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A comment on Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Leaked Stanford Talk. Parent comment

Re:Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Leaked Stanford Talk by DiscourseFan on Friday August 16, 2024 @05:43AM (#41264799)
>They only respond to force

In the wise words of Chairman Mao:

"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

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Re:Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Leaked Stanford Talk by Jensson on Friday August 16, 2024 @07:51AM (#41265477)
At least he practiced what he preached there, but in democracies the pen controls the sword, not the other way around.
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Re:Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Leaked Stanford Talk by DiscourseFan on Saturday August 17, 2024 @05:19PM (#41278063)
>but in democracies the pen controls the sword

Pens are fairly sharp

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