Subj : Re: Communism
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Sun Nov 06 2022 16:17:45

On 06 Nov 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> > Trump is documented as asking why the BLM protesters couldn't be shot in
 MP> > legs.
 MP> If we were a Communist country, it would not have been just the legs and
 MP> the answer would have been "yes, we can."

Trump advocated physical violence by the military against peaceful
protesters. That his subordinates failed to follow through on his wishes does
speak well for our country, but the fact that we've had leaders who have even
considered such a thing is very troubling.

 MP> >  MP> Yes, those things can happen in other types of governments, but the
 MP> >  MP> very close to a given in a Communist one.
 MP> > Not necessarily. It's more a function of how corrupt the government is.
 MP> So all Communist governments are/have been corrupt.  I can live with
 MP> that.

Pretty much all, yes. And a good number of non-communist governments as well.

Jeff.

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