Unfortunately I agree.
I was aware of this AS "thoughtless prey" after I got snookered into
helping Ronald Reagan displace Jimmy Carter for what turned out to be
*all the wrong reasons*... It was a painful but good lesson. I was a
mere 22 at the time. I could have known better, but I didn't.
I raised my daughters very carefully to make sure they were not easy
prey for this kind of stuff, but my older daughter still fell to the
populist meme that suggested that Hillary was the best choice for
president because she is a woman and a democrat and "her time had
come". She finally now acknowledges that Bernie was very mishandled by
both Hillary and the DNC and that he had a significantly better chance
to have kept the Donald out... but she was adamant right up through the
counting and shouting that went on through January.
We are too often the dreaded "sheeple".
Baaahhaaaa!
On 4/11/17 4:49 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
Steve writes:
< They are popular *because* they are loudmouth jerks with no obvious true moral
compass (is that what you mean by scumbag?). >
There is a benefit when people that have examined their lives and the world
around them lead those that are unable or unwilling to do the same. Without
this leadership, some of the latter group are prone to irresponsible behavior
that can bring harm to everyone. Unfortunately, there is limited incentive to
provide this leadership, only the certainty of trouble otherwise. It is not
clear to me how to rebuild these control systems for this century. It seems
to be a burden on productive people. So what we have instead are populist
scumbags who see that all of this ignorance can be exploited for personal gain.
The deeper problem are all the thoughtless prey that need to be herded around
and told what to think. The scumbags are just one kind of natural predator.
Marcus
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