Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them

On Mon, 12 May 2025 13:04:44 +0100, Pancho wrote:

I don't think anyone really suggests the EU aren't corrupt.

The saying is “power corrupts, and absolutely power corrupts absolutely”.
This is why, in democracies, we have checks and balances: different kinds
of power are given to different groups which are supposed to be
independent of each other, and keep an eye on each other. This includes
the judiciary and the press.

And of course voters must do their part. It is in the interest of certain
parties to cultivate cynicism in the system on the part of the general
public, because this way it undermines the whole system and lets those
parties take control, bypassing all the checks and balances. As seems to
have happened in the USA, for example.