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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 22:29:29 +0100
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 31/10/2024 20:21, D wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> 
>>> On 31/10/2024 18:17, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>> On 2024-10-31, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> If you reject 'white mans' knowledge on racist grounds, well bye bye hi
>>>>> tech.
>>>>> 
>>>>> And I suspect that is what will happen. If the chinese dont take over,
>>>>> the barbarians will. And will be welcomed by those who have been taught
>>>>> to hate their own culture and fear science.
>>>> 
>>>> It's odd, though, how these barbarians, however anti-tech they may be,
>>>> manage to hold on to enough technology to create weapons.
>>>> 
>>> Or are they simply paying someone else?
>>> Only the Iranians have any technological nous.
>>> Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Morocco, Algeria..,Somalia...
>>> 
>>> Not exactly putting men on the moon are they?
>> 
>> Wouldn't those countries mostly just buy AK-47:s from russia?
>
> I have it on good authority that they indeed do, but their ability to 
> actually score a hit depends on the will of Allah. They just point it in the 
> general direction of the alleged enemy and loose off
>
> Besides what are they going to give back in exchange?

Mercenaries? Oil? Drugs? Votes in the UN? ;)