Re: California Democrats Endorse 186

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From: Chris Holt
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 11:02

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es@crl.com (Eric Smith) writes:

>I know it's really hard for some people to accept the idea of letting
>wealthy people get away with being wealthy and not giving anything back,
>but until you accept that idea, you can't really see the world clearly
>the way it really is, and your efforts to make it better will make it
>worse.

"See the world clearly the way it really is"?  It seems to me that
your view is similar to that of the aristocracy in mid-18th century
France; and when enough people had that view, there were somewhat
regrettable political consequences.  Perhaps you would like to
offer a historical justification for your claim to have a privileged
understanding of reality?
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