[ExI] Be nice to leftists

[Ben Goertzel]

I mean ... the equation of might with right does have a certain
simplicity to it ... but not, I think, a desirable kind ...

Occam's Razor should be balanced against explanatory accuracy ;-p ...



On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Ben Goertzel <ben at goertzel.org> wrote:
>> It surprises me sometimes when I hear people, especially the poor, vilifying
>> big corporations.  Clearly those companies are doing something right that
>> the impoverished complainers are doing wrong.  Otherwise they would be the
>> big corporations.  Don't rage against the machine; become the machine.  Then
>> be a really good one.
>>
>> spike
>
> Well, sure, and by the same token, surely Mao Zedong and his cronies
> were doing something
> right, that the people they were oppressing were doing wrong !!
>
> "Don't rage against the Communist dictators; become a Communist dictator.  Then
> be a really good one."
>
> As we all know, might makes right -- right?
>
> ;-)
> ben g



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