Mobius? wrote..you expect too much out of people..
u know, this wouldnt be a big deal if people didn't download it
one thing i like about csnation is people try to use big word's and end up with the wrong meaning's lol
Bigun wrote..Ah but being a politics grad and a law grad, and a general phillosopher ( OK I think! ) ONe can see the arguements for developing a better society where such things were not bound by the intrinsic materialism of the capitalist west. I note the communist comments with interst, communism as an idealogy is fantastic, communism in practice has not been so far. There is nothing to say that under the right millitary dictatorship(mine) people could not be convinced and educated to understand the benefits of being equal and sharing evrything. However whilst Im certainly more right than left wing, Im not so ignorant as to completely discount differing points of view. The economic realities of the present world are that shared knowledge is not possible, yet but does that mean that young inquiring minds should not consider alternatives? go easy on 'em bigun.
Patents and copyrights grant the owner, basically, monopoly profit on the product they have a patent for.
This is needed because otherwise there would be no incentive for anyone or any company to develop intellectual property through RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT as everyone would have access to their product and be able to sell it.
I can go into the economics of it with you, being a Post-Graduate student on the matter.... if you really want to be proved wrong.
bozer wrote..Kurt Russell kicks ass he's the only thing that kept Stargate from sucking.
I find myself hating Snake Plissken too. I just keep picturing him in that god awful movie I blew 7 bucks on a few years back.
Snake Plissken: "Howbout a game of Bangkok rules....
When this can hits the floor... draw"
<snake wearing all leather like one of the lost village people throws can into the air and then continues to gun down every moron surrounding him before the can hits the floor>
"Draw!!!"
Kurt russell sucks and anyone who chooses the name Snake Plissken must die.
E-HOG wrote..Obviously you have no conceptionof hwat communism is about. Why would Bill Gates work so hard if he coudl have no money? Because Id shoot him thats why, and eventually people wuold get the idea.:P There would be no bums down the streets because if you wanna bum, youd be shot. Starting to get the idea? Within a few generations of comeplete and total world domination every one would have been reeducated to accept this and the animalistic drive to compete over fellow man, rather than to work for the greater good would be trained out of us, and people would obey/coopoerate of their own accord.
Why Communism doesn't work:
People Like Stuff. It's in human nature to get on over another human. If we all lived under communist governments, technological advancements would be slower and we'd probably still be using those computers that take up a whole building. Communism is NOT a fantastic idea. Imagine being Bill Gates, you still make your year income of 1 gazillion dollars, he works his head off for it. But under communism, the bum down the street that doesn't do anything but sleep in drink and throw stuff at me when i ride my bike by him (seriously) he'd get part of gates money. Even if he didn't work for it. I doubt anyone would want to lose their hard worked money for everyone else. Sounds more like, everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves.
snake plissken wrote..no, that 3rd rock soldier guy wasnt anything special. i really liked the archiologist character (david?). i just think all the credit shouldnt go to KR.
Pharlap name a good character besides Kurt Russell, ok maybe that guy in 3rd Rock from the Sun, but that's it.
I mean we're giving up Kurt Russell here, yet we leave in the wannabe Micheal Jackson ruler?
(It has to do with all those kids if you didn't get that one.)
Well, at least you agree, he's an underrated actor.
Ghengis wrote..Yes, let's shoot everyone so our population becomes a scarce variety of followers and we have a never ending civil-war just like some third-world countries do. And eventually our population is reduced to such a small amount, we don't have a large enough economy to back a military and we are destroyed be those who disagree with us.
Obviously you have no conceptionof hwat communism is about. Why would Bill Gates work so hard if he coudl have no money? Because Id shoot him thats why, and eventually people wuold get the idea.:P There would be no bums down the streets because if you wanna bum, youd be shot. Starting to get the idea? Within a few generations of comeplete and total world domination every one would have been reeducated to accept this and the animalistic drive to compete over fellow man, rather than to work for the greater good would be trained out of us, and people would obey/coopoerate of their own accord.
Ah but you say that people will find out about past liberties through books and the net, simple we censor evything and burn all books with alternate phillosophies.
If anyo you think im serious go shoot yourself.
But seriously, How could communism work when the rich classes of the west fought tooth and nail to destroy it from its inception? And the main reason for that fighting was to maintain the power of such classes, Id say the western hegemony won, wouldnt you? Noone in the west gave ashit about the average person in the USSR, just the odd scientist they could snaffle for their own perosnal gain, and dont be confusing communism with stalinism eithr..
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