At 12:10 PM Friday 9/15/2006, Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 15, 2006, at 4:30 AM, jdiebremse wrote:
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sep 14, 2006, at 10:34 AM, J.D. Giorgis wrote:
A thought-provoking article about the implications of
differing fertility rates based on political ideology
in the US:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008831
Yeah, but it forgets that people's politics can change with time.
That's true. But he does cite evidence that at the end of the
day, 80%
of people still end up with the politics of their parents.
It is a point of considerable pride for me to be in tiny minority
who do not. I like to think that we _demonstrably_ think for
ourselves as proven by having politics at the opposite end of the
spectrum from our parents.
On the other hand, I would venture to guess that a good deal less
than the full 20% who wind up opposing their parents' politics do
so by thinking it through: some number must do so merely to spite
their parents or because they're contrary.
On the other other hand, I would venture to guess that a similar
percentage (less than 20%, possibly by half for both groups of
outliers) of those who _do_ end up with their parents' politics
do so by thinking it through.
Perhaps only about 20-30% of people end up with whatever politics
they have through any sort of conscious effort. The rest are sheep.
And they vote.
And some folks may say something like
"If you vote for party/candidate X you might be doing so because you
thought it through and decided that that was the best choice for the
country, but it is obvious that no one who thought about it at all
could possibly vote for party/candidate Y" . . .
(for some values of X and Y)
I Am A Thoughtful Voter, You Are A Mindless Idiot Maru
-- Ronn! :)
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