Psychology of ‘no': Vancouver transit vote shows why good decisions are hard

Re:Psychology of ‘no': Vancouver transit vote shows why good... by BrainInAJar on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @10:11PM (#9229852)

politicians, businesses, unions, charities, literally everyone across the spectrum, everyone's saying it's a good plan, except the auto-industry backed CTF (where was their outcry when the province was blowing billions of dollars on bridges?)

Any plan that can unite that many wildly disparate organizations behind it is likely to be a very good plan.

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Re:Psychology of ‘no': Vancouver transit vote shows why good... by jbarham on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @10:35PM (#9229925)

> Any plan that can unite that many wildly disparate organizations behind it is likely to be a very good plan.

The war in Syria is also uniting "many wildly disparate organizations"...

The simple fact that the very voters whom the plan supposedly benefits seem poised on the brink of rejecting it should be a good hint that maybe the plan is flawed.

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Re:Psychology of ‘no': Vancouver transit vote shows why good... by jstalin on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @11:21PM (#9230031)

Stupid voters. Do what you're told by your political-class superiors!

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Re:Psychology of ‘no': Vancouver transit vote shows why good... by BrainInAJar on Thursday March 19, 2015 @02:39AM (#9230505)

no, it's more that they're being played like a fiddle by a skilled demagogue making emotional arguments

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