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A truly excellent commentary by the brilliant author of "Black Swan". It explains so much of why certain small minorities end up winning over large majorities.

Bottom line - it pays to be intolerant or if you lie down and submit expect to be trampled on and for that you have no one to blame but yourself.

1 posted on 08/04/2017 4:05:05 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: aquila48

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2 posted on 08/04/2017 4:25:31 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: aquila48

I knew the author’s name looked familiar. Excellent article, thanks for posting it!


3 posted on 08/04/2017 4:50:29 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC)z)
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Thanks for posting. The author is a brilliant guy, I’ve always liked him.


4 posted on 08/04/2017 4:56:25 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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So, being intransigent is the answer.

Well, let’s use the author’s example.

Religion.

Hitler was pretty clear about his plans for the Jews.

Some of the Jews saw this and fled Europe.

Many Jews remained intransigent and refused to try and escape even as they were being forced into the boxcars.

They perished by the millions and the population of Jews in Europe has never recovered.

He is trying to keep his models out of the real world. Hitler didn’t care about Jewish matrimonial rules.

The author is obviously brilliant, but his ideas need some further examination.


5 posted on 08/04/2017 5:54:33 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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