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Title: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: BEG on January 15, 2009, 12:30:02 PM
I was listening to Glenn Beck this morning.  He was comparing capitalism vs socialism/communism.  He gave examples of what capitalism has given us and then compared what it cost back when it was invited vs what it costs today by comparing how long it took someone to buy it (how many days/hours of their paycheck) when the item first came out to what it cost today.  How our quality of life has improved by the competition of capitalism.  Things like air conditioning, refrigerators, telephone service & cell phones, washers, cars etc use to be only for the rich then as competition came into the picture, the cost of the items have become more and more affordable so that almost everyone can afford the things that use to be reserved for just the "rich".

So then he started asking the question, "What has socialism and or communism given us".  What great invention that has revolutionized the world has been bought to us through socialism/communism?  Can anyone name something?
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: Rebel on January 15, 2009, 12:32:55 PM
Population control?  :clueless:
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: BEG on January 15, 2009, 12:34:25 PM
Population control?  :clueless:

That is only good if they are a liberal. 
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: Chris on January 15, 2009, 12:35:44 PM
The Trabant?

[youtube=425,350]MQwj0EqOQJw[/youtube]
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on January 15, 2009, 01:05:41 PM
Lotsa dead Commies, though with far too much collateral damage, really.
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: Eupher on January 15, 2009, 04:26:49 PM
The Trabant?

[youtube=425,350]MQwj0EqOQJw[/youtube]

 :rotf: :lmao:

Or the Wartburg, which is just as ugly:

(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/Eupher6/1988Wartburg.jpg)
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: Chris on January 15, 2009, 04:40:23 PM
Wartburg was a fitting name.  Nothing says "Communism ROCKS!" like cars made from recycled toilet seats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duroplast).
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: Airwolf on January 15, 2009, 07:55:19 PM
Democratic Underground?
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: asdf2231 on January 15, 2009, 08:20:01 PM
Hot looking eastern european chicks who have to shoot killer porn to keep food on the table.

 :-)

Okay, seriously though it did give us the AK-47 rifle and the Makorov.  They got THAT much correct.
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: Tantal on January 15, 2009, 08:58:44 PM
Bread lines. Mass graves. Yakov Smirnoff.
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: asdf2231 on January 15, 2009, 10:34:21 PM
Bread lines. Mass graves. Yakov Smirnoff.

Who frighteningly enough has his own theme supper club in Branson Mo. Seriously.
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: DixieBelle on January 16, 2009, 06:29:22 AM
Bleating DUmmies who pine for it?
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: Atomic Lib Smasher on January 16, 2009, 10:50:46 AM
Um............ those funky Russian hats????


(https://secure.randlltd.com/images/black_hat2b.jpg)


That's about the only thing I can think of.

Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: JohnnyReb on January 16, 2009, 10:53:57 AM
What has socialism/communism given us?.....a headache and a pain in the A$$.

The pain in the A$$ would be gone if you could keep the DUmmies out of it.
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: Tess on January 16, 2009, 07:23:10 PM
Who frighteningly enough has his own theme supper club in Branson Mo. Seriously.

Everyone has a themed supper club in Branson, Mo.   :-)
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: Jim on January 16, 2009, 09:05:59 PM
this would be really amusing if it were not so sad.  communism is a horrible scourge on the earth.  horrible beyond words.
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: Thor on January 17, 2009, 06:18:24 AM
Actually, if one THINKS about the effects of communism on the world, it has given us a LOT in order to combat it. We wouldn't have gotten to the moon first. We wouldn't have the internet. Our technology would probably still be mid-50s era tech. Many things. I'm not saying that socialism/ communism is good, but it has made us stay on top of things and advance ourselves in order to effectively battle it.
Title: Re: What has socialism/communism given us?
Post by: ReardenSteel on January 17, 2009, 12:05:00 PM
A Tribute to Communism
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyUu-8nbd58[/youtube]

Warning: Video is horribly sad and anger provoking.