Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 11:41:41 +0100, D wrote:

 
On Mon, 6 Jan 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 06/01/2025 10:50, D wrote:

unless they live off government handouts, in which case they are
really just a branch of government.

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No. Government is just another branch of the companies.

 
Depends on the country. I guarantee you that the government calls the
shots in sweden. In the US, I'm not so sure, but then, the US is not a
socialist as sweden.

In theory the government calls the shots. In practice Harris spent over a
billion dollars on her failed campaign. Where do you think that money came
from? Had she been elected do you think she would have treated the people
who paid for her job favorably?

Currently almost every day brings news of another company kicking in a
million or so to Trump's inauguration party. Is that selfless giving?

Then there is the revolving door and regulatory capture. Somehow the
people in the supposed regulatory agencies come from the industries they
are supposedly regulating. When their time as regulators comes to an end
they receive plum jobs back in the industry.

The framework for the heralded Obamacare was written by Montana's former
Senator, Max Baucus, and his aide. Single payer was never a possibility
since it was really Big Pharma writing the bill. The aide got a high
paying job in the health care industry for her efforts. Max got an
ambassadorship to China. I don't know if that was a reward or punishment
since Max could barely speak coherent English but at least we got rid of
the bastard.