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I'm very calm :P
"thankfully i have no seen any of these film" well, I've seen them all ... you should try at least Kill Bill.
"i have not heard of rothrocks." and how is that our fault? That fact that you never heard about something doesn't mean that that something doesn't exist ;)
"disagrees. " - disagree as well. Ripley then Vasquez then the others, the men are mostly just cannon fodder, a bit more developed I agree, something for aliens to kill and raise the stakes.
I seem hostile because you make a lot of assumptions about people that you don't know. And you are basically rude and call me ignorant by assuming the shit that you are assuming.
If you don't know ... ask. It's easier.
Probably not, it wouldn't surprise me if it's another scam, like the one with student loans ...
Actually yes, it makes 100% sense.
Again, compared with someone that NEVER lived there and NEVER read anything about that YOU DO know a lot more.
To say that after you lived in a place for a year you know nothing about it it's utterly stupid.
But to clear the confusion that you seem to be in: I NEVER said that I lived in a socialist country for a year. I lived in a socialist country (in which I was actually born) for a long time. I even grew up with socialist indoctrination in school and reading Marx.
Your assumptions are quite wrong and stupid, don't make them. If you don't understand something you should better ask rather than assume stupid shit.
"Many wealthy people get paid in stock options, which means they do not get taxed til they sell. but again often at 15%. in other words the same amount as people who make 11-40K. that's absurd given 89% of stocks are owned by the top 10%."
And that is fair, to get taxed when they sell. That's when the income materializes. It would be stupid to be other wise.
Non-qualified dividents are taxed just as much as a normal income.
"the CEOS get paid, the shareholders (largely the top 10%) get paid. the government gets shafted while providing all the functions and infrastructure needed to make their business flourish. this infrastructure and society does not fund itself. When you have some of the biggest companies putting nothing back in the pot just siphoning it away. that is an issue"
The CEOS get paid ... and TAXED. The shareholders get paid ... and TAXED. The government gets money from other taxes: taxes on gas to pay for the infrastructure, as an example.
Those companies put a lot back in the pot, just by creating new jobs through reinvestments they ensure that MORE taxes are taken by the government. In the end the money that the state gets from the income taxes are paid by the company.
BTW: "The top 20% of taxpayers paid 78% of federal income taxes in 2020" - so much for "the rich don't pay taxes".
You know what's the real problem in US? Not how much taxes are paid but how much the government spends on overpriced shit.
"I lived in the uk for a few years. does that make me an expert on UK economics?"
Compared to me? Sure.
"capitalist companies and billionaires paying no tax isn't a left wing thing" of course is not. But you don't understand WHY they pay "no tax". Which obviously you don't ...
Where did I say something even close to that???
Sure:
"socialism: a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole."
Happy?
No, socialized healthcare (or any social service) is NOT socialism ,neither is high taxation or whatever.
I mean, should be obvious, no country in Western Europe is authoritarian although they have socialized education, healthcare and high taxes. But they are NOT socialist either.
I lived in a socialist country, thank you.
"When you have billion dollar companies paying no federal taxes and billionaires paying the same rate as their secretary who makes 50k a year."
Good, good, that's why I don't like socialists o r leftists in general, they don't understand shit about economy, taxes or anything in general.
" "I think corporate taxes should be 22% not 19% and healthcare affordable to all" is not socialism." and where the fuck did I say that's socialism???
Correct.
Problem is: socialism inevitably leads to authoritarianism. There is no other direction. There is NO socialism that led anywhere else but authoritarianism.
Not with the actual human nature.
Look at your leftists: they are the perfect example of "All are equal but some are more equal than others", at least the conservatives rarely argue that "all are equal" ... and when they do they mean it.
Anyway, just found this and it's a great read, whatever your ideology is.
https://pitjournal.unc.edu/article/some-interpretations-are-more-equal-others-misinterpreting-george-orwells-animal-farm
And still he criticized socialism. And he was 100% correct in what he wrote.
Well, no, she broke the laws of a different country so she doesn't deserve to be freed. Period.
Well, I disagree with releasing this clown but to be fair ...
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/06/1127302410/biden-pardon-marijuana-possession-convictions
↑ Russian propaganda bot.
↑ Russian propaganda bot.
"That statement doesn't make any sense. A fact is a fact, not slightly a fact or partly a fact."
Sigh, sometime you need to not take everything too literal, specially when it's meant to be obvious ...
"Indiana jones can be recast and will eventually be recast but to be Indiana Jones then it needs to be a man as Indiana Jones is a man not a woman."
Not really. Indiana Jones IS Harrison Ford. Period. If you recast the character then I don't really care if it's a man or a woman. Why does Indiana need to be a man anyway? Just because you say so? If you use "Indiana Jones is a man" then I can say "Indiana Jones is Harrison Ford and NOT another random guy, you make it a different guy it's just a male archaeologist but that doesn't make him Indiana Jones".
When you accept change ... well, any change can be accepted. Gender, race, whatever.
Here you have it, again your propaganda and lies.
Blatant lies. You cannot call this "honesty" or "opinions".
When Russia invading army is in Ukraine and Ukraine is defending it's territory here you are calling Ukraine "the aggressor". Justifying every Russian action and vilifying Ukraine for defending itself.
It's clear. Paid propaganda.
You're not evil.
But in the way you defend your position even when confronted with the facts prove that you're a propaganda tool.
That doesn't make you evil, just dishonest.
In a debate you either bring facts or you don't.
I only brought facts, not opinions. I usually try to keep bias out of what I say (I know it's close to impossible but still).
I usually try to get a bit educated about the topic and not just spew bullshit. I don't know everything about this conflict (obviously) but I do know a lot and about USSR/Russian history and tactics, comes with the territory
"You do not know US history" I bet I know it better than you. I bet you cannot name a territory that USA annexed in the last 150 years through invasion ...
But again: this is NOT about USA but about Russia.
Stick on the topic.