XPost: alt.society.liberalism, alt.atheism, talk.politics.guns
From: klausschadenfreude@yahoo.com
On Sat, 18 May 2013 01:41:41 +0000 (UTC), Zepp wrote:
>On Fri, 17 May 2013 17:27:43 -0700, Klaus Schadenfreude 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.
>>
>> It's not a representative democracy either.
>
>'Course it is. Ever hear of the House of Representatives?
Yep. It's not a democracy. It was in all the papers.
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