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Originally Posted by JKDS
Thats my fault for not investigating the pedophilia thing. I was reading one of those "where do they stand" type sites and it said that, then I googled and found tons of links with the headline. I done fucked up.
But hes still incredibly anti-gay, and that matters for quite a few reasons. For one, he'll be responsible for nominating people to the Supreme Court, a decision that could rewrite the entire victory. That victory was also not possible without Obama's massive support in the case. For another, he has a world of influence over how gays are treated in the military, a front that is far from over.
As far as learning economics, I'd love to. But the problem is that it seems that its either too complex, or too assumption riddled, to be whittled down into a simple idea. When I learn about sciency things, I often listen to Neil Degrasse Tyson bc hes awesome. Most sciencey types say he isnt that big a deal smarts wise...but I disagree. As far as any issue hes ever talked about, hes been able to whittle it down to something I can walk away with and understand. That takes a lot of skill, and its something I have to do to juries soon. But I dont see anyone effectively doing that with economics. It always seems like they take an assumption, carry it to an extreme, and pray its gonna work out. I dont have that faith.
Fact is, I dont see how bernie's policies are going to hurt us, and no one has been able to explain it in a way that made actual sense.
the learnliberty videos are great for this. plus milton friedman was the master. what have you read/watched?
my econ 101 textbook was written by paul krugman, one of the most lefty* economists alive. bernie couldnt answer 2% of the questions in it. also, it's not assumption based at all. it's pretty much all supply and demand math (find the area under the curve!). the supply and demand model is as well established as evolution and gravity. for example the stock market couldnt even function if the law of supply and law of demand were non-insignificantly different than the models.
*it should be noted that a lefty economist is still very to the right of the populace. economists agree on about 98% of things, and they're all pretty "right-wing" on the stuff. it's the 2% of things they argue about, like whether or not interest rates are a meaningful measure of monetary policy. granted, this disagreement does not reflect academic economics that much. but it does reflect economists as a whole since so many are stuck in the weeds of punditry and political ideology.
look at it this way: it took until the 00's for the federal reserve to finally admit that it caused the great depression with its bad monetary policy. all signs point at the fed for causing the 08 financial crisis and subsequent great recession (not housing recession, those were different things) just like they did with regards to the great depression, but it will still be several decades before economists finally admit it at large.
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