Monday, September 16, 2024

Vacuum


“Democratic societies are necessarily placed at risk when people conceive of their relationships as being grounded on principles of command and control rather than on principles of self-responsibility in self-governing communities”--Ostrom

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To give presidential candidates, who don’t even know who we are, power over our most intimate relationships is to bestow them with one more power of which they are not worthy.--Miltimore

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From a paper:
“These results strongly suggest Neanderthal-derived DNA is playing a significant role in autism susceptibility across major populations in the United States.”

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Vacuum

Harris entered the 'debate' with some templates to fill. As the event progressed, a pattern emerged that was at least unsettling. Part of Harris' template was to repeat known falsehoods. The 2025 project. The Charlottesville lie. January 6th. The 'bloodbath' calumny. An IVF falsehood, a new one. These were typical of the distortions and deceptions Harris worked into her presentation.

While these lies had long been exposed, Harris blithely rolled them out.  And it gave the observer an unsettling feeling. Harris' confidence in her insincerity was astonishing. Certainly, some devotees have cult-like acceptance of these lies but there can't be so many as to justify them. And she would be preaching to the choir.

In some ways this has the feel of 'creative non-fiction' but it may be something more basic. We may have a culture that no longer distinguishes between truth and falsehood. Or no longer thinks it matters.

And it seems that anything will fill Kamala's mental vacuum.

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