Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!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 actual numbers, was Democracy Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:51:14 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <38b4c4eb-2ab5-df94-0baa-c2d7fcdda60d@example.net> <7c5edef0-d4ec-a8fc-3f70-8ffa2a2b1df0@example.net> <2132040480.752628420.877076.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <4974b722-5ebd-8006-d604-059d844ad410@example.net> <60e3e4df-01a8-0694-d5e4-5fe355b9c7f5@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:51:14 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6dd5c9aa4ea48e0ee75a0883db15eea4"; logging-data="1030151"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/q7mNNcfLlzpoU1bgYC8T/h4UdEDiLkUo=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:klXHS9AnhbegnhwjfN0RT4vmT8M= In-Reply-To: <60e3e4df-01a8-0694-d5e4-5fe355b9c7f5@example.net> Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 2815 On 10/11/2024 21:20, D wrote: > > > On Sun, 10 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote: > >> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 10:23:17 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> Oh dear.  The amateur view of history. >> >> No, the non Brit-centric view. >> > > I'll go with the non Brit-centric view. In the spirit of travel and > experience, I think the broader view is the more nuanced one. Its certainly more nuanced than the US centric one. Britain was a global power long before the USA even existed. USA is a parochial and smug country. Isolationism led to Pearl Harbour...and 911 -- New Socialism consists essentially in being seen to have your heart in the right place whilst your head is in the clouds and your hand is in someone else's pocket.