Posts by stormyeagle65

When you look at North Korea, unemployment sits at 5% and the crime rate is just 2%.
They don't even need five different types of packaging for their goods.
But my uncle is out there doing his best to push those wild stories about how people in Korea are eating each other or using human beings instead of traffic lights to direct cars. I mean, honestly, what do they expect? Since the country has a nuke, people can't exactly figure out how to export "excellence" or democracy when they're dealing with empty bank accounts and nothing but dreams of a better life.

Melissa Rivera5 said:Popijo, huh? Look, I've got eyes, and I see the starving kids in Venezuela, or even worse over in North Korea where people are supposedly "loving" their leader. Honestly, life on a Ferengi freighter would probably be better than being there. 🙂 Instead of just throwing insults my way, maybe you could actually point out where I messed up and drop some sources to back your claims. I'm especially curious which economics textbook covers this whole "numbing the masses" thing. 🙂 Oh, wait, you don't have any? So, what you're saying is... you'd rather take government money that was essentially taken from everyone else, just so people like you can live comfortably while playing the moral high ground?

Thank God for the capitalist West, right? No starving people here—except maybe those folks in Detroit living out of cardboard boxes. And since you claim to have such sharp vision, go ahead and peek out your window; I’m certain there are at least ten scavengers hanging around the local dumpster right now.
Mass pacification isn't an economic theory. It's simpler than that: when you spend all your time peddling capitalist ideology, you end up being a bit dim, and then the media machine steps in to finish the job.
Personally? I'd rather take money from my own hard work than have someone else snatch the fruits of my labor to fund their lifestyle.
But hey, you clearly trust the crowd in the crisp button-downs, iPhones in hand, wearing designer loafers while lecturing everyone about "excellence"... and honestly, that kind of brainwashing is its own form of pacification.
In your case, it's working perfectly.

Melissa Rivera5 said:Every single country under communism eventually tanked. Look at Venezuela—it was supposed to be this communist paradise, right? Instead, it’s a disaster. Then you’ve got the USSR, America, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany (and honestly, if even the Germans couldn't make it work, nobody's gonna succeed)... oh, and North Korea is basically a "heaven on earth" too, isn't it? I don't want to be mean, but there are just way too many countries where communism failed miserably and left people with a terrible quality of life (I mean, DPRK is basically Orwell's 1984 come to life). I guess you'd have to be seriously mentally deficient—like, just a total moron—to buy into the idea that communism was great or that some future version is going to be the ultimate solution.

It sounds like you've totally bought into the myth that capitalism is the ultimate solution.
The whole ideology behind capitalism is just built on making sure everyone works their tails off so a select few can live the high life, all while keeping the masses distracted from day one.
And judging by your post, I see you're a walking, breathing example of how well it works.

You’re totally right—back when I was living through the dark days of communism forty years ago, we had steady jobs and guaranteed housing. Meanwhile, Americans were busy hooking up fiber optic cables to the Internet and liking each other's posts on Facebook.
By the way, that counterargument you threw at my last post is brilliant in its own way, though deeply rooted in capitalism; if you can't actually refute a point, just label it "stupid" and call it a day.

It’s actually quite simple to explain why capitalism is the greatest crime ever committed on this planet.
The whole system is basically just a massive game of Monopoly where, eventually, one guy ends up owning every single luxury hotel on the board...
Mathematically speaking, capitalism just doesn't work—especially this mutated, neoliberal version we're stuck with right now.
Sure, mathematical capitalism can function as long as there's always somewhere new to expand into, but let's face it: Earth is a pretty finite place.
I honestly think the imminent collapse of capitalism might cause more bloodshed than we've seen in human history, but hey, maybe it's a small price to pay for our future.

Honestly, Creep is easily the best horror flick I've seen in a long while.

Dark humor? Now you're talking. I can't wait.

Lisa Wilson26 said:Here’s the quick rundown on the film:
Cast: Liliana Amanat, Luis Manuel Altamirano García, Alejandro Angelini
Director: Damián Szifrón
Producers: Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar, Esther García
Writer: Damián Szifrón

The stories really hit home for me. They actually stick with you.

The bomber segment and the wedding one were my absolute favorites.

I'd love to hear what everyone else thought!🙂

Honestly, the one with the car was the only decent part.
The rest felt half-baked, totally pointless, and just plain boring.

Trying to compare some uninspired, brainless Tarantino wannabe who’s begging YouTube commenters for movie ideas featuring Leone
is just pointless. It simply makes no sense.

just your average actress

They’re just overflowing with "creativity," apparently, churning out remake after remake.
It’s almost like they don't care that the pool of total idiots actually willing to sit through these rehashes is shrinking by the day.
Take *Evil Dead*, for example. It’s such a cliché. I remember being on a production crew of about 300 people, and in the first 20 minutes of filming, there were barely 20 souls left on set—mostly women who didn't even bother showing up to work.