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2016 Postmortem

Bluenorthwest

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13. Arguments that hinge on the concept 'other people are much stupider than me' are dubious arguments.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 12:46 PM

Feb 2016

I'd say that you mean to ask if we should explain it in simpler terms or more simply, but that 'more simpler' has to be a typo consider you present as he who is smarter than those others.

I've heard the word out of teenagers up to Dick VanDyke who is 90. People learn what words mean not only in University but also by hearing the words used in context. VanDyke for example said
"The people at the top are running things. I’m really afraid that we’re an oligarchy already. I really do."

So oligarchy = people at the top are running things. It's not rocket science. It's politics.

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A Question: A Term That Keeps Coming Up In The Primaries Is 'Oligarchy' Do You Think..... [View all] global1 Feb 2016 OP

No, I do not think the average American knows the definition of the term "Oligarchy". blue neen Feb 2016 #1

OK. TPTB have everything and us peons ain't got shit. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #4

I was answering the OP. blue neen Feb 2016 #6

Then it's about time they learned. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #2

No, and we lose votes whenever it gets used Recursion Feb 2016 #3

I've Heard Bernie Use The Term And It Did Come Up In The Cobert Appearance Last Night.... global1 Feb 2016 #11

It's doubtful unless they take the time to look up the meaning. In_The_Wind Feb 2016 #5

I myself think it's intellectually immature.... mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #7

Good suggestions! blue neen Feb 2016 #8

Robber Barons is a historical term that means very little to modern people, even those who know the Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #14

Even if they don't know the definition Glamrock Feb 2016 #9

Yes, the teens I have talked to seem to be quite aware of what it means. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #10

If not, it is a statement on our educational system. Downwinder Feb 2016 #12

Arguments that hinge on the concept 'other people are much stupider than me' are dubious arguments. Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #13

Oligarchy: "a small group of people having control of a country..." Zorra Feb 2016 #15