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   Attila wrote in   
   news:sgd1hk1cjapornomvf18uke08osm9iojls@4ax.com:   
      
   > On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 08:57:42 -0600, Elendil   
   > in alt.atheism with message-id   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>Attila wrote:   
   >>> On Sat, 8 Nov 2025 18:07:48 -0000 (UTC), Webbster   
   >>> in alt.atheism with message-id   
   >>> <10eo0tj$2obgp$4@dont-email.me> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Attila wrote in   
   >>>> news:896ugk5gbs4qj6us0qvat83galoofcpj7u@4ax.com:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On Sat, 8 Nov 2025 05:25:57 -0000 (UTC), Webbster   
   >>>>> in alt.atheism with message-id   
   >>>>> <10emk95$2c2e1$4@dont-email.me> wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Attila wrote in   
   >>>>>> news:obksgkhkqcfdr09k5c3enddh3un0nulur4@4ax.com:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On Fri, 7 Nov 2025 09:54:21 -0600, The World of Is!   
   >>>>>>> in alt.atheism with message-id   
   >>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Attila wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On Fri, 7 Nov 2025 07:57:31 -0600, The World of Is!   
   >>>>>>>>> in alt.atheism with message-id   
   >>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Attila wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 16:39:21 -0600, The World of Is!   
   >>>>>>>>>>> in alt.atheism with message-id   
   >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Attila wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 10:27:29 -0600, The World of Is!   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> in alt.atheism with message-id   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Attila wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 06:58:38 -0600, The World of Is!   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in alt.atheism with message-id   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Attila wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 5 Nov 2025 18:17:06 -0600, The World of Is!   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in alt.atheism with message-id   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Attila wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Nov 2025 04:47:35 -0000 (UTC), Webbster   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in alt.atheism with   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> message-id <10ec0h7$3dg3f$1@dont-email.me> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Trump wants to build nuclear power   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> plants.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He has chosen Westinghouse to build them.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He will pay Westinghouse $80 billion for   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the projects.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In return he has compelled Westinghouse   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to pay him the government 20   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> percent of any “cash distributions.”   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Between now and the end of January 2029,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the government can compel   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Westinghouse to go public via an IPO, at which   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> point the government will be awarded 20 percent   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ownership of the company, likely making it the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> single largest   
   >>>> shareholder.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is literally seizing the means of production -   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AKA Socialism   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Socialism takes 100% of everything in sight.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Socialism in action will be shown under the mew   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mayor of NY. As long as the city survives the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> experience.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You're an alarmist. Socialism is not communism and   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> increasing the socialist nature is like a pH measure   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not   
   >>>> an   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> inducement to 100% socialism. Libraries are socialist   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> structures how are they bad?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Libraries do not produce a product for sale.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Where is the money coming from to support all of the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> free stuff socialism promises? Will you work for   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nothing to   
   >>>> help   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> produce any of it?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Before you say "Tax the rich" be aware the "rich" are   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the one's who can easiest afford to simply pick up and   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> move out of the tax jurisdiction. Frequently taking   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their business with them.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I guess that's the point. 100% socialism means 100% tax   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on everybody and everybody consumes free resources.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is   
   >>>> not   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 100% tax which means there is a long ways to go to pure   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> socialism and you are getting up in the air about   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> services that should be available to everyone becoming   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> available.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What you describe is Communism. "From each according to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> his ability, to each according to his need" Which   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sounds good if you are talking about a computer run   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> economy. Mix in people and the Orwell effect quickly   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> emerges. "Some pigs are more equal than others."   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> See the USSR for a textbook example.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why do you claim healthcare should not be available to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everyone? Do you consider some people to be dogs and   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> beneath the system?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why should the government be involved in the healthcare   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> system at all beyond insuring it is not full of quacks   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and the pure food and drug laws are followed?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Because wealth is not a reliable indication of a person's   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> merit.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> Why should the government be involved with a person's   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> merit? And what does that have to do with the subject?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Quit being obtuse.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Being poor is a death sentence under your policies.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> There comes a point at which the individual must take   
   >>>>>>>>>>> responsibility for himself and not expect someone else to   
   >>>>>>>>>>> give him what he needs or thinks he needs.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> People fall. They can get back up again in other countries.   
   >>>>>>>>>> Here they just die.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> They can get up here too.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
      
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