Re: CLASS in Europe and America
c186282 <[email protected]>
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On 8/16/26 00:12, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2026-08-16, rbowman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:06:22 -0400, c186282 wrote: >> >>> On 8/15/26 03:27, rbowman wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:51:17 -0400, c186282 wrote: >>>> >>>>> Or are you looking for some kind of medieval starving-farmer >>>>> equation ??? >>>> >>>> The fact that Usenet exists suggests that not all the farmers starved. >>> >>> ALL, no. LOTS and LOTS, yes. >> >> While there is always luck involved the more capable, provident farmers >> survived. Today, to extend the metaphor, half of the provident farmer's >> crop would be confiscated to support his neighbor who is incompetent or >> too lazy to bother to plow, sow, and reap. > > It's time to dig up that old article from rec.humour.funny: > > Guide to politicial systems > --------------------------- > > Socialism - You have two cows. The government takes one > to give to someone else. > > Communism - You have two cows. The government takes both > and gives you the milk. > > Fascism - You have two cows. The government takes both > and sells you the milk. > > Nazism - You have two cows. The government takes both > and shoots you. > > Bureaucracy - You have two cows. The government takes both, > shoots one, and pours the milk down the drain. > > Capitalism - You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. I think you pretty much "got it" ! :-) As Madonna said, it's a material world. Only JUST so much of everything. Even try to spread it all out and there's NOTHING. No gain, no future. Sorry, no Five-Star-For-All existence unless you have Harry Potter's wand. RBowman is USUALLY a very smart guy, but his socioeconomics seem a bit, well ....... A good reason to just stick to Linux/Unix in these groups. Alas, I admit it, sometimes there's just NOT much 'news' or new stuff ... so we get 'drift'. 'Capitalism' can seem 'mean' sometimes ... but it seems to WORK, kinda the BEST, most often. Sort of what Churchill said about 'democracy'.