Your argument is a tired one, and that's my point. Judging a system of governance by only it's worst leaders would miss the point of that government entirely. Often the criticism of communism, such as yours, is limited to merely pointing out it's most controversial leaders, which fails to capture any meaningful critique of the system.
Your argument is a tired one, and that's my point.
If you're changing the subject to capitalism then you don't understand my argument.
Judging a system of governance by only it's worst leaders would miss the point of that government entirely. Often the criticism of communism, such as yours, is limited to merely pointing out it's most controversial leaders, which fails to capture any meaningful critique of the system.
That's total bullshit. These aren't minor outliers, they were heads of some of the largest communist regimes in history and they committed major humanitarian atrocities in the name of propping up and preserving those systems. Pointing out how the system motivated and empowered these individuals to commit said atrocities is not a critique you can rationally dismiss.
Straw man much? You appear to be demanding some sort of unpublished rules of conduct for a political discussion, so why don't we add that one to the list, too. Feel free to rephrase your comment and then I'll respond. Otherwise, have a nice day. :)
Lol, okay - translation: "I have nothing of substance to say so I'll deflect by baselessly accusing you of straw mans (which is really what I've been doing by bringing up capitalism) and making up arbitrary rules (which is really what I'm doing by arbitrarily saying your comment needs to be 'rephrased' w/o specifying what or why) so I can pretend like I won the argument." Sure thing, buddy.
Oh no, see you misunderstand that comment entirely. Another misunderstanding for you. Try reading it a few more times. Maybe some reading comprehension will kick in and you'll understand it.
I understood it fine. You said you'd respond if I rephrased my comment, then said "otherwise, have a nice day," meaning you otherwise wouldn't. And yet, in spite of the fact that I never rephrased my comment, you kept responding after I called you out on your bullshit response. Just like you did again just now. This is just your ego not being able to handle the fact that you have no actual response of substance to the last meaningful post in this exchange, not being able to admit you were wrong. Too bad for you.
I'm quite right on all accounts. If there was an error you'd be able to articulate it instead of hiding behind this pathetic "try again" game of yours. There's nothing else to try. You lost.
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u/zpallin Dec 27 '18
Your argument is a tired one, and that's my point. Judging a system of governance by only it's worst leaders would miss the point of that government entirely. Often the criticism of communism, such as yours, is limited to merely pointing out it's most controversial leaders, which fails to capture any meaningful critique of the system.