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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 11:27 AM EDT |
So I'm puzzled. How does a person get to the point
that they are
absolutely willing and eager to vote
against their own
interests?
DoubleSpeak. Mislead them with half truths and
lies.
Can we get blockquote aliased to bq to make quoting quicker? [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: sumzero on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 11:47 AM EDT |
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating
the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who
are doing the oppressing.” ― Malcolm X
sum.zero
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48. The best book on programming for the layman is "alice in wonderland"; but
that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
alan j perlis[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 12:03 PM EDT |
I, personally, think that it is vitally important that no single structure
(single person, single institution, single party, whatever) be too firmly
entrenched in power. That is the greatest virtue of democracy; that the group of
people that runs the country changes every so often.
If that's your neighbour's reasoning, then I can sympathise (though in America,
your two major parties have merged into more-or-less a single institution in any
case, making it a more-or-less moot point).
Having said that, though, probably the best way of finding out your neighbour's
reasons behind her conclusions is to ask her. If she gives a well-reasoned list
of points, then she's at least thought about it; if, on the other hand, she
simply repeats a few slogans without ever putting her brain in gear, then it's a
case of successful advertising.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 12:29 PM EDT |
We sometimes see the same thing attempted on our side of the pond. But, most of
us travel more in other countries than I think Americans do so we see other
viewpoints for ourselves. That gives a certain vaccination to the media efforts.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 07:07 PM EDT |
You are correct at pointing to the superficial nature of media analysis. But
this too is a symptom. The real cause is a political structure which is too
disfunctional diffuse and complicated for the media to properly cover.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 07:32 PM EDT |
The other answers here all seem willing to want to *blame*
something (eg the media, or the political system).
Some people, however, will vote for more altruistic reasons
than their own, selfish, reasons. Or because they've been
brainwashed. Perhaps it is a principle, or perhaps they
believe their vote will improve the country as a whole,
rather than themselves.
My parents, as business-owners, would always tend to vote
one way. Now, even as retired recipients of the social
benefits here in the UK, would do better to vote in exactly
the opposite direction. I doubt they could be persuaded
to...[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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