tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post11162060782573142..comments2023-04-12T12:47:42.615+03:00Comments on AnTyx: Intentionally Outrageousantyxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567309109757565293noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-81721094636997842222007-08-28T14:13:00.000+03:002007-08-28T14:13:00.000+03:00I don't consider myself 'white' -- usually Italian...I don't consider myself 'white' -- usually Italian-American. There are also Italian-Canadians and Italian-Chileans, and Italian-Brazilians. These are people who left Italy in the 1920s and became part of the New World mixing pot.<BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, Italy is a relatively unstable democracy (stable only in its instability), dominated by corruption at almost every level -- the mob, the Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-83233643698182081282007-08-27T16:04:00.000+03:002007-08-27T16:04:00.000+03:00I cannot see pure communism, in any form, *ever* b...<I>I cannot see pure communism, in any form, *ever* being effective anywhere outside of "Star Trek".</I><BR/><BR/>Fair enough. This probably explains why communism was never seriously attempted anywhere in the West. (Britain's 70s Welfare State, with its three-day work week, probably came closest.)antyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567309109757565293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-10551651150000062552007-08-27T16:01:00.000+03:002007-08-27T16:01:00.000+03:00This is true. No general theory is ever without ex...This is true. No general theory is ever without exceptions. Even then, the NSDAP came to power legitimately, through perfectly democratic means.antyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567309109757565293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-55264946326480689672007-08-27T16:00:00.000+03:002007-08-27T16:00:00.000+03:00The ideology of communism, as envisaged by Karl Ma...<I>The ideology of communism, as envisaged by Karl Marx and his followers, is not the same thing as the practice of Marxism-Leninism. The Soviet Union was evil because it was totalitarian, not because it was communist. Communism was simply a useful base ideology for establishing a totalitarian regime. Relatively few people were ever true believers in communism.</I><BR/><BR/>I agree that Marx' space_mazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761076198531074140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-43127768028856316152007-08-27T15:43:00.000+03:002007-08-27T15:43:00.000+03:00FlasherT, the III Reich was totalitarian as well. ...FlasherT, the III Reich was totalitarian as well. AND western.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-58998600950528367682007-08-27T13:17:00.000+03:002007-08-27T13:17:00.000+03:00job well done!to assume, that the "western and whi...job well done!<BR/>to assume, that the "western and white" societies' economic success has anything to do with the value of their members as individuals is sure to offend. even me, although i am a member of such a society. :)tankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04728053159838906186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-6640604583031709992007-08-27T12:45:00.000+03:002007-08-27T12:45:00.000+03:00And communism, also, was the creation of western, ...<I>And communism, also, was the creation of western, "white" cultures.</I><BR/><BR/>The ideology of communism, as envisaged by Karl Marx and his followers, is not the same thing as the practice of Marxism-Leninism. The Soviet Union was evil because it was <B>totalitarian</B>, not because it was communist. Communism was simply a useful base ideology for establishing a totalitarian regime. antyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567309109757565293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-72511631416625312832007-08-27T10:18:00.000+03:002007-08-27T10:18:00.000+03:00maze,But Europe has stopped and denounced these p...maze,<BR/><BR/>But Europe has stopped and denounced these practices, there's the difference.<BR/><BR/>BTW, did you notice the post's title? ;)Tiamsuuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952757522614139811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-45629109577771959952007-08-27T03:51:00.000+03:002007-08-27T03:51:00.000+03:00And communism, also, was the creation of western, ...And communism, also, was the creation of western, "white" cultures. Even if one was to consider Russian "Asian" (and thus "non-white"), communism would still be European - a German/English creation.<BR/><BR/>Who's to say that "white" is capitalist, as opposed to communist? Europe's impact on the world has been MUCH too massive to just pick out the parts you like, and say that these are "white". space_mazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761076198531074140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-256313953774847562007-08-26T22:54:00.000+03:002007-08-26T22:54:00.000+03:00Space_maze said: This is capitalism though, which ...Space_maze said: This is capitalism though, which unlike communism or islam takes into account that humans are inherintly selfish.<BR/><BR/>True, but the usual epithet 'Western Capitalism' recognizes the origins of thinking which recognises and emphasises the preeminence of the individual as a basic unit of society. So in that sense, Western is 'white.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-31080032607837848782007-08-26T22:37:00.000+03:002007-08-26T22:37:00.000+03:00Kind of hard to see the author's points through hi...Kind of hard to see the author's points through his piss-poor choice of terms. I mean, maybe I'm being overly politically correct, but .. "acting white" and "thinking white"? Come on. And reducing the reasons for why Britain is doing better than your random African or Asian nation to this?<BR/><BR/>Though it is true that the importance of the individual in "western" nation is a factor in these space_mazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761076198531074140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-18051661326062513062007-08-26T18:31:00.000+03:002007-08-26T18:31:00.000+03:00Yups. I remember only a few days back I had to exp...Yups. I remember only a few days back I had to explain a moscow friend of mine why I consider Russia an asiatic state.Tiamsuuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952757522614139811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-81797688191270760982007-08-26T13:07:00.000+03:002007-08-26T13:07:00.000+03:00huh?huh?klxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02756387772020517484noreply@blogger.com