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| DATE | 2003-09-02 |
| FROM | Joe Grastara
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Interesting article on Valenti in this months
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--On Friday, August 29, 2003 6:24 PM -0400 Steve Milo
wrote:
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> The article is titled Who Speaks for Tech.
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> Valenti is quoted as saying: "No Kingdom, no empire, no monarchy, no
> republic will endure unless its citizens are under a canopy of a sturdy
> moral compact -- and history is replete with the dry bleached bones of
> prior enterprises that have neglected that lesson".
>
> First, I thought this country was a democracy? Or am I wrong?
You are wrong. The U.S. Government on some level a Republic with some
democratically elected public representation. These days we are in fact
more like an empire.
>
> Second, the first three examples do not belong in the same league as the
> last one he cited.
Nearly all governments responsible for a sufficiently large amount of
people end up converging in their appearance over time.
>
> Third, there is a reason those three examples he used have not
> survived to this day.
> Because they all were designed to keep the citizens under the
> thumb of a single ruler that was chosen arbitrarily.
Rulers were never and are not chosen arbitrarily.
> Those systems were designed to keep the citizens ignorant, ill and
> dependant on a welfare system that was distributed as deemed fit by the
> ruler. Not unlike socialism/communism.
> Or am I wrong?
You are wrong. Don't be so idealistic. Take a look at what is happening
in this country.
>
> Is it my imagination or is Valenti a seriously mentally disturbed
> indiviudual?
It's your imagination.
>
> Steve M
>
>
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Joe Grastara
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