Well, they were far more likely to be hospitalized and to die by drowning in their own pus and blood that built up in their lungs. Doesn’t sound pleasant. Not sure I’d call it “nothing.”
Author: craigshields
Is the U.S. More Terrified about the Specter of Communism or Fascism?
As the U.S. midterm elections grow nearer, the two political parties are desperate to find their central narrative. Coming down to the wire, it looks like this: The Republicans still claim that life in the U.S. is becoming more affordable, …
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Tagged with: Communism
Do Social Democracies Commit Genocide on Their People?
Re: the meme here that a reader sent me, I’m not sure this is fair. What social democrats are proposing is exactly what most of the governments of Western Europe, and many other countries around the globe offer their citizens. …
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Tagged with: social democracies
German Wind Turbine? Let’s Do Some Math
The turbine presented here has blades that are 0.5 meters in length, and the average home requires 1.2 KW. When we plug this into a wind power calculator, we learn that we’ll need an average wind speed of 37 mph. …
Tagged with: wind turbine
Forcing Our Teachers to Toe the Line on Communism
The substance of the meme here is correct; Florida public schools actually do require comprehensive K-12 instruction on the history and dangers of communism, following a series of legislative moves and curriculum standards. The updated “History of Communism” curriculum is …
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Tagged with: "Men are not angels", all efforts to establish a viable communist nation had failed, communism = evil, cut off from thinking critically, Democracy prevents the accumulation of a pathological amount of power on the part of any one leader, Donald Trump's second term, idleness is averse to most people's psychological needs to be an active and productive person and member of society, If Lenin (a butcher) hadn't had Trotsky (a compassionate intellectual) assassinated the entirety of the USSR would have turned out completely differently, Power corrupts and absolutely power corrupts absolutely, Producing educated people who can think for themselves is an idea quite opposed to the ongoing control of a population, the ideals of communism work out very nicely the Israeli kibbutz, the U.S. through its embargoes made it impossible for Cuba to offer its people a decent quality of life
Why Trump Works So Hard to Divide Us
Trump appeals to two groups of constituents: a) a small group of billionaires who lavish him with campaign contributions in exchange for huge financial favors, and b) a large number of poorly educated white people who call themselves Christians–the so-called …
Tagged with: billionaires who lavish Trump with campaign contributions in exchange for huge financial favors, choking environmental regulation, critical race theory, Critical Thinking, godlessness, minimum of leakage away from the MAGA base, open borders, poorly educated white people who call themselves Christians--the so-called MAGA base, radical left's agenda., teaching our little children about LGBTQs, the invasion of Muslims, Trump appeals to two groups of constituents, Trump is the only thing standing in the way communism/socialism, what we've learned from history
Trump Supporters Stupid?
To the author of the meme here, I say: It’s safe to say that most folks in Trump’s MAGA base are stupid, though one needs more than a low IQ to fit into this segment. In particular, we mustn’t omit …
The People Good Folks Support
The mural here reminds us of what Tom Joad famously tells his mother at the end of in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, in response to her asking Tom where he’s going: Wherever people are fighting for their rights, …
Maybe Religion Is Here to Stay
What the late Frank Zappa said here about atheism is what I began predicting when I was in my teens, but I’m not so optimistic today. In fact, there seems to be a trend towards the rejection of science, fear, …
Tagged with: atheism, brutality, Frank Zappa, pillar of religion and fanaticism, rejection of science, tribalism
The Scare of Communism
As shown at left, “communism” and “socialism” have been used to scare American idiots for almost a century.
Tagged with: "communism" and "socialism"
