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02-21-2009, 11:15 AM
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Horrible Bastard
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One axis of a cartesian plane was state control. Far left (on the graph) was no control or regulation at all, far right was utter control of every facet of life. The vertical axis was economic. The lower end was no taxation or public services whatsoever, and the upper end was stifling taxation at every income level. This allows you to plot yourself on the graph, and allows differentation between Stalin and Jefferson (on the "left"), and between Hitler and William Howard Taft (on the "right"). |
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02-21-2009, 11:21 AM
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That sounds like a better way to define the possibilities more accurately.
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02-21-2009, 11:41 AM
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No.
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02-21-2009, 11:43 AM
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Why?
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02-21-2009, 11:52 AM
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02-21-2009, 12:12 PM
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02-21-2009, 12:15 PM
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It does?
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02-21-2009, 12:42 PM
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Kinda. Except that "Left" and "Right" are essentially meaningless terms. I think they're using it to describe spending, since the state control issue is already on the graph. |
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02-21-2009, 12:45 PM
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I find it too limiting, and doesn't begin to cover the difference between a Democracy and a Republic, which is where we started.
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02-21-2009, 08:04 PM
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****************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio |
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02-21-2009, 09:57 PM
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Are you knock-kneed?
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Redux, can you find that chart you speak of? The only thing I can find is the Pournelle Chart which looks like this...Is this it?
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