[@Keyguyperson]

[quote]First off, communism has never been achieved.[/quote]

I always thought this was just a meme lol.

[quote]As for violence, are you REALLY going to make an argument against an economic system by saying that it used violent revolution to come about?[/quote]

Absolutely, yes.

[quote]Would you be opposed to a revolution in, say, Iran?[/quote]

I would not say that I categorically oppose revolution in the middle east. After all, I do not live there so when a country revolts against a dictator and then descends into internecine war I am not affected. On the balance I would say that I am generally against it, however, looking at the evidence of the Arab Spring. The middle east seems by and large unable to govern itself without the presence of a strongman. Perhaps that will change someday but by it doesn't seem to have changed yet.

[quote]Would you have sheltered minutemen during the American Revolution?[/quote]

Certainly. Life is not so dear, nor peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ~_^

[quote]Violence is not an inherent evil. You should know this by now.[/quote]

First, there is no need to be condescending. Second I have never claimed that violence was always inherently evil. You misrepresent my claim. I hope it wasn't deliberate :-)

[quote]"Communist" economics don't do poorly[/quote]

Let me ask you a question. If communism has never been achieved, how do you know this? If the experiment has never been run, how is it we can claim the hypothesis has been validated?

For example if I hypothesize that red cars go faster than all other types of cars but no car is ever successfully painted red, how can I claim that my prediction is validated? (Note: I don't use the silly example to belittle your case, merely for clarity and ease of reading.)

[quote] I doubt you care about the 21,000 people that starve to death every day (7,665,000 or so a year) beyond liking facebook posts and maybe sending 20 bucks to some charity that takes 15 of them for itself.

And no, your 20 bucks a month isn't helping.[/quote]

My friend you know nothing about me. Yet you seem to be taking this quite personally and making a number of assumptions about my behavior.