From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Sun Sep 24 2000 - 14:29:51 MDT
Zero Powers writes,
> Hmmm. They hunted together and shared the spoils with the entire tribe.
> Each one worked according to his own ability, and consumed according to his
> need. What would you call that, capitalism?
I'd call that a failed social system, a relic of the Stone Age, prehistoric
primitivity...
an example of the superiority of capitalism.
> Learned your American history from Lone Ranger re-runs, eh? Many tribes are
> no longer around. If what happened to the natives doesn't qualify as
> "extermination" because there are still some people left on the planet who
> refer to themselves as Native Americans, then there has never been an
> exterminated people in all of human history.
So, go join the American Indian Movement < http://www.aimovement.org/ > and stop
pestering extropians.
--J. R.
"Odvaznemu stesti preje - Good Luck follows the brave"
Czech proverb
"After dark all cats are leopards."
Native American Proverb (Zuni)
[Amara Graps Collection of Quotes]
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