Brian Harvey wrote:
> "John W. Kennedy"  writes:
>> The world has been ruled by cruel men for 5,000 years. Another 200 can 
>> scarce make a difference. The best that decent folk can do is resist it 
>>from day to day.

> All but the past 100 or so of those years were characterized by such weak
> technology that the world could barely support its population.  I don't
> think it's unreasonable to hope that 200 more years of rapid technological
> development might put the scarcity economy behind us.

A hundred years ago, people were saying the same thing. Yet where are we 
now?

There will always be greedy bastards who game the system, and there will 
always be pseudo-philosophers and pseudo-prophets who hail the greedy 
bastards as heros-and-beloved-of-the-gods. And, God willing, there will 
always be those who are willing to stand up and say No! to them.

"It's gonna take a lot more than a hundred years to evolve a better human."


-- 
John W. Kennedy
"The grand art mastered the thudding hammer of Thor
And the heart of our lord Taliessin determined the war."
   -- Charles Williams.  "Mount Badon"
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