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From: Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:59:37 +0100
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On 10/16/24 17:16, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2024-10-16, Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> wrote:
> 
>> The failure of our democracy, and US democracy, is that we don't have
>> reasonable candidates to vote for.
>>
>> Starmer, wasn't popular before the election, he actually got a much
>> lower absolute number of votes than most winners, lower than Corbyn's
>> both times.
>>
>> I went through my candidates, one by one, trying to find one I could
>> vote for. I couldn't find one. I think PR would help.
>>
>> Same in the USA, who wants to vote for Trump or Harris?
> 
>      If you are part of a society that votes, then do so.  There
>      may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ...
>      but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against.
>      In case of doubt, vote against.  By this rule you will rarely
>      go wrong.
>        -- Robert A. Heinlein: The Notebooks of Lazarus Long
> 
Much as I love Starship Troopers, Heinlein's political views were 
fuck-witted. That is why the film works as a comedy, without deviating 
far from the spirit of the book.