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On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 15:14:50 -0800, Dude wrote:
>On 2/1/2026 1:28 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>> On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 12:14:53 -0800, Dude wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/1/2026 11:12 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 10:06:31 -0800, Dude wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2/1/2026 9:03 AM, Wilson wrote:
>>>>>> On 1/31/2026 4:44 PM, Dude wrote:
>>>>>>> On 1/31/2026 10:30 AM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>> because billionaires don't have morals, and are slave to chasing what
>>>>>>>> they perceive as profit regardless of the effect of others
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> there's a reason rich people can't make it into heaven
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> cause we can't even build heaven when rich people exist
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Because it's obvious that you are biased by even using the term "rich".
>>>>>>> There's a good reason people don't want to be equally poor.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By global standards everyone here is rich.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If there were somehow a sudden great leveling of worldwide wealth today
>>>>>> it would almost certainly result in the end of our civilization. Any
>>>>>> actual progress towards the improvement of living standards has always
>>>>>> come from innovation, which requires a degree of concentration of
>>>>>> wealth. Long-term overall improvement has never resulted from forced
>>>>>> redistribution.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That doesn't mean we shouldn't help other people who need it. It does
>>>>>> however seem pretty obvious to me that assistance should never be from
>>>>>> any sort of centralized coercion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Forced redistribution is regressive and not progressive.
>>>>>>
>>>>> So, it looks like we have a few regresive on the list. We read about
>>>>> this in History class at college.
>>>>>
>>>>> Apparently, they want to get back to feudalism, where the King owns all
>>>>> the gold and land - where some lucky guy gets to sharecrop for a living.
>>>>
>>>> Now there is a gold plated excuse for doing nothing (or going back to
>>>> 1776). When all else fails accuse them of feudalism. But not
>>>> corporate feudalism. We're trying to make recognition of that
>>>> nastiness go away.
>>>>
>>> Let's not be hypocritical, you probably work for a corporation and pay
>>> income tax to the Crown. And Nick's trying to get a job in Silicone
>>> Valley and pay income tax to the state and the federal government.
>>
>> Sorry, I have been retired for these 20 years and intend to stay that
>> way. None of which has anything to do with corporate feudalism or the
>> attempt to pretend it is not happening in the us right now, today.
>>
>So, we have you to blame, but Nick's just getting started. Good work!
I sent all my serfs back to properity a year ago.
>
>>>
>>> There's no turning back now. Be a progressive and get back to work!
>>>>
>>>
>>>>> Back then, you were not even allowed to pick your own last name without
>>>>> the King's approval.
>>>>>
>>>>> Note:
>>>>>
>>>>> Once upon a time there was a guy called Will, who had a son they called
>>>>> Will's son, or Wilson. Another guy was also called Will, so he wanted to
>>>>> be called Will I Am. So, he became a Williams.
>>>>>
>>>>> They all decided to migrate from the land that was owned by the King of
>>>>> Saxony, so they went over to England, to the land that was owned by a
>>>>> King they called Harold, who was Godwinson with Williams and conquered
>>>>> the land called Anglia and kicked out the Picts.
>>>>>
>>>>> One Wilson became the Prime Minister of Britain and the other Archbishop
>>>>> of Canterbury.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good work! I love England!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain
Don't get political with me young man
or I'll tie you to a railroad track and
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Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?
dares: Ned
does not dare: Julian shrinks in horror and warns others away
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