What is this pseuds-corner spam fritter stuff? MF
On 17 February 2017 at 12:05, Nicolas George <geo...@nsup.org> wrote: > Le nonidi 29 pluviôse, an CCXXV, Andre Müller a écrit : > > The day comes closer, that we remove all politicians and do our own > > constitution. > > And your own constitution will need politicians of its own to work. And > they too, after the first few decades, will be corrupt, because "power > attracts the corruptible". > > (Strange, I knew that quote from Mother Superior Darwi Odrade in Frank > Herbert's _Chapterhouse: Dune_, but I see it attributed too to David > Brin's _The Postman_, that came out also in 1985. Funny.) > > If you design the constitution very carefully to avoid that, then maybe > the result will be slightly better than what we have to day. On the > other hand, if you do your revolution without learning from History, the > eventual result will likely be much worse. > > Well, this is completely off-topic, sorry for the inconvenience, I do > not intend to continue on the matter. > > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas George > >
