Was WWII Worth it?

[Woodlouse2002]

Which won't happen, since the people of Cuba and other communist nations are so happy to be living in a communist nation, right?

Well, Castro's still there. Isn't he.

[Hagar]

This is a ridiculous argument. You've already established that the idealistic form of communism cannot possibly work. No country in the modern world can survive without trade of some sort or another. Cuba is a dictatorship. I suggest that the main cause of Cuba's problems is that it's a Communist dictatorship. The previous regime was also a dictatorship but with a corrupt leader who cheated his people & dealt with the Mafia & other criminal elements. The fact he was a capitalist seems to make this acceptable.

[ozzy72]

Hey I've got a totally brilliant new theory!
Capitalism is basically geography Everyone is interested in the movement of little bits of green paper from someones bank account into their pocket
Dictatorships are basically geography! The movement of little green bits of paper from peoples pockets into the Presidents bank account.
So the only thing we can do without interference under any system and without paying taxes is to convert oxygen into carbon dioxide and to procreate!
I'm off for some heavy breathing

[Woodlouse2002]

Hey I've got a totally brilliant new theory!
Capitalism is basically geography Everyone is interested in the movement of little bits of green paper from someones bank account into their pocket
Dictatorships are basically geography! The movement of little green bits of paper from peoples pockets into the Presidents bank account.
So the only thing we can do without interference under any system and without paying taxes is to convert oxygen into carbon dioxide and to procreate!
I'm off for some heavy breathing

Personally I'm waiting for the Turkmenistan dictator to accompany his ban on Ballet with a breathing tax.

[ozzy72]

No Scott, please re-read my new theory carefully, its all to do with the geography of reprocessed trees

[Hyperion2]

So to summarize...

The communist economy is superior to the capitalist economy simply because a communist economy depends solely upon the concept of capitalism in order to survive.

[Woodlouse2002]

So to summarize...

The communist economy is superior to the capitalist economy simply because it depends on capitalism for communism's survival.

As i've said many times this evening, true communism doesn't require help from any capitalist economy because true communism doesn't need an economy or money of any sort. But true communism can only exist in theory and so nothing is quite that simple.

[ozzy72]

Three out of four what? If its Ferraris then your luck is in Scott

[Hyperion2]

Sorry, didn't realize you guys were going to quote it...so I was editing it to make it a little less confusing.  (It was far too wordy.  lol)

What do I get three of?

[Woodlouse2002]

Three out of four what? If its Ferraris then your luck is in Scott

This discussion won't sit still long enough for me to reply.

[Hagar]

I'm not saying one is better than the other. No form of society is perfect. If you forget this obsession with labels they're all pretty much alike. The main difference is between democracy & dictatorships & there's corrupt examples of both. It doesn't make a great deal of difference whatever they might like to call themselves

[ozzy72]

How about three "Hagar IS Grumpy" labels

[4_Series_Scania]

Yes, WWII was worth it, the reason we are ,in the main, free is because of the sacrifice made by soldiers in WWII.

The likes of the Nazi's must never rise again, alas, we learn so little from our past.....  ::)

As for the article, written by an idiot.

[Woodlouse2002]

As for the article, written by an idiot.

Actually it was written by a politician... Oh wait....