Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Better way of saying it
Just struck me that there's a better way of saying one of the things I'm always saying.
Polistra's Law of Consequences, as I usually phrase it: Ignore words. Pay attention to action.
When you see that Jim's job title is "Vice President of Maintenance" and you've only seen Jim sweeping the floor, you know that Jim's real job is sweeping.
When you hear Ashton talking about "Resisting RUSSIANAGGRESSION" and you've only seen Ashton starting wars against Russia, you know that Ashton's real job is starting wars.
There's a clearer way of explaining the idea, based on the Clinton shit about results and insanity.
The Clinton saying is a clever misdirection.
"Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is crazy."
In ordinary life this makes perfect sense because ordinary people CAN be crazy at this level. After I "fix" the faucet three times and it's still leaking, I'd be crazy or at least stupid to "fix" it the same way again. I should call the fucking plumber. But I won't call the fucking plumber, because I'm stupid. I'll "fix" it again the same way.
Ordinary people are often limited by stubbornness, pride, false economy, or lack of information. None of those limitations apply to government.
When you see government spending trillions over and over and over and over to "fix" poverty, and poverty keeps getting worse, you CAN'T ASSUME that government is crazy or stupid. It's not crazy or stupid, it's just lying. The purpose is exactly what happened. The purpose was to increase poverty.
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