Extreme intellectual laziness:Trump voters play life like many horse players I know play the horses.

[shockey80]

I have been handicapping horses for 35 years. I have become pretty good at it because I took the time to educate myself. I do not play too often and I do not bet a lot of money. I pick my spots, I learned how to wait and spot an opportunity. My goal is to bet the least amount of money in order to win a lot of money.

I know many horse players who bet everyday or almost everyday. They have never taken the time to educate themselves about horse racing. It is too hard , too much trouble. They don't even look at the past performances? I have told them, when you don't look at the past performances it is like playing poker without looking at your cards. You might get lucky and get dealt a winning hand sometimes, in the long run you are going to lose a lot of money. They ignore me. They pick their horses by listening to the track handicappers picks or they play the same numbers every race.

They have been betting for decades and they don't know shit about handicapping or betting. It's foolish and expensive. You would think they would make a little effort to improve their chances of winning at a game they play all the time?

This is how Trump voters play life. They don't educate themselves. It is too hard, too much trouble. It is easier to listen and follow other people to make the most important decisions of their lives. It is extreme intellectual laziness.

[TheRealNorth]

1. I honestly think it has to do with seeking the wrong information

They treat the news like entertainment and seek out news that makes them feel good (like self-validation). Makes them easy targets for hucksters like Don the Con.

[wasupaloopa]

2. I came up with something I have lived by for 70 years. It is,

if everybody is doing it there must be something wrong with it. That goes for conservatives and progressives.

So many people let other people do their thinking for them.

[Meadowoak]

3. Republicans don't think for themselves, they like to be told what

To think. They cannot think outside the box and have no critical thinking skills. They are taught from childhood not to question authority.

[virgogal]

5. Nonsense,I know many Republicans that are

as smart as we are,they just think differently.. Nothing wrong with that.Saying they are taught from childhood not to question authority makes no sense.....everyone should question authority.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. The same can be said about Investments...

When my husband was employed with IBM, they started their 401k plan in January of 1981. My husband signed up. It was called a Tax Deferred Savings Plan or TDSP. The employee set up how much per week they wanted deducted from their paychecks and IBM matched 50% of that amount. My husband had $75 a week taken out in the beginning with IBM adding $37.50.


Within 7 years of the plan, my husband doubled the amount from his paycheck, with IBM still matching 50%. By the time my husband took his Leave of Absence from IBM in 1992 with 26 years in, he had a nice chunk of change built up, plus his full retirement after 30 years. IBM still put in 50% of his last amount deducted until he started drawing his retirement in August of 1996. THAT was the offer IBM made him tht he could not refuse.


In the years between 1992 to 1998, my husband worked odd jobs, drove Truck over the road, stayed in the MN Air National Guard for a total of 23 years served(which included his Active Duty in the USAF in the 1960's before IBM), then worked at a local Manufacturing Plant for 10 additional years, drawing yet another small retirement and investing in their 401k plan. Since 2000, my husband had been investing in Stocks, Municipal Bonds, and other Mutual Funds with the advice from a very good Financial Planner who knew his stuff well. When the Stock Market plunged in 2008, we shifted a lot into Money Market accounts and safer Mutual Funds.

Unlike betting on horses, my husband is a Conservative investor who looked at long term planning versus getting rich quick, which carried high risks. Any IBM Stock he had sold was reinvested into retirement accounts. All that time, I was too working and now semi-retired at 67 working from home since 2005. My husband has a part-time job demoing at Costco 3 days a week. He is also partaking in their 401k plan at 74. Combined with these incomes and several retirements, plus Social Security, we are financially comfortable. We bet on the right horses so to speak.


There have been economic downturns since 1996 and we survived them all. As we will survive this one. Those who have not been able to save, I do not know what to say. If they still have their trust in Trump, then they will lose on that horse.

[angstlessk]

6. I have been to a horse track exactly once.

I quit gambling after I lost my last marble in 4th grade.

BUT, this owner had 3 horses in one race, so I bet on the owners horse to win/place/show...turned my $5.00 into $7? $8? dollars.

[nuxvomica]

7. RWers are always screaming about their rights

Their gun rights, their 1st amendment rights to impose their religion on others or to speak hatefully without consequence, the right of business owners to treat employees like shit, etc. But none of those rights are of any use to them because they've given up the one right that even some prisoners in a Soviet gulag still enjoyed: the right to think for themselves.