11-27-2016, 12:52 PM
(11-25-2016, 04:24 PM)tg63 Wrote:(11-25-2016, 10:20 AM)anandrajan Wrote: ... All it would take is to (i) inform everyone of Bannon's apocalyptic craziness, (ii) talk to white nationalists if possible and explain the clear cut vision of the next 1T and (iii) reach high profile Trump supporters like Scott Adams (Dilbert) via twitter etc. and explain how the Trump presidency is likely to go off the rails (global financial crisis, actual WW III etc.).
Even if your assumption is true, and I don't think it is, I still think informing isn't enough. Convincing would be required. And as you can see there are so many diverse viewpoints around that I'm pretty sure that's not achievable at any kind of mass scale.
Ultimately I believe that the reason the 4T happens is due to an increasing sense of urgency; that things are so bad that we must do something, anything ... but the status quo is not an option. And that seems to be where we are. Awareness of the cycles wouldn't change that.
I agree to a large extent, but the one wrinkle in all this is the willingness of hoi polloi to be convince of anything. They are immune to argument based on demonstrable facts, and emotional arguments tend to support the thinking you wish to change. Do you see a third alternative?
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.