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What was it like to live in the USSR?

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TelfordUS posted on Sun, Aug 16 2009 8:04 PM

Life and culture in the Soviet Union, North Korea, China etc was/is heavily controlled by the state, so their reputations around the world may be askew compared to actual life. I'm asking anybody with any experience of living in these countries to tell me what it was like, the positives and negatives.

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Juan replied on Fri, Aug 21 2009 9:06 PM
Right, we need more "libertarians" like Juan who slander people they haven't met and tell blatant lies.
Natalie, seriously, you don't know what you are talking about. Maybe you should join freerepublic or the heritage foundation ?

February 17 - 1600 - Giordano Bruno is burnt alive by the catholic church.
Aquinas : "much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death."

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Jonathan M. F. Catalán:
Or, should all soldiers be executed, or at best marginalized from society?  I'm not sure what the usefulness of insulting service members and grouping them into "murderers" and refusing to accept them as libertarians is, Juan.

You're wasting your time, you know. Zip it!

If I hear not allowed much oftener; said Sam, I'm going to get angry.

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Juan replied on Fri, Aug 21 2009 9:11 PM
Natalie:
Juan:
What defines a free-society is unconditional respect for individual rights.
Exactly how you're going to protect your freedom without the right of self-defense?
What did I say about the right to self-defense ?
And what's unconditional respect?
Unconditional respect is, well, unconditional respect.
Is it some kind of a zombie socialist paradise where everyone agrees to the party line?
Yes, in a free society everybody should follow the party line : life, liberty and property are to be unconditionally respected.

February 17 - 1600 - Giordano Bruno is burnt alive by the catholic church.
Aquinas : "much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death."

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amazing video and narration. thank you so much!

Publisher, Laissez-Faire Books

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And how does this all preclude private security companies?

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I'm going to move all of these offtopic posts to a new thread unless this thread is able to get back on track.  If we're going to discuss if being soldier means you love murder, I think that is a new thread topic.

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Good idea. But wasn't there a topic about it already?

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We can make a new one.  Smile

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marquise replied on Sat, Aug 22 2009 12:55 AM

What exactly are you interested in? I would have a hard time finding anything positive anyways....

I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. ~ Ayn Rand

 

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Natalie replied on Sat, Aug 22 2009 11:00 AM

liberty student:
We can make a new one. 

Go ahead :)

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Natalie replied on Mon, Aug 24 2009 10:25 AM

By the way, Dr Ron Paul served in the US Airforce. I'm sure his supporters would be thrilled to know that he's a "murderous thug" who'd never criticize the government ;)

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