Breen Ouellette wrote: > Han Boetes wrote: > > Anything which is favourable to you, but not to corperations may > > get you called communist. If you are that easily subdued you > > might as well donate your money directly to the corporations. > > > > Yes I am a communist, since I believe we should take proper care > > of this planet instead of filling the pockets of a few wealty > > people with paper. > > While I have nothing against your embracing communism, as I > believe everyone should have the right to hold the beliefs they > see fit, I do not believe that communism is about taking "proper > care of this planet instead of filling the pockets of a few > wealty people with paper". I have seen communism first hand in > China and it still amounts to giving a select few enormous power > over the many. Whether people are wealthy through money or > control of the military, human greed and ambition make labels > like capitalism and communism irrelevant, as there will always > be people trying to get to the top of the system, no matter what > that system may be. > > If communism is about taking proper care of the planet then > China wouldn't be accelerating toward becoming the dirtiest > place on the earth right now. > > Also, I am sick of being called a communist whenever I suggest > that corporations should be held to task. I don't trust anyone > or anything, so if you want to label me so that I fit into your > small minded world, then get it right and call me PARANOID. (not > aimed directly at you Han, just generally at those who wish to > label me) > > This philosophical discussion is outside of the scope of misc@ > and very unlikely to go anywhere productive, so I am pulling > myself out of it. Please don't reply. Thanks.
Why do you insult communism by mentioning fascism and then say I should not even reply? I'd rather have you don't reply. # Han
