Sunday, October 17, 2010
Mobius circle
Polistra has talked often about the Broken Circle; in fact that's the primary theme here. Sometimes, though, the circle is more twisted than broken.
I didn't really figure this out until I saw a nice counter-example. Back in 1961 a journalist asked George Romney if he was bothered by the fact that most people who bought Ramblers drove in the right lane. (Translation: "Your customers are useless codgers who don't deserve to buy cars.") Romney said "I don't care as long as there are lots of them."
That's a sane approach, a closed-circle approach. Know your customers and please your customers. Don't waste energy whoring after a different set of customers.
Modern media and advertisers aim all their news, entertainment and messages at 13-year-old retarded lesbians, even though most of their watchers are older heterosexuals of normal intelligence. No wonder they're losing money.
A different twist distorts politics. Both "parties" take their friends for granted, put total effort into pleasing the people who will NEVER be their friends. Repooflicans are especially bad. Repoofs get no money from lawyers and teachers, yet Repoofs have never done any of the good things (tort reform, school choice) that would offend lawyers and teachers. Blacks never vote for Repoofs, yet Repooflicans continue to advance the national-suicide agenda of Gang Leader Jesse Jackson. Obviously the lawyers and teachers and Black Panthers appreciate this idiotic weakness: why give money to both "parties" when you can get total obedience for half the cost? ¶ 6:59 AM
I didn't really figure this out until I saw a nice counter-example. Back in 1961 a journalist asked George Romney if he was bothered by the fact that most people who bought Ramblers drove in the right lane. (Translation: "Your customers are useless codgers who don't deserve to buy cars.") Romney said "I don't care as long as there are lots of them."
That's a sane approach, a closed-circle approach. Know your customers and please your customers. Don't waste energy whoring after a different set of customers.
Modern media and advertisers aim all their news, entertainment and messages at 13-year-old retarded lesbians, even though most of their watchers are older heterosexuals of normal intelligence. No wonder they're losing money.
A different twist distorts politics. Both "parties" take their friends for granted, put total effort into pleasing the people who will NEVER be their friends. Repooflicans are especially bad. Repoofs get no money from lawyers and teachers, yet Repoofs have never done any of the good things (tort reform, school choice) that would offend lawyers and teachers. Blacks never vote for Repoofs, yet Repooflicans continue to advance the national-suicide agenda of Gang Leader Jesse Jackson. Obviously the lawyers and teachers and Black Panthers appreciate this idiotic weakness: why give money to both "parties" when you can get total obedience for half the cost? ¶ 6:59 AM
