The Nazis were ‘far-right’ in Germany in the 1930s. But they would have been left of centre in almost any other country. They believed in a centrally directed economy, a cradle-to-grave welfare state, the mass regimentation of society, the abolition of personal liberty, etc., etc. Business owners under the Nazis were not allowed to sell their businesses or withdraw profits beyond a nominal amount, and every business transaction had to be approved by a whole gamut of Reich Ministries, ostensibly because of the war effort (years before the war started). To get permission for a single export transaction, a business had to file over 40 official forms and wait for the bureaucracy to issue the permits. (There is an excellent book on this subject, called Vampire Economy, but I don't recall the author's name offhand.)
The biggest differences between the Nazis and the German Communist Party were (a) the Communists wanted to shoot the capitalist business owners, whereas the Nazis kept them on as high-salaried servants, and (b) the Communists wanted the world to be run from Moscow, where the Nazis wanted to run it from Berlin.
So what made the Nazis right-wing by German standards? This kind of massive state interference in every aspect of daily and economic life was routine in Germany, and had been since Bismarck unified the country in the 1870s. The German right wing wanted the system to be run by the Army with a restored Kaiser at the head, the left wing wanted it run by civilian bureaucrats (and the Communist Party wanted Stalin at the head). But they both wanted the same system. No party that would be called ‘right-wing’ in any Western European country had any significant following.
The Italian Fascists, on the other hand, were merely [name of bird used in Swiss clocks which is stupidly censored by the CP profanity filter]. Mussolini was an ex-Socialist who discovered during World War I that it was easier to stir people up with appeals to patriotism than with guff about the international proletariat. The Soviet propaganda machine labelled him ‘far-right’ because he did not take orders from Moscow, but they also called Trotsky ‘far-right’ for the same reason and actually labelled his followers ‘Trotsky-Fascists’. It was purely a propaganda exercise designed to keep Communist Party members and fellow-travellers from defecting to a different party.
OK, we now return you to your regularly scheduled virtual lynch mob.
Now do moral philosophy.
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Re: everyone not wishing ill on Archibald, I'm quite pleased this is costing him dearly. In fact, I hope he never plays professionally again, because his lungs are f*kd. Good job, you moron. Thanks for being smarter than scientists and doctors, and spreading your garbage on facebook. Glad to see that you F'ked around and found out. Now once a few more morons do the same, maybe the rest of these people will get vaxxed, and "this bad boy might be done for next summer".
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Re: everyone not wishing ill on Archibald, I'm quite pleased this is costing him dearly. In fact, I hope he never plays professionally again, because his lungs are f*kd. Good job, you moron. Thanks for being smarter than scientists and doctors, and spreading your garbage on facebook. Glad to see that you F'ked around and found out. Now once a few more morons do the same, maybe the rest of these people will get vaxxed, and "this bad boy might be done for next summer".
I feel like crummy people can learn their lessons and stew in their idiocy without us needing to pop out and be an equally ####y peanut gallery.
His lesson will be learned the hard way as he loses out on millions he would've otherwise earned if he's just went and gotten his little harmless prick in the arm.
Karma's been dealt, we don't need to go down a few notches just to rub salt in the wound.
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I feel like crummy people can learn their lessons and stew in their idiocy without us needing to pop out and be an equally ####y peanut gallery.
His lesson will be learned the hard way as he loses out on millions he would've otherwise earned if he's just went and gotten his little harmless prick in the arm.
Karma's been dealt, we don't need to go down a few notches just to rub salt in the wound.
Really? Because the way I see it, this stupid SOB is jeopardizing the lives of countless people that are immunocompromised, and he can really go f* himself. I will not stop being happy that a complete idiot is getting his just desserts. Lol @ being (Oilers level) NHL quality, but instead being too sick to play, when the vaccine is right there in front of you, and you thought you were smarter than everyone else. Go ahead and choke on every breath for a long ass time, and f* you for perpetuating this pandemic. Please OD on ivermectin, and relieve the human race of the possibility of you procreating.
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Re: everyone not wishing ill on Archibald, I'm quite pleased this is costing him dearly. In fact, I hope he never plays professionally again, because his lungs are f*kd. Good job, you moron. Thanks for being smarter than scientists and doctors, and spreading your garbage on facebook. Glad to see that you F'ked around and found out. Now once a few more morons do the same, maybe the rest of these people will get vaxxed, and "this bad boy might be done for next summer".
Sorry, I just can't bring myself to wish that on anyone.
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Sorry, I just can't bring myself to wish that on anyone.
No need to be sorry. Totally fair. I personally have lost all sympathy, empathy, and everything else regarding people that are too stupid to listen to science.
