Subj : Re: Politics echo
To   : Arelor
From : boraxman
Date : Tue May 17 2022 10:13:15

 Ar>  > 
 Ar>  > Boggle, thats about as obscure as you can get, and I have no idea who t
 Ar>  > religion might be... Buddhists?  Shrug... I s'pose we've got the temple
 Ar>  > mammon in every pub these days.. On the other hand it could be somethin
 Ar>  > not across at all.. I am intrigued though.
 Ar>  > 
 Ar>  > Spec
 Ar>  > 
 Ar>  > 
 Ar>  > *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
 Ar> 
 Ar> Actually, what boraxman means is that people chooses one set of political
 Ar> stances as theirs and defends those beyond rationality. Much like
 Ar> football hooligans.
 Ar> 
 Ar> I used to joke that one of the defining traits of a Spaniard is that he
 Ar> voted for party X because his father voted for party X, and his father
 Ar> before him, and his father before him, and that he is not going to stop
 Ar> voting for party X just because party X is running his village to the
 Ar> ground.
 Ar> 
 Ar> The other defining trait of being a Spaniard is being unenployed XD
 Ar> 
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What I mean, and I was vague to avoid this discussion turning into a
political one, was that many of our modern "Beliefs" are actually beliefs based on faith, that is, we assume they work despite no evidence they do (and whatever evidence existing to the contrary).  You cannot challenge or dispute
them, because that is "bigotry" or "prejudice" or some "phobia", so these
beliefs shape society.  This is true on the left and right, true for almost
any "ism".

This kind of thinking was rarer centuries ago, is rose in the 19th and 20th
century.  These beliefs share similar mode of thought and justification to old religions, so I think it is the same instinct kicking in.

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