tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post2959226751462691907..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: The Deteriorating Intellect of LeftistsCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-48131940438256341282014-03-14T11:37:53.613-07:002014-03-14T11:37:53.613-07:00Anonymous at 8:48 nailed it.
It's stupid peop...Anonymous at 8:48 nailed it.<br /><br />It's stupid people in general.Quartermainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-32116981966356176842014-03-13T14:14:28.493-07:002014-03-13T14:14:28.493-07:00I wrote something with some similar themes regardi...I wrote something with some similar themes regarding debating Liberals. My conclusion is also "Why bother". Except I think the reason to engage them is because of the greater audience of lurkers who are listening, some of whom may be swayed. http://www.futurnamics.com/debaterules.phpDaxton Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01216732044339921444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-27410739218223117662014-03-13T06:05:57.778-07:002014-03-13T06:05:57.778-07:00As the comedian, Ron White, so aptly states, "...As the comedian, Ron White, so aptly states, "You can't fix stupid!".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-44943878062868372892014-03-13T02:34:45.392-07:002014-03-13T02:34:45.392-07:00You are suggesting a futility in debating with lef...You are suggesting a futility in debating with leftists (who are actually statists or collectivists). I disagree with that insofar as the internet is concerned. The internet is the realm of text not the person to person discourses like those of the twenty-something parties you mentioned. Those forums are limited by time. They require immediate access to vast stores of information that must be referenced at light speed. Those type of exchanges are heavily weighted towards senses that have little to do with sober and thoughtful deliberation. In those forums, imagery, "zingers", and insult reign supreme. In those types of debates, the person with the best "your moms" joke has the advantage not the person who articulates a well thought out argument. <br /><br />The world of text and reading is infinitely different because the tropes and routines often employed in the public debates of those parties you referenced have no value. I can understand giving up on debating the statists because it is time consuming but only for that reason. In the world of text whether it be a comments section or a Facebook page, the statists are easily cornered and unlike the "lunchroom yo' mama" sessions that are passed of as public debates, the statists find that the intellectual dishonesty the often employ as a means of escape doesn't work. When that happens, one of two things result: (1) they don't respond or (2) they block you from their site or Facebook page.<br /><br />It is in the world of text where the statist's irrational devotion to an irrational gospel will be exposed. The only reason to not hunt them down, to not challenge them, and to not expose their irrational thought for all to see is that to do so is to expend large amounts of time. This is medium we've been waiting for. This is the medium that will expose hollow and poorly thought out ideas and positions.Al From Bay Shorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10701377734947918146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-78808133533851050112014-03-12T19:59:29.884-07:002014-03-12T19:59:29.884-07:00I used to get into debates or arguments with peopl...I used to get into debates or arguments with people who identified themselves as conservatives who were exactly like the leftists you describe. Human nature being what it is leads me to believe that what we are dealing with is that people are mindbogglingly stupid and increasingly determined to stay so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-46230306697930628762014-03-12T17:37:24.674-07:002014-03-12T17:37:24.674-07:00Up here in the boonies the Canadian Broadcasting C...Up here in the boonies the Canadian Broadcasting Corp (CBC) has always been on the left. Nowadays it is hard left, and purveys the usual leftist nonsense. However, because of budget cuts (or their own lack of control over internal budgeting) they have been forced to rerun old radio programs, from, say 30 years ago. It is striking how much better the old programs are. The speakers are civil, they speak well, they never use coarse language, and their <i>arguments make sense</i>. They present facts - oh a little selectively for sure, but facts none the same. They often acknowledge points of view and arguments of their opponents. It is as though the old CBC-ers belonged go a different and superior species.<br /><br />So yes, the intellects of leftists have noticeably deteriorated over the last 30 to 40 years.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-84749787759532946682014-03-12T15:49:38.737-07:002014-03-12T15:49:38.737-07:00Every word sad but true. What we call "leftis...Every word sad but true. What we call "leftist" are basically a core of Narcissistic Clusters B's surrounded by an outer colony of Narcissistic Clusters B's by proxy. The mental impairment wouldn't be so frightening if it disqualified them form powerful governing positions but strength in their numbers gives them a disproportionate and reckless say in how society should be governed. It's like giving a three year old the keys to your SUV or The White House. What could possibly go wrong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-77486585788656578132014-03-12T15:27:45.466-07:002014-03-12T15:27:45.466-07:00Cap,
