(My rules for staying out of poverty:
1) Don't have children
2) Don't get married.
It's that easy.) — Baden
The reason why I do this is because microeconomic and personal decisions (say, regarding addiction for instance) affect everyone. They do so in often a direct and concrete way. There is also way, way more consensus on personal finance. The choices are an every day thing, and everyone must deal with them. This is just how I view things. — BitconnectCarlos
The article also notes that national polls are misleading. The most relevant polls are those of battleground states.This recent Newsweek article suggests that they're actually pretty much tied in that regard (less than a point difference being well within the margin of error): — Artemis
don't see how the perception that he has dementia would affect any votes, since the case can be made for Trump as well. — Relativist
Are you saying teenage pregnancy is not a problem? The overarching idea here - and this really shouldn't be particularly contentious - is that people should wait until they're older and more financially secure (and ideally married as well) - before they commit to having children. Even 21 seems very young to me. — BitconnectCarlos
I'm glad you made that excellent point! Why would anyone vote for a guy with dementia when we can instead give the crazy guy 4 more years?Trump may be insane, but he doesn't have dementia. — Artemis
Why would anyone vote for a guy with dementia when we can instead give the crazy guy 4 more years? — Relativist
Do you have a child? Would you like them getting pregnant at 17? Clearly since this is a non-issue you should be fine with it. — BitconnectCarlos
The people who believe "He's so crazy it might just work!" will vote for Trump in any case. I'm not sure that goes much beyond his base. Some others are looking for an alternative to the crazy one, and will rationalize the alleged mental incapacity of the alternative. For example this Republican."He's so crazy it might just work!"
VS
"I feel bad for the tired, weak old guy who can't remember how he started a sentence by the time he gets to the end of it." — Artemis
I can tell none of this matters to you and it's entirely theoretical. Try coming back to the issue when an issue like this actually matters in reality. — BitconnectCarlos
Bernie has two electibility problems: — Relativist
Elections are far away.A free and fair election must have a well informed electorate. — creativesoul
That's not what I'm getting at. I'm very clearly talking about the effects government interference has on the operation of markets, not the oligopolistic competition, which is still a situation where the action of competitors matter.
In terms you're using I would say every economy in the world is a mixture of elements from free markets and command economies. To say the Netherlands or Finland are (unqualified) free market economies is simply incorrect. — Benkei
Another flaw in your theory: why have Democrats (so far) voted for the candidate with dementia rather than the one who has neither dementia nor craziness? — Relativist
Yes, the theory that Biden is more electable has been pushed, including by me. I'm not lying; I actually believe it and I explained why. The only counters I saw were: a) the difference in electability was small ; b) Sanders inspires more passion, and this would induce more voter turnout.It's a whoke The Emperor Has No Clothes thing. The news has been working hard to sell us the theory that Biden is more electible, and that voting for Sanders would mean a Trump win.
Therefore lots of people are voting for Biden in part because they think other people want to vote for Biden. It snowballs from there with each primary. — Artemis
Perhaps it would be better to talk about "free market mechanism" than free market or free market system. That they are intertwined, sure, it can be so.Your description suggests there is a free market system and a command economy existing next to each other. I'm not sure whether you mean that. — Benkei
Get involved in philosophical discussions about knowledge, truth, language, consciousness, science, politics, religion, logic and mathematics, art, history, and lots more. No ads, no clutter, and very little agreement — just fascinating conversations.