Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Popularity isn't Truth, and the Truth is not necessarily Popular

Couldn't resist the phrase.

Examples? Take a lynch mob. Is the lynch mob right? Is the lynch mob about truth, or about naked power? But, by definition, the mob is popular. Except to the guy being lynched.

For the other half of the phrase: take a look at Greece. In their hearts, they know the system is crumbling. That's the reason for the bank runs.

But they keep voting for Socialists. That's because the Socialists keep lying to them by promising what they can't or won't deliver, yet the truth is that they can't afford the promises their politicians have made to them- and that is not so easy to accept.

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