Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: UNIX systems Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 22:19:46 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <87frk8drdb.fsf@example.com> <2d9b3f1c-c742-e47f-84cf-599e01f9a044@example.net> <87ikp02i0x.fsf@example.com> <87msebw9sa.fsf@example.com> <87a5aau8bz.fsf@example.com> <8a7e56c9-779d-2250-2e9c-6dd67af88570@example.net> <87r03mq9po.fsf_-_@example.com> <2f52e086-7adf-663a-2bd7-0e328bdba87c@example.net> <87a5a7hhbd.fsf@example.com> <1e0008ef-b322-6a14-5842-d1f10eac4b58@example.net> <87h644gz5i.fsf@example.com> <9f05f9e2-c7cd-4d03-0e32-44dc9537e2f0@example.net> <87v7sj8284.fsf@example.com> <842580d0-aceb-b942-2043-4908be386f97@example.net> <87wmcx4drc.fsf_-_@example.com> <1r8zj3f.xvrkua1q2u5x8N%onion@anon.invalid> <87o6y7bomx.fsf@example.com> <87a59qhni1.fsf@enoch.nodomain.nowhere> <1r935kz.iqrn5xb0e5zkN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="4090533"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: <1r935kz.iqrn5xb0e5zkN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:26891 On Wed, 12 Mar 2025, Sn!pe wrote: > Mike Spencer wrote: > >> And now we have Peter Thiel highjacking the Tolkien world with >> mil- and spook-tech Palantir (as well as Valar, Mithril, Lembas, >> Rivendell and Arda.) >> >> He's seems to have overlooked that in the story, it was a palantir >> that Sauron used to totally corrupt Saruman and another to utterly >> demoralize Denethor, Steward of Gondor. It's not clear to me whether >> Thiel thinks of himself as Sauron or as a more resilient Saruman. >> >> The 1920s were the last decade in American history during which >> one could be genuinely optimistic about politics. Since 1920, >> the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of >> the franchise to women -- two constituencies that are >> notoriously tough for libertarians -- have rendered the notion >> of "capitalist democracy" into an oxymoron. >> -- Peter Thiel, in CATO Unbound >> >> I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible. >> -- Peter Thiel >> >> Okay, Sauron it is. >> > > Exactly so. Thiel's use of the name 'Palantir' for his all-seeing eye > has always struck me as being in excruciatingly bad taste. I always thought it was great humor! =)