Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: 5 Nov 2024 20:55:02 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <2ItTO.338744$v8v2.95701@fx18.iad> <1190130485.752353610.782141.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <38b4c4eb-2ab5-df94-0baa-c2d7fcdda60d@example.net> <7c5edef0-d4ec-a8fc-3f70-8ffa2a2b1df0@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 4T2as6RGzHd/vH3ZqARJQw1MZaNujESPBCR3tG9LDg6JM4fYin Cancel-Lock: sha1:dTyjSqmE0W3L7CJq1hMRGDYbjDY= sha256:4LgzW5B34wsAi+LaSQfYOCukYI66EIE7v17Hjc84sDI= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228653 comp.os.linux.misc:60641 On Tue, 5 Nov 2024 14:14:21 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > I have long thought that long term unemployed should be made to join a > sort of army, where they are separated from their backgrounds, taught > self discipline and how to strive, and anything else they are capable of > learning - and would in time become extremely valuable as a civil rapid > reaction force to deal with the aftermath of floods and hurricanes etc. During the Depression a Civilian Conservation Corp was formed. https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-civilian-conservation-corps.htm There are still ruins of the CCC camp at one of the local ranger districts, They build an airstrip, irrigation systems, trails, and other worthwhile projects. Today the nations forests are in need of some TLC and a modern version gets floated out but it will never happen. Expecting people to work and live under some sort of discipline to collect welfare is cruel and unusual punishment.