tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7815102401208451200..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: A Father Supports His Communist SonRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67538365169080242792012-11-15T03:19:13.405-05:002012-11-15T03:19:13.405-05:00he should learn a lot and try to explain to your w...he should learn a lot and try to explain to your wife.Maria Leehttp://www.adviceinlife.com/how-to-be-a-father-to-a-son/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-86737573078481872192012-11-10T16:45:42.823-05:002012-11-10T16:45:42.823-05:00The dad is right. Until his stepson realizes that ...The dad is right. Until his stepson realizes that his "belief system" is fundamentally flawed the kid should be forced into hard labor. Good for the dad. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29621062800039627932012-11-09T23:56:58.064-05:002012-11-09T23:56:58.064-05:00Awesome. Let's just get down to calling names....Awesome. Let's just get down to calling names. Very mature of you! <br /><br />Where are you from? Were you born in the U.S.S.R. as I was? Did you live in that system? I doubt. Yeah, the Soviet Union wasn't a perfect Communist country, except between 1918-1921 - years known as War Communism. What a great society.. with people burning their houses to stay warm. Eating rats or whatever theyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18963116731898437572012-11-09T23:01:00.573-05:002012-11-09T23:01:00.573-05:00The father is practicing communism as it has been ...The father is practicing communism as it has been practiced in each and every country it has gained a foothold. If you don't understand that then you have much to learn. I'd take a long look in the mirror before calling others uneducated morons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77434337815159393532012-11-09T21:58:40.022-05:002012-11-09T21:58:40.022-05:00All I read was how you were better than us, becaus...All I read was how you were better than us, because you are communist. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488483860138306993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-69807120479809246492012-11-09T20:20:41.913-05:002012-11-09T20:20:41.913-05:00Just in case you did not know, even Marx gave up h...Just in case you did not know, even Marx gave up his own -ism after reading Austrian subjective value theory. Marx' entire theory is based on Ricardian labor theory of value, which essentially assumes all knowledge being known. Obviously, omniscience does not exist in the real world . . . value is subjective due to imperfection of knowledge and subjective preference . . . which means there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-40931086770688626852012-11-09T20:16:08.751-05:002012-11-09T20:16:08.751-05:00It isn't about there being communISM. It's...It isn't about there being communISM. It's about making his son be a communIST. <br /><br />His son knows there's no communISM, yet it doesn't stop him from proclaiming to be a communIST NOW; not when the world is perfectly "communistic". This is utterly pointless unless he is willing to walk the walk. <br /><br />It's like saying you're a pacifist, but ONLY if Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-48556496166639646302012-11-09T20:12:17.841-05:002012-11-09T20:12:17.841-05:00George,
The Communist "giving and receiving&...George,<br /><br />The Communist "giving and receiving" is that of the slave plantation's "giving and receiving": according to the wishes of the Master! instead of the individual member's discrete wishes for him/herself (as in private property right). The father is doing exactly right: the son is giving (chores, outside income etc.) and receiving (food, clothing and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53091568042698548752012-11-09T20:08:50.449-05:002012-11-09T20:08:50.449-05:00Communists don't believe in private property. ...Communists don't believe in private property. Ergo, communists cannot claim they deserve any, REGARDLESS of whether others do or don't. They don't get to dictate what others believe in.<br /><br />For the same reason, regardless of the fact that the large majority believes in state coersion, it is not an excuse for libertarians to believe in it also.<br /><br />The father is teaching Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-64073836573629543512012-11-09T18:54:44.447-05:002012-11-09T18:54:44.447-05:00George,
Why should the father subject the son'...George,<br /><br />Why should the father subject the son's siblings to communism? They are not choosing to be a part of that system, as the son is choosing to proclaim himself a communist. The father is simply trying to relay a lesson. <br /><br />All of us here understand that this is not an example of pure communism. Marx would seek to force it upon the whole family, and what I'm Kyle Davidsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-36435807389200748712012-11-09T17:13:02.225-05:002012-11-09T17:13:02.225-05:00No, what the father did was not communism as writt...No, what the father did was not communism as written by Marx. Marx did not want everyone to work and only give to others. He also wanted everyone to work and receive from others.<br /><br />Communism is not tolerant of exclusion. It is necessarily imperialistic. It has to include the father and mother and two sisters, or else the son is not living in a communist household.<br /><br />Let me Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-90636956191513944992012-11-09T17:10:06.480-05:002012-11-09T17:10:06.480-05:00Wow, what a bunch of ignoramuses.
