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Bah, the creators of those "invisible manipulators" have a mind just as weak as the people they are trying to manipulate; Trump's fear mongering and proud-of-hi
by notgood 10y ago
Bah, the creators of those "invisible manipulators" have a mind just as weak as the people they are trying to manipulate; Trump's fear mongering and proud-of-his-own-stupidity personality is by itself a result of a culture that rewards narcissism and sees money as a measure of success, regardless of how many unethical things you did to get it.
Also, humans have been doing this for millenniums already, making you believe not one but hundreds of irrational stories of what you must do and think, it's called religion. And it's so successful that people are coerced into not being critical of them by fear of being labeled as "intolerant" or "fascist" or any other big bad word; it's so successful they don't even have to pay taxes regardless of generating millions of dollars for its headmasters. It's so successful that most Americans wouldn't even consider voting for an Atheist for president[0]
[0] http://www.people-press.org/2014/05/19/for-2016-hopefuls-washington-experience-could-do-more-harm-than-good/ http://www.people-press.org/2014/05/19/for-2016-hopefuls-was...
- throwanem 10y agoI might vote for an atheist presidential candidate, but I certainly wouldn't vote for an Atheist one.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoCan you elaborate on the difference between the two?
- mikestew 10y agoI'm going to guess, as I hold a similar opinion, that one (little "a") doesn't buy into a god individual and the other one (big "A") turns not believing in a god into a religion. Put another way, an atheist just doesn't believe in a god of any sort. An Atheist makes it a major part of their identity.
- Karunamon 10y agoA similar distinction exists between libertarians (people who subscribe to libertarian political ideology) and Libertarians (members of the Libertarian Party, an actual organization). The difference appears to be in organized-ness.
- throwanem 10y agoThat's a different distinction, I think; capital-A Atheists don't seem to be particularly organized in any way I've been able to observe, so much as they are stridently antireligious in a way that would be no less likely to contravene the Establishment Clause than your least favorite televangelist would be.
- throwanem 10y agoYup. A capital-A Atheist by definition has a point to make that isn't befitting of any candidate for US public office. I don't suppose that counts as an automatic disqualification by everyone's lights, but it most certainly does by mine.
- notgood 10y agoIt was a typo you silly men.
- throwanem 10y agoBy you, perhaps, but not by others: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/03/18/become-a-capital-a-atheist/ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/03/18/beco...
- LoonyBalloony 10y agoAyyy man, first I'm hearing of it to.
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- losteric 10y agoBlame the politicians that set our nation's education priorities and funding. Our K-12 system is geared towards churning out 20th century employees, not educated citizens. The entire education system, including college / trade schools / internships, warrants refactoring for the 21st century.
- MaxfordAndSons 10y agoOh it's already getting refactored all right... but not towards the end of educated citizens.
- jmnicolas 10y agoHave you ever thought about the possibility that your perception of Trump had been influenced by the invisible manipulators described in this article ?
- notgood 10y agoAnd you typing that comment was influenced by the same manipulators who want me to believe that, yeah it's turtles all the way down. Joking aside; it's usually all much chaotic that one person controlling another; or a group controlling another.