Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Biker Gangs Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:54:03 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <06f0e679-de1d-1a27-1d4b-9c601ea894fe@example.net> References: <70506569-3453-b208-a5c8-688ba7138642@example.net> <85e5fe11-2cbe-0e26-d861-8922a9d780f0@example.net> <012c92b9-33c1-3107-c634-a308dbb2226c@example.net> <4d79c8a7-d55b-5ac5-88be-53e6dc2f78c3@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-28982419-1736963645=:16798" Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3751451"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:64399 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-28982419-1736963645=:16798 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Wed, 15 Jan 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 15/01/2025 09:04, D wrote: >> I've met _one_ artist in my life who was centrist, or almost a-political, >> and one artist was a friend of my mother and although being left, she >> didn't really care that much about it. My mother, being very right and >> conservative and her artist friend managed to stay friends for decades. > > WE have long running jokes about the Engineer™ and the ArtStudent™ > > While the ArtStudent™ spends hours dreaming up idealised imaginary > solutions, the Engineer™ gets a tool and cracks the problem in seconds... > > It is the essential difference between what the US calls Liberalism, and what > is called Conservatism. > > I think Winston Churchill summed up socialism as the 'equal sharing of > poverty', because social justice *only* was the aim. Never increasing wealth, > only splitting it 'fairly'. > > Today's UK government epitomises that. > > Job creation, not wealth creation > Taxation not investment. > Regulation, not free enterprise. > > The furore in the free software epitomises it. Never mind good code, as long > as you are a right minded person who thinks men can have vaginas. This is the truth! For a lot of entertaining material on that theme in the tech sector, have a look at https://lunduke.substack.com/ . --8323328-28982419-1736963645=:16798--