Originally Posted by Ezekiel
Originally Posted by logtroll
What difference does it make?
Nope, never said one was better or worse, just said that IMO the real motivations were almost always economic. No judgement on which is better.
Then, what difference does it make? (This is starting to look like a math question...)
To rephrase (or distort, depending upon something or other), what is your point?

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller