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Re:Why the government took home prices out of its main infla... by jjoonathan on Friday May 27, 2022 @12:41PM (#31531620)
They want their children to rule in hell rather than serve in heaven. Not the wisest deal ever struck.
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Re:Why the government took home prices out of its main infla... by antisthenes on Friday May 27, 2022 @01:28PM (#31532265)
Well, if we're doing pseudo-philosophical soundbites, then hell is other people.

Better to rule than be ruled. At the very least it gives you a bigger safety net when you fall out of power.

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Re:Why the government took home prices out of its main infla... by imtringued on Saturday May 28, 2022 @08:17AM (#31539733)
That is how you get in the mess in the first place. You are scared of being ruled by other people who are scared of being ruled by you.

A true acracy, i.e. a classless society, is never even considered.

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