Post by: Infernal Monkey on May 29, 2003, 04:39:18 PM
Very entertaining read. Goes to show you can relate everything to anything!
Communist Mario
I pissed myself over some of the screens on the second page. Well, not actually. But yeah.
Enjoy!
Post by: mouse_clicker on May 29, 2003, 04:46:08 PM
Kind of off topic, but that's been bugging me for a while.
Post by: KnowsNothing on May 29, 2003, 04:59:00 PM
Post by: The Omen on May 29, 2003, 06:33:24 PM
Post by: mouse_clicker on May 30, 2003, 11:21:12 AM
Post by: Tman on May 30, 2003, 11:57:54 AM
Post by: RickPowers on May 30, 2003, 12:10:19 PM
It's the only way to make Democracy work, actually. Otherwise, even basic decisions would take FAR too long.
As for Communism, there's nothing wrong with it. It has this negative connotation that hasn't gone away since the end of the Cold War. Communism is a wonderful idea, but unfortunately, it's always doomed to failure in practice. The theory of Communism is the ideal, but it always falls apart in the execution.
Post by: Ian Sane on May 30, 2003, 01:06:12 PM
I don't know. I've never seen Stalin look that cheerful. Wario is probably a better comparison.
I've never liked the idea of communism because I don't like the idea of everyone getting everything equal. I think if I do a better job or put more effort into something I should be able to get better. Nobody should be screwed but we shouldn't get everything equal. Even if everyone had the same work ethic (and that would NEVER happen in the real world) people naturally have different talents and someone who is better at doing something should be compensated fairly for it.
I agree that we don't live in a true democracy. Not only because we don't vote for every little decision but the actual election systems in both Canada in the US are flawed so that the resulting decision is not 100% accurate. For example in a BC provincial election about six or seven years ago the party that won the election technically got less votes than the runner-up but still got elected because of the way the system works.
In order for a true democracy to work you would need to have a small population of probably no more than 100 people so that they could vote on any decision that affected the whole community. But even then how do you determine what "affects the whole community".
Post by: mouse_clicker on May 30, 2003, 02:24:54 PM
Our two posts were linked in the similar idea of corruption, though- you're entirely correct that a true democracy couldn't work because it requires too much involvement (we don't even elect our own president in the US, or many other top officials- one of the first things you learn in American History class is that we elect the people who choose who our leaders are), but even if we COULD achieve a true democracy, greed is an ever present mentality among humans and will limit it as much as it can.
Post by: Vanilla Thunder on May 30, 2003, 05:55:23 PM
Post by: KDR_11k on May 31, 2003, 04:55:16 AM
In a communist society, you work for the good of the people and the people will care for you. Everyone gets what they need, so there is no need for getting even more. If you take a look at utopian stories depicting good societies (as opposed to evil ones like 1984), most use communism. Unfortunately those will remain utopian while the evil ones will come quite soon. Some even are reality now.
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 31, 2003, 03:34:11 PM
His revolutionary actions does make him somewhat of a terrorist against the Troopa population though.
Post by: Nintendo Gamecube on May 31, 2003, 06:59:24 PM
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on June 01, 2003, 01:21:52 AM
I have to say that I like the idea of communism, but really, there is no true communism in some countries.
Post by: Vanilla Thunder on June 01, 2003, 01:28:08 PM
Shiggy: "Die, captialists, die! Muahahahahahahaha!"
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on June 01, 2003, 10:35:43 PM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on June 01, 2003, 11:50:26 PM
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Originally posted by: AiAi
HA! That was funny, Infernal Monkey.
I have to say that I like the idea of communism, but really, there is no true communism in some countries.
So what if true communism isn't established anywhere, that doesn't stop our favorite Italian anti-hero from fighting for his ideals. Viva la revolution!
Post by: Hostile Creation on June 02, 2003, 08:09:21 AM
That's pretty funny. As for the flags, that surprised me, but I'm pretty sure that the peace sign is a mushroom. Who knows about the star.
