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> What is success? How about measuring by success by the preferences of the people in the country? Apparently a majority of UK voters preferred leaving.
by baddox 10y ago
> What is success?
How about measuring by success by the preferences of the people in the country? Apparently a majority of UK voters preferred leaving.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoBecause emotions aren't an objective measure of quality of life? Yeah! Success! We're out of the EU! Will they still be thrilled when trade dwindles and their social safety nets are cut? You can educate someone. You can't fix willful ignorance. > Gotta hand it to stupid people. They may not understand nuance, secondary effects, or the long term, but dammit, they know how to vote. https://twitter.com/rolldiggity/status/746195269390196736 https://twitter.com/rolldiggity/status/746195269390196736
- baddox 10y agoIsn't "objective quality of life" a semantic contradiction? Whose lives are you talking about, and who is a better judge of a person's quality of life than that very person?
- imtringued 10y agoIn that case WW2 was a fantastical success...
- tremon 10y ago"in the country"?