[lbo-talk] Rudy: scarily insane

[ravi]

On 9 Oct, 2007, at 10:30 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> Do You think the votes of the subscribers to lbo could conceivably
> affect the outcome of the election?
>
> I maintain my spectator view of presidential politics. No concern of
> mine since I can no more affect them than I can affect the outcome of
> the World Series.
>

This contradicts your more sophisticated argument that we cannot plan  
and predict mass change (you will probably wish to substitute that  
with "revolution") (the flip argument is in fact the case: the cost  
to you for pulling the lever is so minimal that it is not even worth  
the effort to carry out the calculations of the effects). The best  
things in these matters, IMHO, is to follow the Hindu idea of  
'dharma' and do your bit without expectation of instant  
gratification. Now, if you believe (as you have hinted -- or  
explicitly stated? -- in the past) that voting for a Dem is in fact a  
bad thing, that it goes against your sense of duty, then you should  
not do that of course.

	--ravi