How to prevent a country from becoming a socialist $#@!hole?

[timosman]

Asking for a friend.

[Swordsmyth]

1 Don't let anyone who gets a penny of government money vote
2 Limit immigration to compatible cultures and a small amount of those
3 Don't let foreign countries get away with waging trade warfare against you

There are other things that can help but those are the big 3.

[Republicanguy]

1 Don't let anyone who gets a penny of government money vote
2 Limit immigration to compatible cultures and a small amount of those
3 Don't let foreign countries get away with waging trade warfare against you

There are other things that can help but those are the big 3.

That is very totalitarian.

[timosman]

That is very totalitarian.

You are right. We should be more accommodating to freeloaders.

[Swordsmyth]

That is very totalitarian.

No, it is the way to keep totalitarians from taking over.

[Suzanimal]

Vote extra hard.
@TheTexan

[brushfire]

TARDIS... Tell your friend, you'll need one of those.

[TheTexan]

Vote extra hard.
@TheTexan

+rep

It's a little known fact, but Mao Zedong came into power because his opposition failed to completely fill in the circle on the ballot when voting. Their ballots were thrown out as being invalid, Mao Zedong won his election, and countless millions died because of it.

[timosman]

+rep

It's a little known fact, but Mao Zedong came into power because his opposition failed to completely fill in the circle on the ballot when voting. Their ballots were thrown out as being invalid, Mao Zedong won his election, and countless millions died because of it.

Looks like the commies have a long record of election fraud.

[tfurrh]

Ctrl+Alt+Believe

[Anti Globalist]

You give people proper education on the dangers of socialism and communism.

[Zippyjuan]

1 Don't let anyone who gets a penny of government money vote
2 Limit immigration to compatible cultures and a small amount of those
3 Don't let foreign countries get away with waging trade warfare against you

There are other things that can help but those are the big 3.

Aren't those ideas which need socialist government responses?

[r3volution 3.0]

You give people proper education on the dangers of socialism and communism.

'It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.'

The appeal of free money will always trump education, at least in the long run.

[timosman]

'It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.'

The appeal of free money will always trump education, at least in the long run.

[Republicanguy]

No, liberty people need to stop living in the past, nineteen or twentieth century, there are problems in this century that have the potential to destroy everything, the expense of your driving culture. You will destroy the next generation with this idea of uber freedom, it won't work.

Yang gang, make America think harder!

[timosman]

No, liberty people need to stop living in the past, nineteen or twentieth century, there are problems in this century that have the potential to destroy everything, the expense of your driving culture. You will destroy the next generation with this idea of uber freedom, it won't work.

Yang gang, make America think harder!

[Swordsmyth]

Aren't those ideas which need socialist government responses?

No.

[Swordsmyth]

No, liberty people need to stop living in the past, nineteen or twentieth century, there are problems in this century that have the potential to destroy everything, the expense of your driving culture. You will destroy the next generation with this idea of uber freedom, it won't work.

Yang gang, make America think harder!

You and Yang don't think at all.

[Republicanguy]

He does think, he is what America lacks, a candidate who can think and see further than just today.

[Swordsmyth]

He does think, he is what America lacks, a candidate who can think and see further than just today.

He panders to the lowest common denominator, that is not thinking, you see no farther than your next meal and your demand that other pay for it.

[Matt Collins]

The sad reality is that it will probably involve moving to a deep red state that has zero chance of ever going blue.


And then you have to work like hell to get rock solid people elected to the state legislature and then continue to hold them accountable. They can act as a firewall between their citizens and the federal government. But they must have the will to do so.

[Sammy]

1.Balance the Budget every year.
2.Block Grant all welfare programs,Social Security & other stuff to the states & cut it by 25%
3.End the FED. Repeal the Income Tax,Payroll Tax,capital gains tax & Corporate Tax with a Import Tax of 20% & a 10% Flat Tax.
4.Impeach every elected official who supports attack on our constitution.
5.End the wars.Bring all our troops home from overseas & send some of them to our southern border to stop the invasion from Mexico
6.Deport all illegal immigrants. Cut legal immigration by at least 50%. Allow only people who are going to assimilate into western culture.

[Republicanguy]

He panders to the lowest common denominator, that is not thinking, you see no farther than your next meal and your demand that other pay for it.

The technology problem is like the energy problem, with too many who support liberty, there is always more elsewhere, delusion.

[Swordsmyth]

The technology problem is like the energy problem, with too many who support liberty, there is always more elsewhere, delusion.

The market will solve all such economic problems and government will only cause more.

[Republicanguy]

The market will solve all such economic problems and government will only cause more.

Well, that is the problem, there is only so many sources that can be used, all our societies depend on good quality, cheap crude to run smoothly.

[timosman]

Well, that is the problem, there is only so many sources that can be used, all our societies depend on good quality, cheap crude to run smoothly.

Peak oil!