View Full Version : How come so many of the greatest people of all time were left wing?
Jesus Christ-some form of leftist, that’s for sure
Albert Einstein-socialist
Mahatma Gandhi-Socialist
Malcolm X-Socialist
Pablo Picasso-communist
Helen Keller-Socialist
Dorothy Day-Anarchist
Martin Luther King, Jr-Socialist
Karl Marx-Communist
Lemmy-Anarchist
Albert Camus-Anarchist
Stephen Jay Gould-Socialist
Woody Guthrie-Communist
Jack London-Socialist
W.E.B. DuBois-Communist
John Dewey-Socialist
Leo Tolstoy-Anarchist
Oscar Wilde-Socialist
Nina Simone-Socialist
H.G. Wells-Socialist
Eddie Vedder-Socialist
Tupac Shakur-Communist
Jane Fonda-Socialist
Pete Seeger-Socialist
Henry David Thoreau-Anarchist
Bjork-Anarchist
Nelson Mandela-Communist
Jean-Paul Sartre-Anarchist
Desmond Tutu-Socialist
James Joyce-Anarchist
Noam Chomsky-Anarchist
Stephen Hawking-Social Democrat
John Cage-Anarchist
Rage Against the Machine-All four members are various types of leftists
Danny DeVito-Social Democrat
Clarence Darrow-Socialist
Huey Newton-Communist
Angela Davis-Communist
Upton Sinclair-Socialist
George Orwell-Socialist
Bertrand Russell-Socialist
Cesar Chavez-Socialist
John Steinbeck-Communist
Charlie Chaplin-Political views unclear due to government harassment over being a suspected Communist, but some form of leftist
Paul Robeson-Communist
Kurt Vonnegut-Socialist
Susan Sarandon-Exact politics unknown, supporter of leftist candidates, however
The 14th and current Dalai Lama-Communist
Bela Lugosi-Communist
James Baldwin-Socialist
Margaret Sanger-Socialist
Kwame Ture/Stokely Carmichael-Socialist
George Bernard Shaw-Socialist
Virgina Woolf-Socialist
Woody Harrelson-Anarchist
Very interesting. There are so many more, obviously, this is just a quick list.
Jesus Christ-some form of leftist, that’s for sure
Albert Einstein-socialist
Mahatma Gandhi-Socialist
Malcolm X-Socialist
Pablo Picasso-communist
Helen Keller-Socialist
Dorothy Day-Anarchist
Martin Luther King, Jr-Socialist
Karl Marx-Communist
Lemmy-Anarchist
Albert Camus-Anarchist
Stephen Jay Gould-Socialist
Woody Guthrie-Communist
Jack London-Socialist
W.E.B. DuBois-Communist
John Dewey-Socialist
Leo Tolstoy-Anarchist
Oscar Wilde-Socialist
Nina Simone-Socialist
H.G. Wells-Socialist
Eddie Vedder-Socialist
Tupac Shakur-Communist
Jane Fonda-Socialist
Pete Seeger-Socialist
Henry David Thoreau-Anarchist
Bjork-Anarchist
Nelson Mandela-Communist
Jean-Paul Sartre-Anarchist
Desmond Tutu-Socialist
James Joyce-Anarchist
Noam Chomsky-Anarchist
Stephen Hawking-Social Democrat
John Cage-Anarchist
Rage Against the Machine-All four members are various types of leftists
Danny DeVito-Social Democrat
Clarence Darrow-Socialist
Huey Newton-Communist
Angela Davis-Communist
Upton Sinclair-Socialist
George Orwell-Socialist
Bertrand Russell-Socialist
Cesar Chavez-Socialist
John Steinbeck-Communist
Charlie Chaplin-Political views unclear due to government harassment over being a suspected Communist, but some form of leftist
Paul Robeson-Communist
Kurt Vonnegut-Socialist
Susan Sarandon-Exact politics unknown, supporter of leftist candidates, however
The 14th and current Dalai Lama-Communist
Bela Lugosi-Communist
James Baldwin-Socialist
Margaret Sanger-Socialist
Kwame Ture/Stokely Carmichael-Socialist
George Bernard Shaw-Socialist
Virgina Woolf-Socialist
Woody Harrelson-Anarchist
Very interesting. There are so many more, obviously, this is just a quick list.
