> Denny wrote: > We're FAR more connected (faster, too) than ever. Somehow that plays > an important role. >
Seems like it used to be that people were grouped locally but not necessarily philosophically. That is, while you probably hung out with like minded people, you also had to interact, work with, and work for all types of local folk. Nowadays, due to communications, you don't have to. I know people - in fact most people I know - spend their entire lives working, interacting, and working for philosophically like minded people. I know people who've quit jobs because they found out their boss was "a liberal". And worse, now the like-minded world-view can be piped in 24/7 and talking points can go from ideation to saturation in hours. And people like that. They fundamentally don't like change or disagreement. They things boxed up and simple and they don't like to be picked - or act out - like individuals. It's mob mentality. It's why David Brooks says politics has been boiled down to reasonable-in-private. Think about that: our culture - the world leaders in democracy - is aggressively driving our politicians to only be reasonable in private. And we keep doing it because, as a people, we don't like to think critically nor value it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265887 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
