Collectivism Poll

Collectiisim vs Individualism - What do you believe?

Poll ended at Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:05 am

It takes a village...
3
38%
the village is full of crooks and tyrants...
5
63%
 
Total votes: 8

Zlaxer
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Re: Collectivism Poll

Post by Zlaxer » Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:06 pm

Kath wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 11:54 am
Both. Silly choices; polls should not provide a false dichotomy.
Says you :snooty:

brewster
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Re: Collectivism Poll

Post by brewster » Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:09 pm

Fife wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:37 am
It really is amazing how quickly Hamilton and his boy Washington consummated their counter-revolution.

The Whiskey Rebellion is really worthy of study.
It's funny how some things never change. Certain people will always view kiting checks as 'freedom'. There would be no revolution without the borrowed money, and there would be no country if our credit and currency was shit, so Hamilton was trying make the new Federal govt solvent with the only means at his disposal, tariffs and excise taxes. Good credit was always the British secret weapon. Your hero Jeff was a hypocrite who borrowed up to his ears but hated bankers.
We are only accustomed to dealing with like twenty online personas at a time so when we only have about ten people some people have to be strawmanned in order to advance our same relative go nowhere nonsense positions. -TheReal_ND

Kath
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Re: Collectivism Poll

Post by Kath » Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:12 pm

Zlaxer wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:06 pm
Kath wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 11:54 am
Both. Silly choices; polls should not provide a false dichotomy.
Says you :snooty:
:roll:

Aunt Suzie babysits your kid. She's part of "the village." Years later, Aunt gets arrested and goes to prison for stealing a car. Everyone's village has some sort of idiot.
Why are all the Gods such vicious cunts? Where's the God of tits and wine?

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Fife
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Re: Collectivism Poll

Post by Fife » Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:20 pm

brewster wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:09 pm
Fife wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:37 am
It really is amazing how quickly Hamilton and his boy Washington consummated their counter-revolution.

The Whiskey Rebellion is really worthy of study.
It's funny how some things never change. Certain people will always view kiting checks as 'freedom'. There would be no revolution without the borrowed money, and there would be no country if our credit and currency was shit, so Hamilton was trying make the new Federal govt solvent with the only means at his disposal, tariffs and excise taxes. Good credit was always the British secret weapon. Your hero Jeff was a hypocrite who borrowed up to his ears but hated bankers.
Who is Jeff and who are you talking to about heroes?

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Re: Collectivism Poll

Post by heydaralon » Wed Nov 14, 2018 1:31 pm

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Speaker to Animals
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Re: Collectivism Poll

Post by Speaker to Animals » Wed Nov 14, 2018 2:06 pm

I created a new species in Stellaris that's lots of fun. They are a collectivist hive mind species that has to eat. Basically, we just eat all the other races unless they can exterminate us, spreading across the galaxy like democrats.

brewster
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Re: Collectivism Poll

Post by brewster » Wed Nov 14, 2018 5:12 pm

Fife wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:20 pm
brewster wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:09 pm
Fife wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:37 am
It really is amazing how quickly Hamilton and his boy Washington consummated their counter-revolution.

The Whiskey Rebellion is really worthy of study.
It's funny how some things never change. Certain people will always view kiting checks as 'freedom'. There would be no revolution without the borrowed money, and there would be no country if our credit and currency was shit, so Hamilton was trying make the new Federal govt solvent with the only means at his disposal, tariffs and excise taxes. Good credit was always the British secret weapon. Your hero Jeff was a hypocrite who borrowed up to his ears but hated bankers.
Who is Jeff and who are you talking to about heroes?
Given the topic was the Federalist era, obviously Jeff is Thomas Jefferson, the preferred founding father of the many MHF members who despise Hamilton. Why do people who hate debt borrow anyway and then hate on their lenders to justify walking away from their debts? What's so noble and self reliant about being a deadbeat?
We are only accustomed to dealing with like twenty online personas at a time so when we only have about ten people some people have to be strawmanned in order to advance our same relative go nowhere nonsense positions. -TheReal_ND

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Re: Collectivism Poll

Post by TheReal_ND » Wed Nov 14, 2018 5:15 pm

Jefferson just happened to be less wrong than Hamilton. Not a huge fan of either of them.

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Re: Collectivism Poll

Post by Speaker to Animals » Wed Nov 14, 2018 5:35 pm

brewster wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 5:12 pm
Fife wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:20 pm
brewster wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:09 pm

It's funny how some things never change. Certain people will always view kiting checks as 'freedom'. There would be no revolution without the borrowed money, and there would be no country if our credit and currency was shit, so Hamilton was trying make the new Federal govt solvent with the only means at his disposal, tariffs and excise taxes. Good credit was always the British secret weapon. Your hero Jeff was a hypocrite who borrowed up to his ears but hated bankers.
Who is Jeff and who are you talking to about heroes?
Given the topic was the Federalist era, obviously Jeff is Thomas Jefferson, the preferred founding father of the many MHF members who despise Hamilton. Why do people who hate debt borrow anyway and then hate on their lenders to justify walking away from their debts? What's so noble and self reliant about being a deadbeat?
What makes you think we like him either? Dude saw the French revolution and liked what he saw.

brewster
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Re: Collectivism Poll

Post by brewster » Thu Nov 15, 2018 9:56 am

Speaker to Animals wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 5:35 pm
What makes you think we like him either? Dude saw the French revolution and liked what he saw.
I agree, but in past discussions members defended TJ as having the right Anti-Federalist ideas for the states, in opposition to AH.
We are only accustomed to dealing with like twenty online personas at a time so when we only have about ten people some people have to be strawmanned in order to advance our same relative go nowhere nonsense positions. -TheReal_ND