Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Wed, 30 Oct 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/10/2024 14:15, Scott Lurndal wrote:

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:

On 29/10/2024 22:22, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-10-29, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
 

The cornucopians think there will always be a technological fix. Someday
they will reach into the hat to pull out the next rabbit and find out
there ain't no more rabbits.

 "Cornucopians" - love it.  That's a keeper.
 

It's a well known term for a clearly defined set of people who - lacking
any STEM knowledge themselves - confidently predict that technology will
save them, resources will never run out and the only limit is human
imagination.
 They are similar to the Greens in their adherence to faith based
arguments based on no facts whatsoever.
 They tend to be American, because the USA is probably the richest nation

 The "D" cornucopian troll appears to be an unhappy swede.
 

Really?
>
Sweden is going more right wing these days - nuclear power, fuck the muslims, and so on.

On the surface this is true, but underneath, sweden is destroyed. Socialism is deeply engrained, so don't be fooled by any cosmetics you might read in the newspapers.
But yes, in the short term, there have been a few mm shift towards the right, and that's better than nothing I guess.
Fortunately the world is a big place, so there's plenty of white and low tax areas to move to! =)