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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 09:17:22 +0000
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On 05/01/2025 00:53, rbowman wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 17:16:21 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> 
>>     I don't condemn him for wanting to make a buck.
>>     The 'evil' bit comes in when HOW such money is made - and the degree
>>     of zealotry in punishing heretics.
> 
> That's my problem with the current system. Entrepreneurs take risks, have
> better skills and should be rewarded for their efforts. However when the
> reward is counted in the billions somebody is getting screwed. When every
> dollar that isn't nailed down gravitates to the top, somebody is getting
> screwed.
> 
> A great example of the ethos is Biden giving Soros a medal. That's the guy
> who nearly destroyed the Bank of England with his manipulations.

Í'd far rather people like Bezos or Musk, or Soros, or Gates had those 
billions instead of  a faceless government bureaucracy.

People can occasionally do the right thing, and if not, you know where 
they live...

-- 
"Women actually are capable of being far more than the feminists will 
let them."