On 12/09/2020 07:08, Deloptes wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
>>
>> Nanny state is great if you can be sure Nanny is not owned by
>> Facebook...Twitter...
>>
>> There is no substitute for self awareness.
>>
>> And personal attacks do not advance your cause.
>
> Usually there is only one way out - revolution and guillotine. But be
> careful "they" also know this and take care it would not happen to them.
>
That does not work. Look t the French today. Absolutely no democracy
left, they all WANT to be run by a big State rather than a king.

Examine the 'iron law of oligarchy' - the only thing that works is a
constantly vigilant intelligent questioning vibrant local democracy. In
short you have to vote the bastards out while you still can.

The last person you want to guarantee your rights is an organisation
capable of removing all of them, and eliminating your power to remove
them...

Thank Brexit we are (almost) out...


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     “I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the
greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most
obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of
conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which
they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by
thread, into the fabric of their lives.”

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