10-24-2017, 01:47 PM
(10-24-2017, 02:13 AM)Galen Wrote:(10-22-2017, 09:36 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: As a Boomer I have my own detectors of mierda del toro -- like probabilistic analysis, scrutiny for internal inconsistency (great for detecting a fraud like Donald Trump, whom I regret to say is a fellow Boomer), objective fact, and such basic knowledge as the laws of thermodynamics (economics is a monetary expression of such laws), and knowledge of the means of the hustle. Sure, the world and human nature are full of paradoxes, but you can expect that I would never fall for a 419 scam.
In my experience Boomers are about the most gullible people I have ever met. Eric the Obtuse is the archetype of the gullible Boomer.
You must have met too many Fundamentalist Christians. They may not be bad people, but they are certainly gullible.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.