As problems mount, the siren song of magical thinking becomes ever more irresistable to feckless politicians and the voters alike. The reasons why it usually fails. If it, like Marxism, always fails, why do we keep doing it? As Thomas Sowell once remarked, what works is less attractive than what “sounds good.” Besides, dude, it’s magical! What part of “magical” don’t you understand, bro?
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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