It's something I'm observing in economics. When I use economic terms and talk about economic problems, I'm dismissed as some sort of evil right winger, even when I'm talking about how to tax the rich to help the poor, break up corporations and save the environment.
If I reword it into non specific ambiguous fluffy language that's open to misinterpretation and misunderstanding, I'm suddenly a radical lefty again.
Unfortunately, the latter takes a lot of work, the former is explicit and clear to people that've done the basic of economics (And that's all it takes, just the basics, one book to read).
So I need to relearn how to sell the idea of externalities and barriers to entry to non analytical types, but not be patronising. And I sometimes can't be bothered.
Conversely, in geeky meeting places, it's usually easier to get a glip contradiction than an engaged debate or discussion; everybody's rushing to show off how clever they are.
By way of an experiment, I have posted a plausible WikiLeaks conspiracy theory on my LJ (one I've been pondering, so not just posted for the sake of this). I predict the first comment will be dismissive, not of the idea of a conspiracy, but that any harm has been done.
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andrewducker) wrote2010-12-02 11:01 am
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It's something I'm observing in economics. When I use economic terms and talk about economic problems, I'm dismissed as some sort of evil right winger, even when I'm talking about how to tax the rich to help the poor, break up corporations and save the environment.
If I reword it into non specific ambiguous fluffy language that's open to misinterpretation and misunderstanding, I'm suddenly a radical lefty again.
Unfortunately, the latter takes a lot of work, the former is explicit and clear to people that've done the basic of economics (And that's all it takes, just the basics, one book to read).
So I need to relearn how to sell the idea of externalities and barriers to entry to non analytical types, but not be patronising. And I sometimes can't be bothered.
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