tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post7882759042461877105..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: Fatherhood & fidelityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-29073910044179580502013-12-18T10:32:35.186+11:002013-12-18T10:32:35.186+11:00A committed Obama democrat explains it. His econ...A committed Obama democrat explains it. His economist "partner" Betsy Stephenson (they were unmarried - as all true feminists are) is firmly ensconced within the Obama Administration - most recently the Council of Economic Advisers. <br /><br />Over the course of reading his blog at "Freakonomics" we have been bored silly as he waxes incredulous over the many issues couples face as though he was Adam to her Eve. It is nauseatingly painful which is why I stopped. <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsey_Stevenson <br /><br />The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness - by Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers<br />NBER Working Paper No. 14969 - May 2009<br /><br />http://www.nber.org/papers/w14969 A Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14171955844000893705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-36689123611543123552013-12-18T10:23:32.893+11:002013-12-18T10:23:32.893+11:00We are such social creatures to begin with that we...We are such social creatures to begin with that we run with the political ideas that are acceptable for our pack I imagine this would be left wing blank slate-ism. The longer the exposure to the academic world the harder the armour that this ideology provides will grow and the less chance that a person will be challenged to rethink this ideology either by experience or intellectually. <br /><br />From the article he shows that he, like many others, has very thick left wing armour. He is lucky that he has had ONE experience of the reality of his biological self that has penetrated. Denial of part of our real selves is part of the left wing world. <br /><br />To accept a real biological humanity is tantamount to treason within the left wing intellectual framework. So many of the leftist frameworks require us to deny our biological humanity. To be grounded in a whole indivisible human self is to be free. <br /><br />How lucky that he has grasped a chance to live his life fully. Perhaps his new experience will inform his thinking, but given current social forces,the odds are not good. Everything in his life that he sees as a "good" will militate against his changing his position. <br /><br />I can make these comments without knowing his stated political allegiances because ,overwhelmingly, Western cultural elites are left wing and to promote their utilitarian goals they deny humanity in us all. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-2145145078466588042013-12-18T08:07:02.143+11:002013-12-18T08:07:02.143+11:00Economists are your classic social autists. No roo...Economists are your classic social autists. No room for love in the free market.<br />The Social Pathologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927698533626086780noreply@blogger.com