The human race is dumb, end of story. Be ver...Cap,<br /><br />The human race is dumb, end of story. Be very thankful you are one of the lucky few who can think for themselves and make decisions based on logical processing of information. Most people are not adults, they are children who are taller. The world has often asked the question how did the Germans let the Nazis take over power? The answer is because people are dumb.<br /><br />You have tried logical arguments, now you are trying mockery. I prefer a combination of the two, ie mockery through logic. Mark Styne is a great example of this, as is Nicolas Taleb. <br /><br />AS regards the absence of humor, they have it, in their own peculiar way. When The Guardian's editors were negotiating with White House officials over the theft of national security secrets by Snowden, the editors thought there was vast comedic value in the fact the US officials were calling a powerpoint slide a 'purple box.' Much laughter was had on the side of the leftists. The US officials apparently didn't find it particularly amusing to search for lame humor in the largest intelligence theft in their country's history.<br /><br />Anyway, you will never convince a leftist of anything. They have their world view and they're sticking with it in the face of all evidence. The only thing we can do is wake up some of the poor souls who were brainwashed from a very early age. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-8282163394355857522014-03-12T13:56:23.028-07:002014-03-12T13:56:23.028-07:00Your last two sentences in the first paragraph wer...Your last two sentences in the first paragraph were spot on. 100% true but tough to accept.stumpjumper72noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-57332829571082425442014-03-12T12:57:58.718-07:002014-03-12T12:57:58.718-07:00Ah, Aaron, I'm not learning financial stuff to...Ah, Aaron, I'm not learning financial stuff to better debate yahoos. Like Aeroguy, I'm learning it for myself, and any source that can speed this up (and make it pleasant in the mean time) is a good one. We're still here, long after "charty goodness" faded into history, you'll notice. Cappy Cap is still a daily read for me, so you're doing something right.<br /><br />Plus, my actual suggestion - gleeful refinement of the art of amygdala overload - is all about avoiding pointless debate. They don't really want true debate anyway, as you've pointed out, so shutting them down by kicking the base of their house of cards is just really satisfying fun. I'll write on the subject myself eventually, but I know very little about it just yet in any practical sense.Peregrine Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511962495322344119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-69927584456623958922014-03-12T12:19:18.131-07:002014-03-12T12:19:18.131-07:00I turned to mockery... and never looked back.
T...I turned to mockery... and never looked back. <br /><br />They aren't worth the effort.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097451556633262624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-79131486580462263082014-03-12T11:08:36.075-07:002014-03-12T11:08:36.075-07:00Lefties are like Slinkies. Not really good for any...Lefties are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-66493564915181857312014-03-12T11:03:40.863-07:002014-03-12T11:03:40.863-07:00Some people are impervious to reason.
Korean shop...Some people are impervious to reason.<br /><br />Korean shopkeepers kept their businesses safe during the LA riots by flat out shooting the apparent leaders of looting gangs ... when the alpha asshole caught a bullet, the beta followers ran like rabbit.<br /><br />Reason will not work on someone who did not use reason to get where they are.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-81216534989232317042014-03-12T10:20:34.805-07:002014-03-12T10:20:34.805-07:00@ CPT Cap: "It doesn't work and the only...@ CPT Cap: "It doesn't work and the only thing that seems to work is berating, mockery, ridicule and embarassment."<br /><br />Close, but not quite. The key is to use mockery to demonstrate superiority, then follow up with facts. When they refuse to believe something obvious, go straight to the heart of the situation:<br /><br />"You're a blind ideologue who knows nothing and wants to know nothing except that your feelings are somehow real. Your downright terrified to even recognize a simple fact if it might distrupt your delusions." etc.<br /><br />After they've been sufficiently humbled, if they show something that almost strikes you as a shadow of remorse or embarrassment, switch to sympathy mode. "Believe me, I understand. Sometimes I wish things didn't work this way, but they DO. I just can't believe in lies, even if they seem comforting sometimes."<br /><br />Mockery, wit, facts & logic, sympathy, all can be used to great effect IF used in the right order with boldness.Martelhttp://alphaisassumed.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-55744510336236352652014-03-12T08:47:07.896-07:002014-03-12T08:47:07.896-07:00Peregrine John and Aero,
I totally understand, bu...Peregrine John and Aero,<br /><br />I totally understand, but at what point do you just admit the study has been so thoroughly studied and flushed out there's no point in doing it anymore?<br /><br />if there's anything that angers me it's that I had to waste this much time and effort defending and advocating something that is nothing more than common sense. <br /><br />What we have to realize is how much labor, time, and money the right spends debating their vertiable retarded fucks on their own level to no avail. <br /><br />I'm done "debating." I'm done "trying to be open minded." I'm done.<br /><br />It doesn't work and the only thing that seems to work is berating, mockery, ridicule and embarassment.<br /><br />I'm sure there are many more interesting economic things that can be said, but I don't care to point them out any more because I've already donated enough time to posterity economics. <br /><br />From here on out I'm ripping these retards apart. Besides, both of you are savvy enough to figure it out from here on out. YOu don't need me. YOu have the logic, you have the basic underlying laws and theories of economics. It's not like you can't come upwith the same obsevations I do and are capable of charting them.