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Obama Discovers a Problem With Marxism
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| March 16, 2012
| Ben Shapiro
Posted on 03/16/2012 4:59:46 AM PDT by SJackson
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posted on
03/16/2012 4:59:49 AM PDT
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SJackson
To: SJackson
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:05:19 AM PDT
by
Triple
(Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
To: SJackson
Hell ignore the internal contradiction here.LOL. "Take your number in the 'Marxism is a failure' cue, comrade! "
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:06:21 AM PDT
by
LRS
("This is silly! It can't be! It can't be!!" "Oh yes it is! I said you wouldn't know the joint.")
To: SJackson
Marx and Engles hated those ‘dark skins’.
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:07:48 AM PDT
by
allmost
To: SJackson
Good post.
To be clear, his “opponents” saying gasoline prices can fall to $2.50 per gallon is actually one man...Newt.
With the right policies, of course, which Newt lays out to a fare thee well.
Oh what I would give to have Newt debate Obama’s absurd and America killing ideology vs. Newt’s American Energy policies, one on one, with America watching.
I know that isn’t what you posted about, but it needs to be pointed out.
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:11:46 AM PDT
by
txrangerette
("HOLD TO THE TRUTH...SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR" - Glenn Beck)
To: SJackson
“From each according to his abilities.....to each according to his needs.....and we’ll decide what your abilities and needs are.” Old Karl always missed that last part.
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:14:40 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: SJackson
Any top down command and control system (be it military or economic) is going to suffer due to information. Even if (hypothetically) you have the brightest possible people at the top making decisions, the problem is twofold:
1. Gathering, analyzing, and presenting the data in a form those people need to make decisions.
2. The time it takes to do so.
You will never be able to do #1 efficiently, even with a Chinese army of analysts. Also, #2 will be significant. The resulting time lag will create inefficienies in itself. In many cases, the state of the system will have changed before you make a decision.
And, of course, the hypothetical is not the actual. The people making the decisions will never be able to consistently make the “best” decisions even if given perfect information. This is true regardless of how many degrees they have from the top universities.
In a highly distributed system, you will have many people failing, but a few getting it right and succeeding wildly. That is is essence of Capitalism (and Blitzkreig).
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:21:05 AM PDT
by
rbg81
To: SJackson
Obama has spent an adult life convincing himself that he knows what is better for you than you do. So much so, that he has chosen that as a career.
Now at this late date, he is learning that there is no silver bullet (i.e. that he doesn't know the answer to any of these complicated questions).
Shapiro is right. Obama simply doesn't understand freedom. He cannot comprehend that freedom itself is the answer to the complicated question.
He doesn't trust the wisdom of the masses. If he did, he would learn that he isn't so smart...and he certainly isn't wise.
To: SJackson
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:22:26 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
(Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
To: txrangerette
We need Newt for our Presidential candidate, because he is the ONLY one who is able to...or WILL go for blood, when he debates “O”.
No one else in the Conservative field is better qualified or MORE INCLINED to a NO HOLDS BARRED approach in this campaign. And THAT is what is needed... it is a tactic long-overdue in countering the unprincipled and increasingly Anti-American politics of Liberals.
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:22:57 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
To: SJackson
Thanks, next time an o-hole Hussein Head tells me how great their god is, I will say, “No one believes that. Everyone knows that’s just politics.”
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:25:25 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: SJackson
I wish that one of the feckless journalists would ask Obama what kind of car he and Michelle will be buying for his daughter as soon as she gets her license. When he answers she'll have to buy her own car, let the games begin.
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:28:32 AM PDT
by
liberalh8ter
(Barack has a memory like a steel trap; it's a gift ~ Michelle Obama)
To: SJackson
ya think? Ever notice Marxists countries haven’t any credit cards?
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:34:17 AM PDT
by
mo
(If you understand, no explanation is needed. If you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
To: SJackson
Obama skirts being pinned down:
Fox News Reporter Ed Henry: Your critics will say on Capitol Hill that you want gas prices to go higher, because you have said before that will wean the American people off fossil fuels onto renewable fuels. How do you respond to that?
Obama: Ed, just from a political perspective, do you think the President of the United States, going into reelection, wants gas prices to go up even higher? he said. Turning to the room at large, he added, Is there anybody here who thinks that makes a lot of sense?
To: SJackson
So now he is trying fascism?
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:42:59 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(I am ready to serve Jesus on Earth because the GOP failed again)
To: liberalh8ter
I've never cared much for the familial draw with concern to politics. That said, They are probably overpriced government motors. They need protection. They do not need throw away volts imo.
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:43:53 AM PDT
by
allmost
To: rbg81
And, of course, the hypothetical is not the actual. The people making the decisions will never be able to consistently make the best decisions even if given perfect information. This is true regardless of how many degrees they have from the top universities. Wel, it depends on how you look at it. It is guranteed that they will make the best possible decisions for themselves
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:44:08 AM PDT
by
chesley
(Eat what you want, and die like a man. Never trust anyone who hasn't been punched in the face)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
If a Republican had said that, he would have been laughed at and called delusional.
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:44:28 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: allmost
Normally, I wouldn't approve of going there either however, against Obama it's fair game. As for Obama's answer, if he went the route of she'll have to buy her own car it would be the foundational block with which to build an "in your face" confrontation about handouts.
With regard to the Chevy Volt, I'd like to see them all brought into a large parking lot, filled with coal and set on fire.
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:56:00 AM PDT
by
liberalh8ter
(Barack has a memory like a steel trap; it's a gift ~ Michelle Obama)
To: treetopsandroofs
And note he narrows his answer to "political perspective." Obama's religion/ideology/path forward is a
green, social justice, weak U.S. but that can't be said during a campaign election.
Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.
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