Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:25:44 +0100 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <38fb5a91-5d00-be42-4bfe-2a05232a82c1@example.net> <644516764.751141153.105442.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <652c95b8-cdfb-50ba-9632-e7cbeec5bf43@example.net> <8e3c519b-770e-e8e9-0d46-155863cf9e05@example.net> <14bf8113-9c0c-f265-dd25-dddad24644f3@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 22:25:44 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6ebfb1fbf19cf2103d64edef092ba69b"; logging-data="2385366"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/zEAlwKKQWmbksh3W+hs5OxK7O8Opbvh0=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:GOASO5RtqKz+JFgUGjyWH7mq87U= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 2647 On 23/10/2024 16:40, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2024-10-23, D wrote: > >> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >>> On 2024-10-22, D wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> >>> I.e., a zero-sum game. >> >> No, it is not, and that is proven by economics. The proof is that we are >> 8.2 billion people on the planet and we've never had it better. If economy >> was zero sum, we'd be dead by now. > > Give it time... > My statement wasn't meant to reflect reality, only how socialists *think* about wealth. -- Climate Change: Socialism wearing a lab coat.