(August 26, 2021 at 6:04 pm)Helios Wrote:

Quote:I had a lot of fun, and I am literate, so that's a plus.

Irrelevant you were clearly underserved in various subjects.

I can admit that. I've learned some stuff on my own, like I know basic algebra, and some Spanish.

(August 26, 2021 at 3:45 pm)Ahriman Wrote:

(August 26, 2021 at 3:03 pm)Spongebob Wrote: The first is a contradiction in terms.  To be enlightened is to know and understand things.



That's a false dichotomy.

No, it isn't a contradiction. Enlightenment refers to a high level of natural wisdom. Being rational, means that you know and understand something well enough to provide a scientific explanation for it. Enlightenment refers to something that is innate, while rationality refers to something that is learned.

enlightenment:
the act or means of enlightening : the state of being enlightened
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enlightened:
freed from ignorance and misinformation
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There's no such thing as an enlightened simpleton. Words have meanings. If you wish to speak gibberish, using words in ways contrary to their meanings, don't be surprised when people point and laugh.

You are not enlightened. Simpleton, yes. Indoctrinated, Probably. Enlightened? 

(August 26, 2021 at 5:47 pm)Ahriman Wrote: I was raised Catholic. We didn't even learn math at my school. But I still think I'm right about how I defined those words.

That's your blissfully simple side coming through.  Just google them and you'll see how wrong you are.

(August 26, 2021 at 6:32 pm)Spongebob Wrote:

(August 26, 2021 at 5:47 pm)Ahriman Wrote: I was raised Catholic. We didn't even learn math at my school. But I still think I'm right about how I defined those words.

That's your blissfully simple side coming through.  Just google them and you'll see how wrong you are.

I don't think I'm dumb, but if you think I'm dumb now, you would've thought I was retarded back when I was in school. I didn't start using the Internet until I was 18 years old, when my parents bought me a laptop. I feel like using the Internet, activated dormant parts of my brain. I feel a lot smarter now than I did back in school. But when it comes to defining words, I tend to settle on my own definition of them. I know that might not be the most "intellectual" way, but defining things my own way, makes me feel smart.

(August 26, 2021 at 3:42 pm)Spongebob Wrote: How does Marxism promise a fairy tale?

Let's just first say that Marx was convicted that capitalism was on a brink of collapse in his lifetime.

He preached that Marxism will arise out of capitalism as a new class of people called proletarians who will know no borders between countries. That there will be no exploitation and no hierarchy anywhere in the society. He envisioned himself that he discovered some new form of man.

Furthermore, he preached that as proletarians arise they will abolish all political borders and all politics would stop existing. Then the technology from the capitalist society and labor free of all alienation would produce a socialist utopia where everyone has everything.

Communist manifesto claimed that Marx's communism could be defined in one sentence: abolition of all private property. In his "Das Kapital", Marx spelled it out: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs," although he failed to explain how this would work.

And like Jesus, Marx failed to live up to his preaching since he sexually exploited a maid that worked for him and his wife by fathering a child with her. He also pretty much never worked in his life but got most of the money from his pal Friedrich Engels.

(August 26, 2021 at 7:42 pm)Ahriman Wrote: I don't think I'm dumb, but if you think I'm dumb now, you would've thought I was retarded back when I was in school. I didn't start using the Internet until I was 18 years old, when my parents bought me a laptop. I feel like using the Internet, activated dormant parts of my brain. I feel a lot smarter now than I did back in school. But when it comes to defining words, I tend to settle on my own definition of them. I know that might not be the most "intellectual" way, but defining things my own way, makes me feel smart.

So many things here... Let's see, you make up your own definitions to words, which makes you feel smart.  You think that the Internet woke up your brain (but not the part that understands punctuation).  You practically labeled yourself as retarded "back" when you were in school.  Not much to work with here.  Not much at all.

(August 26, 2021 at 9:48 pm)Spongebob Wrote:

(August 26, 2021 at 7:42 pm)Ahriman Wrote: I don't think I'm dumb, but if you think I'm dumb now, you would've thought I was retarded back when I was in school. I didn't start using the Internet until I was 18 years old, when my parents bought me a laptop. I feel like using the Internet, activated dormant parts of my brain. I feel a lot smarter now than I did back in school. But when it comes to defining words, I tend to settle on my own definition of them. I know that might not be the most "intellectual" way, but defining things my own way, makes me feel smart.

So many things here... Let's see, you make up your own definitions to words, which makes you feel smart.  You think that the Internet woke up your brain (but not the part that understands punctuation).  You practically labeled yourself as retarded "back" when you were in school.  Not much to work with here.  Not much at all.

Okay, well, I stated my case. You can choose to be more understanding, or just shit all over me.

Quote:Okay, well, I stated my case. You can choose to be more understanding, or just shit all over me.

Or rightly point out your wrong

You guys are getting the $hit trolled out of yourselves, and i fear many dont even notice.

(August 26, 2021 at 8:48 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote:

(August 26, 2021 at 3:42 pm)Spongebob Wrote: How does Marxism promise a fairy tale?  

Let's just first say that Marx was convicted that capitalism was on a brink of collapse in his lifetime.

He preached that Marxism will arise out of capitalism as a new class of people called proletarians who will know no borders between countries. That there will be no exploitation and no hierarchy anywhere in the society. He envisioned himself that he discovered some new form of man.

Furthermore, he preached that as proletarians arise they will abolish all political borders and all politics would stop existing. Then the technology from the capitalist society and labor free of all alienation would produce a socialist utopia where everyone has everything.

Communist manifesto claimed that Marx's communism could be defined in one sentence: abolition of all private property. In his "Das Kapital", Marx spelled it out: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs," although he failed to explain how this would work.

And like Jesus, Marx failed to live up to his preaching since he sexually exploited a maid that worked for him and his wife by fathering a child with her. He also pretty much never worked in his life but got most of the money from his pal Friedrich Engels.

And just like Jesus's - Marx' s rabid followers just keep on singing praises to his name......


Sad, isn' t it?