Posted on 02/06/2006 7:52:43 PM PST by ClassConscious
Edited on 02/07/2006 3:38:17 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
i'll be checking back with you shortly
Hey Maximus.
I can never understand socialists, I guess that is because they "feel" instead of think. Socialists claim to want to share and share alike, but they are really a very selfish, lazy breed, who just want to feed off of other's enterprise.
I read somewhere that most "millionaires" started out as ordinary working-class people.
My husband & I own a business - we are the only 2 employees & sometimes making ends meet is very difficult - but we love being our own boss. We love being in control of our own destiny.
Nothing makes me madder than to have to hand my hard-earned tax money over to some lazy, able-bodied POS that wouldn't hit a lick at a snake, much less get a job.
I'm proud to be called a Capitalist & I'm also proud to be a part of the working class - it's what America is all about.
Welcome to Free Republic!
Well, he/she's been here almost an hour.
Either the AM is considering our requests,
or they're sleeping/eating/other or...
they're letting the kitties come out and play with their food.
I know better than to try to guess the mighty AM's intentions. I'll just accept what happens.
(fingers crossed)
It sounds like you are the one with a closed mind.
Or better yet, let him/her try and play capitalist for real and put their money, mouth and heart and soul on the line by starting their own capitalistic business.
I'm sure that would be a REAL eye-opener into the inner workings of captialism. They'd find out that capitalism isn't just a word.
You betcha I called for a ZOT! This site isn't for stinking COMMIES; it's for CONSERVATIVES.
I should make a list and call all of your naive people out, when this troll goes and posts something about this thread on DU and/or posts his stinking COMMIE trip on other threads; but I wont do shame you so.
Change? The poster rather explicitly stated that he didn't come here to "change" and someone who has also stated that he hates capitalists, and then refuses to answer those who have called him out on that, is NOT here for any other reason than to 1) complain that DU isn't LEFT enough for him 2) spew his ideas and ignore debate.
So he loves the Second Amendment; big deal! He's against everything else a Conservative stands for.
Just wait until you actually start making it financially and have children for whom the shaping of their eternal destiny is largely yours for a couple of decades.
THEN you might realize that Conservative Constitutionalist Americanism is more than a movement, cliche or identity.
I hadn't realized that Hillary! is a neuter noun.
Is this a subtle manifestation of triangulation?
If your acount is still active, it is only by the grace of God, or the moderators...one and the same on this forum.
Your post would have had some relevance at one time...back when dissent and debate were welcome here.
Niether is welcome any longer.
This forum used to be a better place tha DU because of the difference that you pointed out, but that is no longer the case.
Thanks for the thought, anyway.
Being as I am not a conservative, I will be slightly circumspect in my discussion, since I suspect if I opt more for "heat" than "light", I will be zotted.
Well Molotov, not someone who praised the US lightly, said in his old age that the capitalist US saved Europe in the last world war.
As far as US leadership opening the door to communism, I think people tend to forget how isolationist the US was before World War II. How many people in the US thought that the chief bearers of the burden of containing communism worldwide would fall on US shoulders? Smarter people may have, I don't think it had sinked in nationwide though. I think you really have to go back in time to 1945 without 20/20 hindsight. I don't really feel the need to defend the Democratic party in any way though. I mean, read VP Wallace was saying at the time, it should be clear where the heads of some of the Democrats were.
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I agree--why zot this when he is zotting DU?
You've lasted this long, haven't been zotted. Good. Stick around, welcome aboard, from a former Democrat, more of the Henry Jackson variety.
Suggested reading:
The Road to Serfdom, by Freidrich A. von Hayek. von Hayek was hated by both the Nazis and Stalin. His colleague, Ludwig von Mises, had the misfortune of remaining in Austria, wound up in a concentration camp, and then the GULAG.
Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand. I will admit that she gets a bit preachy, and I also disagree with her atheism, among other things, but she does have some valid points.
The above some may consider more libertarian than conservative - yes we got some infighting here between the two groups, but that's another discussion altogether.
Stick around, have fun!
IBTZ. Where's the zot?
Capitalism is the creation of wealth, through which you can retire early and shoot your guns more.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.