<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:16px">It can be, and is. But it can only be done if it is completely voluntary. As soon as there is legal compulsion, that system fails. spike</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:16px">Oh? Where is it done? bill w</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 3:42 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_7852704131161280648WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Atheists catch a break<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">I would put the notion of Original Sin and the concept of hell tied<br>for second worst, with gold medal for worst idea in history going to<br>communism spike</span><span style="font-size:18pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">>…<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> In communism we have a great idea: from each according to their abilities, and to each according to their needs</span>…<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">With the stimulus package currently being considered in the USA, it isn’t so much communism-lite as it is communism-weird: from each according to their abilities, to each according to their having a pulse.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">>…<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> If only that could be done. In fact, I don't see why it cannot be done</span>…<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">It can be, and is. But it can only be done if it is completely voluntary. As soon as there is legal compulsion, that system fails.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">>…<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> That assumes that people will give up the idea of personal property, and that is about as far from what humans are like as 'love your enemies'</span>.</span><span style="font-size:18pt;color:black"> Bill </span><span style="font-size:18pt">w</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Ja. When people voluntarily give up personal property, then they are free to give away everything. Until then, not.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">spike<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br><br></span><span style="font-size:18pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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