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averagejoel posted...

Third, on communism: his invocation of No True Scotsman is extremely misplaced. He thinks that when someone says "the Soviet Union wasn't communist", they mean "I could have done better in Stalin's stead." This is false - No True Scotsman is only applicable in the absence of a concrete definition of what constitutes a "Scotsman." There is a concrete definition of Communism, and the Soviet Union did not fit it. That's why it wasn't communist. China did not fit it either. Cuba doesn't fit it now, nor did it ever.

Once again, you're just saying he's wrong and that I should just believe you. There's a reason why I made sure to challenge you to come up with an argument with actual substance. I knew you wouldn't be able to. Lol and you finish by literally defending communism, my God no wonder you hate the man, he's demolished your entire world view!

Now that we've established you have never even listened to him speak, which explains why you were so woefully ignorant of any of his actual beliefs, why don't you try again by actually refuting things he's actually said. And by refute I don't mean "claim he's wrong and leave it at that"

Find actual arguments and things he actually says and PROVE them wrong, don't just tell me you disagree with them, because you're some ignorant nobody and he's a highly accomplished academic whos taught at the most prestigious schools in the world. So you disagreeing with him means less than nothing to me.

Give me something to actually respond to instead of you just ignorantly misrepresenting his arguments or just flat out lying about his beliefs. Remember, actual substance! Otherwise you're just spewing your ignorant opinion that no one cares about.
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