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Comment Re:let me correct that for you. (Score 1) 619

Communism is a version of Socialism. The USSR was run by the Communist Party, which was communist in name (although it wasn't what Marx imagined).

This comment makes it seem like you don't understand the difference between communism and socialism. If you don't know it, I suggest you at least read up on the topic on Wikipedia. If you do know it, and understand why the USSR didn't consider themselves to be communist, then I suggest you write more clearly.

Comment Re:Free market economy (Score 1) 529

We can have a civilized discussion about government debt without jumping to BS numbers* for total debt can't we?

Well sure, let me know why you think Great Britain is going to be the first to go, I'm still not clear why you think that, other than something vague about having a lot of debt (which many countries do).

Also: Citation needed for the total debt number.

That number doesn't include citizens/business, it includes things the government has committed to paying but hasn't funded. If you do a search for "us total liability," there are plenty of different estimates. I chose $150trillion because it's somewhere in the middle of the estimates.

Comment Re:Pft (Score 5, Informative) 962

And just to make clear, the problem of insulting people isn't along the lines of "ching chong chow chee" or whatnot. The problem case is along the lines of: Scenario 1: Man: "What does that do? Sorry, I don't know perl." Crowd: "You don't know perl? Geez, you're stupid." Scenario 2: Woman: "What does that do? Sorry, I don't know perl." Crowd: "Geez, women are stupid."

No, you're wrong, you didn't even read the article (should I say you are stupid?). Specific examples from the article, if you'd like to read it:

"Only 1 out of 5 is hot, and that is Jessica. The rest need to be in the kitchen."
"I have a guy who’s writing fan fiction starring me and him. It’s a pornographic fanfic, and he's on chapter 6. He anonymously submits chapters through my website"
"Rape fantasies and pictures of dead children were coming faster than I could block individual users."

That is the kind of thing we are dealing with.

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