Originally Posted by bhaktajan View Post
    WHAT BOGUS STUPIDITY!
    WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A STUPID DICTATOR!
    SOME DICKS CAN'T SEE STUPID WHEN STUPID SHAFTS THEM!
    What we have here is an idiot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
    Unless you just can't stand the idea of "ni**ers" teaching white kids.


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    Address the topic, not other posters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Callinectes Ocasio-Cortez View Post
    I'd call it workable in a country that has 10% of the population of the USA
    What does the population size have to do with the functionality of a single payer system? Extrapolate it out by a factor of 10 and you have M4A.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Callinectes Ocasio-Cortez View Post
    more land mass and natural resources.
    Which has what to do with the functionality of a single payer, universal health care system?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Callinectes Ocasio-Cortez View Post
    Hell, they don't pollute anything, and they're the most polite people I've ever met.
    So they're not slaves to socialism, like you would have us believe we would be if we replicated their system here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Callinectes Ocasio-Cortez View Post
    Why don't you take all the rest of the America haters with you and move up there, eh hoser?
    Well, you just actually made the case that we should borrow from their system here since they're polite, they have health care, and don't pollute.

    Sounds like you're making a case that the US should be more like Canada, which is what we're saying.


    Oh...it's the politeness thing, right? Never mind(also, that universal health care system? It ain't universally loved up there)
    If Canada's system isn't universally loved, how come they're not changing it to look more like ours?
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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    Nice diversion attempt. I should support socialism and not capitalism because of CFM? Sure thing guy.
    No, you should question why you find yourself in agreement almost 100% of the time with them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    Your thread premise is a failure.
    According to you. And you have what level of credibility to make that determination? None, as far as I can see. It's just your opinion that you think your privilege entitles you to set as the standard.

    But the fact is that you're just a poseur and a fraud, and your opinion is informed solely by your inherent bias, not any empirical evidence or facts. Just your feelings. You have strong feelings about things that you think people should accommodate as fact. But who made your standard the one that defines all others? Only you, because you have an inflated sense of self worth that needs to be smacked down as the arrogance it really is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    We can gain insight into Venezuela from a liberal white dude on JPP though? Sure, why not
    Well, since your instincts are shit, your judgment is trash, and your character is rotten to the core, people like me need to give you insight because you lack the ability to think critically.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LV426 View Post
    No, you should question why you find yourself in agreement almost 100% of the time with them.
    Nope. Actually that is false and a lie. And capitalism has been shown to be far greater than socialism. But you keep fighting for your socialist dream.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LV426 View Post
    Well, since your instincts are shit, your judgment is trash, and your character is rotten to the core, people like me need to give you insight because you lack the ability to think critically.
    Blah, blah, blah. Attack, attack, attack. That's all you do, especially after getting schooled ITT.

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