I'm always entertained by people - what they expect, what they believe and what they vote for,
I put up the wiki on the reasoning for the case for Brexit - it's a strong example of how many in Oz think - about all levels of politics (Brexit is a good example because the results have been analysed to a great degree).
it's well worth going back those 6 to 7 years and reading the reasoning - then, it's worth going ffw to now - to see the results
yet - if you put your wet finger in the air - you still hear the same bleating from the same stupid people - blaming everyone else, still sticking to the same old same old beliefs
it just doesn't click - that it's their thinking and beliefs that are the problem - even in the face of solid evidence.
In Oz - it's noted that the Liberal government went strongly away from their dogged beliefs in 'paying the unemployed as little as possible' ------------ they - doubled the dole (in panic)
the results of doubling the dole -
- the economy went into 'miracle' mode - described by the CBA
- unemployed people, went and got jobs. The extra cash allowed them to put petrol in the car, catch a bus, buy a new shirt, go for jobs ------------ magic happened - unemployment sank to record levels
now - you would think that in the light of evidence like that, that you would sit back and think - 'oh, look at that, it might be a good idea to take our hands off the wheel, we've lucked onto a good thing here - we pulled a lever and it works like magic'
BUT, no - not our darling right wing religiously led Liberal Party ----------- as soon as the crisis was over - they went back to the same old same old crappy belief system - that didn't work
****why stay with something that does work - if it's against what you believe?
now - that's idiocy. It's one of the finer examples of idiocy one can see.
If one reads the history of the reasoning for Brexit - one sees that idiocy in action and thought - and the reasons for it -------------- mostly because there's a large cohort that are just plain bloody dumb - uneducated, angry, and totally illogical --------------- ALWAYS on the conservative side of the page
****"why stay with something that does work - if it's against what you believe?"
ideology is why. The decisions we make due to ideology as opposed to solid strategic thinking - the very issue that loses wars (ask Hitler), all through history one can see disaster after disaster due to decision making by ideology over logic.
