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Socialism For Dummies... (Original Post) Playinghardball Oct 2015 OP
Yeah.... daleanime Oct 2015 #1
That is just painful. dmr Oct 2015 #2
Doesn't make any sense... Human101948 Oct 2015 #3
Two men fighting over a ladder is not an accurate depiction of the capitalist/worker relationship. Maedhros Oct 2015 #4
Idiocy. Pure idiocy. longship Oct 2015 #5

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
1. Yeah....
Fri Oct 9, 2015, 05:56 PM
Oct 2015

that is a dummy's view of socialism, they can't imagine anyone leaving the ladder behind after using it.

 

Human101948

(3,457 posts)
3. Doesn't make any sense...
Fri Oct 9, 2015, 06:08 PM
Oct 2015

What's on the plateau above? The assumption must be that once one person gets there, he will then pull the ladder up making it unavailable to the person below. What happened to the third guy? Did the other two eliminate him from the equation?

 

Maedhros

(10,007 posts)
4. Two men fighting over a ladder is not an accurate depiction of the capitalist/worker relationship.
Fri Oct 9, 2015, 07:42 PM
Oct 2015

This is better:

longship

(40,416 posts)
5. Idiocy. Pure idiocy.
Fri Oct 9, 2015, 07:51 PM
Oct 2015

Not socialism. This straw man about socialism.

And I agree that this is a dummy's view of socialism.

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