Tag: politics
Loose change
by Oz on Jan.31, 2009, under life
I am normally not really huge on blogging about politics. There are a lot of really good reasons for this:
- Everyone thinks about politics differently
- It is almost always intensely personal - people take politics as personally as they would insulting their mother
- Much to the contrary as one might imagine - people do not think nearly as much as they should when it comes to politics - they merely react, and those reactions are generally strong and visceral
- People make huge value judgments on each other based off of politically charged statements
So, I’m never in the mood to discuss politics. But for now, I will. And ironically, all the things I’ll mention are pretty much perfectly geared towards hitting all of those particular points. I’m sure most people will get irritated by any of this, but whatever.
Oh, and by “Loose Change”, I am in no way referring to that annoying “the government did it” video about 9/11. Let’s just get out of the way. Instead, I want to talk about what people mean when they say the words, “change”.
