With regard to the scorn of elites: All I can say is that, in my many screw-ups in life, especially when I was younger, I spent a lot of time beating myself up for losing or saying the wrong thing or not effectively navigating the obstacles I experienced, or whatever. There have always been "elites" in some role that frustrated me (and I have been around plenty of people that deserve to be called elites), but by in large my response to the experience was self loathing.
It seems to me one has to come to recognize that there are many opportunities available and not all of them will be well suited to ones' natural abilities. Being a grown-up (in the modern world) is accepting that a lot of people are better than you at a lot of things. A less effective response is to retreat into a community that delays the need to confront this and the need to adapt to one's limitations. Trump's narcissism is exactly what this country doesn't need right now. When something isn't working, _stop_ doing it, don't just bitch and moan that the elites screwed you. Marcus ________________________________ From: Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2016 1:12:32 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Trump Is Just A Normal Polling Error Behind Clinton | FiveThirtyEight My opinion: scorn is a very powerful position; you can be scornful of God. People who feel powerless and left out find Trump appealing because they identify with the power implied by his scorn of the elite, the establishment, etc. Remember Spiro Agnew calling the educated "pointy headed intellectuals"? In the meantime I'm very concerned with who's going to win the election. Frank Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 On Nov 5, 2016 12:59 PM, "Owen Densmore" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: A quote from the article is pretty telling: In America today, compared with 50 years ago, three times as many working-age men are completely outside the work force. This pattern is occurring throughout the developed world - and the consequences are not merely economic. Feeling superfluous is a blow to the human spirit. It leads to social isolation and emotional pain, and creates the conditions for negative emotions to take root. ?If I were one of them, I'd surely vote Trump. We do need to get over "who's going to win??" and ask "why has Trump got such a *huge* following?" -- Owen On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Marcus Daniels <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I found the article from the Dalai Lama in the NYT today fairly plausible explanation of why we have the current problem. But, I would say, no, there will be no brotherhood with the Bundy's. The redistributionist approach (that Brooks -- libertarian -- objects to elsewhere) arises in order to give the possibility of free enterprise, not to preserve it for those that haven't realized they've simply failed to be sufficiently enterprising. ?I just took a look at the article, and it certainly is interesting and puts into perspective? why wealthy countries have a "The Sky Is Falling" syndrome. ? ? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/opinion/dalai-lama-behind-our-anxiety-the-fear-of-being-unneeded.html ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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