Re:Why war is coming, in our lifetime
by dionidium on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @11:53AM
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You and I know that in absolute terms people are better off now than they were 30 years ago. But, that's simply not how regular people view the world. Their evaluations are relative. They will always be relative.
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And as the essay mentions - "But human psychology doesn't work in absolute terms. It works in relative ones." - this is how psychology works.
As much as all the "logical" and "rational thinking" folks in the world want to ignore and dismiss emotions and politics in decisions and actions, the truly rational thinking and logical decisions and actions understand, accept, and take into account emotions and politics.