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Mr. Commie, this is your daily reminder that Communism has killed more people than anything else.

owisd 5y ago
Makes you wonder how all those western democracies with socialised healthcare still manage to have a longer life expectancy than the US with all the executions for subversion.
- mensetmanusman 5y ago
  Less sugar consumption.
- CrazyPyroLinux 5y ago
  In case you missed the context, the parent poster (who was not downvoted BTW) literally has "commie" in their username, and wants to blame everything on "Social Conservatism." The problem with crony capitalism is the crony, not the capitalism. Socialized healthcare is not the panacea that some people seem to think. And the ACA in the US isn't really either - more the like the worst of both worlds.
  - ceejayoz 5y ago
    > literally has "commie" in their username Are we to assume you're an actual Linux distribution having reached sentience from your username, or can we assume it's just a moniker selected for some other reason?
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deanCommie 5y ago
I'm not a communist. Avatars haven't had to be literal since the 90's man, come on. Does anyone actually think I'm a communist because of my username? Because even if you were a right-of-center libertarian, the root causes for America's failings on healthcare are a matter of the public voting record. It's not a communist opinion to blame this on social conservatives because social conservatives PROUDLY proclaim their disdain for "Obamacare" and any other form of medical socialism. (Once again, I mean socialism in the Bernie Sanders, Denmark, Germany, Canada sort of way, not the Stalin sort of way.)
dang 5y ago
Please stop using HN for ideological battle. We ban accounts that post like this because it's not what this site is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- CrazyPyroLinux 5y ago
  Not always easy, but thanks for the reminder to step away when I'm feeling spicy.

Makes you wonder how all those western democracies with socialised healthcare still manage to have a longer life expectancy than the US with all the executions for subversion.

mensetmanusman 5y ago
Less sugar consumption.
CrazyPyroLinux 5y ago
In case you missed the context, the parent poster (who was not downvoted BTW) literally has "commie" in their username, and wants to blame everything on "Social Conservatism." The problem with crony capitalism is the crony, not the capitalism. Socialized healthcare is not the panacea that some people seem to think. And the ACA in the US isn't really either - more the like the worst of both worlds.
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  > literally has "commie" in their username Are we to assume you're an actual Linux distribution having reached sentience from your username, or can we assume it's just a moniker selected for some other reason?
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]

deanCommie 5y ago

I'm not a communist. Avatars haven't had to be literal since the 90's man, come on. Does anyone actually think I'm a communist because of my username? Because even if you were a right-of-center libertarian, the root causes for America's failings on healthcare are a matter of the public voting record. It's not a communist opinion to blame this on social conservatives because social conservatives PROUDLY proclaim their disdain for "Obamacare" and any other form of medical socialism. (Once again, I mean socialism in the Bernie Sanders, Denmark, Germany, Canada sort of way, not the Stalin sort of way.)

dang 5y ago

Please stop using HN for ideological battle. We ban accounts that post like this because it's not what this site is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

CrazyPyroLinux 5y ago
Not always easy, but thanks for the reminder to step away when I'm feeling spicy.