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Nassim Taleb Sums Up America's Election In 17 "Black Swan" Words
Zero Hedge ^ | 13 March 2016 | On Nassim Taleb, by Tyler Durden

Posted on 03/22/2016 2:36:13 PM PDT by Lorianne

Sometimes, less is more, and in infamous "Black Swan" philosopher Nassim Taleb's case, summing up the chaos that is enveloping America, and its forthcoming election was as simple as the following:

"The *establishment* composed of journos, BS-Vending talking heads with well-formulated verbs, bureaucrato-cronies, lobbyists-in training, New Yorker-reading semi-intellectuals, image-conscious empty suits, Washington rent-seekers and other "well thinking" members of the vocal elites are not getting the point about what is happening and the sterility of their arguments."

To which he appended the following 17 perfectly succinct words:

"People are not voting for Trump (or Sanders). People are just voting, finally, to destroy the establishment."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: blackswan; captainobvious; nassimtaleb; taleb; washingtoncartel
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To: OwenKellogg

“A small number of Black Swans explains almost everything in our world,”

Woodja say that : The convergence of Grove,Gates and Greenspan back in he 90s constitutes a Swan Event?
What they brought on back then is sumtin every damn congresscritter and every BS politician tries to take credit for...Some Damn Good Times !


21 posted on 03/22/2016 2:55:50 PM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long)
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To: Lysandru

+1.


22 posted on 03/22/2016 2:57:59 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: spokeshave

Before the discovery of black swans in Australia, it was known that swans were always, absolutely, in every occurrence, white.

The phrase “black swan” refers to something which was thought not to be possible, yet, one day, shows up staring you in the face.


23 posted on 03/22/2016 3:00:34 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Doche2X2

The ones that me make the angriest: upper middle-class families that use slave labor for landscaping, for cooks & maids, pool cleaning, and on and on—but since they pay only a pittance in wages, the rest of us pick up a good part of the bill for their food, shelter and meds—then the these high minded humanitarians have the effrontery to accuse the rest of us of racism for demanding to know why our laws aren’t being enforced.


24 posted on 03/22/2016 3:04:13 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Old Yeller

We had better start voting all the bums out. People want everyone else to get rid of their bums, but want to keep their own.

_____________________________________

Absolutely right and it is critical to primary out all of the multi-national politicians who will not stand for the rule oof law and the citizens.

We Cantorized our weasel, Eric Cantor.

Many more districts need to follow suit.


25 posted on 03/22/2016 3:04:41 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Grampa Dave

I have also been saying the same thing as Taleb for a while now, even before Trump came on the scene, to try to explain the rise of the tea party (and to some extent OWS too).

People refuse to listen. According to them the ONLY reason one would dissent from the status quo and the elites is because ... racism.

I so want comeuppance for these folks who have been accusing everyone of racism for almost a decade now.


26 posted on 03/22/2016 3:05:41 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: OwenKellogg

Sounds like a good lapel pin for the next few months....

27 posted on 03/22/2016 3:07:14 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: MrEdd

But the media told us that the US armed Sadam...

I think your theory is correct. The Soviet equipment was so bad that they realized they could never conquer the West.


28 posted on 03/22/2016 3:09:28 PM PDT by crusher2013 (Liberalism is Aristocracy masquerading as equality)
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To: OwenKellogg

Thanks for the ping!

:)


29 posted on 03/22/2016 3:10:22 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: ameribbean expat
People with no skin in the game think they can continue bossing around people who have no skin left for the game.


May I please use that as my new sig line?

30 posted on 03/22/2016 3:49:20 PM PDT by rdcbn ("If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin." Zell Millera)
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To: rdcbn

All yours. Enjoy.


31 posted on 03/22/2016 3:49:52 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: ameribbean expat
Thx
32 posted on 03/22/2016 3:50:45 PM PDT by rdcbn ("If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin." Zell Millera)
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To: fishtank

A black swan pic is now my new FB profile pic. I don’t do politics on FB so this is my ‘stealth’ endorsement for Trump 2016.


34 posted on 03/22/2016 4:16:34 PM PDT by Qiviut (In Islam you have to die for Allah. The God I worship died for me. [Franklin Graham])
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To: fishtank

Wonder if Thom Yorke of Radiohead would mind Trump using this as his theme song

Black Swan (Warning: Language)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJhmKF4npMs


35 posted on 03/22/2016 4:26:54 PM PDT by dfwgator
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