“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” —House of Commons, 22 October 1945.
“I do not at all wonder that British youth is in revolt against the morbid doctrine that nothing matters but the equal sharing of miseries, that what used to be called the ‘submerged tenth’ can only be rescued by bringing the other nine-tenths down to their level…” —House of Commons, 13 June 1948
^ 50 years from now most of us will not be here nor be remembered but Winston Churchill will be remembered and praised in the history books you cannot Judge people from one era by the mores of a later or earlier era.
@CJKent
What is considered wrong by today’s standard was not the same in past eras we all can remember a parent a grandparent or older relatives that harbored views that were mainstream then yet we were raised by those people and most of us do better not worse with time should come perspective the trouble with absolutes is they leave the holder of strictly black and white views as an outcast in our increasingly grey world and unexposed to tempering influences of culture as it moves forward.
The irony is that Hilary Clinton was bought and paid for by Red China (just as Bubba was), in the same way that Trump was falsely accused of working for the Russians. In her case, the criminal mainstream media would have ignored it entirely just as they did the endless scandals in Obama's adminsitration.
Evil and wrong doing are expressed in human history in actions and state of mind such as cruelty, murder, theft and avarice, which are a result of greed, hatred, and delusion.
“The worst of all deceptions is self-deception”
~ Plato
The only good thing that really came out of the Soviet Union is that it shows that at heart, women don't really want "gender equality." The Soviet Union actually forced gender equality and made women to work in the same way that men were required to work, and now, Russian women hate feminism and want to be like 1950s American housewives. Feminists aren't gaining anything for men or women, they just want to get rid of the idea of a woman devoting herself to a man and considering men to be the primary source of happiness in her life.
I wonder sometimes if feminism is a corporate conspiracy. Make both men and women live for work instead of each other and make it taboo for a man to live for a woman and for a woman to live for a man.
^ Well CC99. You want to kick women out of the workforce so they need to depend on men. Yet you dont seem to want to be a traditional man and work hard. I get it! You want a big strong man to take care of you. Awww sweetie! Cum over her and let me be your daddy 🥰😍😘
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson have very high standing among Americans. Progressives don't like them because they were succesful and not failures. So funny to hear progressives go after winners and support losers, time and time again.
@twentyfive: "you cannot Judge people from one era by the mores of a later or earlier era"
Yes I can. Slavery was wrong then, and it's wrong now. Nobles killing serfs with impunity was wrong then, and it's wrong now. Sexual assault was wrong then, and it's wrong now.
Not going to argue your premise @GeorgeMicrodong, because that is true, but if you didn’t live in those times so you really have no real means of comparison.
Can you honestly say that you didn’t have a close relative, a parent or an uncle a grandparent or cousin that did you disavow those people from your life living in such an absolute black and white terms. I didn’t think so so you too have a double standard.
“You should decide whether something makes sense by its content, not by the person who says it, real or imagined by an author, regardless of the letters after his name or his title or position in society.”
^I have already decided that you make about as much sense as those idiots, that you love to bait, I guess on some level I must be an idiot too, because you managed to suck me into responding to you, but I'm done with that, have a nice afternoon
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“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” —House of Commons, 22 October 1945.
“You are not to be so blind with patriotism, racism, imperialism that you can't face reality.
Wrong is wrong, no matter when, where or who does it or says it."
“Thomas Jefferson and George Washington have been taken down a notch because of their racist views and actions.”
“Speak out, but speak out with love and decency and firmness, not with hatred and contempt for our fellow humans.”
What is considered wrong by today’s standard was not the same in past eras we all can remember a parent a grandparent or older relatives that harbored views that were mainstream then yet we were raised by those people and most of us do better not worse with time should come perspective the trouble with absolutes is they leave the holder of strictly black and white views as an outcast in our increasingly grey world and unexposed to tempering influences of culture as it moves forward.
Evil and wrong doing are expressed in human history in actions and state of mind such as cruelty, murder, theft and avarice, which are a result of greed, hatred, and delusion.
“The worst of all deceptions is self-deception”
~ Plato
I wonder sometimes if feminism is a corporate conspiracy. Make both men and women live for work instead of each other and make it taboo for a man to live for a woman and for a woman to live for a man.
Yes I can. Slavery was wrong then, and it's wrong now. Nobles killing serfs with impunity was wrong then, and it's wrong now. Sexual assault was wrong then, and it's wrong now.
Can you honestly say that you didn’t have a close relative, a parent or an uncle a grandparent or cousin that did you disavow those people from your life living in such an absolute black and white terms. I didn’t think so so you too have a double standard.
You wrote:
“Not going to argue your premise @GeorgeMicrodong, because that is true, but if...”
You made me remember this quote:
“My brother once told me that nothing someone says before the word “but” really counts” ~ Benjen Stark
“You should decide whether something makes sense by its content, not by the person who says it, real or imagined by an author, regardless of the letters after his name or his title or position in society.”