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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: 5 Nov 2024 01:05:16 GMT
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On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 21:44:52 +0100, D wrote:

> Inherently, I think most people are able to live meaningful lives if
> they are only taught how and the tools to do it. Socialism, on the other
> hand,
> thrives on making people passive and dependent. Socialism doesn't even
> need automation and robots to collapse, it collapses just fine with
> regular humans. =)

The eternal optimist. I don't know if George Floyd or Michael Brown would 
ever had lived meaningful lives. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Servile_State

Belloc wasn't far off. He also warned in 'The Great Heresies' that Islam, 
a Christian heresy was only slumbering and shouldn't be written off as a 
threat.