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FultzNationRISE
04-14-2022, 08:32 AM
Guy just listed Danny DeVito and Susan Sarandon in his all-time pantheon of illuminaries :oldlol:
John f. kennedy (not so much in today's era tho)
warriorfan
04-14-2022, 09:58 AM
What op doesn’t realize is it doesn’t make him any better of a person
And the thing with most of those people…they actually did something. Talk is cheap, you just go “hey I’m an arrcho communism and left wing!” and act like it means something. In reality you are just lazy and instead of doing something you apply a label on yourself that you think will give you credit by association.
Jasper
04-14-2022, 10:01 AM
free thinking while right wing have a narrow vision :
ex:
Stalin
Putin
Trump
Hitler
CASTRO
What op doesn’t realize is it doesn’t make him any better of a person
And the thing with most of those people…they actually did something. Talk is cheap, you just go “hey I’m an arrcho communism and left wing!” and act like it means something. In reality you are just lazy and instead of doing something you apply a label on yourself that you think will give you credit by association.
Does any of that change the fact that you still rely on stimulus funds and food stamps for a living? :ohwell:
FultzNationRISE
04-14-2022, 10:12 AM
free thinking while right wing have a narrow vision :
ex:
Stalin
Putin
Trump
Hitler
CASTRO
Three Communists and a Nationalist Socialist.
"but dat right wing doe" :lol
Patrick Chewing
04-14-2022, 10:43 AM
We have an RRR3 sighting!!
And then he logs out and comes back as Axe. :oldlol:
Jasper
04-14-2022, 11:36 AM
Three Communists and a Nationalist Socialist.
"but dat right wing doe" :lol
you would probably group them with left wing --- right.
:facepalm dumb fvck
FultzNationRISE
04-14-2022, 12:05 PM
We have an RRR3 sighting!!
And then he logs out and comes back as Axe. :oldlol:
:roll:
tpols
04-14-2022, 12:20 PM
I used to be a leftist but the problem is any type of extreme centralization eventually leads to extreme exploitation. Because greed eventually takes over. Once they have all the money... satisfaction dwindles from that... now they want all the power. And then the control kicks in.
What OP doesn't realize is that the people at the top see him as a dispensable pawn. He could get whacked... and they wouldn't blink an eye. In fact they might smile if it benefited the system or them financially in some way. But he's so dependant on the system that he would do ANYTHING for them to keep going.
Even though his existence is miserable, the survival instinct still persists. Like it does in all of life. So he's basically forced to suck on their teet and do as they say until his last day.
Hilarious starface expects anyone to take him seriously calling Hitler and Putin left wing. Stalin was about as communist as Mitt Romney too fwiw, complete opportunist.
Patrick Chewing
04-14-2022, 03:27 PM
I used to be a leftist but the problem is any type of extreme centralization eventually leads to extreme exploitation. Because greed eventually takes over. Once they have all the money... satisfaction dwindles from that... now they want all the power. And then the control kicks in.
What OP doesn't realize is that the people at the top see him as a dispensable pawn. He could get whacked... and they wouldn't blink an eye. In fact they might smile if it benefited the system or them financially in some way. But he's so dependant on the system that he would do ANYTHING for them to keep going.
Even though his existence is miserable, the survival instinct still persists. Like it does in all of life. So he's basically forced to suck on their teet and do as they say until his last day.
I remember a different tpols back in the day. And today, you are one of my best buds on ISH. :cheers:
Leftists-the greatest people in history
Right wingers-bitter trolls on ISH
yikes.
Tpols talking about centralization as if that’s a key tenet to leftism just reveals what a historically ignorant moron he is. Leninism is viewed as “leftism” because Lenin coopted the Russian revolution and influenced later revolutions because he was successful in maintaining power. But his actions weren’t leftist. Once in power he promptly dissolved the workers councils and massacred people who asked for more rights at Kronstadt. Those aren’t leftist actions. What you call leftism is Leninism, and even if you want to call that a left wing ideology acting as if that’s the only one is just wrong.
Patrick Chewing
04-14-2022, 03:46 PM
Leftists-the greatest people in history
Right wingers-bitter trolls on ISH
yikes.
Did you get bullied in the NBA Forum and now that's why you're here? Is there any place on Earth where you don't get bullied??
Cleverness
04-14-2022, 03:54 PM
Hilarious starface expects anyone to take him seriously calling Hitler and Putin left wing. Stalin was about as communist as Mitt Romney too fwiw, complete opportunist.
Hitler was def right wing.
