post election comment

[Anonymous]

Well, it works well enough for those who aren't stupid and irrational. Not so well for those who are.

And maybe it is irrational to care about the stupid and irrational, but what can I do? Not trying to be the Jesus here, just can't help but give a shit.



(and thank the gods for people's stupidity Re: poker).

[bigred]

Define well informed. This is the age of information and people know exponentially more now then decades ago and this trend will continue. Perfect information (which is what I think yoy mean by wellinformed) as a requirement for a free market to work is based on pure economic theory and not a practical/useful assumption to real economic applications.

With perfect information, government subsidies for research would not exist, do you see why?

Oh, and as for the stupid people, Darwin has some sort of theory you might not agree with.

[Anonymous]

Darwinian evolution obviously doesn't apply to humanity. Blind, retarded, deaf people live to breeding age all the time, last time I checked.

Define well informed. This is the age of information and people know exponentially more now then decades ago and this trend will continue.

This is true, but the purveyors of information have also become exponentially more savvy in their manipulations of information and people. Our understanding of the human psyche is at an all-time high, and don't think that the advertising department of every major corporation is using that understanding to their full advantage.

The "it's better than it's ever been" argument is kind of silly, though, isn't it? I'm obviously talking about an ideal here. I can agree that it's better than it's ever been if you can agree that there is room for improvement. I'm not harkening back to some golden age where the unwashed masses were hip to all the inner workings of the power elite. Such an age obviously never existed. I'm assuming that we are all on the same page with hoping we will continue to strive toward that ideal.

First step, IMO, is minimizing the ability of those with control of the information to manipulate toward their ends. I'm all about the free flow provided by the internets, but most people still get their info from the nightly news or their local paper. Both of which are most likely owned by a company that also makes bombs. What are the chances that the truth about war are going to make it through an outlet who makes money off war?

[boost]

I'd put Nader to the left of center on this politcal axis.

I'd put Nader as a corrupt delusional git.

hey fnord, you do realize that you sound like a complete retard when you say things like this, right? Not so much because its not true, but because no one here has a clue what youre talking about. Nader seems pretty cool to me, but Im not blind to the fact that politicians are politicians, so if you gave me some insight thats cool, but just saying some silly shit like this makes you look dumb.

[mcatdog]

This thread is starting to remind me why I decided awhile back never to participate in politics threads on message boards. Talking about politics has a tendency to turn perfectly decent people into huge assholes.

*slaps himself with a wet noodle for ever posting in this thread*

[NewJack33]

This thread is starting to remind me why I decided awhile back never to participate in politics threads on message boards. Talking about politics has a tendency to turn perfectly decent people into huge assholes.

QFT

[vqc]

This thread is starting to remind me why I decided awhile back never to participate in politics threads on message boards. Talking about politics has a tendency to turn perfectly decent people into huge assholes.

*slaps himself with a wet noodle for ever posting in this thread*

were u by any chance eating a bowl of noodles as you were posting this?

[Lukie]

This thread is starting to remind me why I decided awhile back never to participate in politics threads on message boards. Talking about politics has a tendency to turn perfectly decent people into huge assholes.

*slaps himself with a wet noodle for ever posting in this thread*

haha, so true...

[mcatdog]

were u by any chance eating a bowl of noodles as you were posting this?

No, but while you were posting your reply I was busy spending $40 at a sushi bar because that's how I roll. I do have some leftover noodles in the fridge from yesterday though.