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Progressive urban areas pay more taxes and have less voting power than rural
ones.
From: Friam on behalf of Owen Densmore
Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2016 10:2
This seems right to me, Pamela,
It also seems appropriate to learn the history of Weimar better, and I don’t
know very much about it.
A key point seems to be that the Germans didn’t suddenly wake up in the 1930s
and decide to adopt a totalitarian state and exterminate millions of people,
drivi
Roger, hi,
It isn’t a databse of local governments, but there is such an effort for local
NGOs which grow out of thoroughly-understood problems, and which have
non-nonsense urgent motives to solve the problems. Paul Hawken has a book
summarizing part of this, and I believe there is a database
On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 2:56 PM, glen ☣ wrote:
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> We could try a parallax approach, though ... divide the whole into parts
> by multiple (different) methods (state, county, demographic, ...) and use
> something akin to Kullback-Leibler to constrain a set of "common models",
> perhaps in the conte
I'd agree. Like with Gillian's recent comment about basic needs satisfaction,
a common problem in all of this is the [in]accuracy of self-reporting. This
video states it well enough:
Why Socrates hated Democracy
https://youtu.be/fLJBzhcSWTk
"I cause you trouble and go against your desir
"Regardless (unlike typical proportional representation systems), the ways
should be based on data taken (via methodologically well-founded measures) from
the world, not arbitrarily justificationist ideas farted out by our minds."
I reckon that states' rights are really about allowing for more a
It still seems clear to me that the problem lies in the (overzealous)
attribution [*] of systemic properties based on flimsy or nonexistent patterns
in the collection of individuals. The (false) attribution of consensus is
similar to that of a political mandate after winning an election. This
oup
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Stop Calling People "Low Information Voters" | Quillette
Well, sure. But, speaking for myself, I see plenty of snobbish, aloof, and
patronizing expression in the speech and action of people like Richard Spencer
and Mencius Moldbug (Curtis Yarvin) -- and the i
The ruling classes were just plain tone-deaf. Our bad.
I'm a post-capitalist revolutionary Canadian College professor and activist
working hard to prevent this country from slipping further into economic
oligarchy, but I have a sneaking suspicion that Trump will surprise us in
some nifty ways bec
I found the article just silly. Yes, the comparison between Thinking Fast and
Thinking Slow is apt. Maybe we should call the Trumpists “trigger finger
voters” and the Clinton voters, “think before you pull the trigger” voters.
Also apt, to this student (and survivor) of WW II are the parallels
Well, sure. But, speaking for myself, I see plenty of snobbish, aloof, and
patronizing expression in the speech and action of people like Richard Spencer
and Mencius Moldbug (Curtis Yarvin) -- and the intellectuals they tend to fawn
over. Hell, Ayn Rand has a huge dose of it, too. To go even
“High information” people ignore evidence if it conflicts with their preferred
narrative all the time.
Sometimes evidence is wrong or misinterpreted – sometimes a theory is needed to
put evidence into context. That’s not ignoring evidence, that’s seeking even
more information and a better fram
I agree with a lot of what you're saying. But we have to be careful with our
demographics. I would bet that most of the people who voted for Trump _have_
their basic needs met! Granted, they may be worried about whether they _will_
have their basic needs met in the near or far future. But f
Glen,
The style matters. Oddly quite a bit. "Liberal elitism" is snobbish, aloof,
and patronizing. Note, it is not the way in which they are "elite", but the
"elitism" that rankles the most. Trump's
financial-elite bull-in-a-china-shop schtick looks and feels very
different, and there are many peop
My German friends who's countery to this day is still recovering from
Hitler. Those people at least outright said America has got to pull
together somehow. The best way to undermine the fear Giano, Drumpf, Fox
news, and CNN propogate is to counter it with upbeat things, and the truth.
The sooner we
moral principle for
folks on the left. That makes a lot of sense.
From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 10:27 AM
To: Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: [FRIAM] Stop Calling People "Low Information Voters" | Quillette
On 12/01/2016 10:11 AM, cody dooderson wrote:
> Sorry, but I found the first article very disturbing. It seems like an
> opinion piece that might have come out during the rise of the Nazi party. It
> blames the 'parasitic educated' class, praises the virtues of the military
> service, and argue
Sorry, but I found the first article very disturbing. It seems like an
opinion piece that might have come out during the rise of the Nazi party.
It blames the 'parasitic educated' class, praises the virtues of the
military service, and argues in favor racial segregation.
My very shallow reading on
I love it. The Elites are getting hammered. Snobocracy is now so visible
that it can be attacked for what it really is.
http://quillette.com/2016/11/30/stop-calling-people-low-information-voters/
This was also referred to by this:
http://quillette.com/2016/11/14/cut-out-the-literally-h
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