They are saying that people who live to be over forty (especially in the U.S) are more likely to be rich, and therefore pro-capitalism, since poorer people are much more likely to die young.
this diagram is showing where planes that got shot and returned to base. a naive approach to the problem would be to reinforce the bits that got shot up. except what this diagram is actually showing is where planes can get shot and still safely return home - the places where there’s NO damage are the critical areas of the plane since no plane returned home after sustaining damage to those parts. that is, it’s a diagram showing survivorship bias.
Social Democracy is the real realization of Marx’s ideals. Communism is for a different kind of man. One who wants war and worker-bees.
That is fundamentally untrue. It sounds like you haven’t read any Marx and you don’t understand (or don’t want to understand) the history of the communist movement. If you are so sure you are correct, why not approach Marxism with an open mind? To have such incorrect understanding, and at once a lack of curiosity, that just makes it seem like you are anti-intellectual and reactionary… But I am sure that you don’t see yourself that way. I hope not.
Of course when you live in a “prosperous” country with a generous social safety net it seems like you have a superior system. But that system also extends to all of the nations that were (and are) colonized, subjugated, and overexploited by finance capital… and those people, the vast majority of all people, are not prosperous, they are suffering. You feel like you have it good because you are standing on the backs of others. Your country’s prosperity is also supplemented by fossil fuel extraction that is threatening life on earth… It is also allowed whatever autonomy it has because it is a willing junior partner to US imperialism (finance capital). If Norway ever decided to threaten US strategic interests and exert its complete sovereignty (and Norway had crossed a US government red line), it would just as easily devolve into something worse than what you are trying to paint communism as.
For the vast majority of people who have lived under socialist systems (current and historical) there has been an impressive, unparalleled, growth in life-expectancy and economic prosperity, and a reduction in poverty and social problems. This is only a fact, and if you had been led to believe differently, it is not your fault. That is intentional. Look at life expectancy in the China from the 1800s to today and compare it to any capitalist country. Look at the life expectancy of the USSR from the 1950s and up to the decade after its overthrow. Why would life expectancy decline when capitalism is a superior system? If you really believe what you are saying, wouldn’t you expect the opposite to have happened?
I got a bad impression from you when seeing this reply, decided to check your comment history.
You’re a pro-NATO pro-Western invasion liberal, aren’t you?
You don’t give a shit about solidarity and a decent baseline and protecting the weak, what you want is much uglier.
But the thing that bothers me most is your own attitude.
“You must be a capitalist by the time you’re 40” is just equivalent to
It seems like either you or I might’ve completely misunderstood something here, please explain the equivalence.
They are saying that people who live to be over forty (especially in the U.S) are more likely to be rich, and therefore pro-capitalism, since poorer people are much more likely to die young.
He’s saying that if you’re a leftist, you’re much more likely to die early.
this diagram is showing where planes that got shot and returned to base. a naive approach to the problem would be to reinforce the bits that got shot up. except what this diagram is actually showing is where planes can get shot and still safely return home - the places where there’s NO damage are the critical areas of the plane since no plane returned home after sustaining damage to those parts. that is, it’s a diagram showing survivorship bias.
I will not explain
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What solidarity is there to be had with people who are pro NATO and are knee deep in imperialist propaganda?
In other words:
Principal Skinner: am i out of touch on this geopolitical issue, as my veiws align with the US State Department?
Principal Skinner: no its the communists who are wrong
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That is fundamentally untrue. It sounds like you haven’t read any Marx and you don’t understand (or don’t want to understand) the history of the communist movement. If you are so sure you are correct, why not approach Marxism with an open mind? To have such incorrect understanding, and at once a lack of curiosity, that just makes it seem like you are anti-intellectual and reactionary… But I am sure that you don’t see yourself that way. I hope not.
Of course when you live in a “prosperous” country with a generous social safety net it seems like you have a superior system. But that system also extends to all of the nations that were (and are) colonized, subjugated, and overexploited by finance capital… and those people, the vast majority of all people, are not prosperous, they are suffering. You feel like you have it good because you are standing on the backs of others. Your country’s prosperity is also supplemented by fossil fuel extraction that is threatening life on earth… It is also allowed whatever autonomy it has because it is a willing junior partner to US imperialism (finance capital). If Norway ever decided to threaten US strategic interests and exert its complete sovereignty (and Norway had crossed a US government red line), it would just as easily devolve into something worse than what you are trying to paint communism as.
For the vast majority of people who have lived under socialist systems (current and historical) there has been an impressive, unparalleled, growth in life-expectancy and economic prosperity, and a reduction in poverty and social problems. This is only a fact, and if you had been led to believe differently, it is not your fault. That is intentional. Look at life expectancy in the China from the 1800s to today and compare it to any capitalist country. Look at the life expectancy of the USSR from the 1950s and up to the decade after its overthrow. Why would life expectancy decline when capitalism is a superior system? If you really believe what you are saying, wouldn’t you expect the opposite to have happened?
You’re a pro-American pro-invasion Dronie, aren’t you?
Why do you fucks all talk exactly like this with no personality traits and why dont you have a better hobby
I got a bad impression from you when seeing this reply, decided to check your comment history. You’re a pro-NATO pro-Western invasion liberal, aren’t you?
You don’t give a shit about solidarity and a decent baseline and protecting the weak, what you want is much uglier.
But the thing that bothers me most is your own attitude.
stop being a nerd