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Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by jocaal on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @01:27AM (#43629144)
"A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both." - Milton Friedman
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Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by WalterBright on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @01:37AM (#43629192)
Good one! Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote something similar:

Enforcing equity means nobody has freedom. When people are free, there is no equity.

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Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by mmooss on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @01:51AM (#43629265)
You might want to read up on Solzhenitsyn. Wrote some very important books, but not someone you want to quote on ethics.
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Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by WalterBright on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @02:22PM (#43635505)
He's right on this one.
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Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by mmooss on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @02:55PM (#43636086)
Right or wrong, that's not an appeal to an authority.
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