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haha, Scott Adams cracks me up. Adams blogged about persuasions and writing techniques for years. I learned a lot from reading those posts. Then he uses the sa

haha, Scott Adams cracks me up. Adams blogged about persuasions and writing techniques for years. I learned a lot from reading those posts. Then he uses the same techniques to promote Trump. Which is fine. People can support whichever candidate. But Adams adamantly denied his support.

olivermarks 9y ago
I think the idea that Scott Adams is 'promoting trump' isn't helpful on a number of levels. He is very, very perceptive about humans and their failings, and brilliant at lampooning corporate and bureaucratic group cultures and rat races. I've learnt a lot reading his articles about the way the current crop of republican politicians are operating. He is one of the few people making sense and understanding the zeitgeist of half the American people. I'm not a trump fan fwiw, you can take this more in the Sun Zu sense: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
- wavefunction 9y ago
  >the zeitgeist of half the American people I'd like to point out that this is wildly overstated. ~59.7% of eligible voters voters cast a ballot in 2016.[0] Of those votes cast, Donald Trump received ~46.1% of those votes or 62,979,879 votes.[1] So Donald Trump represents at the least the zeitgeist of ~27.5% of eligible voters. It's hard to determine how he represents the zeitgeist of non-voting-eligible inhabitants of the US but when you compare his popular vote total to the total population of the country, or ~323,100,000 in 2016, one can claim with certainty that Trump represents the zeitgeist of at least ~19.5% of the country. I point this out because it is often said that Donald Trump represents half the country, likely because he was the candidate of one of the two major political parties in this country and 1/2 is 50%. However repeating this falsehood of Trump representing the beliefs of half the country lends legitimacy to Trump and his agenda that is unearned and provides cover to people who would like to believe that the beliefs they share with Donald Trump enjoy some sort of popularity that is more widespread than can be justified. The same is true of course for Hillary Clinton and those Americans that cast their ballot for her, though of course the breakdown would be very slightly larger in her favor given her winning of the popular vote by some ~3,000,000 votes. [0]http://www.electproject.org/2016g http://www.electproject.org/2016g [1]http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/21/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-popular-vote-final-count/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/21/politics/donald-trump-hillary-...
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- kelukelugames 9y ago
  That's the beauty of Adams writing. It allows deniability by him and his fans.

olivermarks 9y ago

I think the idea that Scott Adams is 'promoting trump' isn't helpful on a number of levels. He is very, very perceptive about humans and their failings, and brilliant at lampooning corporate and bureaucratic group cultures and rat races. I've learnt a lot reading his articles about the way the current crop of republican politicians are operating. He is one of the few people making sense and understanding the zeitgeist of half the American people. I'm not a trump fan fwiw, you can take this more in the Sun Zu sense: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

wavefunction 9y ago
>the zeitgeist of half the American people I'd like to point out that this is wildly overstated. ~59.7% of eligible voters voters cast a ballot in 2016.[0] Of those votes cast, Donald Trump received ~46.1% of those votes or 62,979,879 votes.[1] So Donald Trump represents at the least the zeitgeist of ~27.5% of eligible voters. It's hard to determine how he represents the zeitgeist of non-voting-eligible inhabitants of the US but when you compare his popular vote total to the total population of the country, or ~323,100,000 in 2016, one can claim with certainty that Trump represents the zeitgeist of at least ~19.5% of the country. I point this out because it is often said that Donald Trump represents half the country, likely because he was the candidate of one of the two major political parties in this country and 1/2 is 50%. However repeating this falsehood of Trump representing the beliefs of half the country lends legitimacy to Trump and his agenda that is unearned and provides cover to people who would like to believe that the beliefs they share with Donald Trump enjoy some sort of popularity that is more widespread than can be justified. The same is true of course for Hillary Clinton and those Americans that cast their ballot for her, though of course the breakdown would be very slightly larger in her favor given her winning of the popular vote by some ~3,000,000 votes. [0]http://www.electproject.org/2016g http://www.electproject.org/2016g [1]http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/21/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-popular-vote-final-count/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/21/politics/donald-trump-hillary-...
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kelukelugames 9y ago
That's the beauty of Adams writing. It allows deniability by him and his fans.