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Originally Posted by Giggleton
No, I asked the question because some people do need access to the digital library, and they cannot afford the price of books. A thousand page treatise on the genetics of Triticum is usually pretty pricey.
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And any person who needs to know about the genetics of wheat is likely working at a University or research facility where such libraries exist. If you simply want to read it for your own edification, that is nice, but don't expect the authors of said work, or society to feel obligated to subsidize it.
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It is my belief that any system that is built around guarding against those who would take advantage of the system, rather than those who would not is doomed to eventual failure. Simply because of its inefficiency.
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What grade did you get in history?
The most durable systems tend to be the ones that play one group off against the other, either formally or informally. Party politics, and the inevitable rise of a second party whenever one party collapses has played a big part in preventing tyranny in the United States.
Likewise, Nobels versus the King and later Parlament versus the King played a similar role in English history.
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Bill