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I am amused at the phrase "communist buerocrats [sic]". I live in the United States, where a particular bastard hybrid of socialism and crony capitalism require
by mcculley 5y ago
I am amused at the phrase "communist buerocrats [sic]". I live in the United States, where a particular bastard hybrid of socialism and crony capitalism requires that every birth be well documented by bureaucrats.
- kspacewalk2 5y agoAre you railing against registering births? Which country doesn't do that? Somalia?
- mcculley 5y agoI am not against it at all. I am amused that anyone would think that only “communists” have bureaucracy.
- yardie 5y agoIt has less to do with socialism and cronyism and everything to do with your rights. Your birth certificate is your primary evidence of citizenship. Literally every right you enjoy springs from that one document.
- mcculley 5y agoI get that. I am amused that anyone would think that only “communists” have bureaucracy.
- hutzlibu 5y agoMaybe I don't actually think that and just refered to their special kind of buerocrats? I sort of hate buerocracy in all its shapes, but given the choice between a western style buerocrat and a marxist buerocrat, I choose the former.
- mcculley 5y agoI am not capable of reading thoughts. I was reading the words you wrote. Now I am more amused at the notion that modern China is Marxist.
- Amezarak 5y agoYou don't have to have a birth certificate in the US, but the average life will be very difficult without it. https://gazette.com/news/born-in-the-usa-without-a-shred-of-proof/article_a9a684fd-d024-531d-9b17-2282578cda4a.html https://gazette.com/news/born-in-the-usa-without-a-shred-of-...
- mcculley 5y agoIndeed. This is why I wondered why the comment was singling out communist bureaucrats.