Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Romney SES
An outstanding Self-Explanatory Sentence from Comrade Romney:
"Of course you have to have automobiles. Everyone has automobiles in this nation."
Rush pointed this out for his own purposes, but it's worth ripping apart anyway.
Romney in a capsule. Arrogant, blind to reality, isolated in a circle of billionaires. Let 'em eat cars.
More subtly, it shows an all-consuming egalitarianism, the same mode of thinking that requires everything to be universal and mandatory. The same mode of thinking that believes in Global Warming because every temporary trend in certain locations must be treated as Global.
You can most certainly get by without a car in many places, depending on how complicated your life is. It may be very hard in sprawling places like LA and Houston, but it's easy in smaller towns where everything is within walking distance. It's fairly easy in denser cities with good mass transit.
If your job requires travel, then you require a car. Otherwise, it's an option.
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Sidenote: "depending on how complicated your life is." This is actually a two-way dependence. When I decided to get along without a car in 1993, I initially missed several activities that had 'required' a car. Cruising around, browsing hardware stores, going to restaurants. After a while I no longer missed those things, and found I was spending a lot less money and focusing more on productive activities. On the rare occasions when I really need an item that's too large to carry on a bus, I order it online. ¶ 10:44 AM
"Of course you have to have automobiles. Everyone has automobiles in this nation."
Rush pointed this out for his own purposes, but it's worth ripping apart anyway.
Romney in a capsule. Arrogant, blind to reality, isolated in a circle of billionaires. Let 'em eat cars.
More subtly, it shows an all-consuming egalitarianism, the same mode of thinking that requires everything to be universal and mandatory. The same mode of thinking that believes in Global Warming because every temporary trend in certain locations must be treated as Global.
You can most certainly get by without a car in many places, depending on how complicated your life is. It may be very hard in sprawling places like LA and Houston, but it's easy in smaller towns where everything is within walking distance. It's fairly easy in denser cities with good mass transit.
If your job requires travel, then you require a car. Otherwise, it's an option.
= = = = =
Sidenote: "depending on how complicated your life is." This is actually a two-way dependence. When I decided to get along without a car in 1993, I initially missed several activities that had 'required' a car. Cruising around, browsing hardware stores, going to restaurants. After a while I no longer missed those things, and found I was spending a lot less money and focusing more on productive activities. On the rare occasions when I really need an item that's too large to carry on a bus, I order it online. ¶ 10:44 AM
