Well this is a blast from the past. I can’t even load the context anymore.

I was engaged in an argument, and staying focused on the argument instead of getting sidetracked by semantics. But anyway, you claimed “it’s not ad hominem, he said you were wrong therefore you are stupid!” That rests on the assumption that I was wrong, so I was assuming that was your assertion.

I think. This was, after all, months ago, and apparently the account I was arguing with got deleted or something?

I’ve been reading and studying for decades, and yet somehow your worldview remains inconsistent and incoherent to me.

I’m sure it’s my fault.

Oh, huh! I didn’t know it worked like that! If I had, I could’ve just pointed out that you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about and have a cartoonish worldview, and I could have avoided all the trouble of making actual arguments. That’s so much easier!

You called me clueless based on a single sentence in an attempt to dismiss what I said. I didn’t use ‘ad hominem’ wrong, lol.

So, you’re saying that the Global South (either Africa or South America) has made major, concerted attempts at creating effective capitalist states?

There’s a few examples. Australia, of course, though Leftists will obviously discount it.

Chile very deliberately adopted capitalism, though it was under an oppressive dictator. Even so, it’s #3 on the list of South American countries for per-capita GDP these days, and is topping the list for political freedoms.

Uruguay, with it’s famously beige recent politics, is #1.

Of course, you have Indonesia, which has been doing pretty well recently. I wonder why? (/s)

Malaysia and Singapore are technically in the northern hemisphere, so they don’t count I guess…

Most of South America has historically swung radically back and forth between left and right (yes, in part due to US pressure). There’s a leftward swing again. Let’s see how it goes this time! Good news is that if it fails, they can just blame external forces yet again.

Leftists and ad-hominem attacks, name a more iconic duo

The Global South should give capitalism a try one of these decades. It paid off for Asia and Europe…