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[–] aradgus@lemmy.ml 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

"Property is theft!" ~ EA

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

'I wonder who this ship belongs to anyway,' said Arthur.

'Me,' said Zaphod.

'No. Who it really belongs to.'

'Really me,' insisted Zaphod. 'Look, property is theft, right? Therefore theft is property. Therefore this ship is mine, okay?'

[–] rustyredox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Just a few days ago I was re-reading the Restaurant at the end of the universe, and was going to try and look up this quote before reading the comments. I've really got to get around to reading the rest of the books by Douglas Adams, as I loved his hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy series.

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The thing I love about zephod is that he was basically the "it was me. I did it like this." Meme before the Heavy is Dead video came out.

[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Your ship is cool and all, but I’ve trained Cruise Missiles V, so fuck your ship :D

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

"Fuck EA" ~ Me

[–] lugal@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

If I were asked to answer the following question: What is slavery? and I should answer in one word, It is murder!, my meaning would be understood at once. No extended argument would be required to show that the power to remove a man's mind, will, and personality, is the power of life and death, and that it makes a man a slave. It is murder. Why, then, to this other question: What is property? may I not likewise answer, It is robbery!, without the certainty of being misunderstood; the second proposition being no other than a transformation of the first?

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, What Is Property?