I'm wondering if where the issue comes from is my choice always being Red or Blue. I can't help but wonder: If the US somehow were to change over to a parilimentarysk system would that help
On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Gillian Densmore <gil.densm...@gmail.com> wrote: > In comunist America Presidents Choose You! > > > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: > >> Glen - >> >> I don't mind the irony. In fact, the old saying "fight fire with fire" >>> wouldn't exist if it _never_ worked. >>> >> I agree... I just couldn't leave it unstated. >> >> What I'm interested in, since this is a list presumably about >>> _complexity_, >>> >> I thought it was about coffee on friday mornings? >> >> is the (piecewise) linearity of the proposal. No comments are made >>> about the unintended consequences of getting any of these people elected. >>> Sure, I want to vote for candidates who support campaign finance reform... >>> but would I want my donation to fund Sarah Palin's campaign if she promised >>> to support it? ... No >>> >> Yes, the problem of "single issue" voting which I think is identical to >> "single-variable optimization" seems obvious to some of us, yet maybe not >> to the masses? >> >> . I have the same problem with the claims that the libertarians can >>> team up with the progressives on some issues. You can tell a lot about a >>> person by looking at their friends. >>> >> "Politics makes strange bedfellows". Does that qualify for "wouldn't >> exist if it never worked!" ? >> >> It seems to me the inherent problem is not the particular issues, nor >>> the funding. The problem is the myopic focus... the "single issue"-ness of >>> most current politics. And that involves everything from "if it bleeds it >>> leads" to line item vetos to minimum standard sentences. It goes way way >>> beyond campaign finance or even lobbying in general. >>> >>> It doesn't seem to me like "out linear the linear" works the same way >>> "fight fire with fire" works. >>> >> Well said. >> >> p.s. However I approve of almost everything Lessig supports... so, >>> donating your money here is probably a good thing. But not because of this >>> particular issue. Rather because the people behind it have a decent >>> _cloud_ of vectors. Change the people and you change the nature of the >>> organization. >>> >> I respect that way of thinking. >> >> - Steve >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > >
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