Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: in-tree pristines fatally wounded (merge-fest etc)

[Samium Gromoff]

At Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:37:18 +0900,
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> The fact is that in modern democratic societies the crisis of social
> responsibility is not among the powerful.[1]  It's among the _weak_, and
> especially the middle classes, who use their weakness as an excuse for
> turning a blind eye to the excesses of the powerful, which they could
> easily curb, simply by refusing the bribes offered by the rich.  And
> among the "moral left", who prefer to meaninglessly denounce the
> abuses of the powerful and demand "social responsibility", while
> themselves turning a blind eye to the hypocrisy of the majority.

Hmm.

A look from the other side: in Russia, the swift quickly become the
powerful, during the 199x.

Not by bribes, but just by _banditically_ taking over factories,
killing directors and otherwise bruteforcishly exploiting the
society.

This was only recently stopped to a certain degree by president Putin,
despite how the western media pictures him.

What point do i want to make, basing on this?

Well, the people on the top of the social pile can easily do what
they want, and they do not need to resort to silly bribes.

That`s the point.

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regards, Samium Gromoff