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Fri 13 Sep, 2013 07:30 am
I went to a workshop in Greece recently about the EU crisis, and became interested in the theme: how do people react to political situations which they do not fully understand? I mean any situation, war, government etc., not just the EU.
In some of the material we looked at, we saw that within a number of people it had manifested in a tendency towards optimism/pessimism, and a shift in fantasies about how they could live their life.
Does anyone have any direct/second hand experience of this type of situation, or know any good examples?
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@The Pentacle Queen,
At the very top of the tree, Gordon Brown would be a good example.
He actually and honestly thought he was doing a great job as Chancellor, while not understanding the first sodding thing about economics, and giving out message after message of how wonderful he was, whilst selling all the family silver under the table in order to support the illusion.
S'funny we haven't heard a peep from him since he was dumped from office and the country suddenly discovered just how dire our situation was.
@The Pentacle Queen,
At the bottom of the tree are the unrealistic optimists, who fool themselves that the electricity bill will just go away if they hide it behind the clock, and then go and get a loan from Wonga, thinking that they will easily be able to pay it back quickly, so why worry about the exorbitant interest rate.
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