XPost: alt.society.liberalism, alt.atheism, talk.politics.guns
From: klausschadenfreude@yahoo.com
On Fri, 17 May 2013 20:54:47 +0000 (UTC), Zepp wrote:
>On Fri, 17 May 2013 14:53:00 -0500, RD Sandman wrote:
>
>> Klaus Schadenfreude wrote in
>> news:msucp8hn3utue1ujitm37me0hulmgdbdkq@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On Fri, 17 May 2013 17:20:43 +0000 (UTC), Zepp wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 17 May 2013 08:16:09 -0700, Klaus Schadenfreude wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2013 15:10:26 +0000 (UTC), Zepp wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Fri, 17 May 2013 07:37:43 -0700, Klaus Schadenfreude wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2013 09:31:32 -0500, Free Lunch
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Fri, 17 May 2013 07:29:38 -0700, Klaus Schadenfreude
>>>>>>>> wrote in alt.atheism:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 17 May 2013 09:28:56 -0500, Free Lunch
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 17 May 2013 08:17:42 -0600, deep wrote in alt.atheism:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 17 May 2013 09:06:49 -0500, Free Lunch
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You don't seem to understand the problem. Austerity at this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time hurts Europe and it hurts the US. Austerity supporters
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have demonstrated their ignorance of economics.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Not really, that ignorance of economics was there before the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>austerity measures were put into place to try and fix them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Austerity during a recession is one example of ignorance by
>>>>>>>>>>>>political leaders. There's plenty of other nonsense that many
>>>>>>>>>>>>political leaders believe, economic and otherwise. Reactionary
>>>>>>>>>>>>leaders tend to believe the most nonsense.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The problem with austerity is it's only austerity for the poor
>>>>>>>>>>>and middle class. The wealthy get to have an orgy of rape of
>>>>>>>>>>>the national treasuries. During periods of "austerity" the top
>>>>>>>>>>>1% keeps getting richer and richer while the poor have to learn
>>>>>>>>>>>how to get by without things like food and medical care.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Funny how the rich always do well.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Funny how you can't figure out why that might be.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I know why.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you really? Because you claimed it was "funny" and I'm guessing
>>>>>>> you didn't think it was "ha ha" funny but that it was "Strangely or
>>>>>>> suspiciously odd; curious" funny.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So it sounded like you didn't understand why rich people "always"
>>>>>>> do well.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's because they have a lot of money.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Our alleged democracy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This isn't a democracy. Never has been. Perhaps your
>>>>>>> misunderstanding of our government is the source of your ignorance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>What are the first three words in the Constitution, bubbles?
>>>>>
>>>>> What does that have to do with democracy, dumb shit? Do you even know
>>>>> what kind of government we have?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [crickets.wav]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, didn't think so.
>>>>
>>>>What are the first three words of the Constitution, bubbles? It's not a
>>>>very hard question. Google it if you don't know.
>>>
>>> Completely irrelevant.
>>>
>>> The rest of the words very clearly demonstrate we're not a democracy.
>>
>> Actually, there is very little difference between a republic and a
>> representative democracy. Too many people look at a democracy as only
>> being a pure democracy, a direct democracy, etc to realize that there is
>> also a representative democracy.
>>
>>> You didn't know that, did you?
>>>
>>> [chuckle]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>What this illiterate bonehead doesn't understand is that a Republic and a
>Democracy are two different things, but they don't exist exclusive of
>each other--it's usually the opposite, in fact.
And what this bonehead doesn't understand is that we're not a
democracy.
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