Betting On Ignorance

A great post over at captaincapitalism about the root of the economic crisis with some insightful observations on the nature of ignorance.

And that the problem isn't with Republicans or Democrats. Its with government.

There's nothing one can do aside from two things to fight ignorance. One is simply not to fight it. Just let their ignorance lead people down a path not founded in reality and they'll soon have a rude awakening as to why they're still a bartender or a waitress at 50 or worse they'll live in a socialist nation.

The other is to bet them. I personally like this approach because it immediate forces the ignorant to think because now you've demanded they risk money on their beliefs or philosophies. They actually stand to lose something and can no longer treat things like economics, politics or whatever as an indifferent hobby.

And a little Canadian video to top it all off, in case anyone still thinks that the current crisis was caused by the Demopublicrats.