JohnnySic
04-14-2022, 03:59 PM
Most of those "left wing" people wouldn't be considered left wing by today's standards. I think they knew which bathroom to use.
tpols
04-14-2022, 04:04 PM
Tpols talking about centralization as if that’s a key tenet to leftism just reveals what a historically ignorant moron he is. Leninism is viewed as “leftism” because Lenin coopted the Russian revolution and influenced later revolutions because he was successful in maintaining power. But his actions weren’t leftist. Once in power he promptly dissolved the workers councils and massacred people who asked for more rights at Kronstadt. Those aren’t leftist actions. What you call leftism is Leninism, and even if you want to call that a left wing ideology acting as if that’s the only one is just wrong.
That's the point.
Leftists portray their ideals as one thing and then act like tyrants. Can't you see? You idiot? They're lying to you. Just to get in a position to control you. Talk good guy, act bad guy.
:roll:
You literally just exposed yourself 1000% in this post.
tpols
04-14-2022, 04:13 PM
I remember a different tpols back in the day. And today, you are one of my best buds on ISH. :cheers:
Thanks bro. I remember we had our disagreements but its gotten totally ridiculous lately. I supported democrats because they were trying to implement healthcare not tied to corporate employers. Little did I know it was all a setup with the current situation we have going on.
FultzNationRISE
04-14-2022, 04:32 PM
Hilarious starface expects anyone to take him seriously calling Hitler and Putin left wing. Stalin was about as communist as Mitt Romney too fwiw, complete opportunist.
Ohhhh right, the leaders of The Communist Party and the Nationalist Socialists don't reflect 'real' leftism...... but Picasso, Eddie Vedder, and Rage Against The Machine do :roll:
Btw socialism and anarchism are opposites, seems you're trying to claim both just so you can belong to something edgy, doesnt even matter what it is :facepalm
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paksat
04-14-2022, 09:06 PM
how come I got back a grand total of $77 on my tax return under this great democratic leadership?
I'm literally at the point where I just despise democrats, like it seems like there's a not a single stone unturned when they're in power. It's always some shit with them, always some thing here or there that's just batshit insane.
the guy above me at my job usually gets back almost 10k on his tax return, this year he got back a grand total of 3k.
lol at you fcking stooges that continue to support it like blind sheep, it's always some damn shit.
JohnnySic
04-14-2022, 09:31 PM
how come I got back a grand total of $77 on my tax return under this great democratic leadership?
I'm literally at the point where I just despise democrats, like it seems like there's a not a single stone unturned when they're in power. It's always some shit with them, always some thing here or there that's just batshit insane.
the guy above me at my job usually gets back almost 10k on his tax return, this year he got back a grand total of 3k.
lol at you fcking stooges that continue to support it like blind sheep, it's always some damn shit.
Its like that by design. Democrats are always moving from one manufactured crises to another to distract the sheep from all the crap they're pulling behind the scenes. All things considered, the "the sky is falling" strategy generally works.
Remember how quiet Trump's term was, before the shitshow of 2020 (which was all Democrat-driven)? I miss that.
diamenz
04-14-2022, 09:52 PM
Its like that by design. Democrats are always moving from one manufactured crises to another to distract the sheep from all the crap they're pulling behind the scenes. All things considered, the "the sky is falling" strategy generally works.
Remember how quiet Trump's term was, before the shitshow of 2020 (which was all Democrat-driven)? I miss that.
trump and trump alone made the decision to lock down the country and ruin his great economy in 2020 over a cold with a 0.01% kill rate. the worst part about it was how he continued those covid policies up until biden took office. it was a shitshow and trump was the host.
Lakers Legend#32
04-14-2022, 11:50 PM
Donald Trump is Hitler without the warmth.
Lakers Legend#32
04-15-2022, 03:07 AM
Donald Trump is a demagogue who preaches doctrines he's knows are untrue to people he knows to be idiots.
Lakers Legend#32
04-17-2022, 02:17 AM
Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn went to a Mississippi agriculture college on a 4H club scholarship, and thinks she knows more than Ketanji Brown Jackson who graduated from Harvard and Harvard Law.
There's your white privilege.
