[FRIAM] election eve

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

Marcus

Well it is hard not to subscribe to someone who is scrupulously caring for
your vacant house or another his dedicatedly married to your  daughter.  

Nick

Nicholas Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
Clark University
ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels
Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 12:55 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] election eve

Nick wrote:

< I know two trump supporters quite well.  Mind you, we don't talk politics
that much.  Both are owners of small businesses who have led the highly
regulated lives that folks must lead if they are going to make money in a
politically diverse community.  Both [thought they] saw gains from the Tax
Cuts.  I think both think the economic policies have been good for them and
they find the crazy stuff kinda fun.  >

Let me just give you my visceral response:   If one is doing ok -- not
having your neck crushed under the knee of a cop or starving -- then I have
the expectation that a person persuade on the basis on what is good for
everyone, not what is good for them.    I don't care how they make money.
That is their problem.   I did fine under Bush, Obama, and even Trump.   I'm
a lucky one.   It would never occur to me to use minor trends up or down in
my income for a reason why someone should run the most powerful democracy in
the world.  I find it petty and appalling that people do think of making
this connection.   Yes, I would cancel them if I had subscribed to them, but
I never did subscribe to them. 

Marcus
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