Mark033

Mark033

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13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 Metal Bands Des... · 3 replies · +3 points

I like the idea for the list, but did you even think of considering anything that wasn't thrash or death?

Sleep?
Saint Vitus?
Pentagram?

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 Metal Bands Des... · 2 replies · +6 points

I'm so extreme and non-mainstream!

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 Metal Bands Des... · 0 replies · 0 points

I think they get more than enough credit.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 Metal Bands Des... · 0 replies · +1 points

Buffalo

13 years ago @ Listverse - 10 Questions To Make Y... · 5 replies · +3 points

If Hitler had died in '36 the world would not have turned out much differently. Anti-semitism and extremism had already been fostered in the Nazi Party, by Hitler, to critical mass. Jews were already being persecuted, and the Nazi's wanted Danzing... And the rest of Europe.

That one was supposed to make us think? Sure, there might have been some differences here and there, but whichever one of Goebbels, Himmler or Goring took over would have been almost as extreme, and stupid.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 Greatest Benefi... · 0 replies · +1 points

I'm sure there could be other methods of self-determination than capitalism. That seems awfully short-sighted.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 Greatest Benefi... · 0 replies · +1 points

You obviously have a severely limited grasp of economics and politics. I've already made a few long-winded arguments against people with similar opinions here so I'll leave it at that.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 Greatest Benefi... · 0 replies · +2 points

Why is liberlism and progressiveness (?) better than conservativeness? Because it is?

You call him brainwashed, but aren't you also? You're utterly convinced that liberals and progressives are right, period, and that conservatives are wrong, period.

Call me crazy, but you assuming yourself enlightened with opinions like that sounds hypocritical.

I think that the real problems with the US aren't conservatives and liberals, as both sides would have you believe, but rather polarization and hyperbole. Republicans are not evil, corporate facists and Democrats are not evil, intellectual communists.

The USA has two political parties, one of which is slightly left of center, the other of which is slightly right of center. If you want examples of extreme political views in a democracy you should look at the EU and its constituent states, they actually do have socialists and facists.

Therefore, stop getting so worked up over tiny problems you have with different party's policies, start thinking for yourself and stop fear-mongering. Do America and the rest of the world a favour.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 Greatest Benefi... · 0 replies · +1 points

Communism, by definition, does not have a regime. It's a common misnomer though, and I won't split hairs.

The world's never really seen a socialist state so we can't really comment. But socialism mixed with democracy is working quite well in places like Norway and Denmark. There is some capitalism in those countries, with the obvious characteristic being personal ownership.

But at the end of the day Maoism and Stalinism are nothing short of facism under a different name.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 Greatest Benefi... · 0 replies · +2 points

I agree with you that capitalism is definitely the best. However, I think it self-evident that a mixture of economic systems is necessary, most notably the obvious staple of democracies world-wide - socialism and capitalism.

I don't think we'll see another model tested in small-scale first. Some people will believe in it, some people won't, and if it comes to it there'll be a revolution (unless, miraculously, the new system is compatible with democracies as we know them and enough people are happy with it).