Pablo22510 wrote:
- This is before Gorbachev: Due to the years of Soviet military buildup at the expense of domestic development, economic growth stagnated[citation needed]. Failed attempts at reform, a standstill economy, and the success of the United States against the Soviet Union's forces in the war in Afghanistan led to a general feeling of discontent, especially in theBaltic republics and Eastern Europe.[1]
- Yes, if you read one of my previous posts, I admitted the US was far behind in science in the 40s and 50s. But since the 60s, the USSR was far behind the US in science.
- Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: not unwanted imperialism (joke) Soviets encouraging Communist revolutions in places like Yemen: not unwanted imperialism (joke).
- No, they're not. If they introduced some capitalist reforms, that automatically means that they aren't Communist. You also have private property to some extent in China. Again, not communism.
Finally, if you hate America so much, why don't you go and live in North Korea? They're Communist.
1. Yes, that is very true, but due to him buddying up to Reagan, he became much more capitalistic and democratic, he instituted programs that showed how bad life was in the USSR. "The once-mighty Soviet Union had fallen, largely due to the great number of radical reforms that Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev had implemented during his six years as the leader of the USSR. " -
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union2. Then we're on the same page. (even though you said "the US wasn't struggling in science")
3. What I wrote: "Look up any communist rebellion/civil war, or any democratic/capitalistic rebellion/civil war during the Cold War. The CIA had a hand in either creating or destroying all of them."
What you heard: "CIA IS THE FAULT OF EVERYTHING AND THE USSR DID NOTHING WRONG! USSR INVADED OTHERS AND THE US TRIED TO STOP THEM, THE US CAN'T HELP OTHERS!"
Ugh, I wasn't referring to any of soviet transgressions. the Soviets deserved a lot of the stuff they got. They were just as evil and greedy as a lot of American politicians. However, the people the CIA killed had NOTHING to do with USSR, but rather WITH COMMUNISM. The CIA also had a hand in destabilizing every country that dared have the influence of communism, literally being the result of entire countries falling and hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people to die in subsequent civil wars and rebellions. THAT was what I was talking about.
4. China's government is officially communist and follows the tenets left by the Soviet Union(some even say they weren't communist). 5 year plan, government controlled economy(not everything), extreme secrecy, regulation of economy.. etc, (also, a lot of people think the US is more socialist then capitalistic, because capitalism involves laissez faire - free market, which doesnt exist because it sucks)
I love America, it's the greatest country on Earth. Maybe not in 20 years but right now, it definitely is.
Also, telling me to move to NK because they're communist is like me telling you to move to drug cartel-ran-Mexico or maybe Qatar, where 99% of the country own 1% of the land. Or maybe Botswana..? The list of bad capitalistic countries is much longer then bad communist countries, so I can go on and on.
One more point. JUST because capitalistic countries (may) have a higher survival rate then non-capitalistic countries, doesn't mean that life isn't equally bad for the people.
yo, what did the pirate say to the parrot? ... he said, ARRR you y- i'm a cracker..? ahem.. s-sorry.. i'm not.. uh.. very *good* with uh.. y'know jokes. I don't know .. um, yeah i guess i uh... will just give you a quote! yeah.. thats what i'll do.. a quote..
ahem.. here's the quote:
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."