Are you one of The Ninety Million? - Page 3

Nyarlathotep · 22nd August 2012, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by mike3

And why on earth does someone have to be able to do better themselves in order for them to be able to criticize the performance of someone at their job? Especially considering one can't just do everything one may disagree on.

Exactly. If one thinks one can do everything better than everyone they see is NOT doing a good job, I suspect Dunning-Kruger has kicked in.

mike3 · 22nd August 2012, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by BenBurch

Donate money to opposition. Go to town halls and ask tough questions. Write letters to the editor. Volunteer to go door-to-door for your candidate. Volunteer to be a poll watcher for your candidate.

That's a good start.

So then I am right in this: you have to do a lot more than just vote, despite that this thread is about voting, to be able to properly express disagreements with your government in verbal or written form?

22nd August 2012, 01:05 PM	#81
Nyarlathotep Philosopher Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 7,514	Originally Posted by mike3 And why on earth does someone have to be able to do better themselves in order for them to be able to criticize the performance of someone at their job? Especially considering one can't just do everything one may disagree on. Exactly. If one thinks one can do everything better than everyone they see is NOT doing a good job, I suspect Dunning-Kruger has kicked in.
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22nd August 2012, 02:49 PM	#82
mike3 Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,945	Originally Posted by BenBurch Donate money to opposition. Go to town halls and ask tough questions. Write letters to the editor. Volunteer to go door-to-door for your candidate. Volunteer to be a poll watcher for your candidate. That's a good start. So then I am right in this: you have to do a lot more than just vote, despite that this thread is about voting, to be able to properly express disagreements with your government in verbal or written form?
mike3 Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,945	__________________ “Ego is subversive and devolutionary, truly destructive and terrible; ego is the generator of privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Ego is the fire that burns within the pit of hell, devouring and cosuming everything that enters and leaving utterly nothing behind. Ego is horrible, cruel, and restraining, the darkness of the world, and the doom and bane of man.” – a reaction to that famous Bertrand Russell quote.