The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness

Okay, someone wrote a book about that already...

Really, though, I'm tired of having to drag the baggage of liberalism from
40 years ago around.

What worked worked, what didn't didn't. Let it all go.

Right, they should, and so should the evangelicals and pentecostals.

It's called open-mindedness he seems to have forgotten his. You have always seemed open-minded to me, but that doesn't mean that you can't defend a point of view which you believe to be better fundamented. How can there be a discussion if you don't?

It's called open-mindedness he seems to have forgotten his.

You have always seemed open-minded to me, but that doesn't mean that you can't defend a point of view which you believe to be better fundamented. How can there be a discussion if you don't?

So what about the Greeks, Germans, Japanese, South Koreans, Canadian, Mexicans and every other country on this planet that is either democratic or a republic? The idea must work for it to be as prodominant as it is.

That's where we differ. And alot of countrys would also say different. The ones that have accepted it have propered. New example would be Poland. In fact here's a list.
Made in Democracies - List of Democratic Countries

I didn't need nor have assets, just the opportunity. That's what we are offering.

Your right, it's just a notion. But a very powerfull one. One that has brought us to who we are today, and we brought along some friends. We can also afford to dish it out to half a starving world. All through that notion, amazing!

Where did you get that as the point of the article? Have you read the book, does it say some where in there that the author is "conservative" Or are you doing what you accuse me of, "instant rejection
of notions you brand conservative?"
There may be some debate as to how things are but i have not many doubts of how you want things to be.

Which political doctrine do you fall under?

Do you think true communism would save the world? Do you practice true communism, or do you operate in a capitolistic world and talk of better ways and days?

Within the current boundaries of mankind, it is impossible to practice communism.

Like I said, the closest the world has ever came to communism, is the Mennonites, and greed gets in their way too.

How could I practice communism by myself?

Communism, is a group/country, whereas the needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the one.

Impossible to practice by yourself.

Unless the communism you speak of is the hocus pocus BS preached by US political leaders for centuries, to justify the creation of more and more weapons of mass destruction, to make rich corporations richer.

You know, the ol' "fear those evil Commies" lines that were preached at the same time as "duck and cover to protect from radiation fallout".

So how is it you fall under the doctrine but you do not partice? Don't you mean it is impossible to practice on a large scale?

Is there anyone on this planet that is not subject to greed? That's one of the main reasons i think communism will not work.

Same way you would practice it with a whole community or country.

How are the needs of the many gotten if not taken away from the one?
That one, must pick up the slack for the many. You must work harder and if you have more then you need you should give it to the state for redistribution. I assume you do not do so now, why?

How do you know? Impossible i think not. If you do not start how do you expect others to follow?

From what i've heard, communism comes from the sacrifice of the one. Hocus Pokus is about all it's worth if no one is will to participate. BS is how they get people in on the band wagon. Look at how many soviets got dupped. Did they know it wouldn't work? Probably.

With help from Castro that fear almost came to be. If he had his way, you nor i would be here.

Just my observation. Don't mean any offense, but in order to better represent the book a better excerpt could have been posted. It could be a very interesting book, idk. As it is, I have way too many unread books on my shelves already though.

With help from Castro? LOL! That, my friend is an old wive's tale, told by US political leaders. Castro? Of course you must be talking about the old fable of the evil commies putting nukes in Cuba and good ol' saviour JFK threatening to use nukes if they weren't moved?

It's called hogwash history. What US "historians" fail to tell in that commie scenario, is that it was the US that instigated that mess, not Castro and not the Soviet Union. Did you not know that the pretend implementation of nukes in Cuba, was a direct response to the US putting nukes in Europe, and pointing them at the Soviets a few years earlier?

Do you not remember, the US doing everything in it's power, both legal, and illegal and immoral, to try to conquer Cuba, with nothing working? Do you not recall Northwoods? Look it up on Google. It will show you the lengths the US government was willing to take, including killing their own people, to justify a Cuban invasion.

Do you not recall Northwoods? Look it up on Google. It will show you the lengths the US government was willing to take, including killing their own people, to justify a Cuban invasion.

As for the rest of your reply. You seem to be in that false category that the Soviets were communist. They weren't, so whether their people were "duped" is open to interpretation.

How do I practice communism? It's called the tax system, where the poor, or less off, give more proportionately, than the rich, so yes, I give more than say, Haliburton, George W, or DeadEye Dick Cheney does.

One place I will agree with you, is yes, communism in it's purest definition would never happen due to human greed. That is also the reason democracy will not.

If humanity has any chance of surviving itself, it's in humanism. :FU1: