10-25-2017, 01:59 AM
(10-24-2017, 01:47 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:(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.
More like I spent too much time at PSU listening to air-headed professors who had a specialty that ended with the word 'studies'. Currently, I live in the People's Republic of Portland which means that there are large numbers of Boomer lefties around and they tend to be way more detached from reality. They can't even handle basic math which is probably one of the reasons they are broke and too stupid to realize it.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises