[FRIAM] Don't take your guns (or ammo) to town...

[Marcus Daniels]

Barbara Bush was said to have evolved in her thinking on various issues.[1]  Biden has followed trends too.
Should past beliefs and actions make it impossible to accept progress provided the change is enduring?   A riot (say) could serve to make people remember and recognize the cost structure associated with a policy or norm.   "Oh sh*t, this is important, I need to pay attention."

[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/a-visit-with-barbara-bush/558362/

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of ? glen
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To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Don't take your guns (or ammo) to town...

Yeah, I've wondered if, say, a Wells Fargo building places a BLM sign in their window, whether that would impact whether they were vandalized. It depends in a fundamental way on the 'theory of mind' or mind-reading capabilities of the rioter. To what extent is such a sign mere lip service vs an authentic gesture? I'd be a bit ashamed if lip service were adequate. 

On September 16, 2020 12:48:29 PM PDT, Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:
>
>It definitely makes me think every time I drive by the local hardware 
>store and still see it boarded up with plywood -- the plywood now 
>covered with graffiti.  It makes me speculate about the guilty
>conscience of the owners, actually.   The movie theater across the
>street put up a Black Lives Matter sign on the marquee, and nothing 
>happened to them.
>
>This is reptile brain stuff, but I think it has an impact.

--
glen ⛧

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