CONTROL FREAKS
L. Todd Masco
cactus at bb.com
Fri Sep 9 15:55:28 PDT 1994
To try to cool the flames a bit...
In article <Pine.3.87.9409091434.A20129-0100000 at crl2.crl.com>,
Sandy Sandfort <sandfort at crl.com> wrote:
>Come on, Jim, you've been arguing that totalitarians can ignore
>economics. Answer my questions. How long did the "Thousand Year
>Reich" last? What totalitarian states can you name that have had
>any legs at all? There are none.
I think the point isn't that totalitarian states won't last: we know
that. The point is that those trying to establish a totalitarian
state can do a hell of a lot of damage to the rest of us before they
fail.
--
L. Todd Masco | "Hide, witch, hide! The good folk come to burn thee, their
cactus at bb.com | keen enjoyment hid behind a gothic mask of duty." -JS/BATE
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