Mark & Juanita wrote in
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Given your professed deep knowledge of the definitions of socialism,
Marxism, and communism, please help the rest of us by participating in
the following exercise:

1) Compare and contrast Marx's infamous quote: "From each according
to his ability, to each according to their need" with the following
quote from The One in response to the question, "You're going to raise
my taxes, aren't you?":
"... its not that I want to punish your success €“ I just
want to make sure
that everybody who is behind you €“ that they've got a chance at
success too. ... and I think when you spread the wealth around, its
good for everybody*.€�




2) Background: In one day, the media that has failed to fully
investigate or has attempted to divert any questioning of the various
alliances and political machinations of the current candidate, yet
airdropped 300 reporters and investigators into Alaska to search out
the background of the other party's vice presidential candidate has
ferreted out the life history of the person who dared ask the question
about raising taxes referenced in question 1. In the process the media
has worked diligently to destroy the questioner's credibility and
reputation. Within one day the media has made sure that the country
knows that the questioner has had a tax lien filed on him and may have
issues with proper licensing.

Question: Stalinism included use of propaganda to establish a
personality cult as well as extensive use of secret police to maintain
social submission and silence political dissent. The term usually
defines the style of a government rather than an ideology. In many
cases, this included the destruction of the reputation and lives of
those who opposed the regime Explain the difference between the abuses
of stalinism and the recent attacks by the information arm of the
Democrat party (the media) upon a person who simply dared ask a
question. In your response, please note that the background of the
questioner should be irrelevant to a legitimately posed question. In
addition, consider the threats from the "Obama truth squad" in the
state of Missouri and the visit by the Secret Service upon a woman who
was merely rude to a caller from the Obama campaign:
http://www.lifenews.com/state3552.html



Extra credit: Explain how the tactics used above could lead to a
chilling effect upon those who might have relevant information
regarding the background and previous actions of the candidate using
such tactics. http://ace.mu.nu/archives/275813.php and how this
might have an impact upon voters to make an informed choice in a
national election.




*Complete redacted quote of interchange between The One and the
questioner available at http://www.ignitecast.com/p/RUgmoTIpGJ/


Mark and/or Juanita -

Do you keep an Excel spreadsheet log of how much time you spend
blathering on usenet? Because, if you divide that time by the number of
minds you've changed with your lockstep conservative pedantry, the
result is... oh, darn, I seem to recall something from Algebra I about
dividing by zero.