tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post4426099595205140807..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Hypocrisy Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-88348428332330208362015-02-09T17:37:49.025-06:002015-02-09T17:37:49.025-06:00Yes, in principle there is no conflict. I might w...Yes, in principle there is no conflict. I might want affordable food for everyone, but for myself I'll get healthy food that also might be expensive. The elitism (in the bad sense) comes when the elites decide other people won't benefit from real education, only their own children. I didn't even get Clarissa's pun about McDonalds's until right now. This is fast food for theJonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-4467947622177152652015-02-09T13:34:57.778-06:002015-02-09T13:34:57.778-06:00More charitably we could convict the President of ...More charitably we could convict the President of rhetorical excess. I'd contend it's possible to believe both "my kid should have the best I can afford" and "everybody should have the best we can collectively afford", without hypocrisy -- the temptation he yielded to here was to conflate the two.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-83457850254527705902015-02-09T12:11:19.722-06:002015-02-09T12:11:19.722-06:00Wow that's a really great post. I'm loving...Wow that's a really great post. I'm loving it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com