Critique of the Communist Manifesto

[T. A. Gardner]

Argentina's Mauricio Macri and Bolivia's Evo Morakes are out.
Ivan Duque in Colombia and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil are struggling to remain in power.
Ecuador and Chile are dealing with massive protests against austerity.
Nicolas Madura is still in power in Venezuela while Juan Guaido is in hiding.

Latin America has no other choice but to ask Moscow and Beijing for help with their fight against the CIA.

Well, let's go through those names:

Mauricio Macri is a Conservative and leans Right. He won election in 2015 and lost in 2019. In his term in office he deregulated and de-socialized much of the economy resulting in an economic boom but at the same time angering vest interests and powerful families that had long been controlling portions of the market. He lost the 2019 election to Alberto Fernández who is a radical Leftist and has the support of hard Left groups like Argentina's Communist party. After taking office he raised taxes, made efforts to re-socialize some of the economy and is now having to deal with the economy tanking badly. Again, Macri is hardly some US puppet and his replacement certainly isn't.

Evo Morakes is a radical Leftist and Socialist. He had no particular support from the US and was certainly not installed by the US in some coup. He was voted out of office after 14 years due mostly to the failure of the economy, serious questions about voter fraud and corruption, and his general lack of support that faded with his inability to improve Bolivia.

Ivan Duque is a centrist and of late has seen increasing Leftist protests against his administration. He certainly was not installed in office in some sort of US led coup or something.

Jair Bolsonaro is a Right wing nationalist who is pretty much hated by the Left and vilified in Western media for the same reason. Bolsonaro of recent has reversed himself on environmentalism expressing support for rain forest protection and reducing carbon emissions. There's nothing to support that he got in office or remains there as a function of US intervention in Brazilian politics.

You say,

Nicolas Madura is still in power in Venezuela while Juan Guaido is in hiding.

Madura is no US puppet now is he? Since he's still in power and unlikely to lose it having made the Venezuelan election process one of rubber stamping his staying in power.

On the whole, S. America is just doing the politics it always had with swings between Left and Right. I can't see you proving any of these leaders got elected through some nefarious US scheme.

 

[Minister of Truth]

No, they don't. Philosophy is simply presenting your OWN arguments and your OWN reasoning. It is nothing else. Even quoting Aristotle and using his arguments is NOT philosophy.

Aristotle is philosophy. Given that there haven't really been many quality philosophers since Kant (and none of them well-known). I do not define philosophy as "be yourself," or "define your own reality." Truth and reason exist independently of human thought or action.

 

[goat]

Well, let's go through those names:

Mauricio Macri is a Conservative and leans Right. He won election in 2015 and lost in 2019. In his term in office he deregulated and de-socialized much of the economy resulting in an economic boom but at the same time angering vest interests and powerful families that had long been controlling portions of the market. He lost the 2019 election to Alberto Fernández who is a radical Leftist and has the support of hard Left groups like Argentina's Communist party. After taking office he raised taxes, made efforts to re-socialize some of the economy and is now having to deal with the economy tanking badly. Again, Macri is hardly some US puppet and his replacement certainly isn't.

Evo Morakes is a radical Leftist and Socialist. He had no particular support from the US and was certainly not installed by the US in some coup. He was voted out of office after 14 years due mostly to the failure of the economy, serious questions about voter fraud and corruption, and his general lack of support that faded with his inability to improve Bolivia.

Ivan Duque is a centrist and of late has seen increasing Leftist protests against his administration. He certainly was not installed in office in some sort of US led coup or something.

Jair Bolsonaro is a Right wing nationalist who is pretty much hated by the Left and vilified in Western media for the same reason. Bolsonaro of recent has reversed himself on environmentalism expressing support for rain forest protection and reducing carbon emissions. There's nothing to support that he got in office or remains there as a function of US intervention in Brazilian politics.

You say,
Madura is no US puppet now is he? Since he's still in power and unlikely to lose it having made the Venezuelan election process one of rubber stamping his staying in power.

On the whole, S. America is just doing the politics it always had with swings between Left and Right. I can't see you proving any of these leaders got elected through some nefarious US scheme.

