I think it inappropriate to insert your own text in a quoted block without making it clear that you're misquoting someone deliberately. Whatever your (provably false with well established psych/sociological research) notions of personal merit vs. wealth, they are not Stallman's: keep them out of the block, or don't pretend it's a quote.
On 12 January 2015 17:07:05 GMT+00:00, Mirimir <[email protected]> wrote: >On 01/11/2015 10:39 PM, Juan wrote: >> On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:00:38 -0500 >> grarpamp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Juan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> about serious stuff like constantly invoking freedom >>>> while being a crass statist. >>> >>> It's a trap! >> >> >> Ha. Wait! >> >> https://stallman.org/articles/why-we-need-a-state.html > >Stallman opines therein: > >| Above all, we need a state in order to have democracy, which >| is the system by which the many non-rich [aka beta, weak, >| clueless, stupid, etc] join together to overcome the power >| of the rich [aka alpha, powerful, skilled, smart, etc] and >| thus deny them control over society. > >I agree, but only provisionally, and only if the alphas don't control >the state. However, alphas typically do end up controlling the state, >and that's the fatal defect. What's needed long term is conversion of >betas into gammas. With enough gammas, the state will arguably wither >away. But I'll be dead long before then, so I focus on the process. > >> When I first read it I missed this line >> >> "Copyright (c) 2013 Richard Stallman Verbatim copying and >> redistribution of this entire page are permitted provided this >> notice is preserved. " >> >> LMAO! unintentional self-parody at its best. > >No, he's just saying that he'll track you down and kick your ass if you >fuck with his shit. There's no state required for that ;) -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
