http://majid.info/blog/why-do-voters-put-up-with-bad-politicians/ Sporadic pontification Sun, 13 May 2012 10:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://majid.info/blog/why-do-voters-put-up-with-bad-politicians/comment-page-1/#comment-886 Lynn Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:30:40 +0000 http://majid.info/blog/?p=141242072#comment-886 Fazal: Bonjour! Well said - I could not agree more. Wishing you well! Lynn Fazal: Bonjour! Well said – I could not agree more. Wishing you well! Lynn

]]> http://majid.info/blog/why-do-voters-put-up-with-bad-politicians/comment-page-1/#comment-767 Doug in SF Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:35:30 +0000 http://majid.info/blog/?p=141242072#comment-767 Loss aversion was, in my view, key to the "good German," and thus we can see the strong German cultural influence - or at any rate what looks like it - coming to the fore in U.S. society. Contrast this with the ass kicking, somewhat bourgeois-averse American circa 1945, and you do have to wonder just what happened. My vote, if we're still voting, goes for a significant measure of social engineering as the primary culprit, coupled with the influence of mass media. Loss aversion was, in my view, key to the “good German,” and thus we can see the strong German cultural influence – or at any rate what looks like it – coming to the fore in U.S. society. Contrast this with the ass kicking, somewhat bourgeois-averse American circa 1945, and you do have to wonder just what happened. My vote, if we’re still voting, goes for a significant measure of social engineering as the primary culprit, coupled with the influence of mass media.

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