You can't spend a few hours on the net and learn all about US involvement in Latin America. The CIA goes in with tons of guns to create chaos and the next thing you know corporations are stealing the natural resources and polluting the land.

The US will once again quash the Pink Tide revival to pillage the land. I'm on team people so I know that social governments have done a lot to help the people keep their land, natural resources, and slow the deadly disease caused by deregulation.

The good news, T.A., is I like debating people willing to do the research.

 

[Into the Night]

A 4 year degree won't cut it in the 21st century. Our kids and grandkids need to have at least a masters or know someone who can get them an apprenticeship for a good paying union job. Let's get real, the US government wants our grandkids to join the military so they can prolong the collapse of the US empire by starting WWIII. History tells us what's coming.

I'm not talking about a four year degree. Again, you haven't read my post. Go make your own job. You don't need apprenticeship either. The military is currently very picky about who can join. The US is not and never was an empire.

 

[Into the Night]

Yes. Sometimes I'm funny, other times I'm justifiably angry, but recently I've been enjoying JPP debate while self-medicating with some 21st century cannabis.

My avatar does say I'm damaged.

So you are on drugs. No wonder you don't make sense and can't seem to pay attention.

 

[Into the Night]

Return of the Pink Tide

US installed dictators in Latin America have failed to control Covid-19 and are now being voted out. Turns out that people like competent leaders and single-payer healthcare. Why is it that the drug trade and gun runners thrive under US backed, right-wing strongmen leaders? It's a simple question.

South America and Central America's Northern Triangle are begging Russia and China for help. US involvement is what caused the Pink Tide revival. The world has no other choice than to become partners with Moscow and Beijing. There is no avoiding WWIII and fall of the US empire. We got the government we deserve.

No one commands covid19. The US has installed no dictators anywhere. The drug trade thrives under people like you. You are a buyer and user of that product. Neither Moscow nor Beijing control the world. The US is not an empire and never was.

 

[Into the Night]

Aristotle is philosophy. Given that there haven't really been many quality philosophers since Kant (and none of them well-known). I do not define philosophy as "be yourself," or "define your own reality." Truth and reason exist independently of human thought or action.

Aristotle is not philosophy. Aristotle was a man. He did practice philosophy, but anyone can do that. Kant is not philosophy either. There is no absolute Truth or Reason. There is no such thing. Denial of phenomenology.

 

[goat]

So you are on drugs. No wonder you don't make sense and can't seem to pay attention.

Unlike most Americans who take a myriad of synthetic pharmaceuticals, I'm on natural plants and fungi that grow from the earth.

How many pills do you take every day?

 

[goat]

No one commands covid19. The US has installed no dictators anywhere. The drug trade thrives under people like you. You are a buyer and user of that product. Neither Moscow nor Beijing control the world. The US is not an empire and never was.

You've lost touch with the real world.

 

[Minister of Truth]

Aristotle is not philosophy. Aristotle was a man. He did practice philosophy, but anyone can do that. Kant is not philosophy either. There is no absolute Truth or Reason. There is no such thing. Denial of phenomenology.

We know practically nothing about the ancient Greek thinkers, aside from their philosophy. Stating their names is basically the same thing as their philosophy. Absolute truth is better known as Christ. I have precisely zero time for morons who reject absolute truth and morality. Enjoy your relative truths that you cling to with absolute certainly, since you cannot cling to them relatively, because, reason.

 

[Into the Night]

Unlike most Americans who take a myriad of synthetic pharmaceuticals, I'm on natural plants and fungi that grow from the earth.

How many pills do you take every day?

None.

 

[Into the Night]

You've lost touch with the real world.

Buzzword fallacy.

 

[Into the Night]

We know practically nothing about the ancient Greek thinkers, aside from their philosophy. Stating their names is basically the same thing as their philosophy. Absolute truth is better known as Christ. I have precisely zero time for morons who reject absolute truth and morality. Enjoy your relative truths that you cling to with absolute certainly, since you cannot cling to them relatively, because, reason.

Who is 'we'? Are you having a multiple personality disorder again?
You only get to speak for you. You do not get to speak for anyone else.

