Though there's been round-and-round about similar stuff there that I was involved in.
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I'm a bit sceptical how seriously Schwarzenegger can claim to have personally witnessed communism in action, since the Russian occupation of parts of Austria ended, as I just looked up, a few days before his eighth birthday... and even while they were there, it wasn't like they held such power over their occupied territories that they could turn them communist. Not like the DDR. Initially I was going to answer he hadn't seen any Soviet occupation at all, we don't generally think of Austria as having seen any Soviet occupation after the war, but once I looked it up it did ring a bell.
I'm a bit sceptical how seriously Schwarzenegger can claim to have personally witnessed communism in action, since the Russian occupation of parts of Austria ended, as I just looked up, a few days before his eighth birthday... and even while they were there, it wasn't like they held such power over their occupied territories that they could turn them communist. Not like the DDR. Initially I was going to answer he hadn't seen any Soviet occupation at all, we don't generally think of Austria as having seen any Soviet occupation after the war, but once I looked it up it did ring a bell.
Yes, Arnie's claim (no good reason to doubt it) is that his uncle lived in the Soviet-occupied portion of the country and he visited it as a boy.
Does the question of whether one can claim to have 'seen communism' hinge on whether the government is run by communists, as opposed to being in territory controlled by communists?
Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion.
Get your ass the hell off of my goddam lawn. 
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What is it with the obsession about that word?
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I was involved in a particularly annoying Facebook discussion *NM*
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Ah. Sorry I missed it. 
Or possibly not that sorry, I've really seen too many debates about that. *NM*
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Or possibly not that sorry, I've really seen too many debates about that. *NM*
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It was a triggering word that was made a triggering word in the US context.
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yah
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I hope not on this site / wotmania?
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No, not there
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The Soviets were totally communists even if they didn't achieve communism.
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Socialism is the takeover of the means of production by the "people" (in practice, the state).
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Stop being a Fachidiot Mookie
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He is far from ignorant about the theory and history of the word.
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thank you
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Define the color Green.
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Wavelength: 495–570 nm; Frequency: ~575–525 THz
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Now define Green for a person that does not have a Spectrometer.
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*NM*
In what medium?
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huh?
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Light propagates differently in different mediums, though...
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Do you think that's what Jonte meant? I don't.
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Optical refraction is caused by different speeds of light in different media
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Sick your dogs onto me?
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Sic. Not sick. I will not have my dogs vomit on you. That's just nasty. *NM*
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We have a mixed economy with elements of both capitalism and socialism.
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