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Post by Tails82 on Jun 16, 2012 5:51:32 GMT -5
Psh the Soviets had that too, so I'm looking at what's different.
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Post by Chromeo on Jun 16, 2012 5:55:21 GMT -5
I'm not saying the Soviets were good but it's just untrue to say that innovation is hurt by big government.
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Post by Tails82 on Jun 16, 2012 5:59:02 GMT -5
Take Einstein again, Soviets opposed the theory of relativity as it didn't fit in with the party line of materialism. By the 70s their idea of innovation was take out loans and buy western products to appease the masses.
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Post by Chromeo on Jun 16, 2012 5:59:59 GMT -5
I'm not saying the Soviets were good but it's just untrue to say that innovation is hurt by big government.
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Post by Chromeo on Jun 16, 2012 6:01:09 GMT -5
Note that big government isn't the same as 'repressive government'
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Post by Tails82 on Jun 16, 2012 6:06:11 GMT -5
Sure is.
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Post by Chromeo on Jun 16, 2012 6:08:08 GMT -5
Nah, see Europe
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Post by Tails82 on Jun 16, 2012 6:13:36 GMT -5
Your point?
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Post by Chromeo on Jun 16, 2012 6:14:21 GMT -5
Europe has much more economic regulation than the US yet the US is much more repressive.
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Post by Tails82 on Jun 16, 2012 6:43:36 GMT -5
Hahahah, freedom is not repressive and we were doing pretty well until our politicians thought it was a great idea to copy Europe's mistakes.
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Post by Chromeo on Jun 16, 2012 7:02:35 GMT -5
Freedom? The US has a fucking offshore torture base. Enough said.
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Post by Tails82 on Jun 16, 2012 7:07:27 GMT -5
Freedom from murderers and enemy combatants who belong there, but of course you're so busy attacking the rich for no reason you don't like the idea people are held responsible for actual crimes.
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Post by Chromeo on Jun 16, 2012 7:09:04 GMT -5
Well Guantanamo used to have plenty of innocent people in it, but now that Obama says that all adult male arabs are now classified as terrorists I guess that's not a problem anymore.
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Post by Tails82 on Jun 16, 2012 7:13:42 GMT -5
Obama does that to pad his numbers, better in prison than killed by a drone. Also funny since this was the guy who said all we were doing was air raiding villages and bombing civilians.
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Post by Chromeo on Jun 16, 2012 7:16:52 GMT -5
Actually I think he did it so he could pretend America wasn't a terror state but whatever.
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