Nedak Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 ^No Mmm I can smell the communism. On a side note, the first ideas of communism were good ideas. It just turned into a system where tyrants can get rich and have power. Kinda like our country accept we started out with democracy and our rich power-hungry people also extend to corporate companies. Join the Dark side, we have Coke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Well, in communism you may have to be among the "first of equals" to get accesss to enough food to actually make you fat. Still, communism 'n socialism don't make it a given that your population will be any smarter than in any other system. I can smell the commie-ism to......I think someone forgot to flush the john again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedak Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I said tyrants, as in their leaders... As of now most, if not all, ommunist countries are ruled by some sort of dictator. Also, I never said that being a communist makes you more intelligent then a capitalist. In my opinion they are both equally stupid, as they are both corrupt at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 How is Capitalism stupid? That doesn't make any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 You originally said fat and stupid, hence my comment about intelligence (ie you can get stupid and probably even fat in a different system from capitalism before you go off and *shoot yourself*). I wasn't disagreeing that the leaders could get fat (merely acknowledging your point about tyrants--1st among equals--having greater access to foodstuffs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedak Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 How is Capitalism stupid? That doesn't make any sense. Capitalism itself is not stupid. It does give everybody the right to work for themselves, etc. But what it also does, is it allows large corporate companies to impact our lives more. This is negative in many ways... If you want me to get into reasons why corporate companies controlling The United States then I'll explain it to you in another thread or perhaps a PM... Otherwise I don't want to stray too far off the topic. You originally said fat and stupid, hence my comment about intelligence (ie you can get stupid and probably even fat in a different system from capitalism before you go off and *shoot yourself*). I wasn't disagreeing that the leaders could get fat (merely acknowledging your point about tyrants--1st among equals--having greater access to foodstuffs). I apologize for reading your post wrong then. Also, yes of course it is plausible to get fat and stupid off other systems, I was just letting out some steam. On a side note, America as I believe, has the largest rate of obesity out of any other country. Wonder why? hah Oh and check this out http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/maps/ Shows the increase of obesity in the United States from 1985-2006. Notice which states they are in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 What's your point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedak Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 What's your point? I never had an actual point to begin with... I posted what I thought was a joke that everybody chose to analyze. I simply responded to your questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Betrayer Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Yeah, worked wonders for the USSR. [/sarcasm] Long live Comrade Stalin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 On a side note, American has I believe has the largest rate of obesity out of any other country. Wonder why? hah Oh and check this out http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/maps/ Shows the increase of obesity in the United States from 1985-2006. Notice which states they are in. And you are out of date. Actually our obesity rate is slowing, and in fact Mexico is on course to surpass the US in obesity in less than 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedak Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 And you are out of date. Actually our obesity rate is slowing, and in fact Mexico is on course to surpass the US in obesity in less than 10 years. I did some research and you are in-fact correct on Mexico surpassing the US, but that is a result of a larger amount of poverty in Mexico. Many people believe poverty causes obesity; since you can only afford less quality foods which are worse for your health. Being the second, or even on the top 10 most obese countries isn't good either. Also, I didn't find any information saying that we are slowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Also, I didn't find any information saying that we are slowing. Obesity leveling off in the US There ya go. Its a bit dated, but not as dated as the sources saying obesity is rising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 The obesity rates of various countries, while interesting, is starting to pull th e thread off topic. Feel free to open another thread to discuss it there, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedak Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 ^I agree Jae. I Was going to stop after he presented his facts anyways. Thank you Tommycat.. I'm sure you at least see my point. Continue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediMaster12 Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 How is Capitalism stupid? That doesn't make any sense. Tell me: Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away? I think han sala was trying to say that capitalism has its dark side so to speak which he made clear. Ideally capitalism allows everyone to have equal opportunity to make their way. Unfortunately we know this isn't so since our most precious resources are in the hands of the few aka corporations. If anyone remembers from history about JD Rockefeller and Albert Carnegie and the other capitalists after the war between the states, you would see the dark side of capitalism. Communism is the idea that all the resources are owned and shared equally. Unfortunately we had guys who went power hungry like Stalin and we had the "Red Scare" going on. As far as I can say is that we are seriously heading towards the possibility that corporations will take over. Hell there were allusions to it in RoboCop 2 if you remember the bit about making Detroit private. It is not a far off base possibility. It is very real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedak Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 ^ Thank you sir! At least somebody will acknowledge my point, which I thought I made pretty clear to begin with. Carry On! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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