From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:44:37 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-02-10, CrudeSausage  wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:05:29 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
   >>   
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   >>   
   >>>> If that were true, conditions wouldn't have been miserable five, ten   
   >>>> or fifteen years ago. My parents go to Cuba all the time and my dad   
   >>>> specifically mentions how he likes to bring them things from the   
   >>>> dollar store, whether a cheap harmonica or soap, because even the   
   >>>> useless crap we get here for next to nothing is more than they can   
   >>>> afford. It has _never_ been good there under Communism; it has only   
   >>>> been less bad. Apparently, they get a kick out of our worn-out   
   >>>> clothes as well.   
   >>>   
   >>> I hate to tell you this, but conditions aren't great in the United   
   >>> States or Canada either these days (and they're only getting worse).   
   >>> Better than Cuba, no doubt, but we're not under a stupid oil blockade   
   >>> by that supreme ass Trump.   
   >>   
   >> Things are getting worse in my neck of the woods, but just about   
   >> everything can be blamed on Haitians here. Even this morning, coming to   
   >> work, a Haitian idiot didn't bother to look if there was someone in the   
   >> lane to the left of him and almost rammed into my car. Luckily, I   
   >> honked quickly before he could finish his motion. These people are   
   >> beyond retarded at every level, but you can witness it on the road if   
   >> you're ever unlucky enough to be behind them. If the limit is 50,   
   >> they'll go 30. If the limit is 30, they'll go 10. They also park in the   
   >> middle of the road and turn on their hazard lights despite there being   
   >> parking spots available all over the place. They don't care who they   
   >> inconvenience from their own laziness. You can only imagine how well   
   >> they take care of the projects the government gives them to live in.   
   >> One such project near where I live has had a section of it condemned,   
   >> and I can only imagine why.   
   >>   
   >>>> I have no sympathy for the Communists. I could not care less if they   
   >>>> don't like the way Trump went in to Venezuela to deal with Maduro. He   
   >>>> clearly didn't get elected this last time and was clutching to power.   
   >>>   
   >>> I have this "old fashioned" notion that our president should worry   
   >>> about problems in MY country and not try to be the Emperor of the   
   >>> world. And I have a huge problem with ignoring the sovereignty of   
   >>> other countries and the rule of law.   
   >>>   
   >>> But Canada and the United States are going down the same road. They   
   >>> may not call it "communism" but it will be complete control of our   
   >>> lives. That's what the AI bullshit is really all about, building an   
   >>> electronic gulag for the entire world.   
   >>   
   >> I agree, and I believe that the more of these Communist countries get   
   >> decimated, the better it will be for everyone because the retarded   
   >> proponents of the ideology, of which we have a few here in COLA, will   
   >> have even more examples of what that ideology turns nations into. They   
   >> can blame blockades as much as they want, but we have tons of examples   
   >> of them failing even when every imaginable resource is at their   
   >> disposal (Soviet Union stole from everyone and still failed miserably).   
   >>   
   >> The only argument I need to remind people that Communism is retarded is   
   >> Chernobyl. No matter how we look at it, their incompetence could have   
   >> destroyed Europe forever.   
   >   
   > Kind of missed my point. We don't call it "communism" here but what   
   > these people want is control way beyond what the Soviet Union was able   
   > to achieve.   
      
   The point is that no matter what it is called, both parties seem to be   
   heading toward their own form of tyranny. I agree. However, Communists   
   wants absolute, authoritarian control with severe punishment for anyone   
   who calls them out for their idiotic ideas or decisions. For their part,   
   the Republicans (or conservatives in general) want absolute respect for   
   the rules within their borders and even outside. They want to give us the   
   impression that they respect free speech, privacy and people's choice of   
   faith even though they want to control speech, limit privacy and push a   
   compromised form of Christianity. Nevertheless, I would rather have the   
   latter simply because there is still wiggle room, and a possibility that   
   whatever freedoms were attacked can be restored. With anything the left   
   suggests, not only will your freedoms be obliterated, but there is no way   
   they can ever be restored without many people dying.   
      
   We really are choosing the lesser evil.   
      
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