me: >> Methinks that Doug is more against the Schadenfreudian emotions and >> unhealthily optimistic expectations evoked by the crisis among >> leftists than about the reality of the actual crisis.
Doyle: > In this case you are wrong about Schadenfreudian emotions because such > feelings are not left feelings. as Field Marshall von Rumsfeld once said, "you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time." Similarly, I was referring to the lefts as they exist, not as they would be in an ideal world. We agree that Schadenfreudian emotions are not part of the ideal leftist attitude, however. me: >> unhealthily optimistic expectations evoked by the crisis among >> leftists than about the reality of the actual crisis. Doyle: > Unhealthy does not strike me as the same thing as being wrong in > (rationalist) analysis. It is not clear and not an issue that a medical > evaluation of being economically wrong thinking means gets at the > 'subjectivity' of opinion. I think you know that and were reaching for > words to quickly say what you think. but in any case health > (psychologizing) is a canard about wrong analysis about the economy. I don't know what you're talking about here. By "unhealthy," I simply was referring to unrealistic wishful thinking. Do you think that is a healthy thing? -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
