tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7802120.post8108849646033583309..comments2023-10-01T20:54:50.188-07:00Comments on The Manifesto of Romius T. : Congrats President Hussein. Life just got a lot more like an episode of 24Romius T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18043032468436393210noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7802120.post-35307750727443084972008-11-11T13:27:00.000-07:002008-11-11T13:27:00.000-07:00all we can hope for here in the belly of the beast...all we can hope for here in the belly of the beast is to rteduce the rapiong excesses of capitalism. to ask for a softer side of nearly socialism.<BR/><BR/>if we were to achieve ehat they have in scandanavia we would be so far from where we are it would be an incredible victory for the world.<BR/><BR/>then we can talk about reducing work and the steps to socialism and after that we can imagine a society like "from each according to his abilities to each acccording to his needs."Romius T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18043032468436393210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7802120.post-35092889317240311982008-11-07T23:09:00.000-07:002008-11-07T23:09:00.000-07:00ROMIUS T: I don't think any country on earth p...ROMIUS T: I don't think any country on earth practices socialism. China is an authoritarian oligarchy and Cuba is a populist dictatorship.<BR/><BR/>The Northern European countries, just like the Andino South American countries ex-Colombia & Peru, are not socialist either. They're capitalist social republics whose generous public sector has as much to do with their economic success and fiscal and monetary conservatism as it does with any collectivization.<BR/><BR/>I understand that "socialism" as conceived by Marx & Engels was not quite a the final version of the ideal society in their philosophy but to get to "socialism" there still had to be collectivization of wealth and productive capacity first.<BR/><BR/>The countries like Sweden may seem "socialist" when compared with the US but they are very much capitalist, even small "c" conservative in their economic policy. It is not in their culture to tolerate extreme dispersion of wealth but there is a more or less a 20/80 structure. It's psycho in the US, of course, on the order of 5/93 or something.<BR/><BR/>The European, South American, Canadian, Oceanic style is maybe closer to Paul Krugman than to Karl Marx.<BR/><BR/>My father read some of my great uncles' diaries to me when I was little. They were Bolsheviks who won Red October. They came to England and the Americas soon after the Revolution because they discovered that even in a collectivized system there's structure and bosses and the new bosses very much were chosen by how much of the bloodlines of the Tsarist bosses they had. Thus, while my great uncles had more to eat, their opportunities were just as limited being Jewish in a Socialist state as they were in a Monarchist one. Sure, the former Christians called them "comrade" instead of "scumbag" but their kind still had to pick up trash and their kids would never get accepted into Komsomol.KELSO'S NUTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14636889771989672795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7802120.post-26688227322727126482008-11-05T23:30:00.000-07:002008-11-05T23:30:00.000-07:00Thanks steph,I did eat some asparagus...maybe that...Thanks steph,<BR/><BR/>I did eat some asparagus...maybe that is the cause. Either that or I am dying. <BR/><BR/>Kelso <BR/><BR/>if I eat a lot more greens won't I shit green even more thus multiplying my fears?<BR/><BR/>best bet is to eat all meat and see what happens.<BR/><BR/>i just hope one day we can have some european socialism. thats all I can hope for in the belly of the beast<BR/><BR/>MR FAWKES<BR/><BR/>i am pretty sure you are supposed to keep your boredom to yourself. you had the same reaction I am sure 99% of the readers of this blog have to most of my posts. Sheer boredom.Romius T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18043032468436393210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7802120.post-58787902801226480672008-11-05T20:40:00.000-07:002008-11-05T20:40:00.000-07:00Got bored... Skipped after reading about 1/4 of it...Got bored... Skipped after reading about 1/4 of it<BR/><BR/><BR/>....Didn't bother reading the other comments either.Fawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15719307200794141850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7802120.post-3677162065948917512008-11-05T19:15:00.000-07:002008-11-05T19:15:00.000-07:00Take a few days of eating really healthy stuff lik...Take a few days of eating really healthy stuff like green salads, whole wheat pasta and chicken or turkey or vegetarian. Drink psyllium fiber. Then see if you get improvement before having an anxiety attack about cancer! This advice brought to you by a total hypochondriac.<BR/><BR/>Philosophically speaking, capitalism tends to allocate goods, reaources and wealth more efficiently and less fairly. Communism tends to allocate goods, reaources and wealth more fairly and less efficiently. You pick your poison.<BR/><BR/>I like where I'm at in the capitalist system so I'm sticking with it!<BR/><BR/>One system that allocates goods, reaources and wealth both unfairly and inefficiently is American Theocratic Authoritarianism.KELSO'S NUTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14636889771989672795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7802120.post-35445827262979171402008-11-05T08:19:00.000-07:002008-11-05T08:19:00.000-07:00Also, Romius my friend. About the green shit. Seri...Also, Romius my friend. About the green shit. Seriously. Have you considered the fact that you might be eating something with food coloring in it? Even red food coloring comes out of your body in shades of green. Don't forget, I have real medical training and have seen MUCH shit in my time. I am an authority on the shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7802120.post-6760160371988910062008-11-05T08:14:00.000-07:002008-11-05T08:14:00.000-07:00You just said eloquently everything I said drunken...You just said eloquently everything I said drunkenly last night. Including my breezing through the living room with a rum and coke saying that Obama better give a big shout out to Keifer Sutherland and President Palmer. That really happened. All I have to say is that I hope Obama can stay on the horse when he finally enters the real lion's den that awaits him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com