Ken Griffith wrote:
>
> The politicians and
> school systems have sold them on the idea that security = wealth. That is
> the lie.
>
Actually, they have been taught to be afraid and that to acquire seeming
security comes at specific costs. They've been further conditioned to believe
that accum
>
> >> The key word here is "willing". If technology produces
> convenience at the
> >> expense of liberty, then the average joe is *willing* to sacrifice a
> >> little liberty for a little convenience.
> >
>
> the two things are mutually exclusive and not related.
>
> Technology, ie human invent
>JP,
>
>> (It could be that on other planets with other intelligent species,
>> they did NOT discover this, ie, it could be for other intelligent
>> species that socialism works.
>
>I beg to differ. It has nothing to with location (which planet) or
>with biolaogical identity (which species). Cap
JP,
> (It could be that on other planets with other intelligent species,
> they did NOT discover this, ie, it could be for other intelligent
> species that socialism works.
I beg to differ. It has nothing to with location (which planet) or
with biolaogical identity (which species). Capitalis
It basically boils down to a sales job. The PR hacks for the politicians
(ie. the public education system) have "sold" the populace on the idea that
the benefits they now enjoy come at the "price" of high taxation. When in
reality, the benefits would be even greater without it.
It might be bett
