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I don't get this, why? Because I exist I deserve equal money as everyone else?
If I do succeed I will definitely buy toys (fast cars) but yeah I will help, as there is a cap to minimum needs. Also I don't like being a target eg. stealth wealth they say that I'm currently far from.
Anyway I'm not trying to argue this. I do believe billions is excessive in money to have and also understand it's not liquid. But yeah I think I gotta get there, maybe I too will be an aho with that much money.
Even the small amount in comparison that I give away I have this feeling of "mine", why should I? (I have given away at least $70K to my own siblings)
Edit: I'm a mediocre person mentally so I doubt I'll get too high but I can get my fun cars they're under a million the ones I want. I have started to want land more than a car though, you can hit 200mph under $100K
Edit: I'm also a nice/meek person maybe that is why I'm poor ha
Please, tell me more! In your opinion, has "commumism" ever really existed/been implemented properly at scale? If so, please give me an example.
You speak like a privileged person, so you're probably born somewhere in the western world. Judging from the current time, I'd say Europe. My guess is your parents left socialist (i.e. not communist) Eastern Germany when you were little and you keep telling people that this was your great escape from communism ever since.
ah, the good old "I can't attack your argument so I'll try and discredit you on a personal level"
that's not how a discussion is to be held. if you cannot argue against their point then please refrain from posting at all.
this is supposed to be a place for intellectually honest discussion.
Instead, let's focus on openly provable facts:
> There just aren't that many countries that ever claimed to be communist.
Are you denying the agency of Russia, Cuba, China, and Vietnam as a few examples?
Are you telling me that these countries did not at one point, and most even today, declare themselves as "communist?" It's amazing how privileged you are to deny factual history. [0]
To be honest, I feel that you are agreeing with me that "communism" is just some theoretical panacea, as is "libertarianism." Both theoretical concepts which only ever existed in minds of true-believers, and nowhere else.
Many nations "declare" to be something they're not. North Korea is officially "Democratic People's Republic of Korea", for example.
Are we now going to evaluate how viable democracy is as a concept by looking at North Korea, simply because they call themselves democratic, or are we first going to analyze their actual political system to determine whether they're actually democratic?
Instead of arguing against my point, you have raised another slightly related issue, as a deflection. Please address my initial argument.
While we ponder these significant issues, let's watch and listen to the most freedom-loving opening ceremony in modern Olympic history. This was a prescient broadcast to the entire world. (2024) [1]
Vive la démocratie!
It's even more disingenuous to try to use these inaccurate self-assigned labels as a way to discredit ideas those labels represent, but that's getting off topic.
I accept that countries can call themselves whatever, and it's not accurate.
In that case, has there ever been a communist country? Is communism anything aside from a theoretical panacea, just like "free market" libertarianism? Has any country ever been either pure extreme? If not, what would you call them? Give me a few examples please.
I am not being snarky. I really want us all to get on the same page.