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What would you say are the alternatives to our evil National Health Service and other evil state institutions looking after the health...

Russian communism was a long way removed from the normal socialism now operating in all modern states. Long rant about Marx not much to...

Hand planing would be the biggest part of the job. Have a look here at chair makers 10 minutes in. Two blokes on one plane working like...

Does seem a lot! I've been at it for a long time, from when this forum was a Yahoo newsgroup, 20+ years ago perhaps? Mostly about...

The Luddites were successful but not necessarily in their own lifetimes. Popular mistake is to assume that they were opposed to...

As long as they are not out of work. That's the basic paradox. The automation puts them out of work and they can't even afford the...

Too long to read. Say 500 words max? 2 of your paragraphs?

That looks very interesting. So much to read and so little time! :ROFLMAO: Quick glance - it looks like a basic argument for UBI and...

I didn't say that. What I meant was something very simple i.e. that if you are both ill and poor you are unlikely to be able to afford...

Well yes poor old Starmer hasn't heard of "the moral high-ground"! An open goal.

I don't imagine a socialist utopia. This seems to be a figment of your own imagination. Well there are certainly no examples of a...

Complete opposite of the truth. The whole point of brexit and everything about free-market neoliberalism, de-regulation etc is to allow...

Only suitable for dry goods - nuts etc OK. I'd guess linseed oil to seal it a bit as it goes off hard. Brush on thin, wipe off surplus...

No it does not. We've been using it for years in two salad bowls, and the family before that. One was made by my dad probably 80 years...

Olive oil for a salad bowl.