Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Note - ISP Screwed Up - Can WRITE But Not SEE Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 18:05:02 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <20250122210010.2353d60f@ryz.dorfdsl.de> <74ac8126-3732-0c2d-ef7e-87766df419ac@example.net> <8Yicnf7eGZv5rg76nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <93bf3323-a026-44f5-d841-4ce5a2a6c22b@example.net> <023c6e24-b6bb-8d27-b4a2-47fc3c07affc@example.net> <414cfab6-b20e-5ded-17b1-9fc35016fe29@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 19:05:03 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f12840ddd6186ed6676151a3b9a8c5e2"; logging-data="3097433"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/4S3F2qBAbyjfJd8naRxwXyWR69kQVcoA=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:h47m/G00czNJ6XTfLOL9l9Xqfgo= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2342 On 25/01/2025 17:38, D wrote: > > > On Sat, 25 Jan 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> You should wiki read 'the iron law of Oligarchy' > > I think you mentioned this before. > >> The greatest political power we still have is defined by how we use >> our credit cards. Cf Elon Musk or Bill Gates > > There is an overlap between financial power and political power, but > they are > not the same. > Ultimately they are interchangeable. The man with deep pockets buys the politicians. > -- In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act. - George Orwell