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Having been accused of being a communist here is a definition of communism
Characteristics of Communist System
1. Abolition of Private Property.
Yet I own properties around the world
2. Collective Ownership of Means of Production.
I am a sleeping partner of a company based in London with offices worldwide, we have shareholders and no collective ownership.
3. Central Planning.
All distribution is done from one dept, all purchases are done by another dept.
4. Elimination of Unfair Gaps in Incomes.
I together with the board of directors try to maintain equality of wages, we are an equal opportunity employer.
Provision of Necessaries of Life.
Not relevant as we only give remuneration to our employees.
So therefore by any definition of communism, I am not a communist.
The premise that someone who lives and worked in China would therefore become indoctrinated in the political arena, fails on many counts.
Firstly, one would need to spend time with those doing the indoctrination, which I never did, in fact, I spent a lot of time working with senior government officials, military and medical staff most of whom show little time for politics or showed a strong dislike for the CCP.
Secondly, to be manipulated one would need to have a mind easily swayed as can be regularly seen here on CS, I have a strong personality not easily swayed or persuaded as my past has taught me to do due diligence and research.
I am politely requesting that the CS member (Bohemund) refrains from continually referring to me as "Comrade" and desist from continuously attempting to belittle me by the constant pejorative comments insinuating I am controlled by the CCP.
I am clearly NOT and have said so many times, I have also posted many disparaging comments regarding the CCP.
Let me state once and for all, I DO NOT AND NEVER HAVE SUPPORTED THE CCP.
Thank you for your compliance.
1. Abolition of Private Property.
Yet I own properties around the world
2. Collective Ownership of Means of Production.
I am a sleeping partner of a company based in London with offices worldwide, we have shareholders and no collective ownership.
3. Central Planning.
All distribution is done from one dept, all purchases are done by another dept.
4. Elimination of Unfair Gaps in Incomes.
I together with the board of directors try to maintain equality of wages, we are an equal opportunity employer.
Provision of Necessaries of Life.
Not relevant as we only give remuneration to our employees.
So therefore by any definition of communism, I am not a communist.
The premise that someone who lives and worked in China would therefore become indoctrinated in the political arena, fails on many counts.
Firstly, one would need to spend time with those doing the indoctrination, which I never did, in fact, I spent a lot of time working with senior government officials, military and medical staff most of whom show little time for politics or showed a strong dislike for the CCP.
Secondly, to be manipulated one would need to have a mind easily swayed as can be regularly seen here on CS, I have a strong personality not easily swayed or persuaded as my past has taught me to do due diligence and research.
I am politely requesting that the CS member (Bohemund) refrains from continually referring to me as "Comrade" and desist from continuously attempting to belittle me by the constant pejorative comments insinuating I am controlled by the CCP.
I am clearly NOT and have said so many times, I have also posted many disparaging comments regarding the CCP.
Let me state once and for all, I DO NOT AND NEVER HAVE SUPPORTED THE CCP.
Thank you for your compliance.
Hillary's comment about 1/2 of Trump supporters being a "basket of deplorables" wasn't harsh enough
This evening from Salon;
(continued in my first comment below)
In response to:
Hillary Clinton tried to warn us — and paid the price. Let's at least call Republicans what they are
Still, America's political class is unwilling to call the fascist, white supremacist Republicans what they are
By Chauncey DeVega
Published September 22, 2021 5:50AM (EDT)
During a speech in September 2016, Hillary Clinton — then the Democratic presidential nominee — warned the American people and the world of the dangers represented by Donald Trump and his followers. She described the "volatile political environment" of that moment:
"You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic — you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people, now have 11 million. He tweets and retweets offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric. Now some of those folks, they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America."
In many ways, Clinton was too kind. If anything, she underestimated how many Americans were in fact committed and enthusiastic human deplorables.
After that speech, Clinton was pilloried by the mainstream news media, some leading Democrats, and of course the Republican Party and right-wing propaganda hate machine. Clinton's characterization of Trump's "basket of deplorables" was described as insensitive and unfair to the "white working class" Americans that elites and out-of-touch Democrats had too often ignored.
That reaction to Clinton's truth-telling helped to legitimate Trumpism and American neofascism (operating under the mask of "populism") as something that was reasonable and understandable, rather than as a manifestation of racial resentment, a racist temper tantrum and a declaration of white supremacy. This reflected our society's deep investment in a narrative of white racial innocence. In that logic, America is a great and exceptional country, and by implication, this is especially true of white people — especially those "real Americans" whose supposed patriotism and presumed Christian values render them a bit more American than anyone else.
