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These are some of the most well-known and influencial western philosophers, form left hand side to right, top to bottom -- Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza
- English philosopher John Locke
- Scottish philosopher and economist David Hume
- German philosopher Immanuel Kant
- French writer and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau,
- Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley
- Danish theologian SΓΈren Kierkegaard
- English naturalist Charles Darwin
- German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- German sociologist and founder of Communism, Karl Marx.
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You mean the drawing or their ideology?
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It's great to have such a great philosopher. Thanks for your support and you're always welcome to be my guest!
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One problem, though this is a minor one - Karl Marx was not the founder of communism. Actually, he put together some of the key ideas behind socialism - quite distinct from communism.
That minor inaccuracy in the description aside, the portraits themselves are quite well-drawn, and strikingly accurate.
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Oh, thanks for reminding me that, it seems like we got some seriously wrong infos in our local history textbook. I'll refer to those latest foreign infos. Our local government policies and propaganda have been giving extremely bad treatment to both communism and socialism as them consider both as identical, quite mindless and ignorant isn't it?
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Well, many people do have trouble telling the two apart, in part because of the name of the most famous communist country (now defunct) - the USSR. If they'd been honest and called themselves the USCR, socialism=/=communism would be less of a tough concept for people to grasp.
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Yes, the same can be said to China but I see China is a lot more successful than Russia. But i see both ideologies are identical in certain sense especially the issue of "class struggle". My country's government and media(controlled by local government) always give terribly bad treatment to both ideologies. I see my government reject both ideologies as communism denies the existence of god. I don't know about foreign Islamic countries but this is something totally unaccepted by local Muslims..., nowadays communism and socialism are still sensitive issues in my country.
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Sensitive issues in pretty much every capitalist nation, actually. For example, the '08 Presidential Elections in America - despite the fact that Obama is no more socialist than, say, Teddy Roosevelt, that was the popular label for him as used by the conservatives, and it stuck.
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So there are some socialism influence in US? What do you think about Obama? Do you think he will lead the entire US to a brighter future?
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Oh, certainly - look at income tax. That's a socialist policy, as is Social Security.
I don't see Obama as that important in the long-run, actually - he is, like many of the Presidents of the 1800s, an intermediate President - just getting by until we have either a truly great President (see: Lincoln) or a horrible President (see: Andrew Johnson).
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Yes, it seems like socialism has a worldwide influence, but unfortunately many conservative and orthodox countries don't really aware of the practice of this ideology. I though everyone in US likes Obama. But I do agree with you, he seems more like an intermediate President, but better than people like Bush. But it's not really a bad thing you all give him a chance to make change , or at least try his best within this 4 years. 4 years isn't very long, you know we Malaysian are not that lucky..., we never change the government for 52 years, as a result we never had a chance to enjoy any significant change for 3 generation..., our countrymen are just too ignorant and mindless to be fooled by the worsening autocratic policies. It's a funny but shameful thing that Malaysia remain one of the very few country which never change the government at all!
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Yeah, we may have had our share of idiot Presidents, but the USA does have a better government than some countries.
Well, as one of the philosophers in this piece said, if the government isn't doing its duty by the people, then it is the right and the duty of the people to change the government - by whatever means necessary.
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Like I said 4 years isn't long enough for you people to suffer from the idiotic leadership and government policy, we have been suffering for 3 generation...
It's really a pathetic thing when people in the country keep making the wrong decision for decades...
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Well, hopefully the time for bad government in your country will soon draw to an abrupt (and, with any luck, peaceful) close.
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Yea, I hope so, but not until everyone is ready to make change, most local people thought that a simple change or revolution would be very risky or even costly but I don't think that should be the case in modern days.
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Well, one of the main things that keeps despots in power is a lack of information and education for the people they oppress. This lack of knowledge never fails to breed fear in the populace - fear of reprisal from the government, fear of what change might bring, even fear of each other.
I hope your country can find its way past that soon.
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Yes, I hope so. Luckily this is only a case for older generation, most younger generations are reluctant to follow the old-fashion thinking and lifestyle of the older generations, but it can be disastrous if the youngsters aren't think at all and lacking the social awareness. I see most of them only care about enjoyment of life and being materialistic instead of seeking awareness in both politic and ideologies.
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Ah, an unfortunate parallel between America and your country. Here too, most of the younger people are concerned only with the ephemeral concerns of materialistic, shallow life. Those that do think about politics don't think at all - most of them simply parrot the ideologies of their parents.
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Sorry for late reply. But I do believe that American people at least have a far better sense of social awareness than people of those 3rd world countries.
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...Some Americans, perhaps. Some others only look at you like you're stupid when you try to bring up something important, and then change the subject to the Super-Bucket or whatever the heck it's called.
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Oh dear! Kant & Hegel! those two bring me back memories... some good, some bad. Kant and his hideous and gigantic books, ugh...
Nice work!
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Thanks again! Are you a philosophy student? I know it's not a happy thing dealing with lots of hideous and gigantic books written by these great philosophers..., but I like history more.
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Nah, I'm an art student. We have to study them for Art Theory. I never liked Kant, and I never will. Hegel on the other part was more reader-friendly.
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Really? I was an art student too. Nowadays people no longer appreciate philosophy. I remember in those days many students delibrately skipped their philosophy class as they found the lecture to be too boring.
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Actually, Art Theory has been one of my favourite classes ever. Thanks to it, I could understand more the art world and now, I still remember some things, since they become quite handy on my daily work.
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Yes. Art comes from human's thinking. For me art is more like an ideology than just a manual skill.
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AWESOME! I love these portraits 
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A lot of people respect Karl Marx..., together with his Communism..., well there's no place for Communism now, capitalist was the final winner...
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Well, I meant the portrait. I know little about his work 
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Oh, I see. Glad to see you like it. How's your day recently?
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Pretty good, thanks! I uploaded a new drawing and I'm very proud of it :9. You?
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Well, same as you. But I concentrate more on my work as my day is getting busier now. I have to deal with hundreds of book illustrations while at the same time I have to give my childhood manga hero a hand for his latest sci-fi comic series. It's my pleasure being invited by my manga idol to be a part of his workgroup. he was the one who made my started to draw back to my childhood time.
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That's so awesome! You are one lucky person. I hope just the best for you
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Haha, the illustration job isn't enjoyable however. I do it just for money..., but I do appreciate and enjoy the moment cooperating with my childhood idol..., is a new stepping stone for me.
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