tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post6138028062467563851..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: Atlantic: Why Do People Have to Make Stuff Up?Mungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-23465752408100033432013-06-27T09:45:48.165-04:002013-06-27T09:45:48.165-04:00" I haven't met them all, either, but the..." I haven't met them all, either, but they seem to think that politicians on the left and their ideas are just fine."<br /><br />So 51% of voters were gullible enough to buy BO's BS. <br /><br />Apparently, you have a problem with someone pointing this out.<br /><br />"left-leaning-but-open-minded"? Don't think the open-minded description applies, if you are unwilling to examine what he said and choose to be offended by the manner of presentation. In addition, I've never met a left leaning person with an open mind, although a lot claim it.alanstormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-37204037328783106712013-06-21T09:13:22.146-04:002013-06-21T09:13:22.146-04:00"The answer appears to be that folks on the l..."The answer appears to be that folks on the left need, actually psychologically NEED, to think they speak for "the people." They have never met the people..."<br /><br />Uhhhhh...are you referring to the 51.1% of "the people" who re-elected Barack Obama as their president? I haven't met them all, either, but they seem to think that politicians on the left and their ideas are just fine.<br /><br />More generally, cranky rants describing disparaging millions of people don't really make left-leaning-but-open-minded people such as myself want to continue reading your blog.Squarely Rootedhttp://squarelyrooted.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-92139320359183744052013-06-20T22:46:03.876-04:002013-06-20T22:46:03.876-04:00A lot of this has nothing to do with political ide...A lot of this has nothing to do with political ideology. Take the above blog, replace "left" with "right", "Koch" with "Soros", and make a few judicious edits. The result will be just as true.<br /><br />The left tends to take any organization which gets money from the Koch brothers (no matter how long the chain of intermediate groups) and declare it to be part of the Koch's plot to take over the country. The right does the same thing with George Soros (but this group is funded by another group which is funded by a third group which gets part of its money from Soros, so it's part of the conspiracy).Thomas Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701283200252131890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-1163749050478414912013-06-20T09:51:52.517-04:002013-06-20T09:51:52.517-04:00Take 1000 people who identify as left wing. Take a...Take 1000 people who identify as left wing. Take another 1000 who identify as right-wing.<br /><br />Ask a bunch of questions.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure you'll find MORE people on the left who believe that their opponents are lying, bought, evil etc. That's my claim. Just more.<br /><br />Obviously this go right back to Marx. When you favour capitalism, you are a "capitalist" i.e an owner of capital. Hence, you have "interests". When you are a socialist, you simply stand up for society. This point of view is the D.N.A of left-wing thought.<br /><br />As Mises puts it in his book on Marx: "a refusal to consider the possibility of dissent among honest people; either you think as I do, or you are a traitor"<br /><br />Old Odd Jobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14239083003799351747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-30399659885810836972013-06-20T08:28:59.493-04:002013-06-20T08:28:59.493-04:00Sounds too ad hominem for my tastes. Is the artic...Sounds too ad hominem for my tastes. Is the article trying to close the minds of those who agree with them or open the minds of those who disagree?James Oswaldhttp://azmytheconomics.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com