America is not the greatest country in the world

Originally posted by JS357
OK we have our solution to keeping Eladar happy while funding the lefty agenda! Whew!

I find it hilarious that you have no problem with the government enslaving the population by laying claim to the nation's labor. You work and the government takes its cut and lets you keep what it allows you to keep.

That sounds an awful lot like the Feudal system to me.

Originally posted by Eladar
I find it hilarious that you have no problem with the government enslaving the population by laying claim to the nation's labor. You work and the government takes its cut and lets you keep what it allows you to keep.

That sounds an awful lot like the Feudal system to me.

What is a Leftie is it a type of punch?

Originally posted by redbarons
What is a Leftie is it a type of punch?

red, in the US lefties are generally democrats or socialists, in politic speak even when they may well be right (politically speaking) or Euro politicians and leaders.

Originally posted by Eladar
I find it hilarious that you have no problem with the government enslaving the population by laying claim to the nation's labor. You work and the government takes its cut and lets you keep what it allows you to keep.

That sounds an awful lot like the Feudal system to me.

It's better to be enslaved to a nation in which you as a person decide what the nation does, than to a multinational which you have no control or say over at all.

Surely that's a worse kind of slavery?

Originally posted by shavixmir
It's better to be enslaved to a nation in which you as a person decide what the nation does, than to a multinational which you have no control or say over at all.

Surely that's a worse kind of slavery?

You really believe that the multinational group isn't pulling the strings at the national level too?

Originally posted by Zahlanzi
I hate threads that just give youtubes. i apologize for starting one.

Following is a scene from the show Newsroom, which i never watched but i am planing to because of this particular scene. it is a summary of what is believed to be wrong with it.

The conclusion is "America is not the greatest country in the world, but it used to be"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPHSXUS0_1c

America has made history, just like other empires that may have lasted much longer but never on a global basis as the USA. I am no connaisseur but would risk a feeling that the USA is the first and the last to hold such extensive power. IMHO the downfall started in 89 with the fall of the Berlin wall and the victory of capitalism - a two-edged sword.

Originally posted by Tabitha Marshall
America has made history, just like other empires that may have lasted much longer but never on a global basis as the USA. I am no connaisseur but would risk a feeling that the USA is the first and the last to hold such extensive power. IMHO the downfall started in 89 with the fall of the Berlin wall and the victory of capitalism - a two-edged sword.

I think upon closer inspection you'll find 1980 a more relevant year.

Originally posted by shavixmir
It's better to be enslaved to a nation in which you as a person decide what the nation does, than to a multinational which you have no control or say over at all.

Surely that's a worse kind of slavery?

Slavery is slavery, unless you are using loose definitions.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
I think upon closer inspection you'll find 1980 a more relevant year.

Can we buy a clue?