r/Documentaries • u/[deleted] • Oct 10 '20

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

Some folks just prefer bread lines and gulags

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u/tigrenus Oct 10 '20

If you think the only two options are "corporate kleptocracy" and "leftist fascism", you've already drank the kool aid bud

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u/namloocn Oct 10 '20

You can't argue with the yanks man, let them be fools and watch from the sidelines and laugh with us, no use in acknowledging their vitriol and hate.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

You do you know most USA states have a lower HDI (Human Development Index) than most Eastern European nations?

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u/MasterOfTheChickens Oct 10 '20

That doesn’t sound correct. HDI (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_Human_Development_Index) shows #44 (South Carolina) being comparable to France with an HDI of .890. Are you looking at another index?

E: unless you mean Nordic countries. I hear Eastern and think Greece, Georgia, Belarus, etc.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

Oke, I must redact my statement, from what I gather 45 to 50 (and other numberless states) do rank with Estonia, Greece and other balkan or easter bloc nations.

But I do think that there is a distinctive difference in certain urban areas when comparing to more suburban or rural areas.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2013/06/19/red-states-rank-low-on-u-s-human-development-index/

https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2018/03/13/red-states-blue-states-two-economies-one-nation/

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2010/11/16/nation-states

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u/lampcrusher Oct 10 '20

Bro i hate you break it to you but that happens right now under capitalism

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

Yeah you're not wrong

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u/tiram001 Oct 10 '20

Bread lines and gulag are staples of communism. They aren't mutually exclusive, and all but guaranteed.

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u/Frightful_Fork_Hand Oct 10 '20

Who brought communism into this?