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socialist_n_TN

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7. I don't often agree with a Keynesian capitalist like Krugman........

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2014, 09:07 AM

Jun 2014

and maybe not here to the letter (I think the vested interests DO play a big role in the opposition to climate change legislation), but I DO agree that the RW ideology of the Randians also plays a big part in it.

The thing about ideology, maybe even the definition of ideology, is that the pre-conceived ideas involved in the ideology are more important than any evidence to the contrary. This attitude has "trickled down" to the average believer too. Which is why you have the cognitive dissonance of average people believing things that are proven to go against their actual interests.

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KRUGMAN:...think about global warming from the point of view of someone who grew up taking Ayn Rand [View all] kpete Jun 2014 OP

Brilliant piece. k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Jun 2014 #1

Delusions Die Hard cantbeserious Jun 2014 #2

K&R rosesaylavee Jun 2014 #3

It will indeed involve large monetary losses - bread_and_roses Jun 2014 #4

And that's because Krugman himself IS a capitalist..... socialist_n_TN Jun 2014 #8

I don't know if these anti science/anti fact people are proud to be stupid or just plain stupid Botany Jun 2014 #5

Excellent. However, only having read the OP I do have a comment. rhett o rick Jun 2014 #6

I don't often agree with a Keynesian capitalist like Krugman........ socialist_n_TN Jun 2014 #7

Krugman seems to miss something from a few years ago.... Leme Jun 2014 #9

I heard some of those "scientists" were TV weathermen. tclambert Jun 2014 #11

And some were economists, truebluegreen Jun 2014 #12

Yeah, they were scientists of a sort Leme Jun 2014 #14

I disagree that those people were "scientists." truebluegreen Jun 2014 #15

that's the point Leme Jun 2014 #18

OMG you reminded me, my X-boss signed that letter tea and oranges Jun 2014 #16

I usually agree with Krugman, but not this time. tclambert Jun 2014 #10

I think that you may be onto something. drm604 Jun 2014 #19

It's Obvious - And The Denialist Poster Boy Is Marco Rubio - IGNORANT and PROUD OF IT ! stuartsdesk1 Jun 2014 #13

disagree. that ayn randian wet dreaming is not that potent. the problem is talk radio, which certainot Jun 2014 #17

RW Christian Dominionists too ErikJ Jun 2014 #20

This is not the first time the world has been fooled randr Jun 2014 #21

Naomi Klein made the same point (from a slightly different angle) three years ago... RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #22