A gecko or a geico?

 

It was wearing a sweater and sunglasses. It was probably a geico. A tell me who's watchin....

Marx, Stalin, The Nazi Propoganda Machine (Mein Kampf, most influentially)...to name a few....

 

 

Silly proletariat! Marx and Mein Kampf are inherently incompatible. No wonder you are so hard to understand. :lol:

Before I entered the real world, I probably would have cited the views of various philosophers studied while in college as a shaper of my worldly views. That, however, has long ceased being a factor.

 

I suspect that was directed towards me.

 

Human nature has not changed, the studies of human nature by those I cited are still on target. The application of said studies are still valid, some just chose to ignore them and that is perfectly fine. The human desire to believe it is above said nature is still rampant but that delusion will follow us no matter where we go.

 

I don't walk into a voting booth and think "What would the prudent archer do?" or "How does this affect the social contract?" Real life and experiences are important but without the proper foundation they affect our voting habits erratically.

Working in a college for 10 years and seeing real liberals in their natural setting. I knew I didn't want to be one.

Working in a college for 10 years and seeing real liberals in their natural setting. I knew I didn't want to be one.

 

Ahhhh, yes, liberals in their natural habitat.

 

I grew up using my field guides to observe, from a distance, the Great Western Berkeleyian liberals. However, I find the spotted Ohio Valley liberal to have more interesting communication and mating habits.

 

I avoid, for fear of disease, the Atlantic Beltway liberals.

Life experience & the knowledge gained over the years (I am still learning) and religon (still learning there as well). Also my parent's views did have an influence in my formative years.

Edited June 3, 200917 yr by MountainThunder

Working in a college for 10 years and seeing real liberals in their natural setting. I knew I didn't want to be one.

 

The 4.5 years I spent in college really did go a long way to push most of the liberalism out of me. Seeing how unrealistically extreme some professors were and by extension my classmates really had an impact on me.

I too, however, tend to lean towards pragmatism as opposed to idealism. Idealism is problematic as it elicits worldviews that are incompatible with human nature and are thus wasteful.

 

Which worldviews, then, are compatible with human nature?

I suspect that was directed towards me.

 

Human nature has not changed, the studies of human nature by those I cited are still on target. The application of said studies are still valid, some just chose to ignore them and that is perfectly fine. The human desire to believe it is above said nature is still rampant but that delusion will follow us no matter where we go.

 

I don't walk into a voting booth and think "What would the prudent archer do?" or "How does this affect the social contract?" Real life and experiences are important but without the proper foundation they affect our voting habits erratically.

 

Absolutely not. I agree with you too much to direct any "comment" toward you.:lol: Some of the posts just got me thinking about how my "voting influences" have evolved (or devolved as the case may be) over the years.

Which worldviews, then, are compatible with human nature?

 

 

Those that don't try to place us as better than we are. Understanding that man is inherently self-serving is the most basic tenet of my worldview. Obviously mine isn't the only one and who is to say what is right is actually right and what is wrong is wrong? Society creates such norms and as such understanding the nature of the creatures that create and dwell within it is better than thinking said creatures are anything other than what they are.

Life.

My life experiences, my parents, religion, my education (or lack of), twenty years in the military (eight years under Clinton).

My parents, my chosen career work, my faith, my children, and, interestingly, my first summer job.

 

These for me as well (excepting that lifeguarding job in the summer of 1972).

My parents, my chosen career work, my faith, my children, and, interestingly, my first summer job.

 

Do tell.

Here's something funny....as with many on here...life and life experiences have been my biggest influences, after age 18. Prior, my schooling, faith and parents provided a good foundation.

 

Isn't interesting that although many of us list "life and experience" we still have such disparity in the outcome.

 

 

And, TTC....I did neglect Neitzsche. Not on purpose, but yes, he sould definitely be on my list.

 

And PepRock...I keep trying to tell people not to pigeon-hole me! :lol: