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On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 07:18:04 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 07/06/2023 21:41, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>> On 2023-06-07, The Natural Philosopher <
tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/06/2023 03:35, Robert Riches wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2023-06-07, bob prohaska <bp@www.zefox.net> wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> Alas, `tis true. Trouble is not a conserved quantity....
>>>>
>>>> Indeed: trouble is usually served up by cons. ;-)
>>>
>>> Surely some mistake. Trouble is what the liberal politician seeks out,
>>> identifies, and then manages to propose state engendered solutions to,
>>> that manifestly will not fix it, so that it remains a problem, and an
>>> excuse for yet more centralised bureaucracy, state subsidy, and
>>> restriction of personal freedom to fix it better.
>>> The logical progressions of this is full communism, where nothing
>>> works,
>>> and the politicians are the problem.
>>
>> And this is just as true of right-wing extremists. As a wise person
>> once pointed out to me, they all meet somewhere around on the dark
>> side.
>>
> The 30s era fascists only differed from the communists in the
> aspirations of their supporters. The end result was the same. A narrow
> totalitarian elite.
I suspect a similar situation to that of Europe in the `30s is currently
developing in left-pondian political circles. The parallels are
`interesting` to say the least.
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