First things first - Ignorance is a lack of knowledge. That’s it!
Therefore - I am not ashamed to confess I am
ignorant of what I do not know. – Cicero.
WILLFUL?
As has often been noted here, Man is a rationalizing animal.
And what I have increasingly noted of late is that most people devote most of
their intelligence to rationalizing what they already think to be true than
they do to figuring out what they think is not true. This desire to rationalize
rather than learn is, quite possibly, the intelligent individual's biggest
intellectual weakness. – Vox
Day
The vast majority of
conservatives -- I would guess 80% -- are just like this woman. They are
intellectually lazy. They have no respect for ideas. They have no intention of
sacrificing either time or money to become better informed. They just want to
feel superior. They spend their spare time ranting to other ill-informed people
on the multibillionaire wokesters' social media platforms. In the great
conflicts of life, they are bystanders. They do not have the strength of
character to be winners. They think ranting is a substitute for thinking. They
expect victory to be handed to them on a silver platter. – Gary
North
They dote on their
progeny, then bury them alive.
Who? Guess
Few
political conservatives understand this. Even libertarians don't understand
most of it, although it is certainly consistent with libertarian social theory.
I assure you that the vast majority of government bureaucrats do not
understand this. They actually think they are going to receive their
pensions after they retire. These people live in a fantasy world. Why should we
expect them to understand any of this? They are paid above-market wages not to
understand it. - A
Century of Change - by Gary North
The core constituencies of politicians are government
employees and contractors, as these interest groups are funded by the
government, which is nominally managed by elected officials and their
appointees. Nobody's more generous (or demanding) than those feeding directly
at the government trough. (By "contractors" I mean the vast array of
Corporate America cartels that feed off government spending: defense, Big
Pharma, Higher Education, etc.) - https://crushlimbraw.blogspot.com/2018/08/of-two-minds-well-pay-all-those-future.html
Examples:
The
Ruinously Expensive American Military - By Philip Giraldi
Will
America survive past 2025 as it is structured now?
How
Higher Education Became An Obscenely Profitable Racket | Zero Hedge - by
Charles Hugh Smith
But
what about Covid? Don’t get me started!
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