Any Communist prog fans out there?

The T wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: WWII Death Count Per Country:Country Military Civilian TotalUSSR 12 million 17 million 29 millionPoland 597,000 5.86 million 6.27 millionGermany 3.25 million 2.44 million 5.69 millionYugoslavia 305,000 1.35 million 1.66 millionRomania 450,000 465,000 915,000Hungary 200,000 600,000 800,000France 245,000 350,000 595,000Italy 380,000 153,000 533,000Great Britain 403,000 92,700 495,000United States 407,000 6,000 413,000 what is this here for?

I think it is to demonstrate how much better at war the US is than every other country.

Between the last two posts that is a lot of dead guys. Is it the 1903 New York Yankees?

Red Alert! Red Aleeeerrrt!

The point is that we only lost a few of our people in that bloody war and many others lost so many more.  If you don't appreciate the magnitude of that and belittle that, shame on you.

Slartibartfast wrote: The point is that we only lost a few of our people in that bloody war and many others lost so many more.  If you don't appreciate the magnitude of that and belittle that, shame on you.

That is not even a point. That is a fact. But it has zero relevance here. Zero.

Oh, no, not that sh*t again.

Please, guys, I come from another forum where relations had been tense for a few days tbecause of a forumite taking the defense of a historian who seems to be very fond of Stalin and the USSR... And I would enjoy not to have to witness another senseless debate of this type.

I'm baffled to see that some people interested in the theories of Marx and his followers (faithful disciples or skeptic critics) always feel the need to remember that the USSR was part of the Allies and enemy of the Third Reich.
Okay, Stalingrad was the turning point of WWII, okay, we got that part for a loooong time. And USSR was a totalitarian system, we also got that part, thanks.

But, now, could we stop masturbating over casualties, death tolls and which regime or economical system had called more people?
For what I remember, it seems to me that the original poster just wanted to know if some prog fans happened to be communist sympathizers, not if some prog fans had an erection in front of the uniforms of the Red Army!
Can't people read Marx, Engels, Luxemburg, Simone Weil or Gramsci without feeling the urge to kiss a picture of Trotsky, Lenin or Mao Zedong???

Gosh, I feel like center extremist.

My heart’s with communism; my brain is not. It’s a sad fact that communism has never worked for the benefit of the people. The revolution devours its children, and when they are (b)eaten, it starts to hunt the grandchildren.

Capitalism has raised millions out of poverty and has improved the standards of living of millions.

The T wrote: Capitalism has raised millions out of poverty and has improved the standards of living of millions.

As long as you are born into the right family...
Enjoy your spoiled little rich kid life T.


Edited by Slartibartfast - December 14 2012 at 14:14

Slartibartfast wrote: The T wrote: Capitalism has raised millions out of poverty and has improved the standards of living of millions. As long as you are born into the right family...Enjoy your spoiled little rich kid life T.

Sad person full of hate and ignorance you are. I come from a third world country and make less than 25000 a year yes I'm so rich. You have no idea about my background yet you are the first to make prejudgements about people. Poor prejudiced man. You deserve pity.

Edited by The T - December 14 2012 at 14:25