Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: CLASS in Europe and America Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:03:03 +0200 Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <56ecnTXZWchnMuv3nZ2dnZfqnPoAAAAA@giganews.com> <2didncOUv6QLUur3nZ2dnZfqn_EAAAAA@giganews.com> <115a1p8$2c0og$1@dont-email.me> <2e-dnYMtLsgV0eT3nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@giganews.com> <115cghq$34a0e$1@dont-email.me> <2GydnQveBfqof-L3nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@giganews.com> <115rmbv$3vk5l$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 2OJ3IW42e+JI1uSwBB1rPAYtNJQ44oASuVyZTX13bWG66peY7A Cancel-Lock: sha1:zOyRLrRah+MGMiNOdv9NqVqSwfU= sha256:zA/J27R1Q2Eercvl3IeWO1tXTKu+a2DlRHocpPkaPl0= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <115rmbv$3vk5l$2@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89934 On 2026-08-16 08:46, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:12:12 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> Capitalism - You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. > > Bulls are only good for one thing. And they’re a lot of trouble to > have around when they’re not fulfilling that one function. > > So the smart Capitalist will not *buy* one, but only *hire* one at > appropriate times throughout the year. Plus you also get to write off > the hire cost as an operating expense, instead of having to depreciate > its purchase as a capital cost over some number of years. They don't hire them: transporting them is problematic and expensive. They just buy the semen, and inseminate it artificially, probably hiring a vet or an expert. However, in capitalism somebody will try to sell you a bull and rip you off. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.