Anonymous A started this discussion 11 years ago#42,003
You seem to think that any country without "Capitalism" (whatever that means: you probably mean "not like the USA") is a terrible place. I am curious: what sort of international travel and living have you done?
kook !!mCVqftDha joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later[^][v]#558,081
Which countries dont have capitalism? Show us.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,083
@previous (kook !!mCVqftDha)
First, you answer me question, please. Then I will happily answer yours. Also, let's first define "Capitalism".
kook !!mCVqftDha replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,085
@previous (A)
Okay define capitalism. I've only ever been to Mexico twice.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 5 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,086
@previous (kook !!mCVqftDha)
Generally, Capitalism is defined as an economic system that is based on the use of private money to form business and trade. What did you think of Mexico? Also, how can you have an opinion of all other countries in the world (198 of them), if you have only been to one, and that probably a short vacation?
kook !!mCVqftDha replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,087
@previous (A)
Mexico is a fun shithole. I think that we should buy it, dip it in plastic, and convert it into an amusement park. I think the new name should be "Pussy Pussy Drug land" but It's not set in stone.
kook !!mCVqftDha double-posted this 11 years ago, 50 seconds later, 8 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,088
@558,086 (A)
People in China use private money to start businesses, dont they? Even using pin money to start up a steamed bun stand is capitalism.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 47 seconds later, 9 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,089
@previous (kook !!mCVqftDha)
Some people do, but mass industries are government-owned. The poor people in China have no money, so they cannot start businesses: they must remain peasants and farmers. That is a downside of Capitalism. Now back to my question: how can you have an opinion of all other countries in the world (198 of them), if you have only been to one, and that probably a short vacation?
Meta joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 10 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,090
@previous (A)
How many of those 198 countries have you been to?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,091
@previous (Meta)
Dozens, and I have lived in several too. You?
kook !!mCVqftDha replied with this 11 years ago, 34 seconds later, 13 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,092
@558,089 (A)
poor people not being able to start businesses in communist China is not the problem of capitalism.
I dont need to visit every country. I dont see you in Rwanda, but you'd probably agree that it's a shit hole.
Meta replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 14 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,093
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 33 seconds later, 15 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,094
@558,092 (kook !!mCVqftDha)
1. It is a major flaw of Capitalism: political experts even agree. Poor people without private Capital that they inherited, have no choice but to remain poor, or to borrow money upon any conditions that the rich people set.
2. I did not say you nee to visit literally every country, but at least some might change your insulated, American perspective.
3. Rwanda is a model nation for recovery from disaster, and under President Paul Kagame, has become a safe, prospering country. See? You would know this if you traveled.
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 11 years ago, 25 seconds later, 15 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,095
@558,093 (Meta)
Maybe 60 total countries I have been to.
Meta replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 17 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,096
@previous (A)
So you have not visited 70% of the world's countries. Thanks.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 35 seconds later, 18 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,097
@previous (Meta)
No. Nor does one have to. But surely one must visit some other countries (and live in some) to have an informed opinion, no?
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 11 years ago, 30 seconds later, 18 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,099
@558,096 (Meta)
No. Nor does one have to. But surely one must visit some other countries (and live in some) to have an informed opinion, no?
Meta replied with this 11 years ago, 58 seconds later, 19 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,100
@previous (A)
I have lived in in 181 countries. Get that passport, and then we'll talk. Thanks.
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kook !!mCVqftDha replied with this 11 years ago, 27 seconds later, 20 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,101
@558,094 (A)
Why isnt communism helping those poor people? I still wouldnt step foot in Rwanda. It should be paved over.
We should buy some of the more interesting African countries and turn those into a themepark as well. We could erect massive walls and turn it into a balls out zombie apocalypse experience. I dont have a good name for it, and so I'm taking suggestions.
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 21 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,102
@previous (kook !!mCVqftDha)
1. Communism does help them, but not enough.
2. Again, you obviously know nothing about Rwanda. You know nothing about it, yet you want to utterly destroy it? That is such an American attitude, and it proves my point. Can you even name the capital of Rwands without Googling it? Didn't think so.
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 11 years ago, 30 seconds later, 21 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,103
kook !!mCVqftDha replied with this 11 years ago, 3 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[^][v]#558,112
@558,107 (A)
oh so communism is bad as well. I know a lot of people from Cuba, and they say that its very hard there. If someone needs something, and you have it, you cant even sell it. It's so bad that the newspaper runs lotteries for a chance to win a US citizenship.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 3 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#558,127
@previous (kook !!mCVqftDha)
You must see a lot of economic inequality. My few visits to Sarasota were just weird. One side of Tamiami was luxury hotels and $300,000 sports cars. I walk across the street to get cigarettes and it's homeless people in bandages asking for change... Wow. I was a grad. student then and didn't have a lot of money, so I didn't really have much to tell these people. The economic disparity was a little shocking. Our conference has since moved to Naples, so I haven't had the pleasure of visiting your city apart from our trips to the Columbia.
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Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 2 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#558,146
Smells like a matt thread.
Autphag !MLHqI35Srs joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 16 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#558,151
@previous (E)
No kidding. His text-voice was loud in my head from the first post.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 5 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#558,155
@558,146 (E) @previous (Autphag !MLHqI35Srs)
Please, obsess more. I don't think there are enough posts here about Matt.
Autphag !MLHqI35Srs replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#558,156
@previous (A)
Of course somebody so narcissistic and vain as Matt would think there aren't enough posts speaking about him.
You're barely concealing your egotism in the third person as it is.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 13 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#558,159