Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 12/25/24 2:51 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2024 12:27:27 +0100, D wrote:
 

As a libertarian, my favourite argument against libertarianism, is that
it is very unstable, and very likely to be attacked from without, or
over time, to be converted into kingdoms with serfs.

 Libertarians have a lot of faith in mankind that I don't share. Then there
is the problem that many of the libertarians I've know IRL tend to be
nutters.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Jones_(Libertarian_politician)

   There is large-L Libertarian and small-l libertarian. I tend
   to fall into the latter group.
   Large-L is kinda naive - we have and still see what happens
   when humans can get too much power over other humans at most
   any scale. Slaves and serfs are the least of it. The instinct
   to dominance is hardwired in (and, clearly, not JUST our
   all-so-proud species). It's very Darwinian, just that Darwin
   never imagined thermonuclear weapons .....
   There's also the issue of the "bygone world" - that kinda
   simpler time where the world was 'bigger' and you could
   kinda just disconnect. The idea that you could still finds
   some favor in the USA and likely Canada. Everything else
   was always "over there" after all ...

At least he stood out and became a little less blueish over the years. The
Libertarian Party typically gets 3% of the vote but outdid itself this
year with 0.42% after nominating a pro-choice gay. The LP in this state
ignored him completely.

   The LP ... yea ... doesn't do very well. I'd like to think
   that 'libertarian' idealism isn't THAT far gone. That sort
   of thinking is what gave us 'human rights' and Bill-o-Rights
   and neo-democracy and equality under the law and a lot of
   other niceties people tend to take for granted these days.