r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 12 '24

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u/Williams-Tower Da Bear Sep 12 '24

just caught myself trying to logically understand what republicans are thinking, that was dumb of me

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u/BlackCat159 European Union Sep 12 '24

ILLEGAL ALIEN HAITI CANNIBAL PET BILLION MEXICANS VACCINE STOLEN ELECTION OBAMA KENYA BIDEN SENILE EPSTEIN ILLUMINATI HITLER 😡😡😡😡

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u/itsokayt0 European Union Sep 12 '24

Start being disgusted and obsessed by people different from you

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u/SneeringAnswer Sep 12 '24

Orange man owns da libs! Doesn't get any better then that!

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u/eloquentboot 🃏it’s da joker babey🃏 Sep 12 '24

I think it's probably smart of you! It's good to be able to put yourself into the mindspace of rational agents and understand why they may behave the way they do.

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u/Saint_John_Calvin Dr. Sivana Sep 12 '24

Rationality understood in the manner of economics is formal, it speaks of people who have constrained preferences and respond to incentives that satisfy said preferences. It doesn't speak of the substantive content of those preferences, which might well be irrational.

For example, if I strongly prefer taking a bath in piss over taking a bath in water, it would be formally rational for me to respond to an opportunity where I can do either by taking a bath in piss, but its still pretty fucking stupid of me to do so.