Names of men is not philosophy. Denial of philosophy.

 

[goat]

Buzzword fallacy.

The US forces the world to use the dollar for international trade with 800 military bases and 500 war ships. That's an empire even if it doesn't fit your definition. We are told the military budget is under $1 trillion a year but if you pay attention, an audit of the pentagon shows they lost $1 trillion a year for the last 22 year. That means the pentagon budget is closer to $2 trillion and the crooks are stealing more than half of it.

There's a new book out called How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr that's a fun read.

 

[Into the Night]

The US forces the world to use the dollar for international trade

Nope. The world does not use just dollars for international trade. They use dollars, juan, yen, rubles, pesos, euros, gold, and many other currencies. No one is forcing anyone to use any currency.

with 800 military bases and 500 war ships.

Not what our military is doing.

That's an empire

Nope. The US is not an empire. The US has no emperor, dictator, or king.

even if it doesn't fit your definition.

Not my definition. This word comes from the middle ages. If you can't speak English, that's YOUR problem.

We are told the military budget is under $1 trillion a year but if you pay attention, an audit of the pentagon shows they lost $1 trillion a year for the last 22 year. That means the pentagon budget is closer to $2 trillion and the crooks are stealing more than half of it.

So they waste a lot of money. Tell me something I don't know.

There's a new book out called How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr that's a fun read.

I submit that Daniel Immmerwahr can't speak, read, or write English. Words mean things. You can't just go changing the meaning of them on a whim, political or otherwise.

I'm going to have to call a buzzword fallacy here.

 

[goat]

Nope. The world does not use just dollars for international trade. They use dollars, juan, yen, rubles, pesos, euros, gold, and many other currencies. No one is forcing anyone to use any currency.

Not what our military is doing.

Nope. The US is not an empire. The US has no emperor, dictator, or king.

Not my definition. This word comes from the middle ages. If you can't speak English, that's YOUR problem.

So they waste a lot of money. Tell me something I don't know.

I submit that Daniel Immmerwahr can't speak, read, or write English. Words mean things. You can't just go changing the meaning of them on a whim, political or otherwise.

I'm going to have to call a buzzword fallacy here.

Who has been the big winner over the last 20 years of war in the Middle East?

 

[Into the Night]

Who has been the big winner over the last 20 years of war in the Middle East?

No one. War is wasteful.

 

[Truck Fump / h1b]

Nope. The world does not use just dollars for international trade. They use dollars, juan, yen, rubles, pesos, euros, gold, and many other currencies. No one is forcing anyone to use any currency.

Not what our military is doing.

Nope. The US is not an empire. The US has no emperor, dictator, or king.

Not my definition. This word comes from the middle ages. If you can't speak English, that's YOUR problem.

So they waste a lot of money. Tell me something I don't know.

I submit that Daniel Immmerwahr can't speak, read, or write English. Words mean things. You can't just go changing the meaning of them on a whim, political or otherwise.

I'm going to have to call a buzzword fallacy here.

petrodollar

we basically do force people to use currencies. this is the basis of all wars.


all wars are bankers wars.

there's nothing more disgusting than fake libertarians who ignore the reality of bankers globalist fascism.

 

[Truck Fump / h1b]

Nope. The world does not use just dollars for international trade. They use dollars, juan, yen, rubles, pesos, euros, gold, and many other currencies. No one is forcing anyone to use any currency.

Not what our military is doing.

Nope. The US is not an empire. The US has no emperor, dictator, or king.

Not my definition. This word comes from the middle ages. If you can't speak English, that's YOUR problem.

So they waste a lot of money. Tell me something I don't know.

I submit that Daniel Immmerwahr can't speak, read, or write English. Words mean things. You can't just go changing the meaning of them on a whim, political or otherwise.

I'm going to have to call a buzzword fallacy here.

petrodollar

we basically do force people to use currencies. this is the basis of all wars.


all wars are bankers wars.

there's nothing more disgusting than fake libertarians who ignore the reality of bankers globalist fascism.

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[goat]

No one. War is wasteful.

The offense contractors are the big winners. War is profitable, trillion$ were made.