Spawn_of_Apathy Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 18 minutes ago, Joe said: To Rubio’s point, none of Donald’s picks are polite in their architecture of America’s decline. ...at least I assume that was his point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 18 minutes ago, Joe said: Ivy league schools should be a disqualifier. Especially if you're a legacy or come from a wealthy family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 23 minutes ago, Jason said: 'Well That Was Weird as Sh*t': As More States Certify His Defeat, Trump Holds 60-Second Briefing to Brag About Stock Market WWW.COMMONDREAMS.ORG As the president refused to concede defeat, Pennsylvania and Nevada certified President-elect Joe Biden's victories and dealt a major blow to the Trump campaign's legal ploy. this picture lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 12 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Ivy league schools should be a disqualifier. Especially if you're a legacy or come from a wealthy family. I disagree. If you do a proper vetting of someone you don't need a coarse heuristics like "none from school x" or its inverse "only from schools x,y,z." And if you're not doing a proper vetting you're already fucked in your selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Jason said: that feeling when one of the worst people you know kind of has a point "I don't want smart people managing our decline, I want wildcards throwing sets of dice for a critical chance at greatness" I guarantee the GOP Senate is going to delay Biden's cabinet for months, at a minimum. 11 minutes ago, legend said: I disagree. If you do a proper vetting of someone you don't need a coarse heuristics like "none from school x" or its inverse "only from schools x,y,z." And if you're not doing a proper vetting you're already fucked in your selection. I think the implication (at least as far as I could see) was that these people (from money, and legacy admissions) will never have the best interests of the majority of the American people at heart, so should be disqualified because of their total separation from normal life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: I think the implication (at least as far as I could see) was that these people (from money, and legacy admissions) will never have the best interests of the majority of the American people at heart, so should be disqualified because of their total separation from normal life. I think that's a faulty generalization and you can determine that from way better methods than what school they went to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Do you think he's going to get the Trumpified bullet points, TRUMP in bold letters, and pictures all over the place one-pagers they've been making? White House has signed off on Joe Biden getting the President's Daily Brief WWW.CNN.COM Three weeks after the election, the White House has given formal approval for President-elect Joe Biden to receive the President's Daily Brief, a White House official told CNN Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 14 minutes ago, Jason said: Do you think he's going to get the Trumpified bullet points, TRUMP in bold letters, and pictures all over the place one-pagers they've been making? White House has signed off on Joe Biden getting the President's Daily Brief WWW.CNN.COM Three weeks after the election, the White House has given formal approval for President-elect Joe Biden to receive the President's Daily Brief, a White House official told CNN Tuesday. Joe Biden getting his first briefing “This briefings are nothing but hand puppets, pictures, pie charts and it’s all in crayon” At least someone is actually going to pay attention to the briefings. Trump probably hasn’t given a shit about them for weeks or months (hell maybe even years) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 1 hour ago, legend said: I disagree. If you do a proper vetting of someone you don't need a coarse heuristics like "none from school x" or its inverse "only from schools x,y,z." And if you're not doing a proper vetting you're already fucked in your selection. These institutions are just elite signifiers and feed the myth of meritocracy. But the fact of the matter is we don't do proper vetting in politics. Nor do we have a good mechanism to do so! These elite institutions and those that come from them are so massively disconnected from the reality millions of americans face that no amount of "intelligence" or "understanding" can make up for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 8 minutes ago, silentbob said: Joe Biden getting his first briefing “This briefings are nothing but hand puppets, pictures, pie charts and it’s all in crayon” At least someone is actually going to pay attention to the briefings. Trump probably hasn’t given a shit about them for weeks or months (hell maybe even years) Definitely years. Stories of them dumbing down the PDB and ultimately Trump only even attending once or twice a week, if that, were all from just the first 6 months of his presidency. It is such a known quantity at this point that no one has really bothered to report on it for years. Just like how Jared has been serving in the WH illegally for 4 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: These institutions are just elite signifiers and feed the myth of meritocracy. This isn't true. I know a number of really great people, both intelligent and compassionate, who come from ivy league schools. Elite schools certainly don't have a monopoly on great people, but they're not devoid of them either. Quote But the fact of the matter is we don't do proper vetting in politics. Nor do we have a good mechanism to do so! These elite institutions and those that come from them are so massively disconnected from the reality millions of americans face that no amount of "intelligence" or "understanding" can make up for it. We do have good mechanisms to do this. It's not all that hard to do thorough interviews and investigate someone's previous work and that should be expected for these levels of jobs. The solution is to do more of that, not broad brush everyone into a tribe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: These institutions are just elite signifiers and feed the myth of meritocracy. But the fact of the matter is we don't do proper vetting in politics. Nor do we have a good mechanism to do so! These elite institutions and those that come from them are so massively disconnected from the reality millions of americans face that no amount of "intelligence" or "understanding" can make up for it. FDR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, legend said: This isn't true. I know a number of really great people, both intelligent and compassionate, who come from ivy league schools. Elite schools certainly don't have a monopoly on great people, but they're not devoid of them either. We do have good mechanisms to do this. It's not all that hard to do thorough interviews and investigate someone's previous work and should be expected for these levels of jobs. The solution is to do more of that, not broad brush everyone into a tribe. Aside from the fact that meritocracy is a myth(a dangerous one at that), Trump and kushner and others like them got their ivy league degrees because of their connections and wealth. They're far from outliers in this regard. That's what I mean by elite credentialing. And "should be expected" and "what actually happens" are worlds apart. These people with their privileges aren't going to give them up willingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 24 minutes ago, Jason said: FDR? Nearly a century ago, post ww2 things have changed significantly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 31 minutes ago, legend