<br /><br />I'm sorry, but I just refuse to argue anymore with mentally damaged psychos. It's pointless. Let them think being parasitical is a "long term strategy." What do I care, they're all going to die piss poor, and that's the BEST part of their lives. That it will END. Because being a parasite is a miserable existence.Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-57664772317418371392014-03-12T08:17:10.914-07:002014-03-12T08:17:10.914-07:00I'm with Aeroguy on the charts and tasty, tast...I'm with Aeroguy on the charts and tasty, tasty facts: I am manifestly <i>not</i> an economist, so well-made education that direction is always welcomed.<br /><br />As for what to do about lefty lunacy, there is a tactic I've discussed a little with a couple of other bloggers and which cannot be reversed against anyone who is actually reality-based: amygdala overload (a.k.a. amygdala hijacking). That tendency to lose any whiff of calm is the beginning of a complete shutdown, as well as an attempt to avoid it. When properly applied, you can skip past the loud hysterics and go straight for the scared-rabbit mental collapse. It's awesome. And you, Capt. Cap, might be just the guy to coordinate and collate the skillset.Peregrine Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511962495322344119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-26608392208875119422014-03-12T07:58:01.427-07:002014-03-12T07:58:01.427-07:00People's minds reflexively tend to go into shu...People's minds reflexively tend to go into shutdown mode when labels are used, whether "left/right" or "liberal/conservative." Today, these labels are almost worthless.<br />I do try to persuade using common sense points and I often get through to some people, even though I live in a liberal town.<br />This may sound passive/aggressive, but I let the burden ultimately fall on the other guy to convince me of his points. I can easily shoot down BS arguments, and do.LordSomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483452672640797537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1981921753142551732014-03-12T07:46:45.014-07:002014-03-12T07:46:45.014-07:00This helps me a lot in navigating the shapeshiftin...This helps me a lot in navigating the shapeshifting political landscape in Brazil, indeed the in last 5-7 years this process took a sudden leap forward. Nowadays it seem that everyone is infected<br /><br />Great post Capt.Scescinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-62547984953081523352014-03-12T06:47:22.306-07:002014-03-12T06:47:22.306-07:00As has been said - you can't argue with an idi...As has been said - you can't argue with an idiot. For them it is important enough to 'believe' things. Adults like us understand the difference between 'believing something' and knowing it for a fact. The reason we take pains with our facts is that we know that if we're wrong, we could be seriously hurt. That spawns another process we have that the left doesn't: critical thought.<br /><br />Buy ammo, boys. Nothing short of a sucking chest wound will change the belief system of a leftist.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-7342141655659214042014-03-12T05:55:32.547-07:002014-03-12T05:55:32.547-07:00Yep, I came to that conclusion a long time ago. L...Yep, I came to that conclusion a long time ago. Leftists are all about emotions, and when you present the facts they either do an ad hominem or non-sequitur attack directed towards you. I have more important things to attend to, such as my family. So, I am now collecting ammo, silver, and trying to learn new skills for the decline. The decline is not just happening here in the good ol' USA (what's left of it), but worldwide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-13996096064847359242014-03-12T03:29:43.479-07:002014-03-12T03:29:43.479-07:00@Dave:
"... what might we gain by doing this?...@Dave:<br />"... what might we gain by doing this?"<br /><br />Cheaper labour to exploit.<br /><br />After all, setting standards of excellence is the domain of conservatives -- all you have to do with this lot is to give them toys in lieu of actual gains.<br /><br />(c.f. "kidults")<br />Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-55829875479177088922014-03-12T03:27:21.858-07:002014-03-12T03:27:21.858-07:00A new word for your lexicon:
Kidult.
It means &q...A new word for your lexicon:<br /><br />Kidult.<br /><br />It means "a child-like adult" or a "kid-adult" -- someone who is neither this nor that wholly, but someone who tries to split the difference.<br /><br />When dealing with a "kidult", you don't argue with one -- you send him to his room. :-)Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-31045057528611651142014-03-12T00:08:20.545-07:002014-03-12T00:08:20.545-07:00the zombie ammo isn't a joke. Hornady's Z...the zombie ammo isn't a joke. Hornady's Zombie Defense is their leverevolution round with a green tip. In the depths of the ammo drought that was all that I could find to feed my .30-30.<br /><br />You're spot fucking on with your observation that liberals don't want to hear the truth. My father is a PhD chemist and believes that spraying teflon on a bullet makes it armor-piercing. My liberal classmates harp on about the "77 cents on a man's dollar" even after I set their shit straight with articles from feminists on huffpo.<br /><br />it's really sadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-39633586217003735922014-03-11T22:33:53.206-07:002014-03-11T22:33:53.206-07:00I guess you've answered the question of how to...I guess you've answered the question of how to argue with a leftist.<br /><br />Next question: What's the best way to take advantage of their stupidity, and what might we gain by doing this?Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-17825286446674777952014-03-11T21:44:57.717-07:002014-03-11T21:44:57.717-07:00I can't the leftists who think they are conser...I can't the leftists who think they are conservative...such as Fox Newsers, governments employees, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com