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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:28:32 -0400
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vallor wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:34:13 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
> <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote in <vfajf5$1vqc5$7@dont-email.me>:
>
>> I cant answer for the States but almost to a man the Left in this country
>> are 100% ex public sector workers, or in areas of activity that are
>> largely parasitic. E.g. lawyers.
>
> Sounds like a stereotype.
>
> I'm in the States.  I'm a veteran, then I worked at the local
> community college, then used that knowledge (along with a biz partner)
> to start an ISP.  I've now lost track of how many employees we have,
> but it's over 1K.
>
> My politics are middle-of-the-road by any other measure, but
> many red-state denizens would consider me -- not "left", not even
> "left-wing", but "leftist" and "a dad-blurned lib'rul!"

People throw around words like "lib", "leftist", "Communist", "Marxist",
"right wing", "alt-right", "fascist", "elite"....

Not really helpful for civil discourse.

But "insane" and "sane" are a bit easier to circumscribe.

I believe in some lefty stuff like helping the disadvantaged, protecting women
from misogyny and medical malpractice, boosting science and the art of reason
and data....

Otherwise I'm probably "centrist".

Oh, also an aficionado of dark humor. Plenty of for decades.

> Meanwhile, we use Linux _a lot_ in our business.  I daresay Linux is
> a more useful server and workstation OS than anything else.
>
> When Microsoft added Linux to their OS, I figured Linus had
> achieved his goal of Linux on the desktop.  Others may disagree,
> but wide-scale adoption of Linux by Microsoft can't be denied: heck,
> they even have their own distribution now.
>
> BTW, this workstation is a turnkey offering by System76, for
> which I have had only one problem -- and when brought to their
> attention, I received great (and timely) support over email.
> Kudos to them, and that's why I have them in my .sig.

<thumbs up!>

-- 
Do you know about being with somebody?  Wanting to be?  If I had the
whole universe, I'd give it to you, Janice.  When I see you, I feel
like I'm hungry all over.  Do you know how that feels?
		-- Charlie Evans, "Charlie X", stardate 1535.8