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just a minor gripe: was predictable is lame. you either predict the future or you dont. you dont say that you could have predicted it. i get the point of the ar
by the_cat_kittles 9y ago
just a minor gripe: was predictable is lame. you either predict the future or you dont. you dont say that you could have predicted it. i get the point of the article, but its lame when people try to act like the "could have predicted" something, because they are using the fact that it happened.
- ygaf 9y agoSeconding this, the use of predictable actually makes me think the article isn't worth it.
- heavenlyblue 9y agoOne of the first names that comes to my mind regarding the prediction of the right-wing populism is Camille Paglia. Now while I agree with the point you're trying to make, it seems to me that the main motivation behind the article is that there are political climates when the changes are inevitable; and the question this article is trying to answer is when should we listen to the individuals rather than take the larger picture of the opinion landscape?
- nopinsight 9y agoTo be fair, the paper's author published a book titled "Has globalization gone too far?" in 1997. Book description: "Globalization is exposing social fissures between those with the education, skills, and mobility to flourish in an unfettered world market—the apparent "winners"—and those without. These apparent "losers" are increasingly anxious about their standards of living and their precarious place in an integrated world economy. The result is severe tension between the market and broad sectors of society, with governments caught in the middle. Compounding the very real problems that need to be addressed..." https://piie.com/bookstore/has-globalization-gone-too-far https://piie.com/bookstore/has-globalization-gone-too-far