AnonymousNovemb...Wow, what a bunch of ignoramuses.<br /><br />AnonymousNovember 9, 2012 1:29 PM:<br /><br /><i>When I read the post I immediately knew that there would be some moron posting a comment like yours.</i><br /><br /><i>"Since your mother and I are Capitalists we are exempt. Since you are the only communist at home, you get to do ALL the chores."</i><br /><br />Communism contains no exemptionsGeorgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-5998262568813608352012-11-09T14:02:51.336-05:002012-11-09T14:02:51.336-05:00LOL! Thanks for the laugh. Gosh, with the number o...LOL! Thanks for the laugh. Gosh, with the number of morons I encounter in the world I think I may die of laughter.<br /><br />George, get an education.Mikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31728154006252438392012-11-09T13:36:29.339-05:002012-11-09T13:36:29.339-05:00Nope. Communism is about brainwashing to peons int...Nope. Communism is about brainwashing to peons into giving up their belongs and their lives to be slaves, so the leaders can be the slave owners without as many whips and whip wielders that would be required in a typical slave system. No communist leader died of starvation in the Soviet Union or China or Cambodia during the famines that starved to death millions of farmers in those countries.<brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89668033397039525502012-11-09T13:29:42.530-05:002012-11-09T13:29:42.530-05:00When I read the post I immediately knew that there...When I read the post I immediately knew that there would be some moron posting a comment like yours. <br /><br />"Since your mother and I are Capitalists we are exempt. Since you are the only communist at home, you get to do ALL the chores."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38025119697052871382012-11-09T13:27:47.686-05:002012-11-09T13:27:47.686-05:00@George,
Well, what you're talking about (an...@George, <br /><br />Well, what you're talking about (and what Marx talked about) was in fact slavery. Totalitarian system. I lived in the USSR, so I know it first hand. <br /><br />So what this father did was correct. I mean there can be communists in a free society. They just have to be communists by themselves (and leave us out of it). So if this father's son wanted to be a communist, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11166132904722150742012-11-09T11:56:13.636-05:002012-11-09T11:56:13.636-05:00Aren't all 16 year olds communists?
It's t...Aren't all 16 year olds communists?<br />It's the mental retards that stay that way and vote for Obama to steal for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70012094030417927362012-11-09T11:16:33.939-05:002012-11-09T11:16:33.939-05:00I don't know, the father could have gone a lit...I don't know, the father could have gone a little farther in creating a nuturing communist environment by giving his son a gun and telling him if he wants anything in the house he first must point it at the family members and threaten to use it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18707568376144202902012-11-09T10:59:07.790-05:002012-11-09T10:59:07.790-05:00The kid will be a neocon before he turns 30.The kid will be a neocon before he turns 30.SeanOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-16083131223927719042012-11-09T10:56:25.293-05:002012-11-09T10:56:25.293-05:00The father is not enforcing communism, because he ...The father is not enforcing communism, because he is not forcing his daughters and wife to work and share what used to be their belongings with the communist son.<br /><br />This is all one way. Communism would at least have the son being given a share of the father's wealth, the mother's wealth, and the daughter's bedrooms.<br /><br />Ignorant father.<br /><br />PS I am not a Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57267451052697796602012-11-09T10:22:05.984-05:002012-11-09T10:22:05.984-05:00If you go to the website where that was posted, ne...If you go to the website where that was posted, nearly all of them are in support of communism in some way.<br /><br />And obviously, they cry foul that this is somehow 'not true communism' and acts as a validation of Marx's warnings!<br /><br />Incredible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-44422533334632668952012-11-09T10:18:55.862-05:002012-11-09T10:18:55.862-05:00Now that's what I call home schooling.Now that's what I call home schooling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21304090797709728712012-11-09T10:07:57.503-05:002012-11-09T10:07:57.503-05:00It makes me glad that my mom didn't remarry un...It makes me glad that my mom didn't remarry until I was out of the house. I can't imagine what horrible things her husband might have done to try and dissuade me from believing in capitalism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com