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Why are so many social scientists left-liberal?

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  • #122
    reprise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭reprise


    TheBeardedLady wrote: »
    I thought we were talking about SOCIAL sciences?

    Not sure what the trendy comment was in relation to.

    er, you wandered into culture and civilisation. Feel free to elaborate...


  • #123
    Tony EH
    Registered Users Posts: 18,903 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    reprise wrote: »
    Social scientists decriminalised homosexuality? who knew?

    That's what you took from the point? :rolleyes:

    Oh dear.


  • #124
    reprise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭reprise


    Tony EH wrote: »
    That's what you took from the point? :rolleyes:

    Oh dear.

    Well yes.....

    :rolleyes:

    Perhaps you would consider making points germane to the topic if it bothers you.


  • #125
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    Well to be honest many of the right wing seem to base their views on self entitlement and emotional views. Neither are conducive towards scientific progress.


  • #126
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    Well to be honest many of the right wing seem to base their views on self entitlement and emotional views. Neither are conducive towards scientific progress.

    Yes, because being emotional is a construct of the right....
    This narrative is bollox yet you still perpetuate it and your the scientist for crying out loud.


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  • #127
    MarkAnthony
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    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    Social Democracy is the only game in town. 75 years of post war analysis has shown that Western Europe has very little time for gibbering lunatics on the right or gibbering lunatics on the left. We are pragmatic creatures. The last 30 years has seen a trend towards social liberalism and soft economic conservatism. It's a fine place to be at the moment. It's a freedom of choice.

    If we take the Rawl's original position do we not all end up with social democracy as the outcome, at least in western societies?


  • #128
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    jank wrote: »
    Yes, because being emotional is a construct of the right....
    .

    That's not what he said.


  • #129
    RobYourBuilder
    Registered Users Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭RobYourBuilder


    TheBeardedLady wrote: »
    I do agree with what he's essentially saying but the very fact that the field is full of lefties says it all, really. I doubt they're discriminating against right-wingers who want to get into the field - they simply mustn't have that much of an interest.

    The social sciences are how most left wing politicians earn their crust. Right wingers make their money, themselves, before entering the political spectrum.


  • #130
    conorh91
    Registered Users Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭conorh91


    I assume it's been mentioned by now (I only ever read the first page, sorry) but in general. sociologists are only employed by the State and quasi-state agencies.

    Their income and professional activities depend on the State and on tax transfers from productive workers.

    Little wonder that they're left-leaning, unlike many finance, legal and engineering professionals, whose work is more profitably supported by the private sector.


  • #131
    RobYourBuilder
    Registered Users Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭RobYourBuilder


    How many quangos exist in Ireland? How many people are employed by these quangos? How many of them would you consider to be 'right wing'?


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  • #132
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    Nodin wrote: »
    That's not what he said.

    So pray tell, what was he trying to say?


  • #133
    hinault
    Registered Users Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭hinault


    Social science is a contradiction.


  • #134
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    conorh91 wrote: »

    Little wonder that they're left-leaning, unlike many finance, legal and engineering professionals, whose work is more profitably supported by the private sector.

    Most tax dodging bankers and their clients support both sides of every political argument. It's called hedging your bets. When the thieves get caught they hire equally crooked lawyers to get them off. Private sector heroes.
    Engineers are overpaid mechanics - but we'll leave them off for now as they have no history of profession-wide criminality.


  • #135
    conorh91
    Registered Users Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭conorh91


    FloatingVoter wrote: »
    Most tax dodging bankers and their clients support both sides of every political argument. It's called hedging your bets. When the thieves get caught they hire equally crooked lawyers to get them off. Private sector heroes.
    Floating voter you say?

    I'd say whatever left-wing rabble-rouser is concocting the greatest political outburst has your vote, sure enough.

    To accuse financial and legal professionals en masse of being tax dodgers, or the defenders of same, is so overblown that for the first time on boards.ie, I am left speechless.

    Well, almost speechless.


  • #136
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    conorh91 wrote: »
    Well, almost speechless.

    Do us all a favour and stay speechless. Its often how original thoughts form.


  • #137
    RobYourBuilder
    Registered Users Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭RobYourBuilder


    FloatingVoter wrote: »
    Do us all a favour and stay speechless. Its often how original thoughts form.

    That's a mean thingto say. You're better than that.


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