# Marxism on the sdmb, How To Overthrow A Government **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 3, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872 "2008-11-03T15:59:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/61 "2008-11-03T23:00:20Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Also, I’ve had some difficulty buying weed around here lately, but you obviously have no shortage, so please kick a little of the green stuff my way, wouldja? Ah, you see, the problem is they can’t fit the grow lights through the leg holes. You might try moving up a level to just pants and see if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/62 "2008-11-03T23:22:01Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > WHAT ! How DARE you defy your MAXIMUM LEADER ! ! > > OBEY ! ! [OBEY!](http://bigchase.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/obey-andre-the-giant/) \*\*focusonz \*\*[OBEY!](http://www.sheezyart.com/view/1080413/) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/63 "2008-11-03T23:23:46Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Um 1 + 1 = Crazy? Oh, _very_ nice! \🆒 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/64 "2008-11-04T03:16:04Z")
> [@focusonz](#): > > Well my Mom did not raise no idiot! > > I must be the oldest and wisest poster on the SDMB for me to see posters minds being corrupted. > > I started this new thread because my point(s) seem to just get lost in all the propaganda in the political debates. Ummm, drugs are bad. Y’know? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/65 "2008-11-04T03:30:34Z")
> [@focusonz](#): > > Let the truth be known that the following cadre of posters > Elucidator , Gozu , MrDibble , Der Trihs, gonzomax, redfury > > Are at worst Marxists intent on the overthrow of the American capitalistic system and the democracy on which it is founded. > Or at the very least are Marxist intending to usurp the Democrat party and turn it to their own ends as the American Marxist party! He has there in his hand a list… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/66 "2008-11-04T03:38:18Z")
And I’m on it! I want to thank the Academy, and all the “little people” - the dwarves, the elves, hobbits, of course… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/67 "2008-11-04T03:40:37Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > And I’m on it! I want to thank the Academy, and all the “little people” - the dwarves, the elves, hobbits, of course… Well, I was torn between “I have a little list” from The Mikado or the McCarthy quote. I figured I’d go political on this Election Eve. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/68 "2008-11-04T08:11:40Z")
AGH! WALL OF TEXT IN VARYING SIZES! Dude, I am a Marxist[sup]\*[/sup], and you’re scaring me. - Technically not true, but I am a cranky proletarian socialist. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/69 "2008-11-04T11:41:54Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Do you mean the People’s Revolutionary Front for the SDMB (Trotskyist) or the \* menshivik\* revisionist running dogs of the People’s Front for the SDMB? Splitist! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/70 "2008-11-04T12:09:43Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > AGH! WALL OF TEXT IN VARYING SIZES! But everyone knows that widely varying text size indicates profundity ! ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/71 "2008-11-05T15:04:45Z")
I couldn’t be bothered to read all the way through his stuff let alone the links . Could someone tell me his point as I am a very lazy person. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/72 "2008-11-05T15:32:40Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > I couldn’t be bothered to read all the way through his stuff let alone the links . > Could someone tell me his point as I am a very lazy person. Assumes facts not in evidence. To wit, that the OP actually HAS a point. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/73 "2008-11-05T15:52:54Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Um 1 + 1 = Crazy? No, no, no. Get on board with the program: \*\*\*Created by Opposites, as a Harmonic Cubic Form, with a God like Opposite Analytical Brain that can learn both sides of a God and True Creation, I am wiser than any single brain thinker who suppresses the analytical challenge to God. God is Death of Opposites \*\*\*[right]-- Dr. Gene Ray, Cubic and Wisest Human, [TimeCube.com](http://www.timecube.com/)[/right] Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/74 "2008-11-05T17:31:54Z")
I guess the debate ends when it reaches 72-point type. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872/75 "2008-11-05T18:35:04Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > I guess the debate ends when it reaches 72-point type. That’s Helvetica’s Law. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marxism-on-the-sdmb-how-to-overthrow-a-government/470872.md?page=3)