Self Interests
Kottke on why Bush won:
This meme that we 'do things not in our own self-interest' when it comes to politics is going to get major play over the next week or so. Its crap though.
Politically, its impossible to pick a candidate/party that is entirely consistent with your self-interests. Unless you are running for a position yourself, it just ain't gonna happen. So we have to then order our interests and choose which are most important.
Nobody votes against their own most important self-interest. But to an observer it may appear that way, because they don't necessarily order their self-interests in the same manner in which the person they are observing does.
Half the country is not stupid. We're all stupid.Thats a more reasonable reaction to the election results than 90% of what I've seen written on Dem blogs so far.
This meme that we 'do things not in our own self-interest' when it comes to politics is going to get major play over the next week or so. Its crap though.
Politically, its impossible to pick a candidate/party that is entirely consistent with your self-interests. Unless you are running for a position yourself, it just ain't gonna happen. So we have to then order our interests and choose which are most important.
Nobody votes against their own most important self-interest. But to an observer it may appear that way, because they don't necessarily order their self-interests in the same manner in which the person they are observing does.
# | November 05, 2004