Neither Canada nor the Netherlands are socialist. They are capitalist societies that use all their tax money they would have had to spend on national defense on health care because the U.S. mostly funds NATO.
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What Do You Think of Socialism?
by minimus indo you support socialism?
is it something that you would want in your country?.
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What Do You Think of Socialism?
by minimus indo you support socialism?
is it something that you would want in your country?.
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Any utopia will not work for one simple reason - humans are involved.
Human nature prevents any utopian society from ever existing. In short - people will always want more than what the need. Even worse - who decides what one person needs and does not need.
Socialism is also based on the negative emotion of envy. You cannot regulate people into prosperity. You can only legislate people into being equally poor.
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Moving to Minnesota
by HappyDad inyou probably think i need mental counseling but i am moving from southwest florida to minnesota.
i was just there last week in the -29 degree weather to close on a house i bought in oakdale, minnesota.
being a florida resident for 5 years has taught me that it is no longer the paradise that people think it is.
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I grew up in Oakdale, MN. Minnesota is a beautiful state. It has all four seasons; fall, winter, spring, and June.
I can tell you this - Minnesota has some of the highest taxes anywhere in the U.S.
Be sure to research state income tax and property taxes before pulling the trigger on an out-of-state move.
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Who is your favorite Star Wars character?
by LoveUniHateExams inthe star wars franchise has lots of memorable characters, no doubt about it.
the sw extended universe is a big space.. there are lots of characters in the extended universe that i know little or nothing about - i may have only heard their names.. so if you could pick just one character, which one is your favourite?.
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Old Ben Kenobi.
Sir Alec Guiness did a great job portraying the Jedi Master.
This is seconded by Qui Gon Jinn. The best 2 characters of the entire prequel trilogy were killed off in the first film.
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Infiltrated Elders?
by john.prestor inso i'm watching john cedars commentary on the annual meeting from this last october, and at one point he shows a clip of garrett loesch talking about the struggles jehovah's witnesses faced decades before in the soviet union.
he claimed that police officers, maybe the kgb, infiltrated congregations which met in secret by studying with jehovah's witnesses, getting baptized, and then working their way up to becoming elders.
ceders jokes that this shows what kind of role holy spirit actually plays within body of elders, but another interpretation came to my mind just now.
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Wow! This is pretty damning evidence towards the claims of being "spirit directed".
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My new James Bond novel
by TerryWalstrom inthe first 4 chapters are done on the james bond novel i began writing yesterday.
i'm having to much fun with it to stop now.
veronica spoke the two words clearly and waited.. .
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Well done, Terry!
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Odinism. The Norse believed the gods created man in perfect state. Men are given an opportunity to bring honor to themselves and to the gods through their actions.
No sin. No imperfection. No need for a ransom or "saving". You're afterlife is in your own hands.
Jesus saves. Odin demands you grow the eff up.
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Are the younger generation taking on roles in the Cong?
by purrpurr ini notice that several of the congs i've been to seem to have a majority of the male roles performed by older men.
very few young men are wanting to be ms or elders etc.
it also seems like very few young people are being pioneers either.. would you agree with this?
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In the group of kids I grew up with in the congregation I attended this is what I found -
Most of us are no longer Witnesses.
Many who are in are PIMO and no longer "qualify" for "privileges" because they do what they want just to the point of disfellowshipping, but never crossing the line.
We all have children and, whether we are in or our, none of the adult kids are Witnesses.
My sister is the only one who is still PIMI. Her daughters are too. Her husband, who was my best friend in high school is PIMO.
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Watchtower Study Edition - April 2019....Thank you for not doing enough in the field ministry
by RULES & REGULATIONS inwatchtower study edition- april 2019. are you fully accomplishing your ministry?.
the study article starts off with praise and admiration for members who are out in the field ministry.
the wtbts understand that you have family responsibilities, work, get sick, and have pains due to aging.
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This line of guilt is what caused my wife to leave. She never felt like what she sacrificed for the religion was ever good enough.
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"Kingdom Rhapsody"...WTF???
by stuckinarut2 ini just cant begin to express my reactions to this....just watch it right through and see what i mean..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poxpsj5s4q4.
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Who else remembers the 1980s District Convention talk that caused thousands of JW youths to have to go home that night and throw away their Led Zeppelin and Queen albums? I do! Supposedly if you play "Another on Bites the Dust" backwards you hear "Drink blood."