Re: Opinion Space

On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:44:40 +0000, Creon <[email protected]> wrote:

>At Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:42:44 -0400, Noah Sombrero <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:47:37 +0000, Creon <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> >At Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:02:12 -0700, Dude <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Post your opinion here:
>> >> 
>> >
>> >Fine, I shall:
>> >
>> >I think there is too much "baseline fallacy" in the economics
>> >discussion.
>> >
>> >And, I think the idea that the wealthy buy politicians is
>> >a bit trite.  
>> 
>> And the reason certain ideas become trite is...

The condition of being trite is evidence of being quite true.

>
>$ dict trite
>2 definitions found
>
>From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
>
>  Trite \Trite\ (tr[imac]t), a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to
>     rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See {Throw}, and
>     cf. {Contrite}, {Detriment}, {Tribulation}, {Try}.]
>     Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost
>     novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a
>     trite subject. -- {Trite"ly}, adv. -- {Trite"ness}, n.
>     [1913 Webster]
>
>From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
>
>  trite
>      adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
>             "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and
>             commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer";
>             "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn
>             axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn:
>             {banal}, {commonplace}, {hackneyed}, {old-hat},
>             {shopworn}, {stock(a)}, {threadbare}, {timeworn},
>             {tired}, {trite}, {well-worn}]
>
>...and have I introduced you to the "panopticon" theory of media
>dynamics?
>
>Media doesn't report what everyone thinks, it reports what it wants
>everyone to think everyone thinks.
>
>Political corruption is a problem, but implying that _all_
>wealthy people are part of that is...a baseline fallacy.

Who would imply such a thing?  

The assertion was:

>And, I think the idea that the wealthy buy politicians is
>a bit trite.  

The implication of this statement is more like, no wealthy people buy
politicians.  That idea is certainly not *trite* as above.

>> 
>> >My biz partner has met with the FCC, along
>> >with other representatives from regional ISPs that he
>> >picked up along the way.  Can't afford lobbiests?  Lobby yourself.
>> >
>> >Someday I'll have to tell you our "coopetition" story.
>> >
>> >> Note: The opinions expressed by informants are their own and do not 
>> >> necessarily represent the views of all Usenet board subscribers.
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