home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   rec.arts.sf.misc      Science fiction lovers' newsgroup      3,290 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 1,617 of 3,290   
   J. Anderson to James A. Donald   
   Re: Socialism or Capitalism: What is bet   
   23 Aug 08 12:07:07   
   
   XPost: soc.culture.baltics   
   From: andersons6@inbox.lv   
      
   "James A. Donald"  wrote in message   
   news:2isua4dulr3u308hae9as61s8hu18ekovb@4ax.com...   
   > "James A. Donald"   
   >> > A government falls when enough people disbelieve   
   >> > that others start disbelieving also.   
   >   
   > "J. Anderson"   
   >> Remove the first 'dis-' if you want your statement to   
   >> express what I suppose you're aiming to say.   
   >   
   > I meant what I said.  Government exists because people   
   > believe it exists, believe it is powerful, mighty,   
   > invincible.  When they doubt, when they disbelieve, it   
   > falls.  Governments are kept in existence by the power   
   > of faith.   
      
   'When enough people disbelieve that others start disbelieving'. Now where is   
   the logic in that?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca