"It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled." -- Mark Twain
Having worked most of my life in engineering and scientific fields and dealing with objective truths and quantifiable realities, it is disheartening to realize that the human race is at heart an irrational species. At various times great numbers of us can be convinced to follow leaders and ideas that simply don't make any common sense. Pol Pot and Jim Jones have more in common than one might think.
"It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled." -- Mark Twain
Having worked most of my life in engineering and scientific fields and dealing with objective truths and quantifiable realities, it is disheartening to realize that the human race is at heart an irrational species. At various times great numbers of us can be convinced to follow leaders and ideas that simply don't make any common sense. Pol Pot and Jim Jones have more in common than one might think.
The great flaw in socialism is to believe people are rational beings, we are not.
They like to say when people are shown how good socialism is they will believe in it.
A lot of us are fully paid up members of the awkward squad and will do what suits us, not what suits anyone else, not even dear old Lenin.
True. Buying decisions are based on emotion, then justified with logic.