Chris in London
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A friend of mine does this, largely to annoy his partner.Everywhere he goes like onto a plane or through a door, he waves to non existent supporters.
It works.
A friend of mine does this, largely to annoy his partner.Everywhere he goes like onto a plane or through a door, he waves to non existent supporters.
I see why Trump picked him…
Such a weird guy. Who the hell talks like this? It’s like he’s attempting to study humans from the perspective of somebody who has only read about them in books.
The 'answer' just after 1:45 of that video sounds like gibberish. I have no idea what it means - "abandonment of Aristotelian virtue politics"??
(at least I assume that's what he said)
He could have said "greed is good" and left it at that instead of the pretentious bullshit.I think that’s what he said, though I think in the UK we would pronounce Aristotelian very different which is why it sounds weird.
Somebody has read Aristotle’s Politics, he did go to Yale I guess.
To oversimplify (as his views are more problematic to a modern reader) Aristotle felt the objective of a household should be the good virtues of the family and not the acquisition of property and possessions. At least I think that’s what he’s getting at.
I think that’s what he said, though I think in the UK we would pronounce Aristotelian very different which is why it sounds weird.
Somebody has read Aristotle’s Politics, he did go to Yale I guess.
To oversimplify (as his views are more problematic to a modern reader) Aristotle felt the objective of a household should be the good virtues of the family and not the acquisition of property and possessions. At least I think that’s what he’s getting at.
Edit: I said above that some of Aristotle’s views are problematic to the modern reader, but I get the vibe JD would feel they are in no need of further development. Despite being… 2400 years old.
So, in terms of placing family before 'the acquisition of property and possessions', Trump's VC pick is advocating a societal system that is somewhat at odds with the unfettered free market economic model so favoured by this lunatic's acolytes whereby the pursuit of material wealth appears to be an aim in itself. Just remind me, what exactly does Vance stand for?I think that’s what he said, though I think in the UK we would pronounce Aristotelian very different which is why it sounds weird.
Somebody has read Aristotle’s Politics, he did go to Yale I guess.
To oversimplify (as his views are more problematic to a modern reader) Aristotle felt the objective of a household should be the good virtues of the family and not the acquisition of property and possessions. At least I think that’s what he’s getting at.
Edit: I said above that some of Aristotle’s views are problematic to the modern reader, but I get the vibe JD would feel they are in no need of further development. Despite being… 2400 years old.
I see why Trump picked him…
So, in terms of placing family before 'the acquisition of property and possessions', Trump's VC pick is advocating a societal system that is completely at odds with the unfettered free market economic model so favoured by this lunatic's acolytes whereby the pursuit of material wealth appears to be an aim in itself.
Thanks - I now feel my lack of Greek philosophy knowledge has been holding me back!
It seems a bit weird to me that Vance appears to be arguing that income/GDP is not the most important thing. It's in a sentence that has been tortured badly in its construction.