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China is capitalist with dictatorial aspects.

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You (Nadegda) replied ( to me ):
> > TrueSocialism only works in cold, SparselyPopulated areas.
> 
> Proof, kook? It seems to me it was working quite well in Chile
> before the CIA inflicted Pinochet on them.

Chile is coldish, and SparselyPopulated.

We ( you and I ) can't think of a warm, crowded place 
where TrueSocialism has worked for any length of time.

China is capitalist with dictatorial aspects.

> > Pride is ugly, like a wart; the bigger the uglier.
> > A robot might select an apple over an orange,
> > but that doesn't mean it has "free will" ("the uncaused cause").
> 
> What the heck is that? I can't decide whether it's 
> garden variety white supremacism or something more exotic

"garden variety white supremacism" ?!
Pride is ugly, like a wart; the bigger the uglier.

> > Once the cards are all dealt, and the dice stop rolling,
> > and the bets are paid out, the "probability wave" has collapsed.
> 
> I think this might be wrong, but I'm not sure ... kensi?

An "Unknown cause" isn't the same thing is "no cause".
All of history, every lesson ever, every advance, tells me:

  Randomness is ignorance, nothing more.

> You can't prove anything, not ThermoDynamics ( Entropy and eXergy ), nor
> General Relativity; in fact, they _ contradict each other.
> The best you can do is:
> 
>   - Find it useful ( in its domain ).
>   - Try to Falsify it ( in its domain ).

> GR and thermodynamics? 
> I could've sworn it was GR and quantum mechanics ... kensi?

Quantum Mechanics is just a series of odds;
like the odds of a coin toss, or a dice roll,
or the odds of your horse winning -- anything could happen, and does.

> > The earth has warmed and cooled to great extremes over the past _
> > billions of years; long term, it's cooling.
> 
> I'm pretty sure this is wrong, too, even leaving aside human-caused 
> climate change, but ... kensi?

"That Time It Rained for Two Million Years" by "PBS Eons":
youtube.com/watch?v=_1LdMWlNYS4

> > The wealth and intelligence of a nation is reflected in its birth rate
> > -- from Singapore (.83/woman) and Macau,
> > at the top, to Niger (6.49/woman) and Angola at the bottom.
> >   Jeff-Relf.Me/Global.Fertility.Rates.1970.2014.PNG
> 
> This kookery again? You're like a dog with a kooky little bone.

Show me where I'm wrong and/or trivial; please, I beg you.

> > "equal rights" == "equal outcomes" == "submission to an insane despot".
> 
> Proof, kook?

Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea.

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Pride is ugly, like a wart; the bigger the uglier. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-09-09 03:06 -0700
  Re: Pride is ugly, like a wart; the bigger the uglier. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-09 10:42 -0700
  Re: Pride is ugly, like a wart; the bigger the uglier. Nadegda <nad318b404@gmail.invalid> - 2018-09-09 19:48 +0000
    China is capitalist with dictatorial aspects. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-09-09 16:12 -0700
      Re: China is capitalist with dictatorial aspects. Nadegda <nad318b404@gmail.invalid> - 2018-09-10 00:22 +0000
        Geography isn't your strong suit ? Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-09-09 18:24 -0700
          Re: Geography isn't your strong suit ? Nadegda <nad318b404@gmail.invalid> - 2018-09-10 01:41 +0000
            All you have is pride, nothing else. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-09-09 19:27 -0700
              Re: All you have is pride, nothing else. Nadegda <nad318b404@gmail.invalid> - 2018-09-10 03:01 +0000
          Re: Geography isn't your strong suit ? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-09-10 10:29 -0500
        Re: China is capitalist with dictatorial aspects. kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-10 13:44 -0400
    Re: Pride is ugly, like a wart; the bigger the uglier. kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-10 13:42 -0400
      Made for each other (was: Re: Pride is ugly, like a wart; the bigger the uglier.) invalid@invalid.invalid (Ï) - 2018-09-10 19:06 +0100
      Kensi's pride _ demands ignorance. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-09-10 12:29 -0700
        Re: Relf's pride _ demands ignorance. Nadegda <nad318b404@gmail.invalid> - 2018-09-10 21:00 +0000
      Re: Pride is ugly, like a wart; the bigger the uglier. Skeeter <skeet@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-10 14:57 -0600

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