idiot-ology
Let's get something straight: There are no issues on this planet; only
people's competing interests. Ideology is about money and prejudice. I
don't believe in ideology. I do believe in money and prejudice.
Here's an example: Liberals say there should be no bullying in the school
yard. Old-fashioned conservatives say bullying belongs in the school
yard; it's an important life lesson. Modern conservatives say: If
someone hits my kid I want the full weight of the law to crush that
bully. But if my kid hits somebody else then obviously the other kid
deserved it and he should take it like a man instead of a cry-baby.
This course called Making Cognitive Dissonance work for you was the
most important piece of my curriculum back on Andulusa where I
studied diligently for my MFA degree. I majored not in Law or
Economics but in something far more profound from which all the other
disciplines are derived: Bullshit. It's taken me to where I am today.
