North Korea: Best Korea - General

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;20301394][IMG]http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/11/ryugyong-hotel-lg.jpg[/IMG] When North Korea is inevitably invaded in 2017 (yes, that's my prediction) that building will go down in history the same way the Grain Elevator went down in history in Stalingrad. That thing is simply way too big to simply demolished, and that will be packed to the fucking brim with KPA. Look at that monstrosity, It's like a tactical nightmare waiting to happen.[/QUOTE] the thing look's like a penis

[QUOTE=GarrysDad;20358804]the thing look's like a penis[/QUOTE] Your penis must look really odd then, why are you thinking about penises anyways?

[QUOTE=GarrysDad;20358804]the thing look's like a penis[/QUOTE]If your penis looks like that, you need to go see a doctor.

[QUOTE=DarkSamus;20356300]ITT: A bunch of nerds talk about how communism is great.[/QUOTE] Yes, because talking about anything having to do with history or politics makes them nerds, amirite? /sarcasm

Insecure nerds like darksamus think everything is nerdy

[QUOTE=Conscript;20361999]Insecure nerds like darksamus think everything is nerdy[/QUOTE] But of course.

[QUOTE=BrQ;20249528]I thought China is communist?[/QUOTE] China is... China. It's something else completely.

[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;20249842]Communism = Bolshevik Russia[/QUOTE] War Communism, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and the closing down of the Constituent Assembly. Good times!

[QUOTE=lazyguy;20365591]War Communism, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and the closing down of the Constituent Assembly. Good times![/QUOTE] So you'd rather russia return to tsarism, continue the war with germany, or be run by the rich peasantry?

[QUOTE=Conscript;20366934]So you'd rather russia return to tsarism, continue the war with germany, or be run by the rich peasantry?[/QUOTE] Actually Alexander II had plans for a parliament, and many other things, but when he died Alexander III took over and didn't follow up on those plans and instead did the same autocratic shit. Had Alex's plans been completed the soviet revolution might not have succeeded.

Everyone that says Communism is great is a nazi.

[QUOTE=Gurant;20367664]Everyone that says Communism is great is a nazi.[/QUOTE] i... what? [editline]11:11PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Earthen;20367616]Actually Alexander II had plans for a parliament, and many other things, but when he died Alexander III took over and didn't follow up on those plans and instead did the same autocratic shit. Had Alex's plans been completed the soviet revolution might not have succeeded.[/QUOTE] So oppression would have been ended with the creation of a parliament?

[QUOTE=Earthen;20367616]Actually Alexander II had plans for a parliament, and many other things, but when he died Alexander III took over and didn't follow up on those plans and instead did the same autocratic shit. Had Alex's plans been completed the soviet revolution might not have succeeded.[/QUOTE] Yes he was following in the footsteps of the british. It wouldn't have changed much. Russia still would have charged into the first world war to assert its empire's superiority over its long time enemies and protect slavs. In fact I'm not even sure if a russian parliament established in the 19th century would have done better. It would have been as corrupt and backwards as the rest of russia. It would be dominated by the same imperialist politics that the tsar worked in. Anyway, there was a russian parliament, you know. It was established after the february revolution and it wanted to continue the war. The russian revolution was a product of the first world war. Parliament or not, it would have happened. What does this have to do with anything anyway?

Ya, the parliamentary duma was just as terrible as the Tsar.

blah blah blah communism blah blah

[QUOTE=Conscript;20366934]So you'd rather russia return to tsarism, continue the war with germany, or be run by the rich peasantry?[/QUOTE] Psst. PSST! Russia isn't Communist any more.

[QUOTE=lazyguy;20368504]Psst. PSST! Russia isn't Communist any more.[/QUOTE] i don't think you're following even what you're saying.

[QUOTE=CHRISTIAN_GAMER;20260553] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIRjJGZa4oQ#movie_player[/media] [/QUOTE] "Who's played in the snow" *kid raises hand* "Me, I throw snow grenades, They are very fun!" What the fuck is wrong with you North Korea.

[QUOTE=GarrysDad;20358804]the thing look's like a penis[/QUOTE] Your penis looks like a star destroyer.

[QUOTE=Conscript;20367744] In fact I'm not even sure if a russian parliament established in the 19th century would have done better. It would have been as corrupt and backwards as the rest of russia. It would be dominated by the same imperialist politics that the tsar worked in.[/QUOTE] Well I the Tsar disbanded the Parliament a few times, I can't remember. Or just made them incredibly useless. [QUOTE]The russian revolution was a product of the first world war. Parliament or not, it would have happened.[/QUOTE]Well the major problem was food, if he kept the people fed and didn't do things such as Bloody Sunday then its likely a Communist uprising would be been pretty different.

[QUOTE=Gurant;20367664]Everyone that says Communism is great is a nazi.[/QUOTE] communism is great

[QUOTE=Vasili;20371776]Well I the Tsar disbanded the Parliament a few times, I can't remember. Or just made them incredibly useless. Well the major problem was food, if he kept the people fed and didn't do things such as Bloody Sunday then its likely a Communist uprising would be been pretty different.[/QUOTE] There was no russian parliament before february 1917 There were all kinds of reasons that drove people into bolshevik arms. Food was a problem, and whether the tsar could snap his thumbs and feed his people is debatable, but everyone except the beneficiaries of the tsarist system hated the government. Most peasants were still serfs in practice, except they were often bound to greedy kulaks who employed them to work the land for meager wages and working conditions. Industrial workers were subject to sweatshop conditions. To top it all off, they were sent off to fight a terrible imperialist war, and losing. The communist revolution in russia was inevitable after 1905. Russia's backwardness made it increasingly fragile as the rest of europe advanced. It was either socialism, or becoming a minor, divided, and subjugated country. To use lenin's words, russia was the weak point of imperialism.

[I]North Korea, South Korea, Marylin Monroooo[/I] :iia:

[QUOTE=The freeman;20372674][I]North Korea, South Korea, Marylin Monroooo[/I] :iia:[/QUOTE] What are you getting at?

[QUOTE=Megafanx13;20379015]What are you getting at?[/QUOTE] Don't know, at least he didn't start the fire.

[QUOTE=evilking1;20379135]Don't know, at least he didn't start the fire.[/QUOTE] Of course he didn't. It was always burning, since the world's been turning.

[QUOTE=Trotsky;20307069]Wait, Scandinavia isn't a social democracy? That's like saying the US isn't a Republic.[/QUOTE] Personally what i can see in Sweden, where i live, we are getting more right wing that socialists or lefties. And when Olof Palme came to office, he fucked up basically everything, all the social democrats before him was the shit.

[QUOTE=4NGRY MUFF1N;20379789]Personally what i can see in Sweden, where i live, we are getting more right wing that socialists or lefties. And when Olof Palme came to office, he fucked up basically everything, all the social democrats before him was the shit.[/QUOTE] Olof Palme was fucking awesome

[QUOTE=Conscript;20368650]i don't think you're following even what you're saying.[/QUOTE] I'm not the one who seems to think the Russia can only be Communist or Imperialist.

[QUOTE=4NGRY MUFF1N;20379789]Personally what i can see in Sweden, where i live, we are getting more right wing that socialists or lefties. And when Olof Palme came to office, he fucked up basically everything, all the social democrats before him was the shit.[/QUOTE] Swedish right wing = US Communist Party