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Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by tptacek on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:31PM (#12116607)
This is probably an interesting semantic debate to have, but I have to apologize for being completely disinterested in it.
Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by awt on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:34PM (#12116638)
Which is why collectivism pops up murderously over and over with different names.
Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by tptacek on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:38PM (#12116676)
Do I understand you accurately to be saying "if you want participate in a debate with me on my terms you're i part responsible for all the evils of state-run economies"?
Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by awt on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:52PM (#12116813)
Aha now that is an interesting question and I'm glad you asked. I know that I personally would feel responsible if I saw collectivism murdering yet another society and did not call it out for what it is. If I for example saw that people were dying of lead poisoning but instead blamed evil spirits then clearly I would be responsible for mass poisoning.
Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by tptacek on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:59PM (#12116883)
"Agree with me or you're among history's greatest villains" is neither a novel nor persuasive rhetorical strategy. You should try a different approach.
Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by awt on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @12:06AM (#12119549)
I in turn don't find an attempt at a straw man all that convincing.