Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Modern Political Discourse

Here's an old Non Sequitur cartoon that I kept from about 15 years ago.



Gagdad Bob posts an interesting piece that mirrors this cartoon strip.

..."Abstract ideas are designed to understand and describe reality. But intellectuals turn this around and begin using their abstractions to judge reality. And if reality falls short, they don't abandon their ideals but jettison reality. Intellectuals just can't stand the thought that a free market with no one in charge has much more embodied wisdom and rationality than their sacred abstractions and economic prescriptions."...

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