I wish my girlfriend played cs...or any game for that matter...well only sometimes...maybe it's better she doesn't
Originally posted by: Jehovah
Originally posted by: L3p3rM355i4h
lets turn this into a discussion on the relative merits of communism!
See, where marx was wrong, was in the fact, that heavily industrialized nations provide a high enough standard of living so that the "proletriat" isn't going to rise up. No worker strike, no revolution. In modern times, the only class of people who had such a crappy life that they would over throw the gov't were the peasnts of russia and china.
I would argue otherwise - granted, yes, the standard of living has gone up, there are "safety"nets for people that fall behind (we won't argue the merits about that . . . for now) but look at Wal-Mart, for instance - they heavily oppose the unions that are supported by the wrokers, and that is the standard model of most big corporations - true the living conditions aren't miserable where they are starving and freezing to death (literally), but the common workers would be feeling (in my mind) like that the higher-ups are profiting from their seat and blood, which they see a scant portion of. And to a certain degree, I would agree - also, I would argue that what Marx was referring to *is* happening right now as we speak in the US - the public backing of unions is starting to rise, and the economic culture, generall speaking, is chanign its paradigm.
A lot of people mistake Philosophy as a "system that needs to be implemented in society"; that couldn't be more wrong - it is merely a "description" of why things have happened this way, explaining the reason via logic, and using the said logic, forecasting the future.
Having said that, I believe, to a certain degree, that Marx is right. So far.
Orginally Posted by: ondarkness
I hate playing halo 2 when the peeps on the other side of the chat are like, "Yeahaw, howdie, im gonna shoot you!"
too much texas for me.
I'm always happy when my randomly picked teammates on XBL have Southern accents. Invariably if they don't understand a game type, they'll actually politely ask. More often though they're great shots and team players.Originally posted by: ondarkness
I hate playing halo 2 when the peeps on the other side of the chat are like, "Yeahaw, howdie, im gonna shoot you!"
too much texas for me.
Originally posted by: L3p3rM355i4h
Originally posted by: Jehovah
Originally posted by: L3p3rM355i4h
lets turn this into a discussion on the relative merits of communism!
See, where marx was wrong, was in the fact, that heavily industrialized nations provide a high enough standard of living so that the "proletriat" isn't going to rise up. No worker strike, no revolution. In modern times, the only class of people who had such a crappy life that they would over throw the gov't were the peasnts of russia and china.
I would argue otherwise - granted, yes, the standard of living has gone up, there are "safety"nets for people that fall behind (we won't argue the merits about that . . . for now) but look at Wal-Mart, for instance - they heavily oppose the unions that are supported by the wrokers, and that is the standard model of most big corporations - true the living conditions aren't miserable where they are starving and freezing to death (literally), but the common workers would be feeling (in my mind) like that the higher-ups are profiting from their seat and blood, which they see a scant portion of. And to a certain degree, I would agree - also, I would argue that what Marx was referring to *is* happening right now as we speak in the US - the public backing of unions is starting to rise, and the economic culture, generall speaking, is chanign its paradigm.
A lot of people mistake Philosophy as a "system that needs to be implemented in society"; that couldn't be more wrong - it is merely a "description" of why things have happened this way, explaining the reason via logic, and using the said logic, forecasting the future.
Having said that, I believe, to a certain degree, that Marx is right. So far.
The US backing of unions is rising? WTF are you talking about. I live in perhaps the most unionized city in the world, and UAW membership is stagnant, if not dropping. unions are stupid anyways. Why do you think that GM is moving all these jobs overseas? Because a bunch of people are getting paid $25 an hour to put bolts on cars! I do more work at friggin' mc donalds, getting paid minimum wage! And the general public is too cowed, to attached to the material conforts they have right now, to over throw the gov't. And quite frankly, the poor are too damn stupid to do it either.
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Originally posted by: meltdown75
good thing ATOT isn't like that.
shut up! your gay!
sometimes YOU'RE ghey! n00b!
Originally posted by: maziwanka
hahahahahaha. that makes me sad as i was considering playing CS once again
Originally posted by: yllus
I've picked up a girl over CS voicechat. She was actually really cute. :Q