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Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-14 09:37:19
October 14 2011 09:35 GMT
#21
Wow Caller try to learn Political Science after having mastered Economics. We are saved !*


Throw in one or two functions, make a theorem and you will get the ( nonexistent ) Nobel Prize for PS.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
October 14 2011 10:18 GMT
#22
Haha i did not skip to the last line and all through reading it i was wondering wtf is this shit^^
turdburgler
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
England6749 Posts
October 14 2011 11:24 GMT
#23
the british empire never collapsed!

LIKE A BAWS

the secret is you have to be the best country ever x) empires do work!
gameguard
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Korea (South)2132 Posts
October 14 2011 12:25 GMT
#24
About the elderly... it could be argued that as people get older they look more towards the future generation. I can't see these elderly people going for short term gain since they cannot enjoy the benefits of a long term plan. I mean, im just pulling this out of my ass, but i think it would be more plausible that as poeple get older and start accepting their fate they would favor policies that make life better for their kids and grandkids.

Then again. by old people, you are probably referring to the stereotypical old white southern group. They are affected more by their upbringing and beliefs than their desire to live the good life while they are still alive.
Skilledblob
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany3392 Posts
October 14 2011 12:28 GMT
#25
On October 14 2011 20:24 turdburgler wrote:
the british empire never collapsed!

LIKE A BAWS

the secret is you have to be the best country ever x) empires do work!


you just proved my theory that British peoples minds are stuck in the times before the 1950s
deathly rat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom911 Posts
October 14 2011 12:48 GMT
#26
On October 14 2011 21:28 Skilledblob wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 14 2011 20:24 turdburgler wrote:
the british empire never collapsed!

LIKE A BAWS

the secret is you have to be the best country ever x) empires do work!


you just proved my theory that British peoples minds are stuck in the times before the 1950s


You just proved everybody's theory that german people have no sense of humour?
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Kerotan
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
England2109 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-14 13:03:18
October 14 2011 13:03 GMT
#27
On October 14 2011 21:48 deathly rat wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 14 2011 21:28 Skilledblob wrote:
On October 14 2011 20:24 turdburgler wrote:
the british empire never collapsed!

LIKE A BAWS

the secret is you have to be the best country ever x) empires do work!


you just proved my theory that British peoples minds are stuck in the times before the 1950s


You just proved everybody's theory that german people have no sense of humour?

Come on chaps, lets not speak in broad generalisations about massive groups of people. Toddle pip, what ho.

Cheerio.
Nerdette // External revolution - Internal revolution // Fabulous // I raise my hands to heaven of curiosity // I don't know what to ask for // What has it got for me? // Kerribear
Game
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3191 Posts
October 14 2011 13:04 GMT
#28
On October 14 2011 14:46 flamewheel wrote:
I skipped to the last line o.0

Same. Saw the third reich and was like uhh... need to see the end of this.
SC is like sex. You should play often, but never too hard. And you should only try hard when it matters.
Archas
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6531 Posts
October 14 2011 14:02 GMT
#29
I'm more impressed by the fact that Caller wrote more than three sentences in grammatically correct English. That's quite a feat.
The room is ripe with the stench of bitches!
Coagulation
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States9633 Posts
October 14 2011 14:55 GMT
#30
im more impressed that lemonwalrus hasnt user searched his name and found this thread yet.
d3_crescentia
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4054 Posts
October 14 2011 15:32 GMT
#31
where is the math?
once, not long ago, there was a moon here
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-14 15:53:02
October 14 2011 15:52 GMT
#32
On October 14 2011 14:59 chocolatebunny wrote:
well i can argue that the athens didn't like their democracy. they (or Plato and Socrates did) wanted to be like Sparta. so their ideal government wasn't their own, but a timocracy like sparta had.

Well most philosophers of that time were angry at democratic systems because it ended up causing Socrate's death for one thing!

Even Aristotle had to make a distinction between "democracy" (the bad form of government by many) and "politeia" (the good form of government by many). Arguably because the intellectual world wasn't too fond of that whole democracy thing.

The distinction between the two is pretty minimal, to the point where he eventually started using the terms interchangeably.

Also I'm not sure Socrates was elitist enough to want a timocracy whereas Plato most certainly was. I might be wrong about Socrates though but that would blow my mind.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
October 14 2011 16:15 GMT
#33
noob troll imo
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
Treemonkeys
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States2082 Posts
October 14 2011 18:27 GMT
#34
The USA is a republic in name only, it has already turned into an empire.
http://shroomspiration.blogspot.com/
kainzero
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States5211 Posts
October 14 2011 20:36 GMT
#35
i think democracy is good because if you have a we love the president day, then that city's population increases by 1. also, you get massive trade increases and no corruption.

once you get rich and lead the world in income and science, it's easy to just turn it into a fundamentalist state; now you can support 10 troops without having to pay a resource cost!
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
October 21 2011 18:20 GMT
#36
On October 14 2011 23:55 Coagulation wrote:
im more impressed that lemonwalrus hasnt user searched his name and found this thread yet.

I just did.

I was trying to find out if someone ever responded to me in the superconductor thread...but I find out there is a cell of dissenters plotting to overthrow the walrus.

wtf people.
Burbss
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2 Posts
October 22 2011 01:13 GMT
#37
caller noob
<3 burbs
SpoR
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1542 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-22 03:26:44
October 22 2011 03:25 GMT
#38
I was just ranting in IRC the other day about how our 'democracy' doesnt really work and we should try something new. Since the majority of people dont know what the fuck is going on and just vote on things being uninformed, that we should implement a test for all voters to pass before they are allowed to vote. The test would be very simple and short but just gauge if a person has average intelligence with the basic subjects and then have a few govt/politcal relevent questions that are not biased just to see if the person knows anything. (such as 'what are the 3 branches of govt' or 'how does a bank loan work') or etc.

If you pass, you can vote and your vote counts as a vote. No electorial college crap anymore. If you fail you dont get a vote, but you can try and learn some shit and take it again next election.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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