Churningthecentury's recent activity

  1. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

    Churningthecentury
    Link
    What's their angle? They must have a way this ties into their profit model.

    What's their angle? They must have a way this ties into their profit model.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on DuckDuckGo usage is growing fast in ~tech

    Churningthecentury
    Link Parent
    I didn't know these features existed. I guess I'm going to finally make the switch, immediately.

    I didn't know these features existed. I guess I'm going to finally make the switch, immediately.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on “Socialism” vs. “capitalism” is a false dichotomy in ~society

    Churningthecentury
    (edited )
    Link Parent
    Why do you guys always cling to Allende? I find that very curious. Out of all the socialist governments to have existed, don't you have one example of a functional implementation of the socialist...

    Why do you guys always cling to Allende? I find that very curious. Out of all the socialist governments to have existed, don't you have one example of a functional implementation of the socialist model that was strong enough to survive the world around it without perverting its original intents or succumbing to outside pressure?

    You can't just say "oh, it was the capitalists fault!" every single time socialism fails, which it always has done. Yes, the capitalist model has it's casualties, along with every other form of governance since the dawn of civilization.

    It, also, isn't a false premise to say that the socialist model is heavily dependent on the revolutionary mindset. This was the very nature of Marx's philosophical analyses as well as Lenin's implementations.

    You can argue it for as long as you want, and I can argue my stance for as long as I want. At the end of the day we will forever be locked in an impasse, because I have my perspectives and you have yours.

    My beliefs in governance and functional systems can accommodate your existence without summarily executing or imprisoning you. Would your model of socialism allow for my continued, free, and unfettered existence, knowing that I will continue to propagate my beliefs?

    If the answer is yes, then perhaps you should be running the show. If your answer is no, then you've proven my point about socialism being unable to survive without suppressing its ideological opponents.

    As it stands, you live in a world where you are able to criticize the capitalist structure with no repercussions to your freedom, health, or safety. Could a capitalist say the same under the wing of a socialist system?

    Edit; and for posterity's sake, the US stopped being a free market more than 100 years ago. Today, it is, effectively, an oligarchy.

  4. Comment on “Socialism” vs. “capitalism” is a false dichotomy in ~society

    Churningthecentury
    Link Parent
    Nazi translates directly to National Socialist German Worker's Party. They were wholly a socialist government except exclusive to who they were supporting. A lot of people consider them fascist....

    Nazi translates directly to National Socialist German Worker's Party. They were wholly a socialist government except exclusive to who they were supporting. A lot of people consider them fascist. Italy was fascist. Germany was socialist.

    With that said, the revolutionary (or radical, as it were) socialists tend to pervert any socialist movement they involve themselves with. If you do not play by their rules and toe their line, they consider you as an enemy to their cause. On Reddit, for example, you can't even participate in a meaningful debate on communism or socialism on their turf. If you don't agree, you get banned. End of story.

    If they're able to enact this on a political level, you will see a rise of labor camps and summary executions of people they consider unfriendly. It has already been done, and the results are well documented. It is still happening in China and their dissidents are punished in extremely cruel ways. For example, they are often tortured in to making public statements saying they were wrong and professing the validity of their government (eg, George Orwells "1984").

    Demsoc is double plus good, btw. Of course, not really. Orwell wasn't an advocate of that manner of speaking, despite being a socialist, himself.

    Socialism will never be viable as long as it is done at the barrel of a gun rather than through the good will of the constituency.

  5. Comment on You are given a small machine that spits out a single chocolate chip cookie every two seconds. The machine will never stop producing cookies. How do you save the world? in ~talk

    Churningthecentury
    Link
    I would use the cookies to fuel several massive incinerators, thus powering the world. I would have filtration systems for the incinerators to collect massive amounts of carbon for conversion into...

    I would use the cookies to fuel several massive incinerators, thus powering the world. I would have filtration systems for the incinerators to collect massive amounts of carbon for conversion into graphene for electronics and synthetic concretes, thus providing limitless conductive and building material.

    As the cookies continue to be manufactured, I would be investing my new found energy sector and graphene money in research for building a spacecraft capable of transporting an entire building. I would then have this cookie factory lifted up in one single piece and delivered to low Earth orbit, where the resources would then be used as a limitless supply for food, space energy, and manufacturing, eventually enabling us to inhabit other planets within our solar system and also travel beyond.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Microwave weapons are prime suspect in ills of US embassy workers in Cuba in ~science

    Churningthecentury
    Link Parent
    The tinfoil hats, however misguided and paranoid they may be, are often right about many things. I try not to mock them, rather, just extrapolate the useful information from the fearful delusions....

    The tinfoil hats, however misguided and paranoid they may be, are often right about many things. I try not to mock them, rather, just extrapolate the useful information from the fearful delusions.

    More often than not, you can correlate their claims with active patents or other research.

  7. Comment on Texas ex-officer is sentenced to 15 years for killing an unarmed teen in ~news

    Churningthecentury
    Link Parent
    I don't have any direct evidence but there is enough secondary information to derive it. Race has once again become a very controversial and divisive topic. Controversial and divisive topics...

    I don't have any direct evidence but there is enough secondary information to derive it. Race has once again become a very controversial and divisive topic. Controversial and divisive topics attract attention, and all media profits from any attention.

    It's not the first and it won't be the last time that current social events are exploited for profit. Look at the motives, look at the topic, and look at the main proprietors of the topic. It isn't hard to explain.

    With that said, I agree with the fact that injustice is being addressed. I just don't trust the media, mainstream or independent, to have altrusitic motives.

  8. Comment on Texas ex-officer is sentenced to 15 years for killing an unarmed teen in ~news

    Churningthecentury
    Link Parent
    It's common. What it is though, in actuality, is institutionalized racism being masqueraded as being "politically correct". They (the media) constantly try to sew division between the races by...

    It's common. What it is though, in actuality, is institutionalized racism being masqueraded as being "politically correct". They (the media) constantly try to sew division between the races by pointing it out at every turn. It's messed up.

  9. Comment on Flight simulators: Do you play any? Which planes do you pilot the most? Do you have a home cockpit? in ~games

    Churningthecentury
    Link
    I've been meaning to do this but it gets pricey so we'll have to see how things go

    I've been meaning to do this but it gets pricey so we'll have to see how things go

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Californian man charged with making threatening calls to Globe in ~news

    Churningthecentury
    Link Parent
    Silly rabbit, accountability is for people without great wealth and/or public stature.

    Silly rabbit, accountability is for people without great wealth and/or public stature.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on US police pulled fake ‘Antifa’ list from neo-Nazi site and used it to target random people who’d signed an anti-Donald Trump petition in ~society

    Churningthecentury
    Link Parent
    That's the problem though, isn't it? The status quo isn't an ideology, it's a scale. There's a balance to it. The left isn't inherently good and the right isn't inherently bad, while the extreme...

    That's the problem though, isn't it? The status quo isn't an ideology, it's a scale. There's a balance to it. The left isn't inherently good and the right isn't inherently bad, while the extreme elements of both are often terrifying and oppressive; equally destructive but simply with different ambitions.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Texas ex-officer is sentenced to 15 years for killing an unarmed teen in ~news

    Churningthecentury
    Link Parent
    The justice system doesn't always work but it's always refreshing to see when it does.

    The justice system doesn't always work but it's always refreshing to see when it does.

    5 votes