Cleverness
04-18-2022, 10:00 PM
You forgot this guy
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyZCUDFVIAEd93O.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyZCTucUcAoBzq-.jpg
Also ushered in $10.3 trillion for the Left's war on covid.
https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/getty-fauci-trump-800x533.jpg
Cleverness
04-18-2022, 10:05 PM
trump and trump alone made the decision to lock down the country and ruin his great economy in 2020 over a cold with a 0.01% kill rate. the worst part about it was how he continued those covid policies up until biden took office. it was a shitshow and trump was the host.
yep
and paksat is complaining about taxes... as if he doesn't know Trump's TCJA is still in place :hammerhead:
diamenz
04-18-2022, 11:08 PM
yep
and paksat is complaining about taxes... as if he doesn't know Trump's TCJA is still in place :hammerhead:
The Republican tax bill got worse: now the top 1% gets 83% of the gains (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/18/16791174/republican-tax-bill-congress-conference-tax-policy-center)
Lakers Legend#32
04-20-2022, 05:03 PM
So far, the Republican Party has banned abortion, books, history lessons, and Disney.
Yet they really, really, really hate Cancel Culture.
Mr. Woke
04-29-2022, 01:14 AM
Leftists are simply better people than Conservatards and Libtards.
They're also more creative and actually want to solve the root causes of societal problems. On the other hand, Conservatards and Libtards are all about doing performative BS and applying band-aids (short-team solutions) instead of actually trying to tackle the root causes and implement long-term solutions.
Nanners
05-01-2022, 02:45 AM
This list is laughably absurd, in more ways than one. Most of the historical figures on this list would be disgusted by modern liberalism, and the idea that people like Bjork and Danny Devito are among the greatest humans of all time is peak comedy.
How exactly is Jesus left-wing when the modern left-wing rejects literally everything that Jesus taught, and scoffs at the idea that people should live their lives by his teachings or that he even existed in the first place?
According to MLK, privileged virtue-signaling whites (aka modern liberals) are the biggest obstacle to overcome in the black mans fight for equality... and I would love to see the fire and brimstone Malcolm X would have unleashed upon the degeneracy of modern libs and their obsession with things like drag queen story hour :oldlol:
Including Margaret Sanger on a list of greatest left wingers is beyond hilarious, considering what she thought about all minority people on this list of yours. If Sanger had achieved her dream, MLK and Malcolm X never would have existed.
Nanners
05-01-2022, 02:51 AM
Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn went to a Mississippi agriculture college on a 4H club scholarship, and thinks she knows more than Ketanji Brown Jackson who graduated from Harvard and Harvard Law.
There's your white privilege.
The liberal brain at work - differences of opinion should be determined by the credentials of the people making the argument, rather than the validity of the argument itself
Nanners
05-01-2022, 02:53 AM
You forgot this guy
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyZCUDFVIAEd93O.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyZCTucUcAoBzq-.jpg
Also ushered in $10.3 trillion for the Left's war on covid.
https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/getty-fauci-trump-800x533.jpg
Libtards of ISH take note, if you want to attack Trump in a way that might actually influence his supporters, this is the angle you should be taking.
Mr. Woke
05-01-2022, 04:47 PM
This list is laughably absurd, in more ways than one. Most of the historical figures on this list would be disgusted by modern liberalism, and the idea that people like Bjork and Danny Devito are among the greatest humans of all time is peak comedy.
How exactly is Jesus left-wing when the modern left-wing rejects literally everything that Jesus taught, and scoffs at the idea that people should live their lives by his teachings or that he even existed in the first place?
According to MLK, privileged virtue-signaling whites (aka modern liberals) are the biggest obstacle to overcome in the black mans fight for equality... and I would love to see the fire and brimstone Malcolm X would have unleashed upon the degeneracy of modern libs and their obsession with things like drag queen story hour :oldlol:
Including Margaret Sanger on a list of greatest left wingers is beyond hilarious, considering what she thought about all minority people on this list of yours. If Sanger had achieved her dream, MLK and Malcolm X never would have existed.
MLK was only half right. The two biggest obstacles to overcome in the black man's fight for equality are the horde of racist/fascist white supremacists who wish subjugate minorities forever and the horde of liberals who aren't as racist as the other horde (but who are still pretty racist) and who really aren't 100% committed towards helping minorities.
Both hordes are bad, but the first horde is worse because they are more insidious and discriminatory.
Liberalism is a good ideology. Conservatism, on the other hand, is terrible and regressive in nature.
Stephonit
05-03-2022, 02:43 AM
Charlemagne
Otto the Great
Ivan the Great
Peter the Great
Frederick the Great
Catherine the Great
They were left wing?
Charlemagne
Otto the Great
Ivan the Great
Peter the Great
Frederick the Great
Catherine the Great
They were left wing?
