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The Implications of "They Never Learn"

7/8/2022

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Every day I encounter the following observations in some form or other: 

Politician X did this, and it didn't work, yet he is doing the same thing regardless. It's obvious he hasn't learned from his mistakes.

Or . . . 

The central bank has learned nothing in the past ten years! They continue to pursue the same policies. 

Or . . . 

It's obvious this corporation has learned nothing concerning their latest woke campaign. They're losing money, yet they insist on keeping up with it. 

Or . . . 

Studies have shown that these sort of interventions and measures rarely if ever work, yet Global Organization Y continues to pursue them regardless. When will they learn?

And so on . . . 

Among other things, this erroneous line of thinking assumes that the elites running and managing the System are sincerely working toward good, or are doing the best they can but are fallible and are earnest to learn from their mistakes and the consequences of their actions.

At worst, it assumes that the elites adhere to things like common sense, laws, regulations, and constitutions, but that greed, corruption, and power often clouds their judgment, leading to missteps and blunders that obstruct their capacity to learn.

Either way, this "they never learn" approach is mired in fallacy because it assumes three morally and spiritually fatal errors:


  1. The elites are blind to their mistakes and would fix them if they became aware of them.  
  2. The elite are positively motivated to learn but -- mysteriously -- cannot.
  3. The elites are too stupid to learn from their mistakes.

Considering these points and everything that has transpired in the past two years, it is quite clear that the people entrenched in the "they never learn" camp are the ones who are incapable of learning -- not the elites. 
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Lady Mermaid link
7/9/2022 02:15:22

Prior to 2020, this was my attitude towards government. Even as recently as last year, I still believed on some level that the system would save itself when the peck shots rolled out. Most people around me believed that the birdemic would be over after Trump's loss as Biden would take credit for the peck shots and declare victory memory holing the whole episode.

Understanding the nature of evil has disabused me of those foolish notions. In a way, the elites are incompetent not b/c of the lack of skill or reason, but b/c evil itself is a destructive force that only ends in chaos.

That's why "Go woke, go broke" or "Own the libs" miss the point. Same reason why the modern elites want to force peck shots while shouting "My body, my choice" when it comes to abortion. It's not hypocrisy. Leftism is fundamentally about opposition to the good. This current US Administration is probably the evilest one that has ever existed in American history and the most incompetent. That's not contradictory once you understand the nature of evil.

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Michelle
7/9/2022 13:01:32

May I also add that these same people have such a blind belief in democracy that if they just vote harder, then things will change, despite no evidence that voting harder gets you anything other than our current situation.

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Bookslinger
7/11/2022 06:26:14

This post from BC is appropriate here:
http://charltonteaching.blogspot.com/2014/03/cock-up-or-conspiracy-fake-dichotomy.html

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