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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 10:05:36 +0000
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On 31/10/2024 20:21, D wrote:
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> 
> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> On 31/10/2024 18:17, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>> On 2024-10-31, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you reject 'white mans' knowledge on racist grounds, well bye bye hi
>>>> tech.
>>>>
>>>> And I suspect that is what will happen. If the chinese dont take over,
>>>> the barbarians will. And will be welcomed by those who have been taught
>>>> to hate their own culture and fear science.
>>>
>>> It's odd, though, how these barbarians, however anti-tech they may be,
>>> manage to hold on to enough technology to create weapons.
>>>
>> Or are they simply paying someone else?
>> Only the Iranians have any technological nous.
>> Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Morocco, 
>> Algeria..,Somalia...
>>
>> Not exactly putting men on the moon are they?
> 
> Wouldn't those countries mostly just buy AK-47:s from russia?

I have it on good authority that they indeed do, but their ability to 
actually score a hit depends on the will of Allah. They just point it in 
the general direction of the alleged enemy and loose off

Besides what are they going to give back in exchange?

-- 
Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the 
gospel of envy.

Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Winston Churchill