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stevenl

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    5 hours ago, riclag said:

    @Swissie

    You're right that Marxism reared as a reaction to real historical calamities like feudalism and exploitation, nobody disputes that people were desperate for change back then. But as JFK himself pointed out in his 1961 speech to the American Newspaper Publishers Association, Karl Marx was essentially a frustrated, broke journalist working for a capitalist paper ,the New York Herald Tribune, who got P'ed when his pay raises were denied and turned to revolution instead. He saw Marx's ideas as the root of Leninism, Stalinism, revolution and the cold war, a lousy system that threatened freedom, which is why JFK pushed hard for containment through aid and military might, fast forward to today, and look at what's happened to JFK's own Dem Party. It started radically turning after his era, from the New Deal's on economic security, it shifted leftward with civil rights under LBJ ,losing the South, then embraced more progressive policies in the '70s and beyond, globalization, social reforms, and now what many common sense folk call a Marxist agenda with things like DEI initiatives, identity politics, and lax border policies that effectively invite the whole world in.

    This is what happens when radical farleftists take over, they reform the party of JFK to fit their systemic progressivism, flooding the country with millions upon millions of unvetted illegal border crossers under the guise of inclusivity.

    Tie this back to Cuba and Venezuela right now, with Maduro captured and oil cut off, their socialist experiments are crumbling, and we're already seeing refugee surges. If the extremists Dems open border approach prevails, who's going to handle the next wave? The U.S. can't & won't take in endless victims of failed Marxism without consequences. Human nature buries these systems every time, as you said, but some ideologies just won't learn.Curious if you see the parallel between historical Marxism's failures and today's lefty leaning policies?

    Google ai overview:

    "John F. Kennedy (JFK) viewed Karl Marx critically, seeing him as a disgruntled, poor journalist exploited by capitalist newspapers who eventually inspired communism, Leninism, and global conflict, prompting JFK to advocate strong containment of Marxist-Leninist ideology through economic aid and military strength, contrasting American democracy with the "lousy" system Marx described. He highlighted Marx's personal financial struggles and harsh words for employers like Horace Greeley to illustrate the perceived failings and revolutionary fervor of Marxist thought, which JFK saw as a threat to freedom".

    "The modern Democratic Party's platform has evolved significantly from that of John F. Kennedy's era, a shift that some critics characterize as a move toward a "Marxist agenda," while others view it as a return to traditional Democratic support for social reform".

    As usual, you have no idea about the meaning of the words you use. Calling everyone a fer left communist when they want universal health care is just plain stupid.

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    25 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

    Supposedly no required annual fire inspections since 2019, someone has a lot to explain. The fact that that soundproofing is on the ceiling, and knowing what has happened in other deadly fires, and that they would introduce fireworks, it just blows the mind.

    Apparently there is even a video of some years back, with a bartender telling someone to be careful with fire due to the soundproofing of the ceiling.

    16 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

    “Donald Trump has suggested US taxpayers could reimburse energy companies for repairing Venezuelan infrastructure for extracting and shipping oil.”

    U.S. Oil Companies on the taxpayer’s tit.

    Welfare by any other name.

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/trump-us-taxpayers-oil-firms-venezuela-investment

    Yes, Trump has no choice. The longer the energy companies hold out, the more the US will have to be them. That is, if they're willing to invest at all due to questions about future developments and maybe about legality.

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    47 minutes ago, tmd5855 said:

    On a very 'Sobering' piece of info if true??

    The number of UK Muslims males that went to Syria to fight for ISIS is a greater number than has ever signed up for the UK armed services?? If that is bona-fide that should be a concern.

    So you are spreading unverified rumours, hiding behind 'I don't know if true, but if ...'

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    8 hours ago, blaze master said:

    To anyone who thinks the USA is a banana republic.....ill gladly take those worthless greenback off your hands at pennies on the dollar.

    Win win....you get rid of those pesky banana republic dollars and I get some funny money.

    I guess this was too difficult to comprehend?

    "Not a banana republic in the economic sense, of course. We remain the world’s largest economy but in the philosophical sense."

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    20 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

    Ultimately, you are paying, if you get reimbursed wonderful (absolutely no guarantee of that here), but us "rich" farangs are expected to pay our bills once we enter the hospital. "Damages", meaning vehicle damages? Even those are covered by your first class insurance, they go after the other guy later, but I doubt Somchai will ever pay up. But medical? Yeah, good luck collecting on that from the other party before you enter and exit a hospital.

    That's why you have insurance. They will pay, hospital and vehicle, and if the other party is at fault, go after that other party.

    7 hours ago, Alan Zweibel said:

    Why wouldn't they want to commit billions when it's not even clear that the US will send sizeable forces? On top of that, petroleum prices are already quite low because so many new sources have come on line.

    On top of that, the longer they wait with any commitment, the higher the pressure on the trump administration to come up with funding.

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    1 hour ago, riclag said:

    Drugs & politics make for a potent cocktail that can topple regimes overnight,as seen in the U.S. capture of Maduro , what a blow against narco trafficking, with NYC x Mayor Adams cheering it on while tying it to the city's fentanyl crisis. The left is truly heinous for allowing this to happen.

    No fentanyl coming from Venezuela. It's about oil.

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