Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On 09/11/2024 06:31, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 05:52:31 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

Spending twenty minutes on a greyhound bus talking down a drunk black
man waving a loaded revolver who felt disrespected in Chicago.

 You're one of the lucky ones. Some go home in body bags.

Ive had a lot of experience  with Glaswegian  drunks...This guy was no different. He just wanted someone to pay him the respect of listening to him
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If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.
Joseph Goebbels