[QUOTE="Marl_Ripen"]I like a burger as much as the next guy, but why should I get stuck with paying the bills for individuals lacking self control? They either should be sent to weight loss camps or be excluded from the universal health care program.Derek1177

How does that make him a Communist? It's rather capitalistic to be concerned about self-interest, taxation and the efficiency of health care.

[QUOTE="Skull007o_O"]thats up to the people, if we can't control by ourselves....Crypto138

Spare us the platitudes, please. I really dislike it when people make claims about 'human nature' with a complete lack of evidence to back up their assertions, or any concrete knowledge on the subject. I presume that you believe in human nature as a state of greed and self-interest, and this (if we assume these connotations to be true) is precisely the reason why certain strands of anarchism work. The arguments for statism are weak at best, not to mention completely unjust. You must be deluded if you think that self-organisation is impossible, or that society needs the coercion of the state to stop us from eating each other.

I suggest that you read about the differents kinds of anarchism, ranging from market-anarchism to anarcho-communism before you make such all-encompassing, unsubstantiated generalisations about whether 'anarchism' can work or not because the two wings of anarchism pertain to totally different methods of government and organisation. Once you've done this, I think that you should consider historical examples, such as the Paris commune, CNT/POUM Barcelona, or even tribal societies (for anarcho-communes), and the application of laissez-faire capitalism within various countries (for market-anarchism) before you spread more of these misguided, banal diatribes on the internet. Read up on such theorists as Mikhail Bakunin in regards to the former, and economists such as Milton Friedman in regards to the latter.

If a topic arose concerning quantum physics or biochemistry then I'd keep my mouth shut, for the simple reason that I know nothing about it. I wish more people would follow this example.

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="domatron23"]Great idea, wrong species.domatron23

Animal Farm is an allegorical polemic against Stalinism, not communism. If you'd read Homage to Catalonia, then you'd know that Orwell was a libertarian socialist himself, and that he participated in the Spanish civil war on the side of the anarcho-communists. So yes, it is a great book; it's just that you've completely misunderstood the message of it.

I know, it is annoying when people don't cite studies or question their methodology but I can't do anything about that because the ones I referenced were to be found in textbooks which I no longer have. Those are some interesting stats on domestic abuse though.

Oh yeah, and I forgot to raise the topic of employment. Women still get paid 31% less than men, and because private patriarchy is a pretty exclusive club, women often don't receive promotions regardless of their abilities. Vertical and horizontal segregation are a harsh reality for women and ethnic minorities.

This is one of the most ignorant, regressive threads I've ever read on here, and I've seen my fair share of them. Women do not have more rights than men, they still raise children and perform domestic work almost exclusively as well as holding down a full time job in most cases. Men are not sexually objectified as women are, and this manifests itself in women being scared to walk outside in their own neighborhoods out of fear of intimidation, harassment or even rape. How many women violently abuse their partners and children? How many men are raped by women? How many women hold significant positions of power in government or business? Even when women are raped, they're often interrogated in courtrooms as to the nature of their appearance on the night as to decide whether she was 'leading him on'. Public and private patriarchy exist in favour of men, if men are running the show then obviously women are going to be subjugated. I can't believe that this question was even raised.

The punch-line is "because jungle is massive", not "because the jungle is massive". At that point it stops replicating the lyrics of the song and becomes a plain fact. It's better to tell it in person anyway so that's it's clearer what you're trying to say.

[QUOTE="Messiahbolical-"] Uh... you don't even have the game. Buy it first. Trust me, I hated the lag before they patched it now the game is almost perfect.TheElfChild