Belinda is concerned

[Byron Sonne]

> Of course I know that some of it is made of people like you and me.
<snip>

I should read my posts more often... apparently I resemble a raving 
lunatic sometimes ;) But I want to go on record as stating that 
communism sucks ass as much as capitalism. I just can't figure out how 
to develop a compromise between the two. Socialism strikes a nice 
balance if only our taxes were managed better.Perhaps there isn't one 
and we're doomed to vacillate between the two. But the oss & fsf 
movements, to me, embody alot of things I think and believe and puts 
them into practice. So yes, I can't remember who said it, but it *is* 
about more than just the software.

In all total seriousness, I got no problem forking over half of my 
income in tax IF, AND ONLY IF, it is used well and effectively. I'm 
happy to have my money go toward feeding and educating people, free 
healthcare for everyone, keeping us and our children safe, developing 
and enhancing our arts and culture, and making the world a better place 
for everyone. Scandinavia (Denmark in particular) strikes a pretty good 
balance in my experience but they have their own issues.

Of course, these are all easy things for an upper-middle class educated 
and well fed white dude to say. I always found it amusing that of the 
many political ethos that promulgate mass revolt for the betterment of 
the masses, the authors of the relevant doctrines are almost always well 
educated upper class non-coloured people. Perhaps that explains the 
failure rate; a true understanding of the causes, nature and plight of 
the disadvantaged is lacking.

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