From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Thu, 1 Feb 2024, oldernow wrote:   
      
   > On 2024-01-31, D  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Communism has been disproven historically and   
   >> scientifically, yet it (and its cousin socialism) keep   
   >> popping up again and again.   
   >>   
   >> Why do we never learn our lesson?   
   >   
   > I feel compelled to mention that I'm not part of said "we". I learned   
   > this lesson at least three decades ago. As for everyone else in the   
   > "we" umbrella, well, I'm pretty sure they've not learned said lesson   
   > because they have what is usually referred to as "shit for brains",   
   > which I just so happen to know a lot about, because that's what I   
   > had with respect to this topic before learning my lesson. Turns out   
   > that brains and shit can come to completely different conclusions   
   > about the same information/data. Whoda thunk, right? :-)   
   >   
   > I don't consider it a "primary lesson", though. The primary lesson   
   > is that shit can't come to conclusions as useful toward bettering   
   > things as brains can, and the fundamental - if not exclusive -   
   > component of said shit is ego. And this has been understood on and   
   > off before, but wisdom regarding that is currently under attack by   
   > a preponderance of unchecked ego, because that's what happens when   
   > egos despise and malign the solution(s) to ego....   
      
   Hmm, maybe ego is not the right word. What about egoism coupled with   
   short-sightedness? A long-sighted egoist should rationally do good things,   
   since he realises that it will benefit him in the end. The one who does   
   not look ahead, and craves instant gratification, that one can be really   
   destructive.   
      
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