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   In article <10eo101$2obgp$5@dont-email.me>, bax02   
   _spamblock@baxcode.com says...   
   >   
   > Attila wrote in   
   > news:tb6ugkp2p3bbdik7it37h2ojtk3d8bu3ro@4ax.com:   
   >   
   > > On Sat, 8 Nov 2025 05:26:35 -0000 (UTC), Webbster   
   > > in alt.atheism with message-id   
   > > <10emkaa$2c2e1$5@dont-email.me> wrote:   
   > >   
   > >>Attila wrote in   
   > >>news:5gksgktl7bg57jpjrtcq4n9c1msahqmd5d@4ax.com:   
   > >>   
   > >>> On Fri, 7 Nov 2025 18:25:22 -0000 (UTC), Webbster   
   > >>> in alt.atheism with message-id   
   > >>> <10eldih$21812$4@dont-email.me> wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>>Attila wrote in   
   > >>>>news:q4qrgk53h13eftt435dpb16niovm2jnud0@4ax.com:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>> 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.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>How'd that work out in the Victorian and Gilded Age? That's great if   
   > >>>>you're wealthy, not so great for every one else.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Someone must have survived. There are a lot of people   
   > >>> around today.   
   > >>>   
   > >>   
   > >>But a lot didn't survive.   
   > >   
   > > Sooner or later nobody survives.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Would YOU rather be the Sooner or the Later? And would you rather pass in   
   > misery or comfort?   
      
   Who cares? You're gonna be dead anyway.   
      
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