This depends on what you mean by "anarchism," but I share the view with Chomsky that a common thread running through the anarchist tradition is that p...
It's how I view things too, Carlos. But, as you know, it's only one part of an important issue. The other part is to ask what effect the environment h...
Depends on what we mean by "middle class" and "poverty." It can be as misleading as the unemployment statistic. Yes, by some agreed income cutoff, fol...
And the principle of really existing free market theory is: free markets are fine for you, but not for me. That’s, again, near a universal. So you — w...
Ding ding ding. Winner! It's an abstraction, an ideal that people refuse to let go of. Usually used to justify the neoliberal agenda (i.e., giving eve...
What effects? The Dow just had it's worst day since 2008. Yes, the market going down is a source of trouble. Remember -- we share the burden when thin...
Yes of course, but he's also one of the press's biggest defenders. Criticizing our country or our press doesn't mean one hates or wants to destroy eit...
I think this response is disingenuous. I was illustrating that not everything the government does is awful, nor do the public view it that way. Now yo...
You're obviously correct. This is a very scary phenomenon, too. The question is: How do we deal with it when we see it, and in what way? Why is it tha...
Exactly right. Sometimes it's OK to just say "Yeah, that was silly." This is an online forum - no need to save face. Why go on defending the indefensi...
You're projecting, again. Notice I didn't say the US was doing good or bad. I said we're living with the consequences. Now when you say the "US has do...
Ah, ok. Thank you. Yes, that comes to mind for me as well and definitely has that connotation, but in this context I don't mean a conspiracy or anythi...
No kidding. People overwhelmingly like medicare, actually. This belief that everything the government does is terrible or incompetent is old and borin...
Yes. But since I don't have Tom Perez in front of me, you'll have to do. (That was a joke.) Of course not. You have to read the NYT with a critical an...
Yes, and for many others it isn't. They work very hard and are still screwed. To highlight and rail on one and not the other, particularly when there'...
Where do I say that in the above quotation? I'll repeat: plenty of people do it. Now look at the second sentence, because it's here that the issue lie...
I'm sure plenty of people do it, as I've stated before. Many more try very hard and fail to do so. This doesn't say anything about the economy being r...
No, Welfare queens and other outlier examples, which are used to justify cutting funding and a general hatred towards the poor, are rare. I put the en...
Maybe if you worked harder, you could up it even more. I'm so done with people like you who "blame the system" for where you are. The above is satire....
No. It's not a matter of wanting. It will never happen, period. Ever. End of story. Whether you want it or not. I may have wanted to play in the NBA, ...
Here is the relevant part of your response. It's exactly this sentiment that's wrong. It's in the same group as the old "Welfare Queen" belief, which ...
That's because you give us softballs. Some bright children could notice and correct where you've gone wrong, hence why you get so many mentions and re...
Well since you yourself are one of these "people," do you consider yourself helpless? OK then, neither to they. That's not what I'm suggesting. I'm de...
Going from working class to middle class may be considered "upward mobility," I suppose. But, like I said, that's really an illusion. You have as much...
You shouldn't feel pity for me, I'm quite happy with my choices. They're deliberate. What strikes me as sad, however, is this: If by "major things" yo...
Great, then let's have a discussion about those plans and numbers. I'd be happy to. Simply waving your hand and dismissing it all as USSR-style "socia...
No, they don't. Not if you make an attempt at understanding Bernie, of course. If you're not willing to understand his position, fine. In that case, r...
This is terrible philosophy, and very damaging. Think through what you're saying. You know there are plenty of examples of people who simply don't get...
I just caught this. Let me add my $0.02. All that planning is fine and good, provided that your saving for old age isn't at the expense of your presen...
Depends on your hierarchy of values; your priorities. If poker is a top value of yours, then giving it the according amount of care, time, energy, and...
Exactly. I think in this case, both are true. I assert it for myself and bring myself to take as a given that you do as well, until proven otherwise. ...
Given my above statement, I return to the initial question: Why do conservatives vote against their own (economic) interests? I add "economic" so we d...
You've touched, I think, on the heart of the issue. But again, I don't accept the idea that because neither you nor I have a foolproof way of convinci...
Not to me. Just because a decision is internally consistent with one's belief system does not make the decision, nor the belief system itself, rationa...
A choice that follows from "those beliefs" is a rational choice. Any beliefs? I think this does have something to do with rationality, yes, although I...
What decisions? It's useless to talk about things like this in too general terms. I'm not advocating for an algorithm or a rule that will work in any ...
The rational choice is whatever the person believes to be the case? I don't really follow you here. Are you arguing, therefore, that either choice was...
It's not intended to be condescending. I'm exploring the factors that account for irrational choices. They're made all the time. Conservative minded p...
You know what best to do with it, that's fine. Then are you against taxes altogether? Why not keep all of it, ideally, since you know how best to use ...
Yes, you can. When you say "believe lower taxes are better," you're being imprecise. "Better" is meaningless without a context. Better for whom and fo...
If someone voted, hypothetically, for a man who stated he would most likely use nuclear weapons and did so because he was pro-choice, would that be ra...
By voting for Clinton, there were plenty of interests not included in her proposals. I had to hold my nose. It's quite true that the two-party system ...
"Blame" is the wrong word to use, so I retract that. But even when using the word, my emphasis has been exactly the opposite: I don't "blame" voters a...
They precisely did vote irrationally. They vote against their interests (irrationally) when one person's policies would have had an empirically demons...
Most of the social issues are fabricated nonsense, yes. I don't blame the people necessarily, I place a greater amount of blame, as I stated, on the m...
Of course. But given that's true, how can we possibly point to Russian misinformation specifically as the cause, or significant factor in, Trump's get...
Not every popular movement says that, and certainly not Bernie's. What's said is that the majority of Americans support various policies -- 90% or so ...
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