Michael Moore: Karl Marx was 'mostly right'

[smilesammich 10,727]

1 hour ago, IDWAF said:

Education will never be free.  Not sure how to explain that so that everyone can understand it.

education will always be free. it's the degrees that cost $.

[Ban Hammer 13,508]

3 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

education will always be free. it's the degrees that cost $.

if it is free, why am i paying taxes for it?

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

2 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

education will always be free. it's the degrees that cost $.

No, all education comes with a price.  Sometimes it's low, sometimes it's high.  (Like when I was educated that talking back to my parents was not acceptable.   What they offered was "free", but trust me, I paid the price!)

[smilesammich 10,727]

20 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

if it is free, why am i paying taxes for it?

we pay to maintain the institution of public education, well worth it. imo

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

40 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

we pay to maintain the institution of public education, well worth it. imo

It's important but we are not getting our bang for our buck

[TBoneTX 46,058]

2 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

we are not getting our bang for our buck

espeshly in our speling clases

[jg121783 3,921]

6 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

It was an innocuous statement and if you go back and look at the context, it was not said in a way to create an argument or debate. 

It was a statement in defense of Moore saying Marx was mostly right. 

 

6 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

Your refusal to let it go says a lot about you.

You making a statement in defense of Marx then refusing to back it up says a lot about you.

 

6 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

Just for clarification, I don't ever want to debate you JG. There is no point in doing so. I've never seen you admit you are wrong, and you certainly have been.

I get it. You want to put out an argument for one side of an issue on a political forum that is primarily used for debating political issues and is open to the public. But you don't want to debate someone who has an opposing view to yours. I will note that for future reference. In the future I will simply ignore any arguments you make on any future thread as if they don't exist knowing that you will never back up any claims you make.

 

7 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

I wasn't talking to you in the first place, and your attempt to make something out of nothing are now bordering on asinine.

You quoted the article that is the topic of this thread then made a statement in defense of a specific side. That pretty much leaves it open for anyone to come along and make a counter argument. It seems to me you are having trouble grasping the concept of what a political forum is and how they generally operate.

 

7 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

You have tried to take this thread of topic since the second post.

The topic of the thread is Moore saying Marx was mostly right. You attempted to defend Moore by saying everyone is mostly right. I countered that argument. There is nothing off topic in any of my arguments.

 

7 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

Obviously you really want to argue with someone, but it's not going to be me.

The correct word would be debate not argue. Other than that you caught me red handed. Like basically everyone here (besides you apparently) I came to a political forum to discuss and debate political issues. Like I said I now understand you like to make statements on one side of an issue but you are not interested in backing them up. From now on I will ignore anything you have to say as though it doesn't exist. This will be the last time I will respond to anything you have to say.

 

7 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

  I hope that's clear enough for you.

Perfectly clear. I hope I was also clear.

[Ban Hammer 13,508]

9 hours ago, smilesammich said:

we pay to maintain the institution of public education, well worth it. imo

so it's not free, as you stated.

[smilesammich 10,727]

39 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

so it's not free, as you stated.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/education

 

it is.

[Dashinka 24,765]

18 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/education

 

it is.

Hmm, even Marx said public education was not free.

[smilesammich 10,727]

Just now, Bill & Katya said:

Hmm, even Marx said public education was not free.

what he said isn't so simple.

 

https://www.marxists.org/subject/education/index.htm

[Dashinka 24,765]

1 minute ago, smilesammich said:

what he said isn't so simple.

 

https://www.marxists.org/subject/education/index.htm

So saying that public education is free isn’t so simple?

[smilesammich 10,727]

1 minute ago, Bill & Katya said:

So saying that public education is free isn’t so simple?

i didn't say public education is free. so many marxists around here, had no idea.

[Dashinka 24,765]

6 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

i didn't say public education is free. so many marxists around here, had no idea.

Yep, identifying as a despotic socialist today.

[smilesammich 10,727]

1 minute ago, Bill & Katya said:

Yep, identifying as a despotic socialist today.

despotic huh, i prefer nihilistic myself. but it is rainy. when it's nicer out i tend to sway absurdist. total creature of my environment.