Conversation 146: THOUGHT / WORLD REPUBLIC

Rhetoric talks about Communism --The World Republic.

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 Rhetoric Hey, psst...
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3 You Who -- me?
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4 Rhetoric Yes, you. Word on the street is you're ready to start building *communism* again!
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5 You Look around.
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6 Rhetoric Psst, hey, you!
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7 Rhetoric Yes -- you're ready to start building communism *again*. You've built it before, *they've* built it before. Hasn't really worked out yet, but neither has *love* -- should we just stop building love, too?
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8 You 'Again'?
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9 You How come there's *word on the street*?
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10 You Can't argue with that.
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11 You Yes, we should all stop building love.
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12 You Love has worked out really well for me. I'm a love winner.
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13 Rhetoric Good. We need tender men like you building gargantuan communism. Word on the street is it's going to be ten thousand times larger than any communism previously attempted by human beings. Is that right?
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14 Rhetoric This conversation isn't really about love. Try to keep up, okay? This is about the communism you've *promised* to build. Word on the street is it's going to be ten thousand times larger than any communism previously attempted. Is that true?
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15 Rhetoric You keep saying things like *down with the bourgeoisie*, *eat the rich*, *sodomize the land-owners*, *impale all people who have more than 25 reál in their pocket*, *literally murder all human beings regardless of their political beliefs* -- that kind of stuff.
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16 You Oh, right. That sounds like me.
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17 You I haven't said anything like that.
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18 Rhetoric Okay, not in so many words. But don't deny it. You're about to rip off that mask of social democracy and reveal the monstrous seven-eyed lamb of global communism that will devour and masticate mankind.
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19 Rhetoric Everyone can see that. So tell me, do you have any questions before we fire up the Big Communism Builder, or do we get *right down to it*?
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20 Rhetoric So, what about all that communism you've promised to build? Word on the street is you've woken up from a thousand years of slumber, promising to erect a version of communism many times greater than any attempted before. Is that true?
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21 Rhetoric Funky-style. Very funky. So tell me. Do you have any questions before we fire up the Big Communism Builder, or do we get right down to it?
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22 None
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23 You Wait, first -- what's this *communism* even about?
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24 You It's too tiring. I don't have it in me. I'm beat down and broken. (Opt out.)
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25 You Roll up your sleeves and start building Communism. (Opt in.)
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26 Rhetoric Failure. It's about failure.
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27 You Failure?
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28 You I don't *do* failure.
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29 Rhetoric You alone, against every living thing, against every human alive: eight hundred trillion reál in the hands of an *impossibly* well organized ruling class; towering city blocks of bank-men who have the ears of prime ministers; million-headed armies of nations and the love of your own mother!
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30 Rhetoric Yes! Abject failure. Total, irreversible defeat on all fronts! Absolutely vanquished, beaten, curb-stomped and pissed on -- until *you* came along! *You* will reverse the fortune of the workers of the world.
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31 Rhetoric You -- against the atom, the charm and the spin. Where the whole world failed -- matter failed to bend to human will; human will failed to get out of bed and tie its laces -- you alone, single-handedly, will rebuild the dreams of the working class. You are The Last Communist.
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32 Rhetoric Now get to work, comrade.
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33 Rhetoric Of course you do! You *are* failure, you *are* Communism. Absolutely vanquished, beaten, curb-stomped, shat on. While everyone else is out partying, having a callous laugh, *you* will reverse the fortune of the workers of the world.
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34 None
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35 Rhetoric Very well. I guess no one will build Communism then. Tell the working man it's over. Unless anyone has... objections?
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36 Logic No objections. It's mathematically impossible to achieve a classless society. Everyone knows this.
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37 Savoir Faire Let not failure ensnare you any further, beautiful pixie girl! Be an acrobat! A prancing faerie queen!
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38 Electrochemistry Did someone mention cocaine? Are we doing cocaine? No? I'm sure I heard someone say Cocainimism...
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39 Rhetoric Anyone? Anyone else? There's no one?
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40 Volition There's one.
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41 None
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42 None Variable["plaza.sense_rhetoric_communism_volition_fired"]
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43 None (Variable["plaza.sense_rhetoric_communism_volition_fired"]) == false
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44 Rhetoric Oh yeah! Get the firing squads and the animal wagons ready!
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45 You What should I do?
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46 You No. Shut up. I want to lie down and let the water carry me downstream. [Discard thought.]
47 Volition You should build Communism -- precisely *because* it's impossible.
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48 Rhetoric There's no one. Okay then. Lie down and let the water carry you downstream...
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49 You Good bye, Communism. [Finish thought.]
50 You Wait, what? Firing squads? You didn't say anything about those.
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51 You Roll your sleeves up further and breathe in the pristine air. [Finish thought.]
52 Rhetoric Too late to back out now. You can't make an omelet without breaking a few million eggs!
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53 You I've said *some* mildly left wing things but none of those.
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54 Rhetoric Oh yes, the *mask of ambivalence*. Don't deny it. You're about to rip it off and reveal the monstrous seven-eyed lamb of global communism that will devour and masticate mankind.
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55 You Get the fuck outta here! No. [Finish thought.] IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood") or IsTHCPresent("ultraliberal") or IsTHCPresent("moralist")
56 None
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