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Re: CONTROL FREAKS
To try to cool the flames a bit...
In article <[email protected]>,
Sandy Sandfort <[email protected]> wrote:
>Come on, Jim, you've been arguing that totalitarians can ignore
>economics. Answer my questions. How long did the "Thousand Year
>Reich" last? What totalitarian states can you name that have had
>any legs at all? There are none.
I think the point isn't that totalitarian states won't last: we know
that. The point is that those trying to establish a totalitarian
state can do a hell of a lot of damage to the rest of us before they
fail.
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