Saturday, July 24, 2021

"You must be a republican." How did he know that? We weren't even talking about politics. What we were discussing - while waiting in line,

was something else - the difference between Saturday business, and that of weekdays.  Saturday isn't the time to hold up the line with ... have no idea, but other people want to get in, get out, get to the grocery store, hardware store - or just get home and get the grass cut, before it gets too hot, or it rains.  Ms.Holding up the long line - and getting longer - was there when i got there.  She was still there, when i left.  And funny - not - how it's usually women...

Anyway, got back home, and got to thinking about this.  Perhaps conservatives have a different mindset than liberals - and that's why the latter don't like us very much.  Seems conservs will usually research the question - and save everybody else the (saturday) line drama; well guess what, there's people who absolutely hate people who do their homework.  Today wasn't the first saturday, someone was haranguing the (probably less experienced) clerk - and it won't be the last.  Don't know the woman's politics, and don't really care, but wouldn't be surprised.  

Meanwhile, conservs with questions, are likely to call ahead (ya know, planning :) and set up an appointment for sometime during the week.  Yeah, that means having the sort of job, where you have some freedom - the sort of boss who - as long as your work's caught up (and done right) he doesn't care if you take leave.  

Per a sermon i just heard a few days ago, liberals are generally more educated, than conservatives.  So yeah, there's going to be some resentment against joe sixpack, who maybe took a few community college courses - if that.  And where is joe now?  Has his own business - (which takes alot of work and risk).  The loan paid off for some time now; joe also owns his home, and cobbled together a little place by the lake.  

So okay, he inherited the two-some acre lot.  Yep, here goes another form of "Resentment Against Achievement" (Robert Sheaffer).  You see, joe's parents remained married for life - his dad provided, his mom conserved, and down the road they were able to buy things - with cash.  

3 comments:

  1. You make some good points, but I don't think that every conservative likes to do research (in my experience that seems to be more a matter of personality than political mindset).

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  2. Dear Kathy G., yes research can be time consuming ... slogging through, most of which is rubbish.

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  3. I'm neither and don't fit anywhere now. Too disabled: no bootstraps for the conservatives and too much into that "freedom" thing for the neoliberals.

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