--- Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This does not appear to be the case. People often > vote *against* their > self-interest. This conundrum appears to be resolved > by the > understanding that people vote their identities, not > their interests. > The Republican party did a superior job in the past > election of > appealing to the middle in this way. > > Dave
This is true _only_ if you are so arrogant that you believe you understand people's self interest better than they do. Thomas Hobbes had something to say about that centuries ago. It wasn't true then that elites could (or would) understand most people's self interest better than they did, and it isn't true now. Maybe they _do_ vote their self interest, and you just don't understand what their self interest is. I know which one seems more likely to me. Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
