Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: A "big" PC (compared to a "smart" phone). Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 07:25:32 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <6pmhejtpf35pvr6dbl3s322dm3i57vn5ag@4ax.com> <1o5oejp6srnjkt4fl2d4258ihel2ivo157@4ax.com> <9ehoejp3ed9i78c1p2qmje8efoqo5a7887@4ax.com> <2cloejltsjdkcb43unpf9300gno9m2bhkr@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:25:32 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="412197b5f8790f62ab86b20b51cbba66"; logging-data="1471874"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18TdX4afWWK8eGZXUGnmkC3" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YaBnsxIOmZOCuIVtdxGmWBMp2/g= Bytes: 2398 On 2024-10-21, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On 19 Sep 2024 18:33:14 GMT, rbowman wrote: > >> The US is merely a state, a political entity, whose existence is >> premised on Enlightenment ideals. > > Enlightenment ideals were about a secular state, free from religious > influence. And also the beginnings of the idea that all human beings are > created equal. Yeah, the paradises of the Soviet Union and Red China were more like that. I bet you're hankering to go back in time so you can enjoy one or the other. > The US was never that. It's getting close now, though. Note how happy everyone is these days — we'll be even happier when we own nothing, or so we're told by the godless morons at the WEF. -- “Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien