What they do not seem to know about is the shit their ancestors pulled themselves. Every population has its skeletons in their closet but few admit this because of some dumbfuck ideology (e.g. nationalism). Stop identifying yourselves with this virtual notion, for fuck’s sake >_> Steiner and Feuerbach would slap y’all in the face for this nonsense.

he is right dominic.

this is general forum. and if one of our members wants us to read certain book then he can recommend it in the same way one would do with a game.

we do have a dedicated thread for books tough. OP should use it instead of creating a seperate thread.


and lol. Illuminati or whatever is one of the silliest concepts out there. for many reasons.

This an awesome RPG in the making. Find some more crazy conspiracy theories and mix them with the above statement and we have RPG gold, gentlemen. This is almost Deus Ex: Born in the USSR.

Why bother coming up with original ideas when people off their meds can do better after some editing?

Something like The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Game? That would be awesome.

Yes, exactly. Throw in some Norman Spinrad's "Iron Dream", something communist or socialist like Jack London's "Iron Heel", a dash of Ragnar Redbeard's "Might Makes Right" and make sure it's just a dash because the book isn't all that well written. Mix it all up and I think we have a modern-day or futuristic RPG in the making.

And then revamp it as a shooter with tacked on RPG elements! No?

If you want to know something about modern communism I recommend living in European Union

Yes, instead of PGR's (Government Farms) we have entire COUNTRIES where money is funneled to them whenever they go belly up.

Still, I do have to say we don't have The Great Famine a la Stalin in the EU sooooo that counts for something, right?

It was only meant as a joke. It just seemed apropos considering recent events here.

Please continue. I would appreciate a European perspective on the matter. Its easy to gaze across the pond and speculate.

Huh? Communism in the EU? I do hope you’re not mistaking socialism or solidarity among the members of the EU for communism.

I am European by birth, American from the fact I lived in the States from 9 years old until 31 years of age so my thinking is more American, and European again by location. I feel like I am qualified to put my two Eurocents in.

What I think keevek is referring to is that when Poland was under Communist rule just about everything was government-owned or ran. This included a lot of PGRs, which would translate to GFs or Government Farms, government-owned factories, and anything else you can think possibly imagine. During Poland's Communist period if one PGR or factory were failing because of whatever reason the government would simply funnel some funds from one prospering factory or farm until the failing business got back on its feet again.

Fast forward to today.

Poland has entered the EU. Several countries in the EU are going belly-up. This includes Portugal, Ireland, Spain, and Greece. These countries get bailout packages around 70-90 BILLION Euros a pop. For a better perspective 1 $ = 0.71399 Euro. Guess who pays for the bailout packages for these countries? Other member countries such as Poland, Germany, France etc. etc. So imagine if you, living in the state of North Dakota, had to pay YOUR tax dollars to bail out California.

I think the above is part of what keevek referred to as modern Communism. i could be wrong, however, so feel free to correct me.

This is exactly what I hope he is not referring to because that’s not communism.

If you remember how GM stated that they had payed back their debt to the US, the money they used to "pay off" the bail out was actually taken out of a federal emergency fund.

Fine, it's more gentle form of communism: socialism.

Either way, I see the bailout packages as being a communist solution because the money is handed out to each country according to their needs, which is a communist way of thinking.

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" - Karl Marx.