said: This isn't true. I know a number of really great people, both intelligent and compassionate, who come from ivy league schools. Elite schools certainly don't have a monopoly on great people, but they're not devoid of them either. We do have good mechanisms to do this. It's not all that hard to do thorough interviews and investigate someone's previous work and should be expected for these levels of jobs. The solution is to do more of that, not broad brush everyone into a tribe. Part of the issue is that political Meritocracy and liberal democracy can be hard to resolve with one another, since the latter is predicated on the assumption of an individual’s right to completely ignore the outcomes of the former if that’s what they want to do. Once you no longer have the right to vote for the unqualified, meritless huckster running for office, you’re no longer really living in a liberal democracy. China is a good example of this. It’s about as close to a pure political meritocracy as you will find in any large country—but it only gets there by virtually eliminating democracy except at the lowest levels, and having political advancement purely depend on peer and superior performance reviews and concrete results, with entrance into public service depending on passing a (quite difficult) competency examination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Jason said: Do you think he's going to get the Trumpified bullet points, TRUMP in bold letters, and pictures all over the place one-pagers they've been making? White House has signed off on Joe Biden getting the President's Daily Brief WWW.CNN.COM Three weeks after the election, the White House has given formal approval for President-elect Joe Biden to receive the President's Daily Brief, a White House official told CNN Tuesday. Jokes on Biden, they will only be handed over after Trump wipes his ass with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 20 minutes ago, Littleronin said: Jokes on Biden, they will only be handed over after Trump wipes his ass with them. There's probably so much empty unused white space on the pages that it wouldn't actually obscure anything if he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Also it's a western state so all that empty land is probably federal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Jason said: That is getting insanely close to how slave owners thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 28 minutes ago, Littleronin said: That is getting insanely close to how slave owners thought. Next thing you know they're going to want their guns counted as 3/5 of a person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Aside from the fact that meritocracy is a myth(a dangerous one at that), Trump and kushner and others like them got their ivy league degrees because of their connections and wealth. They're far from outliers in this regard. That's what I mean by elite credentialing. I'm not responding to whether the US is a meritocracy -- it's not. I'm responding to whether people who went to ivy league or other elite schools can be great people and they can be. 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: And "should be expected" and "what actually happens" are worlds apart. These people with their privileges aren't going to give them up willingly. I don't really have an opinion on what happens with the Biden team or otherwise. Disqualifying people because they went to an ivy league school isn't a solution to any problems we currently have and if we're going to make a change, the change should be to do actual evaluations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 3 hours ago, legend said: I'm not responding to whether the US is a meritocracy -- it's not. I'm responding to whether people who went to ivy league or other elite schools can be great people and they can be. Name one great person who came from an Ivy League school. You can't, because there is literally no one who has! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentWorld Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 5 hours ago, Signifyin(g)Monkey said: Part of the issue is that political Meritocracy and liberal democracy can be hard to resolve with one another, since the latter is predicated on the assumption of an individual’s right to completely ignore the outcomes of the former if that’s what they want to do. Once you no longer have the right to vote for the unqualified, meritless huckster running for office, you’re no longer really living in a liberal democracy. China is a good example of this. It’s about as close to a pure political meritocracy as you will find in any large country—but it only gets there by virtually eliminating democracy except at the lowest levels, and having political advancement purely depend on peer and superior performance reviews and concrete results, with entrance into public service depending on passing a (quite difficult) competency examination. Judging by the past 20 years, the 21st century is going to belong to China. I'm thinking a one party state, with democracy only existing at the lower levels is perhaps the ideal solution. Local politics tends to not have the partisan bickering that occur at provincial/state and federal levels, and from what I can see things actually get done when partisan bickering is removed (when the provincial and federal governments don't interfere). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 12 hours ago, thewhyteboar said: Hmm. Canada used to be the Dominion of Canada until 1982, which is coincidentally the year that Kamala Harris apparently left Canada and moved back to the United States. SEEMS A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS!!! Congratulations on your victory, fellow Dominion comrade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thewhyteboar Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 The right-wing grift machine is self-perpetuating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 You helped to fuel the death machine that down the line will kill you too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 12 hours ago, Jason said: "Have you ever played Risk? Take all your troops and put them on Madagascar. Do you ever win?" Apparently quite easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Biden says the White House is cooperating fully with his transition but Trump still won't speak with him WWW.BUSINESSINSIDER.COM.AU President-elect Joe Biden gave an interview Tuesday in which he described efforts from the White House to help him prepare for power as “sincere,” after his long-delayed transition was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 8 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Name one great person who came from an Ivy League school. You can't, because there is literally no one who has! lol I mean, just immediately close to me my doctoral adviser and my post doc adviser and a bunch of people I've also personally worked with. (And yes, I realize you were being sarcastic. At least I'm pretty sure you were ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 28 minutes ago, legend said: lol I mean, just immediately close to me my doctoral adviser and my post doc adviser and a bunch of people I've also personally worked with. (And yes, I realize you were being sarcastic. At least I'm pretty sure you were ) “Conan O’Brien” was the easiest reply 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 32 minutes ago, legend said: (And yes, I realize you were being sarcastic. At least I'm pretty sure you were ) 5 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: “Conan O’Brien” was the easiest reply I figured he would be the first reply from anyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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