Republican/Democrat Hypocrisy of Ideals.

Quote from monty21:

Just found the book.

Its Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think by George Lakoff

Strict Father = Conservative
Nurturant Mother = Liberal

Google it or see reviews on Amazon.com for a overview.

This is a book that has to be completely read to understand why liberals/conservatives supposedly support their (sometimes contradictory) views. It brings up all the mainstream issues and how the models form for both types.

If you found me a book this is something which would interest me greatly and i would appreciate it thx.

EDIT: Nevermind thx alot! appreciate it! Its interesting how politics/religion can be somewhat civil i didnt think this was a possibility:)
 
Quote from dwl603:

1)Where do all of the main stream ideals of each party start??...

2)my question is why are people not more capable of intelligent thought??...


3)Why is it that people just choose the side of debate for which their party stands 99% of the time??


... or are 99% of people just sheep?
1)Not certain what you mean but each party comes out with a "platform" every so often.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/platforms.php

2)For the most part it's not taught anymore. Not at home and not in schools.

3)Personally I think much of it has to do with the "team" syndrome.

Most (not all) will adopt the party that agrees with their one or two most important issues. Then accept, put up with or even out right support whatever else comes with that parties platform.
 
Quote from dwl603:

If you found me a book this is something which would interest me greatly and i would appreciate it thx.

EDIT: Nevermind thx alot! appreciate it! Its interesting how politics/religion can be somewhat civil i didnt think this was a possibility:)

It's civil until characters like Lucrum or peilthetraveler (and a lot of others) come on and they simply cannot tolerate someone else's different opinion.:p I really don't know how stubborn and arrogant fellows can make money in the markets.
 
Quote from monty21:

It's civil until characters like Lucrum or peilthetraveler (and a lot of others) come on and they simply cannot tolerate someone else's different opinion.:p I really don't know how stubborn and arrogant fellows can make money in the markets.

Just ordered the book, should be an interesting read, have you read it? I just hope it doesnt come at me with one side being all prejudice religion and the other being the antithesis of that, as i know that is not the reason why the sides have divided. I agree btw in terms of the markets, 99% of successful traders i know are not wasting their time in a hard line stance on one side OR the other, they are capable of critical thought.

Thx again!

-Dan
 
Quote from Lucrum:

1)Not certain what you mean but each party comes out with a "platform" every so often.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/platforms.php

2)For the most part it's not taught anymore. Not at home and not in schools.

3)Personally I think much of it has to do with the "team" syndrome.

Most (not all) will adopt the party that agrees with their one or two most important issues. Then accept, put up with or even out right support whatever else comes with that parties platform.

So then what i was getting at is, "Why does one side or the other support whatever their party argues for so vigourosly, on issues which may or may not be main stream??"

The same issues which are clearly grey BOTH choose to go black and white, 99% of the time. I want to find out where this bias came from and am looking foreword to Monty's book
 
Quote from dwl603:

Just ordered the book, should be an interesting read, have you read it? I just hope it doesnt come at me with one side being all prejudice religion and the other being the antithesis of that, as i know that is not the reason why the sides have divided. I agree btw in terms of the markets, 99% of successful traders i know are not wasting their time in a hard line stance on one side OR the other, they are capable of critical thought.

Thx again!

-Dan

You will enjoy the read if you are interested in this subject or politics in general. I read this several years ago for a college course titled, America: Who Voted? (I was a political science major). Anyway, it is a slightly academic book but it is written in simple language. You can also skip over sections or issues you are not that interested about. The framework, as I noted in the earlier post, is that of the Strict Father (conservative) and Nurturant Mother (liberal). Once you start reading it you will understand better.

I checked out the amazon reviews:

5 star: 40
4 star: 12
3 star: 5
2 star: 5
1 star: 9

http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Politic...dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

You should enjoy it.
:)
 
Quote from monty21:

It's civil until characters like Lucrum or peilthetraveler (and a lot of others) come on and they simply cannot tolerate someone else's different opinion.:p I really don't know how stubborn and arrogant fellows can make money in the markets. [/QUOTE

You need to look at yourself in the mirror. Here is one example of your typical knee-jerk, "blame the other side" responses.

Moc Yeah:
Obama won't last 2 years...

monty21:
If Bush can last in office for 8 years with all the corruption in his administration... Obama could stay in office for 5 terms if the law permitted it.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2479384#post2479384
 
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