What's all with these 'Greats'? :ohwell:
ILLsmak
05-03-2022, 05:45 AM
I used to be a leftist but the problem is any type of extreme centralization eventually leads to extreme exploitation. Because greed eventually takes over. Once they have all the money... satisfaction dwindles from that... now they want all the power. And then the control kicks in.
What OP doesn't realize is that the people at the top see him as a dispensable pawn. He could get whacked... and they wouldn't blink an eye. In fact they might smile if it benefited the system or them financially in some way. But he's so dependant on the system that he would do ANYTHING for them to keep going.
Even though his existence is miserable, the survival instinct still persists. Like it does in all of life. So he's basically forced to suck on their teet and do as they say until his last day.
The ideas of socialism are very sound in a vacuum. Science works on paper, math works on paper, political theory... does not. Human behavior, psychology, is not something we understand. Not to mention, I'd go as far as to say a lot of the great geniuses were very naive.
There were mad scientists that were bout that life, but think of Einstein and the atom bomb. I'm sure he didn't want that. Not in the way it turned out. They just get used. I dunno if people really understand that socialism is just exploiting people to the max and dividing up the gains equally ahaha. And I think the people who are putting in that level of work, the Einstein level great people, are prepared to bear that burden, but it goes deeper than that.
It's hard to have over-arching thought when you are deeply immersed in an academic field. Hence, I think, the reason why academia is obsessed with socialism. School itself is not socialist, it's in fact elitist and competitive. But the people who get in those highest spots tend to have utopian ideas.
Let's face is, capitalism is savage. However, nature is also savage. Nature works. One thing that is 100% true is capitalism will always WORK, even if it ends up starving off portions of the population. That's why it makes the most sense to run a capitalistic society and then have safety nets, not just hand outs, but opportunities. You might get max exploited just the same, but at least you get to keep most of your gains.
Socialism should exist for the v v v poor. What they seem to be trying to do is raise the socialism 'bar,' but that's trapping people in. No human being should be without food, and it would be damn nice if they could have shelter, too, but some don't want shelter. Still, they need to be able to do their thing on some level. Things aren't so bad, really. Could be better, but on the scale we're talking about, the most minor change (like a decimal point) could throw everything off balance.
If you're on a computer online and you think that you want to be under the socialism bar, that your life will improve, you are wiggin' out. That's just A PERSONAL OPINION, but do da knowledge to that. It sucks that people are mega rich, but they are gonna be mega rich regardless. You aren't touching their wealth, nor anyone else who is above the bar.
-Smak
SATAN
05-03-2022, 06:49 AM
LeBron the Goat>>>
Charlemagne
Otto the Great
Ivan the Great
Peter the Great
Frederick the Great
Catherine the Great
FultzNationRISE
05-04-2022, 04:45 PM
The ideas of socialism are very sound in a vacuum. Science works on paper, math works on paper, political theory... does not. Human behavior, psychology, is not something we understand. Not to mention, I'd go as far as to say a lot of the great geniuses were very naive.
There were mad scientists that were bout that life, but think of Einstein and the atom bomb. I'm sure he didn't want that. Not in the way it turned out. They just get used. I dunno if people really understand that socialism is just exploiting people to the max and dividing up the gains equally ahaha. And I think the people who are putting in that level of work, the Einstein level great people, are prepared to bear that burden, but it goes deeper than that.
It's hard to have over-arching thought when you are deeply immersed in an academic field. Hence, I think, the reason why academia is obsessed with socialism. School itself is not socialist, it's in fact elitist and competitive. But the people who get in those highest spots tend to have utopian ideas.
Let's face is, capitalism is savage. However, nature is also savage. Nature works. One thing that is 100% true is capitalism will always WORK, even if it ends up starving off portions of the population. That's why it makes the most sense to run a capitalistic society and then have safety nets, not just hand outs, but opportunities. You might get max exploited just the same, but at least you get to keep most of your gains.
Socialism should exist for the v v v poor. What they seem to be trying to do is raise the socialism 'bar,' but that's trapping people in. No human being should be without food, and it would be damn nice if they could have shelter, too, but some don't want shelter. Still, they need to be able to do their thing on some level. Things aren't so bad, really. Could be better, but on the scale we're talking about, the most minor change (like a decimal point) could throw everything off balance.
If you're on a computer online and you think that you want to be under the socialism bar, that your life will improve, you are wiggin' out. That's just A PERSONAL OPINION, but do da knowledge to that. It sucks that people are mega rich, but they are gonna be mega rich regardless. You aren't touching their wealth, nor anyone else who is above the bar.
-Smak
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