22 November 2020

Fatuousness.


I am, at the Fed level, libertarian;
at the state level, Republican;
at the local level, Democrat;
and at the family and friends level, a socialist.

If that saying doesn’t convince you of the fatuousness of left vs. right labels, nothing will.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, from Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

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