I don't know how LTIR works in the NHL or the insurance for players that can't play but is there any chance he won't get his salary?
One thing that came up in the States where they rely a lot more on private insurers was policies being changed to not cover healthcare costs for people who weren't vaccinated and got Covid.
Insurance companies are all about risk mitigation which is why smokers and diabetics, etc. have higher rates and I think some people may not qualify at all ("I have Stage Four terminal cancer - can I buy a million dollar policy so my family benefits when I die in six months?")
Could something similar happen to Archibald? (I assume the policy/insurance would've had to change previously to him getting Covid of course.)
Sorry, I just can't bring myself to wish that on anyone.
This is an interesting one.
I don’t wish ill on anyone.
I do wish there was no such thing as Covid. But that’s not our reality
Do I wish actions had no consequences? Not really, because the world wouldn’t make sense
There is plenty of information available for Archibald. He chose the path that put himself at risk, when he had the choice not to. And that is the same path chosen by many others like him, putting people who need urgent medical care, and are being denied it, at risk.
People like him are wilfully putting others at risk, Covid is real, and the risks and consequences are pretty well known
I don’t wish that on anyone either. But unfortunately, life on earth isn’t all unicorns and rainbows
Actions have to have consequences, if you accept that certain things are inevitable, then viewed through that lens, him being an example will hopefully serve as a positive for others putting people at risk
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I feel like crummy people can learn their lessons and stew in their idiocy without us needing to pop out and be an equally ####y peanut gallery.
His lesson will be learned the hard way as he loses out on millions he would've otherwise earned if he's just went and gotten his little harmless prick in the arm.
Karma's been dealt, we don't need to go down a few notches just to rub salt in the wound.
No, people don’t need to. But some clearly enjoy having license to hate.
“To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
― Aldous Huxley
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If this day gets you riled up, you obviously aren't numb to the disappointment yet to be a real fan.
No need to be sorry. Totally fair. I personally have lost all sympathy, empathy, and everything else regarding people that are too stupid to listen to science.
You should go to the ICU and tell all the un-vaxxed "I TOLD YOU SO! YOU'RE SO STUPID!"
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I don’t wish ill on anyone.
I do wish there was no such thing as Covid. But that’s not our reality
Do I wish actions had no consequences? Not really, because the world wouldn’t make sense
There is plenty of information available for Archibald. He chose the path that put himself at risk, when he had the choice not to. And that is the same path chosen by many others like him, putting people who need urgent medical care, and are being denied it, at risk.
People like him are wilfully putting others at risk, Covid is real, and the risks and consequences are pretty well known
I don’t wish that on anyone either. But unfortunately, life on earth isn’t all unicorns and rainbows
Actions have to have consequences, if you accept that certain things are inevitable, then viewed through that lens, him being an example will hopefully serve as a positive for others putting people at risk
one thing to have no sympathy and not care that he's ill and can't play, but he took it to a whole new level. Another thing all together to cheer and gloat that it happened, and to wish as much harm possible on a person.
I don't put Archibald in the same place as some of the politicians and media personalities in the states for example, who willfully have misinformed the public who is looking to them for answers.
He's a hockey player who made a couple of tweets. I don't feel all that bad for him losing his job, but to sink to Rogers level of hate for all people who haven't vaxxed?
I don’t wish ill on anyone.
I do wish there was no such thing as Covid. But that’s not our reality
Do I wish actions had no consequences? Not really, because the world wouldn’t make sense
There is plenty of information available for Archibald. He chose the path that put himself at risk, when he had the choice not to. And that is the same path chosen by many others like him, putting people who need urgent medical care, and are being denied it, at risk.
People like him are wilfully putting others at risk, Covid is real, and the risks and consequences are pretty well known
I don’t wish that on anyone either. But unfortunately, life on earth isn’t all unicorns and rainbows
Actions have to have consequences, if you accept that certain things are inevitable, then viewed through that lens, him being an example will hopefully serve as a positive for others putting people at risk
Agreed, actions have consequences, taking joy in people suffering those consequences is a different thing all together.
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You should go to the ICU and tell all the un-vaxxed "I TOLD YOU SO! YOU'RE SO STUPID!"
Unlike anti-vaxxers, people who are in the position to say 'I told you so' don't try to make a public scene in front of a hospital that is already dealing with enough bullsh*t as it is.
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Agreed, actions have consequences, taking joy in people suffering those consequences is a different thing all together.
I can’t and don’t intend to speak for that poster.
What I can see is people who are tired of the pandemic, the misinformation and the nonsense, a bitter realization that not everybody is in this together.
If people are saying “Good. #### him”, I suspect it’s pretty joyless
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