tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1263972607735475923..comments2024-03-29T09:25:32.972-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Three very important articlesPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-53780415885199860772016-07-25T23:56:07.866-05:002016-07-25T23:56:07.866-05:00Today’s ruling class, from Boston to San Diego, wa...<i>Today’s ruling class, from Boston to San Diego, was formed by an educational system that exposed them to the same ideas and gave them remarkably uniform guidance, as well as tastes and habits.</i><br /><br />In <i>The Wisdom of Crowds</i>, James Surowiecki identifies diversity of background and experience and independence as necessary characteristics for the decision of the group to be wise. <br /><br />The ruling class described will, by its vary nature, produce uninformed choices and information cascades in which groupthink leads astray.<br />Peter Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-72144075068536667282016-07-25T22:55:01.763-05:002016-07-25T22:55:01.763-05:00Judy - Yes, mine were also. Those guys wouldn'...Judy - Yes, mine were also. Those guys wouldn't give the time of day to most of our "leaders".<br /><br />- Charlie<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-43071564481916315102016-07-25T22:50:21.098-05:002016-07-25T22:50:21.098-05:00Charlie - I don't know about your teachers but...Charlie - I don't know about your teachers but the majority of male teachers we had in Kansas were WWII and Korean Veterans. Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-69778937670117723982016-07-25T20:59:28.237-05:002016-07-25T20:59:28.237-05:00The inescapable conclusion is that our elites are ...The inescapable conclusion is that our elites are hard-core Marxists. EVERYTHING is all about class.<br /><br />Every action they take is charted through the lens of "taking care of our own class and protecting our privilege." Even the "White Privilege" movement is a red herring designed to throw the hounds off on a tangential trail.<br /><br />Marxism is not being forced upon them by enraged peasants with pitchforks. Nope. The elites have been enthusiastically sniping from the parapets for decades. If it looks like a duck. And walks like a duck.....Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-32636083501814908602016-07-25T19:32:32.144-05:002016-07-25T19:32:32.144-05:00Today’s ruling class, from Boston to San Diego, wa...Today’s ruling class, from Boston to San Diego, was formed by an educational system that exposed them to the same ideas and gave them remarkably uniform guidance, as well as tastes and habits.<br /><br />I wonder which schools these were, and where. I went to such schools, in the 1960s and 1970s (I'm 58), but mine were in South Carolina and Florida, and my thinking couldn't be more different from that of these "elites". I imagine most of my former classmates think much more along my lines than along the Hope 'n Change lines.<br /><br />So, where did this softheadedness come from ? It sounds to me as if our government policy was formed in the dorms at Berkeley, but they ALL couldn't have gone there.<br /><br />- Charlie<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com