<sigh> The French revolution, the Russian revolution. Point out the longest lived totalitarian state that still exists today. They all fall eventually.
Bob S > On Aug 3, 2017, at 10:05 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Despotic machines are often so efficient (cf. North Korea) that no one could > revolt even if they wanted to. > > Cf. The Hungarian Uprising, the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia, and so on. > > As you have never lived in a totalitarian state you have never had to deal > with the reality of that, > and stating that people either have to "live with their present situation, or > to revolt" betrays a singular > lack of understanding re the nature of totalist states. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
