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Only an idiot or an ideologue promotes a particular policy even though he knows that it would harm him.
by Kudzu_Bob 13y ago
Only an idiot or an ideologue promotes a particular policy even though he knows that it would harm him.
- epsylon 13y agoSo Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are idiots or ideologues? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125918497 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1259184...
- Kudzu_Bob 13y agoNeither. Advocating that taxes be raised serves to increase their status, just as catapulting buckets of money in the generally direction of irredeemably corrupt African countries does. Biologists refer to such behavior as a "display of fitness," like a peacock's feathers or the way some tribal chieftains compete with each other to see who can give away the most stuff. We crave status more than we do money or even sex. Besides, in this case their lawyers and lobbyists will see to it that they actually never will have to pay much extra to Uncle Sugar. In the end, the only people who will feel the bite of tax hikes will be ordinary people, and nobody cares about them.
- guelo 13y agoSure, you can be a cynical selfish asshole when promoting public policy. But it's not a very good argument when trying to convince others.
- Kudzu_Bob 13y agoGotta love that false consciousness.