POLITICIANS: THEY'RE SOCIOPATH AND THEY DON"T CARE ABOUT YOU

POLITICIANS: THEY'RE SOCIOPATH http://disorderedworld.com/imperfect-design-how-our-psychology-screws-up-our-world/ http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/chris-christies-crisis-plunges-republican-party-deeper-into “Everyone thinks there’s probably a 60% chance the other shoe will drop,” said the operative, who like many of the people quoted in this story, requested anonymity to speak freely about a situation that is still evolving. “When I saw the press conference, I said, I don’t think he’s lying… But for the deputy chief of staff to do something like that requires a culture in the office that he would have set, and it probably requires other examples that would have made her feel like that was acceptable to do.” It's a shame these guys can't put the games aside and talk straight publicly. The whole game is a giant lie. Some more from the same article: "Meanwhile, as the GOP establishment agonizes over whether Christie — or anyone — can emerge intact for the primaries next year, one piece of news this week did manage to calm some nerves: a report in Politico that Hillary Clinton keeps a political “hit list” of all those who have wronged her over the years. As one veteran of the George H.W. Bush administration put it, “Bluntly, two misshapen psyches keeps you in the game.” That's what the world has for its' leadership talent pool . . . . misshapen psyches. the insiders know it too. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/05/the-smartest-book-about-our-digital-age-was-published-in-1929.html "Despite a title that promises political analysis, The Revolt of the Masses has almost nothing to say about conventional party ideologies and alignments. Ortega shows little interest in fascism or capitalism or Marxism, and this troubled me when I first read the book. (Although, in retrospect, the philosopher’s passing comments on these matters proved remarkably prescient—for example his smug dismissal of Russian communism as destined to failure in the West, and his prediction of the rise of a European union.) Above all, he hardly acknowledges the existence of ‘left’ and ‘right’ in political debates. Ortega’s brilliant insight came in understanding that the battle between ‘up’ and ‘down’ could be as important in spurring social and cultural change as the conflict between ‘left’ and ‘right’. This is not an economic distinction in Ortega’s mind. The new conflict, he insists, is not between “hierarchically superior and inferior classes…. upper classes or lower classes.” A millionaire could be a member of the masses, according to Ortega’s surprising schema. And a pauper might represent the elite." https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200790991957033&set=gm.225824997590976&type=1 The urban/rural divide is not exclusive to the US. Labor (red) dominates the metro areas in England and Conservative (blue) in the less densely populated areas. Why? http://news.bbc.co.uk/.../results_constituencies/maps/uk.gif You'll have to click this link to see the animation of the patterns changing in Canada, but the metro areas do seem to lean liberal and the rural sections go conservative. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Canada_Federal_Election_2004-2011.gif http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/01/blood-and-mud-a-french-soldier-s-wwi-memoir-vividly-describes-trench-warfare.html "The probability that policy change occurs is basically the same whether a small group or a large majority of average citizens are in favor. On the other hand, all else being the same, opposition from the wealthy means that a particular policy is only adopted about 18 percent of the time, but when they support it it gets adopted 45 percent of the time. Similar patterns are true for interest groups. The impact could also be even higher than their findings, as there may be policy differences among those they count as wealthy." The people are divided and conquered. Special interests know what they want and don't sit home on the couch and refuse to vote. http://rsf.org/index2014/en-index2014.php "Countries that pride themselves on being democracies and respecting the rule of law have not set an example, far from it. Freedom of information is too often sacrificed to an overly broad and abusive interpretation of national security needs, marking a disturbing retreat from democratic practices. Investigative journalism often suffers as a result. This has been the case in the United States (46th), which fell 13 places, one of the most significant declines, amid increased efforts to track down whistleblowers and the sources of leaks. The trial and conviction of Private Bradley Manning and the pursuit of NSA analyst Edward Snowden were warnings to all those thinking of assisting in the disclosure of sensitive information that would clearly be in the public interest." http://reason.com/blog/2013/11/06/libertarian-robert-sarvis-pulls-66-perce That's a full 33% of the swing vote!