Capitalism will save this world

petros

The Central Scrutinizer
Nov 21, 2008
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Come through the door and be welcomed with open arms or come through the window illegally and end up right back where you started.

Cliff hates the rule of law.
 

Cliffy

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Nov 19, 2008
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"Day by day, however, the machines are gaining ground upon us; day by day we are becoming more subservient to them; more men are daily bound down as slaves to tend them, more men are daily devoting the energies of their whole lives to the development of mechanical life. The upshot is simply a question of time, but that the time will come when the machines will hold the real supremacy over the world and its inhabitants is what no person of a truly philosophic mind can for a moment question.
Our opinion is that war to the death should be instantly proclaimed against them. Every machine of every sort should be destroyed by the well-wisher of his species. Let there be no exceptions made, no quarter shown; let us at once go back to the primeval condition of the race. If it be urged that this is impossible under the present condition of human affairs, this at once proves that the mischief is already done, that our servitude has commenced in good earnest, that we have raised a race of beings whom it is beyond our power to destroy, and that we are not only enslaved but are absolutely acquiescent in our bondage." - Samuel Butler, 1863
 

MHz

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Written by a machine known as 'a pen'. Going off the deep-end isn't working for you. Somebody has to mention that as you don't seem to be picking up on that all on your own. Maybe he was peeved at having 10 kids when child labor in the coal mines was replaced by a 'hydraulic shove'.
 

Walter

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"Day by day, however, the machines are gaining ground upon us; day by day we are becoming more subservient to them; more men are daily bound down as slaves to tend them, more men are daily devoting the energies of their whole lives to the development of mechanical life. The upshot is simply a question of time, but that the time will come when the machines will hold the real supremacy over the world and its inhabitants is what no person of a truly philosophic mind can for a moment question.
Our opinion is that war to the death should be instantly proclaimed against them. Every machine of every sort should be destroyed by the well-wisher of his species. Let there be no exceptions made, no quarter shown; let us at once go back to the primeval condition of the race. If it be urged that this is impossible under the present condition of human affairs, this at once proves that the mischief is already done, that our servitude has commenced in good earnest, that we have raised a race of beings whom it is beyond our power to destroy, and that we are not only enslaved but are absolutely acquiescent in our bondage." - Samuel Butler, 1863
Luddite shit.
 

captain morgan

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Let ma ask you a question cliffy.


As you're a big supporter of Greta, what do you believe will be the effect on food production if her oh-so-wise demands of ridding the planet of fossil fuels (read: fuel for farm equipment) are implemented?


Any thoughts on this?