<![CDATA[I remember reading a science fiction story in the late 70s by Poul Anderson in which an aging capitalist and an aging communist come to blows in a bar in a small town somewhere in the not-very-distant future, arguing about where it all went wrong.]]>I remember reading a science fiction story in the late 70s by Poul Anderson in which an aging capitalist and an aging communist come to blows in a bar in a small town somewhere in the not-very-distant future, arguing about where it all went wrong. Turns out that as soon as solar became really, really cheap, both of their economic models just…went away, along with the belief systems they'd sustained. The younger townspeople don't even really understand what they're arguing about…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/62df3778-53bd-4da4-84e1-6614c38d40ae/i-remember-reading-a-science-fiction-story-in-the-late-70s-by-poul-anderson-in-which-an-aging-capitalist-and-an-aging-communist-come-to-blows-in-a-bar-in-a-small-town-somewhere-in-the-not-very-distant-future-arguing-about-where-it-all-went-wrong.RSS for NodeSun, 05 Jul 2026 03:27:58 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I remember reading a science fiction story in the late 70s by Poul Anderson in which an aging capitalist and an aging communist come to blows in a bar in a small town somewhere in the not-very-distant future, arguing about where it all went wrong. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:25:13 GMT]]>@gvwilson that seems pretty ridiculous to me: solar power or not, ownership of the means of production is always going to be a flashpoint in human affairs

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://seattle.pink/ap/users/115855847980876292/statuses/116837391628011165https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://seattle.pink/ap/users/115855847980876292/statuses/116837391628011165Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:25:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I remember reading a science fiction story in the late 70s by Poul Anderson in which an aging capitalist and an aging communist come to blows in a bar in a small town somewhere in the not-very-distant future, arguing about where it all went wrong. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:51:03 GMT]]>@jackwilliambell @gvwilson The Last of the Deliverers]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ublog.thirdlaw.net/objects/4d766d62-ca07-4871-a4f4-e8675f7b886dhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ublog.thirdlaw.net/objects/4d766d62-ca07-4871-a4f4-e8675f7b886dTue, 30 Jun 2026 01:51:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I remember reading a science fiction story in the late 70s by Poul Anderson in which an aging capitalist and an aging communist come to blows in a bar in a small town somewhere in the not-very-distant future, arguing about where it all went wrong. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:36:57 GMT]]>@gvwilson

Was that 'Snowball'? If yes, Gutenberg has it.

> https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59314

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