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Article #1652Re: Our Anti-Merit System
From: CKIM
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 05:52
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 05:52
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"Herman Rubin" <hrubin@odds.stat.purdue.edu> wrote in message news:ajj1i8$2dse@odds.stat.purdue.edu... > well off. Every advancement of civilization was by empowering > those who could do what the typical person could not to do so > and benefit personally from it. This is what the socialist > advocates cannot realize. Really? Let's see.... - Movable type: created by monks for the benefit of society - Democracy: created by philosophers for the benefit of society - Nuclear power: created by government-funded scientists for the benefit of society - Space travel: created by government-funded scientists for the benefit of society - Internet: created by the military and further developed by the civilian government, for the benefit of society Those are just the first few that came to mind. I'm sure I'm missing volumes of advances that were never created to profit an individual. It's fun to watch neo-conservatives leap to conclusions, and fall flat on their face. And before you go calling me a liberal, you should know that I've voted Republican since I was old enough to vote, except for the exception of one gubernatorial candidate that I personally knew was a boob. But I vote Republican for different reasons than most.....
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