Many members of the news media likely agreed with Clinton's warnings in private, but the institution as a whole had been beaten into submission by Republican fictions about so-called liberal bias. So it was that Clinton's warning about Trump and his "deplorables" — and their embrace of fascism — was deemed to be outside the limits of approved public discourse.
If Clinton's warnings had been heeded in 2016, we might be living in a quite different country today. America would not necessarily be drowning under a fascist tide which has imperiled our democracy and our future. Had Hillary Clinton been elected president, it's also likely that far fewer Americans would have been killed by the coronavirus pandemic, and the nation's economy might not have been pushed to the edge of a second Great Depression.
Matters are now so dire that it is now not a question of whether American democracy will succumb to a nightmare reign of full-on fascism but rather when that will happen. If America's neofascist movement continues to gain momentum, Joe Biden will be relegated to the role of a speed bump or an asterisk in American history.
In the five years since the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton has continued her efforts to rally America's pro-democracy forces against the right-wing and its fascist assaults. Last Tuesday, during a Guardian Live interview, she continued her warnings. The Guardian summarized her interview:
Hillary Clinton tried to warn us — and paid the price. Let's at least call Republicans what they are
Still, America's political class is unwilling to call the fascist, white supremacist Republicans what they are
By Chauncey DeVega
Published September 22, 2021 5:50AM (EDT)
During a speech in September 2016, Hillary Clinton — then the Democratic presidential nominee — warned the American people and the world of the dangers represented by Donald Trump and his followers. She described the "volatile political environment" of that moment:
"You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic — you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people, now have 11 million. He tweets and retweets offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric. Now some of those folks, they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America."
In many ways, Clinton was too kind. If anything, she underestimated how many Americans were in fact committed and enthusiastic human deplorables.
After that speech, Clinton was pilloried by the mainstream news media, some leading Democrats, and of course the Republican Party and right-wing propaganda hate machine. Clinton's characterization of Trump's "basket of deplorables" was described as insensitive and unfair to the "white working class" Americans that elites and out-of-touch Democrats had too often ignored.
That reaction to Clinton's truth-telling helped to legitimate Trumpism and American neofascism (operating under the mask of "populism") as something that was reasonable and understandable, rather than as a manifestation of racial resentment, a racist temper tantrum and a declaration of white supremacy. This reflected our society's deep investment in a narrative of white racial innocence. In that logic, America is a great and exceptional country, and by implication, this is especially true of white people — especially those "real Americans" whose supposed patriotism and presumed Christian values render them a bit more American than anyone else.
Many members of the news media likely agreed with Clinton's warnings in private, but the institution as a whole had been beaten into submission by Republican fictions about so-called liberal bias. So it was that Clinton's warning about Trump and his "deplorables" — and their embrace of fascism — was deemed to be outside the limits of approved public discourse.
If Clinton's warnings had been heeded in 2016, we might be living in a quite different country today. America would not necessarily be drowning under a fascist tide which has imperiled our democracy and our future. Had Hillary Clinton been elected president, it's also likely that far fewer Americans would have been killed by the coronavirus pandemic, and the nation's economy might not have been pushed to the edge of a second Great Depression.
Matters are now so dire that it is now not a question of whether American democracy will succumb to a nightmare reign of full-on fascism but rather when that will happen. If America's neofascist movement continues to gain momentum, Joe Biden will be relegated to the role of a speed bump or an asterisk in American history.
In the five years since the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton has continued her efforts to rally America's pro-democracy forces against the right-wing and its fascist assaults. Last Tuesday, during a Guardian Live interview, she continued her warnings. The Guardian summarized her interview:
(continued in my first comment below)
Recent Admission by Republicans about other Republicans both Shocking and Accurate....
,,,,,and what needs to be done to rectify this situation. 
Biden draws his biggest rally ever in Del Rio Texas
DEL RIO, TEXAS—Thousands of illegal immigrants, mostly from Haiti, are congregating under an international bridge in the largest rally ever for President* Biden.
The illegal immigrants are spread out over a dirt lot strewn with litter, many sitting or lying on blankets. Others stand, chatting with companions.
Some 9,000 illegal immigrants, including Haitian, Cuban, and Venezuelan nationals, are in the area, Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez confirmed at 3:45 p.m. local time on Sept. 16 and they all voted for the US president.
“It’s a festival atmosphere here,” Genesius Times Mexico correspondent José Cuervo said. “Biden’s fan base is really growing here and the promise to vote for him three or four times next election if he lets them in.”
The number has skyrocketed in less a week, from only a couple of hundred under the bridge on Sept. 9.
The previous record for a Biden rally was 15, though the Biden boat parades were much more popular.
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