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    #51
    was it Churchill who said:

    "'If a man is not a socialist by the time he is 20, he has no heart. If he is not a conservative by 40, he has no brain.'"

    ?

    either way found as I've got older that not only is communism unsustainable but not particularly desirable, when I was young I was all 'power to the people' unfortunately didn't realise that most people are stupid and would be dangerous with power
    sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice - Asimov (sort of)

    there is no art in a factory, not even in an art factory - Mixerman

    everyone is stupid some of the time - trad.

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      #52
      Originally posted by 2BIT View Post
      was it Churchill who said:

      "'If a man is not a socialist by the time he is 20, he has no heart. If he is not a conservative by 40, he has no brain.'"

      ?

      either way found as I've got older that not only is communism unsustainable but not particularly desirable, when I was young I was all 'power to the people' unfortunately didn't realise that most people are stupid and would be dangerous with power
      You should have joined CUK 20 years ago
      Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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        #53
        Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
        You should have joined CUK 20 years ago
        I did, it was tulipe as it wasn't free and had to pay a subscription
        sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice - Asimov (sort of)

        there is no art in a factory, not even in an art factory - Mixerman

        everyone is stupid some of the time - trad.

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          #54
          Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
          In a world that is free and un controlled by anyone else I will want to be free to carry on ripping off contractors and clients. How does that fit with anarchic communism?Like everything else you post on here, the best you can manage is repeating cliches of others
          Why - there would in such a world be no beneift to you to do that as the whole concept of money will be redundant.

          Or would you really still want to rip people off just to satisfy a dark inner urge?

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            #55
            Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
            In a world that is free and un controlled by anyone else I will want to be free to carry on ripping off contractors and clients. How does that fit with anarchic communism?

            Like everything else you post on here, the best you can manage is repeating cliches of others
            No, dickhead, all I'm doing is providing a link that offers an alternative view. Maybe you would benefit from lifting your eyes occasionally from the Daily Mail to read alternative views and start to think for yourself. Some of this stuff is idealistic tosh but it poses some interesting questions and if you can't see that naked unregulated hungry hippos capitalism does not work then you should really open your eyes.
            Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."

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              #56
              Originally posted by 2BIT View Post
              was it Churchill who said:

              "'If a man is not a socialist by the time he is 20, he has no heart. If he is not a conservative by 40, he has no brain.'"
              No, I think he said "F*** off. Seriously."
              Originally posted by MaryPoppins
              I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
              Originally posted by vetran
              Urine is quite nourishing

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                #57
                Originally posted by 2BIT View Post
                was it Churchill who said:

                "'If a man is not a socialist by the time he is 20, he has no heart. If he is not a conservative by 40, he has no brain.'"
                He did also say, 'I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas on uncivilised tribes', so you may want to take his words with a pinch of salt.

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                  #58
                  Originally posted by Alf W View Post
                  No, dickhead, all I'm doing is providing a link that offers an alternative view. Maybe you would benefit from lifting your eyes occasionally from the Daily Mail to read alternative views and start to think for yourself. Some of this stuff is idealistic tosh but it poses some interesting questions and if you can't see that naked unregulated hungry hippos capitalism does not work then you should really open your eyes.
                  It offers no alternative whatsoever, it is a diatribe of cliches that can be used to justify any sort of change or alternative system. Give me one practical example of how their "alternative society" would work.
                  Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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                    #59
                    Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
                    It offers no alternative whatsoever, it is a diatribe of cliches that can be used to justify any sort of change or alternative system. Give me one practical example of how their "alternative society" would work.
                    Example 1: You get first goes on Mrs T.

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                      #60
                      Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
                      Example 1: You get first goes on Mrs T.
                      You do know which which buttons of mine to touch
                      Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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