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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: People Without Meaningful Lives Seek Power Over Others
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:02:34 -0400
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On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:26:09 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:12:47 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>
>>On 8/29/2024 8:08 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>> On 8/29/2024 4:50 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>> On 8/29/2024 12:01 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>>>> On 8/29/2024 1:47 AM, John B. wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I read you correctly your definition of Democracy is 
>>>>>> a government
>>>>>> in which each and every decision is decided by the 
>>>>>> voters, A bit
>>>>>> cumbersome, isn't it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes. That was my point.
>>>>
>>>> OK, a kingdom with one unitary monarch is simple.
>>>> Simplicity may not be a desirable feature.
>>> 
>>> Albert Einstein: 'Everything should be made as simple as 
>>> possible, but not simpler.'
>>> 
>>> 
>I was curtness enough to research the Einstein statement, above, and
>apparently there is no evidence that he ever said it. The closest
>approximation seems to be "It can scarcely be denied that the supreme
>goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple
>and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate
>representation of a single datum of experience".
>
>From a lecture delivered "On the Method of Theoretical Physics" The
>Herbert Spencer Lecture, delivered at Oxford (10 June 1933)
>
>>
>>If I were King I'd advocate monarchy!
>>
>>Our Constitution, in the cases and times where it's 
>>observed, works pretty well.  Good enough for me and we 
>>ought to try that once again. Soon.
>
>Ah, but then you'd have to give up all those wonderful federal funds.
>It's a bit difficult to track down but in one place I found
>"Under the American Rescue Plan, Wisconsin will receive $2.5 billion
>in direct state fiscal aid and $1.9 billion in local government aid
>from the federal government."
>
>So... 4.4 Billion divided by 5.893 million last (census)is something
>like 746 for every man, woman and child :-)

Recipe for inflation.