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hunter

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5. All the "isms" are make-believe and easily corrupted.

Reply to Humanist_Activist (Original post)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 05:15 PM

Mar 2019

If a society isn't corrupt, if nobody is punished for pointing out their society's flaws, if everyone has good food, comfortable shelter, appropriate medical care, if literacy and numeracy approach 100% limited only by rare forms of physical disability, then a society is successful and may call itself "civilized."

The U.S.A. is not a civilized nation.

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What is Capitalism? What is Socialism? [View all] Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 OP

"The state doesn't necessarily have to exist" crazytown Mar 2019 #1

In isolation, as a thought experiment, the state isn't necessary is the point. Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #2

United Kingdom Labour 1945 crazytown Mar 2019 #3

Modern versions of socialism have been adapted by many countries procon Mar 2019 #4

All the "isms" are make-believe and easily corrupted. hunter Mar 2019 #5