On 3 Nov 2010 at 15:38, Arlo Bensinger wrote: [Platt] the delusions S-O critical thinking can so easily create...
[Arlo] "Critical thinking" has nothing to do with "S/O", as such a metaphysical position means one that defines the first division of reality into "subject" and "objects". Pirsig deployed "critical thinking" to develop a MOQ, where the first division of "reality" is "Dynamic/Static". [Platt] What is the first division of "critical thinking?". [Platt} The evidence of its shortcomings are everywhere, most recently in yesterday's U.S. election [Arlo] The election merely repeats a historical trend. Nearly ever President since 1934 has seen his party lose seats in the House, indeed since 1934 only 3 times has a sitting President seen his party gain seats in the House. George Bush lost 30 House seats for Republicans during his second term (and gave Dems a House majority). Ronald Reagan lost 26 seats for Republicans during his first term (at a time when Dems already held the majority). All this proves that whichever party holds the Executive office is blamed for whatever ills the population feels and this results in near predictable turnover for the Legislature. So when Vegas calls and asks whether the Republicans will gain or lose seats during the next Republican presidential midterms, if you want to make some profit bet "lose", although with such predictability the odds won't net you much profit. [Platt] Rationalize the results any way you want. [Platt] most notably in a highly educated Germany populace electing a Adolf Hitler. [Arlo] A highly education populace knows that Hitler was never elected, he was appointed by President Hindenburg. In the 1932 elections, 70% of the population voted AGAINST Hitler (Hindenburg won, although they had to hold a second election (which Hitler lost too) because Hindenburg had failed to achieve a majority (Duesterberg, with the least votes, was eliminated from the second ballot)). Hitler's appointment came after the Legislative victories for the NSP, when it became the largest represented party in the Reichstag. Even after a second round of legislative election in 1932 saw the NSP lose members, it was still the largest party. When Chancellor Schleicher was unable to form a majority coalition within the Reichstag, he resigned and Hindenburg appointed Hitler the Chancellorship in 1933. [Platt] In July 1932 elections, the Nazis won 37.3 per cent of the votes and became the party with the most number of seats in the Reichstag. They enjoyed popular support until 1943, and the people were indifference to the party's persecution and then extermination of the Jews. Academics went along with the rest of the highly educated populace, as is common knowledge. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
