(January 17, 2022 at 1:38 pm)tackattack Wrote: Well I believe all individual (which make up the majority and minority) desire (and require) both instability and stability. Eating PBJ for the rest of your life means you'll always be fed, but stirs longings for variety as well. I think we could temper that by doing exactly the opposite of what we've done for this current generation. I believe tons of people in a state of minimal attention spans and overchoice which seriously compromises their cognitive effectiveness. I was once a proponent of more choices in our electorate, but perhaps there is a silver lining to the lesser of 2 evils, because there's really only 2 choices. I'm wondering though how we, as a people, stop seeing it as the lesser of two evils and move to a perspective of the better of 2 choices. Open to any thoughts on this? I don't think the smattering of a trump-ian shake up is necessary (and never did) and leads to worse outcomes. I'm much more interested in using advert techniques, social psychology and genuine care and compassion to change hearts and minds, for the reasons you stated... people are okay with being lied to and sold a bill of goods. I wouldn't agree that people "like" being lied to, though.
American politics is, I believe, driven by extremist elements, but, in the end, is moderated by, well, the middle. In the end, nothing significant gets done, except, over time. It's kind of like a political natural selection vis a vis random mutations. Things like universal healthcare show promise elsewhere, say, in Europe, Japan and pretty much the rest of the industrialized world; there's a big fight as it is introduced here, as those who are dissatisfied with the status quo try, nonetheless, to maintain it, but, in the end, more managed health care is slowly adopted because, it works, kind of like a useful mutation in Nature (better eyes, wings, etc.) survives, and as it arises in different species, it gets passed down.
