Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Left, right, left, hup!

An alternative paradigm of politics, based not on the Left/Right distinction, but on the intersection of whether human nature is innate/constructed and whether the response is individualist/collectivist. Writer thinks that the Tea Party is the descendant of the Hippies...

6 comments:

OreamnosAmericanus said...

I would but ExCathedra somewhere between the Social Conservatives and the Tea Party.

Interesting question: what is the difference between Hoboes and Bums?

Anonymous said...

Hoboes ride trains, Bums ride subways.

OreamnosAmericanus said...

Elegant taxonomy.

Anonymous said...

Ah, no. Hobos = "hoe boys"; tho' of few means, they travelled around the country, looking for what little menial work they could get. Bums mostly stay put, just look for handouts, and if they travel, it's just for the possiblilty of more handouts in the new place.

Though these are both pathetic characters, the difference in work ethic is prob why the chartifier has placed them so wide apart.

--Nathan

OreamnosAmericanus said...

The taxonomy expands, with help from etymology: itinerant hobos, with work on the horizon; localized bums, with bummery itself the only work.

Anonymous said...

An interspecies is the tramp, who also wants handouts, but stays on the move, the better not to be recognized as such.

--Nathan

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