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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 22:44:35 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 12 May 2025 13:04:44 +0100, Pancho wrote:

> I don't think anyone really suggests the EU aren't corrupt.

The saying is “power corrupts, and absolutely power corrupts absolutely”. 
This is why, in democracies, we have checks and balances: different kinds 
of power are given to different groups which are supposed to be 
independent of each other, and keep an eye on each other. This includes 
the judiciary and the press.

And of course voters must do their part. It is in the interest of certain 
parties to cultivate cynicism in the system on the part of the general 
public, because this way it undermines the whole system and lets those 
parties take control, bypassing all the checks and balances. As seems to 
have happened in the USA, for example.