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		DiscourseFan on Aug 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Leaked Stanford T... >They only respond to force In the wise words of Chairman Mao: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

Jensson on Aug 16, 2024 [–]

At least he practiced what he preached there, but in democracies the pen controls the sword, not the other way around.

DiscourseFan on Aug 17, 2024 | [–]

>but in democracies the pen controls the sword

Pens are fairly sharp

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