I agree with Justluke.
And I see that Leadwerks may have changed his alias and his tone when dealing with Blitz users so that he doesn't sound like an arrogant bastard all the time, but deep down he hasn't really changed a bit.
Having a college education makes you EDUCATED. It doesn't make you WISE.
Helping people who are suffering or starving isn't WEAK, it's HUMANITARIAN.
Having an orchard and jailing peasants who try to steal your apples when they are starving isn't STRENGTH, it's SELFISHNESS.
I feel the same way. What Leadwerks here doesn't realise is that half the world's problems are caused by selfish individuals like himself who are only interested in protecting their own interests.
Why did America go to Iraq? Because Iraq has oil, and we want it. We don't care about how many millions of Iraqi civilians are killed in order for us to get it, so long as we can continue to have cheap gas for our SUV's.
Why did WWII happen? Because the Germans were in tough times, and some guy came along and promised to help them solve all of that. Then they built up an army, pledged allegience to their country, and marched all over Europe taking what was "rightfully theirs". And it went on for as long as it did, because as usual, the US decided that it's own interests would be best served if it just sat back and did nothing... That is until the war came to them when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Communism doesn't work, not because it isn't a good idea, but because there will always be people like Leadwerks, who think they are entitled to more than everyone else, and justifying that with whatever means neccessary, be it their education, country of origin, birthright, ethnic background, religion, etc.
(And also because people aren't willing to work as hard when there is no reward associated with doing so; which is why I think we need some sort of hybrid of communism and capitalism; but that's another discussion.)
And I see that Leadwerks may have changed his alias and his tone when dealing with Blitz users so that he doesn't sound like an arrogant bastard all the time, but deep down he hasn't really changed a bit.
Having a college education makes you EDUCATED. It doesn't make you WISE.
Helping people who are suffering or starving isn't WEAK, it's HUMANITARIAN.
Having an orchard and jailing peasants who try to steal your apples when they are starving isn't STRENGTH, it's SELFISHNESS.
And I think that this is our key difference of opinion. I don't have a nationalistic sentiment in my body. England is an inanimate object. A hunk of rock. I don't feel a sense of allegiance to it. I'm a big advocate of freedom of movement and open-borders. I personally won't be replaced, and I have no problem with who lives in or "takes over" my country of birth.
I feel the same way. What Leadwerks here doesn't realise is that half the world's problems are caused by selfish individuals like himself who are only interested in protecting their own interests.
Why did America go to Iraq? Because Iraq has oil, and we want it. We don't care about how many millions of Iraqi civilians are killed in order for us to get it, so long as we can continue to have cheap gas for our SUV's.
Why did WWII happen? Because the Germans were in tough times, and some guy came along and promised to help them solve all of that. Then they built up an army, pledged allegience to their country, and marched all over Europe taking what was "rightfully theirs". And it went on for as long as it did, because as usual, the US decided that it's own interests would be best served if it just sat back and did nothing... That is until the war came to them when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Communism doesn't work, not because it isn't a good idea, but because there will always be people like Leadwerks, who think they are entitled to more than everyone else, and justifying that with whatever means neccessary, be it their education, country of origin, birthright, ethnic background, religion, etc.
(And also because people aren't willing to work as hard when there is no reward associated with doing so; which is why I think we need some sort of hybrid of communism and capitalism; but that's another discussion.)