Originally posted by dadudemon
We already have forms communism is America...just some people choose to ignore it. This includes what I think is Marxism-Leninism and Stalinism.
We have aspects of it, yes, but if you go digging around I would be surprised if there was any economic philosophy that didn't have pieces of other ones in it.
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
We have aspects of it, yes, but if you go digging around I would be surprised if there was any economic philosophy that didn't have pieces of other ones in it.
That was pretty much my point. People don't like to think that about "America" but there is pretty much a "sprinkle" of many political philosophies in many different things we do...including the naughty ones like "socialism" or forms of 20th Century communism.
The deeper meaning behind the Stalinism was more of a commentary on the semi-conspiritorial "eliminating" enemies that America has experienced in the past. We are not a "clean" nation of perfect righteousness. Sure, we didn't eliminate our enemies on level with Stalin's millions, but we certainly are not clean-nosed.
Originally posted by skekUng
Do you mean Manifest Destiny?
No, that's not what I meant.
But it would be part of what I meant.
There's more than Native Americans that were trampled by the US government in the process of maintaining or establishing.
"country vision" is in quotes to distance myself from the concept.
Originally posted by skekUng
Are you under the impression that manifest destiny had only to do with native americans?
Are you under the impression that I assumed that Manifest Destiny only had to do with the Native Americans? Or were the Native Americans brought up by someone else and Manifest Destiny was only a small portion of my actual point?