[Election-Methods] Partisan Politics

[Juho]

On Mar 13, 2008, at 2:00 , Fred Gohlke wrote:

> However, as discussed before, as the levels advance, those who advance
> can be expected to be marked, more and more, as people who want to
> advance.

That sort of favours electing hard core career seeking politicians.  
Is the intention to elect those people who are best in fighting their  
way through? (This may be one measure of general competence but I  
wouldn't put too much weight on this one.)

> re: "It may be that in some time periods the 'science of and skills in
> marketing' evolves faster than the 'individual level understanding of
> these concepts and their impact on one's life'."
>
> Not, "It may be", IT IS!!! When marketing can persuade people to  
> buy Pet
> Rocks for their home, it is no longer a question.  It is a fact.

One new formulation of Descartes' famous "I think, therefore I am" is  
"I consume, therefore I am".

Juho





		
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