Islamic States of America v Union of the Socialist States of America

[Everett]

Does it still have strip clubs?

Is that ALL you care about?

[Everett]

Does it still have strip clubs?

Is that ALL you care about?

it's more of a running joke

Still option 2 is far superior.

If it's a running joke, it's not very funny.

And for once, I agree with Option 2.

[Everett]

Frankly, in either case, I would either be dead or part of the rebellion.

Sounds like what I would do...

[Everett]

Men actually have a deal in the Islamic state, if you know how to grease the system (ahem, Rafsanjani).

Communism, OTOH, is unmitigated, purified EVIL. Communism obliterates entire cultures, only to replace them with a prefabricated red-and-grey cinder block prison. It's like they've declared war on humanity itself.

Um.. what the hell do you think American Capitalism does?  Have you looked at a Walmart, a fast food franchise, or a strip mall lately?  They're utterly homogenous prisons, just as much as the soviets apartment blocks were, and they're far more effective at wiping out good food, decent lifestyles, etc. 

What do you think Chinese Communism does, then?

[Everett]

Men actually have a deal in the Islamic state, if you know how to grease the system (ahem, Rafsanjani).

Communism, OTOH, is unmitigated, purified EVIL. Communism obliterates entire cultures, only to replace them with a prefabricated red-and-grey cinder block prison. It's like they've declared war on humanity itself.

Um.. what the hell do you think American Capitalism does?  Have you looked at a Walmart, a fast food franchise, or a strip mall lately?  They're utterly homogenous prisons, just as much as the soviets apartment blocks were, and they're far more effective at wiping out good food, decent lifestyles, etc. 

What do you think Chinese Communism does, then?

The same thing.  My point, everett, was that both Soviet (or Chinese) communism and American capitalism do the same thing in terms of quality of life, architecture, etc.  What's teh difference between an American strip mall and a communist apartment block?  Both are unbelievably hideous and hostile to human enjoyment.

Speaking of this - here in the inner, older suburbs of St. Louis Walmart has finally penetrated, and the two I have recently visited are in strip malls named 'Commons' - the 'Kirkwood Commons' and the 'Maplewood Commons', after the respective municipalities that paid for them with tax rebates.  This seems disturbing doublespeak and a slap in the face to citizens to call a hideous strip mall that exists for solely the owners profits a 'commons'!  Shouldn't a commons be a park, a library, a community center with pool and so forth?  Disgusting.

Then complain to the government if it's so 'disgusting'. I'm not the government, don't live there, don't care if you have to suffer, and don't care if you think that you are obviously too good for everything. And besides, if you're that wealthy, then you can simply 'buy' action from your local politicians or move permanently to Thailand, where the quality of life must be a hundredfold better (considering that people actually die from the common cold and lack of water there, your paradise must be quite a haven for maggots and the like). Don't spew meaningless hyperbole in my face when it's completely unrelated to my question.

[Everett]

What's teh difference between an American strip mall and a communist apartment block?

In the capitalist system you have a choice to go elsewhere if you don't like the store or the products it sells - communism has one set of products, one set of stores, no choice whatsoever.

Um.. where would I go to avoid strip malls in the US?  The place is nothing but a sea of bad architecture and repulsive chains.  But I suppose by leaving the country I'm excersizing choice.  Alas, I fear that the whole world will be Walmartized and Americanized before I die.

Why don't you shoot yourself in the face right now? Then you won't have to see anything happen, you intolerant prude.