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Outlaw Immortal:
From reading your responses daily I've concluded you're quite educated in politics, though I might have some different views here or there, that doesn't change the fact that you are a smart person.

Well my question is, would you be able to give a brief definition followed by example, and also try and compare the differences for the following:

Capitalism
Communism
Socialism
Marxism
Nationalism
Social democracy

The reason why I'm asking you this, is not because i don't know the definitions of them, its pretty funny, cause I've read about each one quite in depth, and the other day I was debating with someone about different forms of governments and the pros and cons. So i just need a peace of mind from you if you can briefly outline the definition, also givin pros/cons, and comparisons.

I seriously would appreciate this much so, anyways man take your time on it, thanks.

Elevz:
Shit. That's one enormous question I wouldn't dare answering since you're so specifically addressing Virtuoso, and also because you say you're well informed already. I'm curious as for how Virtuoso would define the difference between communism, marxism and socialism, let alone being able to outline social democracy.

Jip:
i don't know if you've noticed but politicians are idiots, and the people who read internet articles and choose their favorite policy from the lot and slam the rest because the last article they just read doesn't really look at all the facts in perspective isn't the person you should ask for definitions on government policies and such

i'm not talking about virtuoso, although he may fall into that category, hes in the "i think they are out to get us" group as well, somewhere inbetween

but then again, what do i know, ive never heard of "Marxism"

just don't always believe things you read on the internet, the government may have put it there to trick you

AndrE16686:
i don't know if you've noticed but dude wants Virtuoso to do his homework.  :D

Elevz:

--- Quote from: Jip on July 25, 2007, 03:26:14 PM ---i don't know if you've noticed but politicians are idiots, and the people who read internet articles and choose their favorite policy from the lot and slam the rest because the last article they just read doesn't really look at all the facts in perspective isn't the person you should ask for definitions on government policies and such

i'm not talking about virtuoso, although he may fall into that category, hes in the "i think they are out to get us" group as well, somewhere inbetween

but then again, what do i know, ive never heard of "Marxism"

just don't always believe things you read on the internet, the government may have put it there to trick you
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You do realise that behind every political stance, there's a philosophy on mankind and life on a whole, right? In other words, I believe this was a purely theoretical question, which has little to do with the actions of politicians, let alone any background articles being written on them. Virtuoso's "I think they're out to get us!" views have little to do with these philosophies backing up life!

Karl Marx is the main founder of communism, but his personal philosophy is marxism. At the same time, socialism is like a 'watered down' version of communism. That should tell you something about how complicated Outlaw Immortal's question actually is, not even looking at the practical appliance.

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