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On 08/09/13 10:16, stuart noble wrote:
most of them can't even see past lunchtime.


That's it in a nutshell

Those who are interested should google 'time-span of discretion'

Essentially how far ahead people think or can be trusted to think, in
terms of theoractions and decisions.

Interestingly., people who routinely lie have very short time spans of
discretion. They are not concerned about anything beyond the moment, and
getting through it.



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Ineptocracy

(in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.