What did Hitler/Stalin do right?
Simple, was there anything in Hitler's or Stalin's politics that were acceptable and right? Something that you advocate today?
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Probably a dead thread, and an utter useless response I am about to give, but...Quote:Simple, was there anything in Hitler's or Stalin's politics that were acceptable and right?Yes. Hitler attacked...
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Quote:and thusly began the Cold War.Only because Truman was too much of a p**** to finish the job."The Queen has arrived and has beheaded the Seven Dwarves. I swear by God she remains the fairest of...
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He couldn't even if he wanted to.First he would have needed a concensus among Americans that attacking an Allied nation worthy of sacrificing tens of thousands of American lives.Secondly, he would...
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When two socialist states (USSR and NAZI Germany) go to war with each other, the whole world comes out the winner. The only down side was the inability of the NAZI's to ruin the USSR.What did either...
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Actually too bad Germany did too good a job f***ing up the USSR.Soviet leadership used the losses of the war (material and human) as an excuse as to why communism didn't work well for years after the...
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Quote:When two socialist states (USSR and NAZI Germany) go to war with each other, the whole world comes out the winner. Hmmm ... since when were these two states both classed as "socialist?" Ok, I...
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Socialism and fascism are economically and politically very much the same thing. The major differences being the ownership of means of production (not the control of them) and the type of wood used in...
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Quote:The major differences being the ownership of means of production By definition, though, socialism means that the proletariat and peasantry own the means of production in common. This was not the...
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Dave, you mean like Fidel, Mao or Stalin? The Scandinavian countries are/were about as socialistic as it's possible to get and retain any real freedom.The Spartans were ordered to lay down their arms....
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Communist countries are ceratinly not immune to the cult of personality. Given the lack of any real checks and balances, that seems to be common (and lets not forget "Uncle" Ho, Kim pere and fils,...
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HItler was popularly elected.The Spartans were ordered to lay down their arms. Leonidas replied, "Molon labe" (come and take them).
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Quote:HItler was popularly elected.As a member of the German parliament and appointed Chancellor by President Hindenburg. The Nazis never recieved a majority of the popular vote, or even a majority of...
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Now isn't that rather symptomatic of most socialist leaders? Or even of the common garden variety of dictators of any stripe?The Spartans were ordered to lay down their arms. Leonidas replied, "Molon...
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Quote:Now isn't that rather symptomatic of most socialist leaders? No Quote:Or even of the common garden variety of dictators of any stripe? Yes
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Quote:Now isn't that rather symptomatic of most socialist leaders? No. Quote:Or even of the common garden variety of dictators of any stripe? Yes.
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Dave, Now you're beginning to sound like, who was it, Jerry Ford--talking about the "free elections" in Poland.That comment wasn't worth once, and certainly not twice. LOL.The Spartans were ordered to...
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Tell you what Leeds, you give me your list of fascist leaders who regularly held genuine, fair, contested elections, and I'll counter with a list of socialist heads of government who did the same.As...
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Perhaps we disagree as to what constitutes a "socialist government". Stalin and Hitler each had one, as did Mao, Ho ran one, Kim Jung Il heads one up, and let's not forget Fidel.some American...
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Obviously we do. You consider a socialist government to be any totalitarian state. Just about everyone else considers it to be one that either has or stands for a socialist economy. Nazi Germany did...
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