Re: Electicity Supply

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Electicity Supply
Date	2025-09-09 13:34 +0200
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On 2025-09-09 11:56, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 09/09/2025 03:59, rbowman wrote:
>> On Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:16:34 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-09-07, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> IQ improvement ? Have doubts. Anything over 180 seems to go
>>>> insane.
>>>
>>> I don't think we have to worry about that.  We're working so hard
>>> to dumb people down that the median IQ is falling below the level
>>> needed for democracy to work.  And then the authoritarians will
>>> take over and nobody will have to think about anything.  For that
>>> matter, nobody had better think about anything.
>>
>> I think we hit that level some time ago. The problem I have with 
>> libertarian solutions is they require reasonably intelligent people.
>> What to do with the other 80%?  That's when I start swinging to the
>> opposite pole of the big horseshoe magnet.
>>
> I think Libertarianism has the answer to that one, in a free consumer
> market.
> 
> Only tax people the minimum, and cut public expenditure down to the
> things almost every body accepts need to be state funded and controlled,
> and then let people vote with their credit cards. i.e state control is a
> mark of failure, not success.

And then you get roads and railways in a sorry state. Think the USA.

> 
> No one in authority really knows the reality of life in e.g.  a
> Brazilian favela, or the African bush. And they have no moral compass to
> impose upon it.
> 
> I learnt that watching S Africa post apartheid.  The Librals *imposed*
> voting rights, but what the townships actually wanted was electricity, 
> sewing
> machines, clean water, a refrigerator, access to medical practitioners,
> more football and a TV to watch it on, and education.
> 
> They might have been dumb, but they weren't *that* dumb.
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Re: Electicity Supply rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-03 21:26 +0000
  Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-04 09:44 +0100
  Re: Electicity Supply Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-05 10:52 +0100
    Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-05 06:27 -0400
      Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-05 11:41 +0100
        Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-05 06:55 -0400
        Re: Electicity Supply Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-06 02:05 +0000
          Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-06 10:32 +0100
            Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-06 13:06 -0400
              Re: Electicity Supply rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-06 20:10 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-06 13:28 -0700
                Re: Electicity Supply Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-06 20:41 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-09-06 21:39 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-06 23:16 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-07 00:20 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-09-07 13:49 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-07 15:37 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-09-07 11:25 -0400
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-07 16:54 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-09-07 16:54 +0000
                Re: Electricity Supply Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-07 13:05 -0700
                Re: Electricity Supply rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-07 21:34 +0000
                Re: Electricity Supply Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-07 16:02 -0700
                Re: Electricity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-08 12:07 +0100
                Re: Electricity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-08 12:02 +0100
                Re: Electricity Supply rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-08 17:58 +0000
                Re: Electricity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-08 19:17 +0100
                Re: Electricity Supply rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-08 23:12 +0000
                Re: Electricity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-09 04:52 -0400
                Re: Electricity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-09 10:34 +0100
                Re: Electricity Supply rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-09 19:23 +0000
                Re: Electricity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-09 16:53 -0400
                Re: Electricity Supply rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-10 01:35 +0000
                Re: Electricity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-09 22:42 -0400
                Re: Electricity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-10 09:45 +0100
                Re: Electricity Supply rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-10 20:00 +0000
                Re: Electricity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-09 10:33 +0100
                Re: Electricity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-08 12:00 +0100
                Re: Electricity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-08 12:02 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-09-07 18:10 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-07 13:15 -0700
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-08 11:41 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-08 12:17 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-07 00:20 +0200
                Re: Electicity Supply rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-07 00:25 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-07 11:07 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-07 03:08 -0400
                Re: Electicity Supply Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-09-07 08:50 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-07 05:03 -0400
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-07 11:25 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-07 07:14 -0400
                Re: Electicity Supply Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-09-07 11:44 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-09 00:16 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-09 02:59 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-09 04:44 -0400
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-09 10:56 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-09 13:34 +0200
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-09 16:29 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-09 10:47 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-09 14:22 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-09 16:35 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-10 03:23 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-10 09:56 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-09-07 11:26 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-07 15:30 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-09-07 11:19 -0400
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-07 16:52 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-07 00:19 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-07 04:22 -0400
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-07 11:03 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-07 06:51 -0400
                Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-07 01:29 -0400
                Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-07 01:12 -0400
                Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-07 11:15 +0100
                Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-07 06:58 -0400
                Re: Electicity Supply rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-06 23:56 +0000
                Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-07 00:31 -0400
                Re: Electicity Supply c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-07 00:28 -0400

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