Given the shake-up in Voldemort's crew announced today, what
should we expect? First, consider the Honey Badger; see:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/02/honey-badger-dont-give-a-shit/71284/
To understand the significance of the Honey Badger, let's
put it into context:
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2015-steve-bannon/
Quoting from the Bloomberg article:
|...Bannon's designs are clear enough. While he'd blanch at the
|comparison, he's pursuing something like the old Marxist dialectical
|concept of "heightening the contradictions," only rather than foment
|revolution among the proletariat, he's trying to disillusion
..[voters]...,
|recognizing, as Goldman Sachs taught him, that you're more
|effective if others lead the way.
NOTE: [voters] was added in the ellipsis
The last sentence refers to the attitude that the first person/warrior
through a door in a battle usually gets shot first and most often.
So, let someone else be that poor schmuck and wait for your
turn to attack. Especially if that poor schmuck is your enemy,
oh, like the New York Times.
-Mike Palij
New York University
[email protected]
P.S. For slightly more context and relevance, see:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028104489
An exercise for students in critical thinking:
How does one decide the "truth" of a situation or argument
if one does not have all relevant information? Does one
just use heuristics to reach a quick conclusion that minimizes
effort or does one engage in systematic investigation until
one has as much information/evidence as possible?
The answer is more important now than ever but this might
only be obvious after the worst has happened (the hindsight
bias kicking in?).
P.P.S. For some reason after reading the Bloomberg article
I thought of the scene from "The Dark Knight" where Alfred
tells Bruce that there are some men who just want to see
everything burn down.
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