The Recycling Incident
So, I was accosted by a crazy McCain supporter while attempting to recycle various goodies.
This lady was borderline pathological.
Every thing that I said to her about Obama, she responded with "that's too bad you don't know better. I hope Obama doesn't get elected so that you don't have to live with the guilt of ruining the world" (note: I by no means initiated this interaction. She asked me whether my lack of a political bumper sticker meant that "(I) have no opinions about anything."
This was after she told me that if we elect Obama we're going to either become Chinese or Iranian colonies. You know who I'm talking about--she's the one with like 6 McCain stickers all over her car. She kept asking me if I'd be OK with Chinese masters. So while she noticed I didn't have a political sticker on my car, she seemed to be oblivious to the Yin/Yang + Chinese script.
Again, she muttered something about "It's a shame, I hope you don't feel bad for ruining this country" at which time I got the distinct feel I was dealing with someone who suffered from mild schizophrenia. I smiled, wished her a nice day, got in my car, and drove off to the muffled grumblings on an insane person.
Maybe she just didn't like my Yin/Yang sticker.
So, I was accosted by a crazy McCain supporter while attempting to recycle various goodies.
This lady was borderline pathological.
Every thing that I said to her about Obama, she responded with "that's too bad you don't know better. I hope Obama doesn't get elected so that you don't have to live with the guilt of ruining the world" (note: I by no means initiated this interaction. She asked me whether my lack of a political bumper sticker meant that "(I) have no opinions about anything."
This was after she told me that if we elect Obama we're going to either become Chinese or Iranian colonies. You know who I'm talking about--she's the one with like 6 McCain stickers all over her car. She kept asking me if I'd be OK with Chinese masters. So while she noticed I didn't have a political sticker on my car, she seemed to be oblivious to the Yin/Yang + Chinese script.
Again, she muttered something about "It's a shame, I hope you don't feel bad for ruining this country" at which time I got the distinct feel I was dealing with someone who suffered from mild schizophrenia. I smiled, wished her a nice day, got in my car, and drove off to the muffled grumblings on an insane person.
Maybe she just didn't like my Yin/Yang sticker.
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Lucas posed it in the context of macroeconomic policy -- you can't play with the settings and assume people will respond mechanistically. You have to take into account the possibility of people responding strategically.
-TM