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SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 2 days agoauthoritarian and oppressive policies
What is your metric for “authoritarian and oppressive”? I lean towards incarceration rate and judicial+extrajudicial deaths per capita. Now do the China(authoritarian communist) vs USA(freedomian capitalist) comparison.
The USSR collapsed financially, so it doesn’t make a good example of anything.
That’s what we call cherry-picking. Post-USSR Russia has a significantly higher quality of life than pre-USSR even after the “financial collapse”. I strongly encourage your to read into Mikhail Gorbachev and how his move toward democratic socialism led to the “financial collapse” and the kleptocracy that began with Boris Yeltsin.
This always fails because humans are assholes regardless of the governmental system.
So why do you insist on rewarding the absolute WORST of ‘human nature’?!
CannonFodder@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I don’t. I want to reward innovation. And avoid some again. Human nature gets in the way in all systems.
SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What is your metric for “innovation”? How much you wanna bet that as soon as you define it and do a real comparison your thesis falls apart again?
Your belief on “quality of life” is vapid bullshit.
Your belief on “oppressive and authoritarian” is vapid bullshit.
Do you have some other thought terminating cliche else that you’re going to try and deflect with?
CannonFodder@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You sou d very sure of yourself, and yet also insecure with your harshness. It’s almost like you have an attachment to your desired logical outcome, but you can’t actually face any facts that explore other possibilities. I wish you the best and I’m sure you mean well, but maybe try to be a bit more open minded? Proof of innovation is all the innovation that the western capitalist countries have achieved. Much of it is irrelevant, but such is the way of science and technology - it’s a trial and error process. China has specifically copied the US capitalist model to create technological innovation. But I’m guessing you’ll just insult me for pointing such things out.
SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Would you like to provide any?
You used the word twice in your definition which is unmeasurable and vague. What is your metric for comparison?
And there’s the deflection.
You are insulting yourself by confusing vapid bullshit with evidence of anything. You insult those around you with your simple minded repeating of the party line. You have demonstrated no research, a lack of basic mathmatical literacy, applied no critical thinking all while being grossly overconfident in your pre-existing conclusions based on nothing but hot air.
You are still welcome to prove me wrong but you’re going to need something tangible, not just repeated Ayn Rand mantras.