Holy Banknote, Batman! - Page 2

Schmitti · 07-28-2008, 02:05 PM

Russ... I never said it was a good situation. It's F'd up beyond belief... but it gives people the relief of not having to carry a 10" stack of bills to go shopping at the grocery store.

Azzy... how are they socialists.... as far as anyone can tell it's a regime. Power for the people bah.. it's Power for Mugabe.. he doesn't do anything over there that won't get him more power.

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Azzy · 07-28-2008, 02:17 PM

Isnt that pretty much how it goes? Feed the Marx crap to the people, and blame the ill on thee rich, and kill everyone in your way?

From Wikipedia-

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He rose to prominence in the 1960s as the Secretary general of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). For many years in the 60s and 70s Mugabe was a political prisoner in Rhodesia. His goal was to replace white minority-rule with a one-party Marxist regime.

Schmitti · 07-28-2008, 02:23 PM

I hear you Azzy.. on paper he's a marxist... only problem though is that we now see that paper isn't worth all that much in Zimbabwe. The man is nuts.. plain and simple and he hasn't done anything to help his country... he's only run it into the ground

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titan aresta · 07-28-2008, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Schmitti

I was talking with a guy here at work whose parents still live in Africa and they said that Zimbabwe is crazy. If it wasn't for this new bill people would (and probably still are) be walking around with gobs of cash on their person.... you know how annoying it is to have someone pay for a big item with change... take for example buying a dvd with pennies.... now buy that same dvd with bills that are worth 1/100 or 1/1000 or a penny. Fun! That's how bad things are.

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Sort of reminds me of all the pics of Germany post WW1 when they also faced hyper inflation.

Burning money was cheaper and easier than buying wood.

Azzy · 07-28-2008, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Schmitti

I hear you Azzy.. on paper he's a marxist... only problem though is that we now see that paper isn't worth all that much in Zimbabwe. The man is nuts.. plain and simple and he hasn't done anything to help his country... he's only run it into the ground

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He's just fast tracked. Give him 10 more years in power and you will have another Cambodia on your hands.

The confiscation of the farms though was classic Lenin/ Stalin tactics, and exactly how the USSR started out.

Schmitti · 07-28-2008, 03:07 PM

Yeah... except it was it was racial/economic persecution instead of socio/economic persection. And it may have been one of the dumbest damn things he did.

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07-28-2008, 02:05 PM	#11 (permalink)
Schmitti Red=Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Schen. NY	Russ... I never said it was a good situation. It's F'd up beyond belief... but it gives people the relief of not having to carry a 10" stack of bills to go shopping at the grocery store. Azzy... how are they socialists.... as far as anyone can tell it's a regime. Power for the people bah.. it's Power for Mugabe.. he doesn't do anything over there that won't get him more power. E __________________ Gone fishing

07-28-2008, 02:23 PM	#13 (permalink)
Schmitti Red=Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Schen. NY	I hear you Azzy.. on paper he's a marxist... only problem though is that we now see that paper isn't worth all that much in Zimbabwe. The man is nuts.. plain and simple and he hasn't done anything to help his country... he's only run it into the ground E __________________ Gone fishing

07-28-2008, 03:07 PM	#16 (permalink)
Schmitti Red=Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Schen. NY	Yeah... except it was it was racial/economic persecution instead of socio/economic persection. And it may have been one of the dumbest damn things he did. E __________________ Gone fishing