Jack's Creation Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Watched an interview with this guy (Pol Pot) a couple of days ago where he was sounding apologetic because when the Khmer Rouge got hold of power they didn't have much experience and were essentially learning on the job. He said there were so many problems coming all the time and they were forever fire fighting. I thought, sounds just like Brown and those Labour tossers in the last 13 years! Funny, must be some morphic resonance in the air. I recently stumbled across some articles about the Fuol Sleung s21 camp. When left to their own devices the Left always seem to become Monsters. Always makes me terribly suspicious of the "ends justify the means" mantra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Creation Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Having known many people from the DDR, their feelings were that life there was not so bad, there were good and bad points just like there are for us; they liked the toys and the freedom of expression the west had but they crave the stability and support the old system gave them. Again: it is clear the current system of resource allocation is falling apart, what will replace it will be a form of social democracy. Wow, I'm convinced! Now, where do I queue for my bread ration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Creation Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) Good post! Looking at the debt levels and seeing how this country will get poorer in the next few years it is clear we can't pay it back and it's just kicking the can a little further down the street. No Sh¡t Sherlock! Any other pearls of wisdom you wish to scatter before the swines on this board? Edited June 8, 2011 by Jack's Creation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbatst2000 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 There were huge building programs and millions were lifted out of poverty we can't imagine, then is all started to go wrong. I suppose 1.5 million people killed in the gulags was a price worth paying then? Seriously, anyone who thinks that there was anything good about the soviet system needs to go and read a few history books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbatst2000 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Wow, I'm convinced! Now, where do I queue for my bread ration? Proof by constant assertion is clearly working. Hold a place in the queue for me will you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Creation Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 The problem is money. The downtrodden people in the programme are the source of monetary stability for everyone else. If everyone had jobs and could pay for stuff, then the system would hyperinflate. Its only the pool of unemployed that is preventing the emergence of a wage-price spiral by keeping down the wage bargaining power of the slightly more fortunate layers above. That is how interest rates are supposed to work - raise them, make a bunch more people unemployed and thus remove their demand such that everyone else can take their bit of the pie. That is the sick reality of money. Yeah, but if you gave them a load of money, they'd just waste it buying each other Robbie Williams Calenders, or this seasons away shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Creation Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I suppose 1.5 million people killed in the gulags was a price worth paying then? Seriously, anyone who thinks that there was anything good about the soviet system needs to go and read a few history books. No, no, no.....people who don't recognize how perfect the Soviet system was are just suffering from a false consciousness that needs re-educating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Creation Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) Proof by constant assertion is clearly working. Hold a place in the queue for me will you? Certainly Comrade! That's me holding the maroon briefcase, just nip in behind me. Edited June 8, 2011 by Jack's Creation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AteMoose Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Certainly Comrade! That's me holding the maroon briefcase, just nip in behind me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 bloody 'ell Jack you're in that picture too with the same bag! are you one of them immortal thingummyjigs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbatst2000 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Funny, it's like Where's Wally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number79 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Funny, it's like Where's Wally? they're all wallies, they are queuing up outside a bank ffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Creation Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 bloody 'ell Jack you're in that picture too with the same bag! are you one of them immortal thingummyjigs? There can be only one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Creation Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Good find. In one they're queuing because they're hungry. In two they're queuing because they're greedy. Both are afraid they'll come away with nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PricedOutNative Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 And the rest... The average worker in Czarist Russia was more or less a slave, their living and working conditions were appalling, by the late 1920’s the situation had improved for most people. I suppose 1.5 million people killed in the gulags was a price worth paying then? Seriously, anyone who thinks that there was anything good about the soviet system needs to go and read a few history books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Bear Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Good find. In one they're queuing because they're hungry. In two they're queuing because they're greedy. Both are afraid they'll come away with nothing. Funny definition of 'greedy' - people just hoping to get their own savings back. In the same circs., with a bank rumoured to be going down the pan any minute, presumably you wouldn't be so 'greedy' as to try to get your own money back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffneck Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Hahahaha! Like the USSR provided such great accommodation for the proles? It was dire , but at least it was free along with public transport. Take away the UKs personal debt facade and the standard of living wouldn't be much different to the USSR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Creation Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Funny definition of 'greedy' - people just hoping to get their own savings back. In the same circs., with a bank rumoured to be going down the pan any minute, presumably you wouldn't be so 'greedy' as to try to get your own money back. Don't take it too literally Mrs Bear. I was just connecting the two images together with a food related phrase. I was being a smartarse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachman Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Funny definition of 'greedy' - people just hoping to get their own savings back. In the same circs., with a bank rumoured to be going down the pan any minute, presumably you wouldn't be so 'greedy' as to try to get your own money back. Greedy because they had failed to heed warnings for months. Greedy because they took a higher rate of interest with no regard or consideration of why NRK was paying more than the market. They were as greedy as all those gibbons who chased an extra 0.25% or whatever by investing in Landsbanki offshore accounts.... and then went bleating about it when it went tits up, the morons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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