But I have no idea where to start. Come down to Mountainair with me one of these days.
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sun, Nov 8, 2020, 10:14 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Jochen, > > > > After my original bout of hysteria, I have been pretty sure that Biden was > going to win this narrowly. But this outcome hasn’t improved my mood. > Hysteria still lurks, because 70 million Americans, more than any that have > voted for any other presidential candidate except Biden, have endorsed the > Presidency of Donald Trump. That this fact should be beyond my > comprehension shows me – as Dave West has been pointing out – the weakness > of my model of the people I am living among. Imagine how you would feel > if 49 percent of the German electorate have voted for a neo-Nazi or 49 > percent of the French had voted for Le Pen. > > > > According to my benighted Deweyan, Liberal, Bleeding-Heart > ethos, this fact implies a duty to reach out to these folks and try to > find some common ground on which to stand and from which to work. But I > have no idea where to start. > > > > But thanks for your good wishes. Lord knows we will need them. > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Jochen Fromm > *Sent:* Sunday, November 8, 2020 4:19 AM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [FRIAM] Biden beats Trump > > > > America has been able to accomplish what Europe has not been able to do > before WW II: stop fascism (in form of an authoritarian dictatorship) > before it was able to take root in the system. Congratulations! It feels > good that the old America is back. People are celebrating in the streets in > NY and DC while team Trump is holding one of the last press conferences at > the Four Seasons Total Landscaping (!) center in Philadelphia. It is hard > to say what is bigger: the malice or the incompetence of team Trump. It is > such a relief that we no longer have to hear each day about Trump. > > > https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/four-seasons-total-landscaping-trump-team-news-conference.html > > > > -J. > > > > > > > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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