Joanna
Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> Jerry:
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>
>
> Lakoff is not much different.
>
> [WS:] Depends. _Don't think of an elephant_ is not bad. My sister,
> who teaches linguistics in Poland, tells me that he is some kind of
> small celebrity in Europe.
>
>
>
> Carl:
>
> The "Third Way," that's a positive example? I thought that tired
> trope had
>
> been stuffed, mounted and put on display at the William J. Clinton
>
> Presidential Library and Museum. The blather of a bygone age.
>
>
>
> [WS:] Do not think of its contents. Think of an attempt to offer a
> positive alternative to the ideology of the market instead of the
> usual blather of konstant kvetching. You cannot win people's hearts
> and minds by chronic complaints ( I serve as a reminder of that on
> this list ;)), you need to give them something positive that will
> "make sense" of the world for them and at the same time give them hope
> for the future - just like the market ideology does, only better.
> Doom saying is too depressing for most people. Ranting may get
> people's attention, but it is unlikely to hold it for very long.
> People will not reject something they already have, no matter how bad,
> unless they have a constructive and positive alternative that looks
> better than what they now have (it called 'endowment effect' in
> economics.)
>
>
>
> The recent pathetic defeat of the Democratic party is a case in
> point. Kerry lost because all he could offer was feeble Bush-bashing
> and nothing in its stead, or at least nothing that looked much
> different than the Repug spin.
>
> PS. I mentioned few possibilities for such a positive alternative on
> this list, but there was no interest.
>
> Wojtek
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