IMO, there are two kinds of people.

[raccoon]

Those who think deeply.

And those who don't.

[racaulk]

1. No, there are 10 kinds of people.

Those that understand binary digits, and those that don't. :hi:

[mkultra]

11. 01101100 01101111 01101100

[Touchdown]

26. No. There are 8 kinds of people!

Octal is a much more efficient language.

[Fumesucker]

2. There are two kinds of people..

Those who divide everyone else into two kinds of people and those who don't.

In fact there are 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who don't.

[Echo In Light]

3. Two kinds: Authoritarian & Non-Authoritarian

Any of these categorical 'two kinds' groupings are oversimplifications, but I really do hold to this view - that most people break down into one or the other re this crucial (to how a rep democracy operates substantively) subject: most are conditioned to always be in obedient deference to authority, and a minor % of people who realize structures of authority are often unjustifiable, immoral and illegitimate.

[kctim]

4. Those who

want to be given and those who want to be left alone.

[Echo In Light]

5. "Want to be given?" Given what? ...not following you

[kctim]

17. Some people want to be given

the things in their life they find important and they expect everybody else to understand, agree and help support their belief.

[Echo In Light]

18. Can you explain why you replied to my take on authoritarianism with that? Thanks

[kctim]

20. Sure

Those who believe things should be given, are usually the ones who are obediant to authority in hopes of receiving more and the ones who wish to be left alone often look at government action to take from them as unjustified, immoral and illegitimate.

[Echo In Light]

21. I see what you're getting at, although could cite contrary examples

Many whose lives are tailored to, and/or those who, despite being born poor, still aspire to the professional classes (as is promoted throughout the dominant US institutions) often toe the line in strict servitude (at school, work & play) b/c they too want, or have been conditioned to want, the rewards that ladder climbing/authoritarian hierarchical structures offer/promise

... yet if asked, many would likely deny they want to be 'given' anything (status, promotion, gadgets & things) since the essence of that type of $ucce$$ is the illusory bullshit of Pulling One's Self Up By The Bootstraps, even though that's usually not the case, and has much more to do with how the dominant ideologies of a culture are sold from cradle to grave (media saturated culture = 24/7 directives/direction) always careful to define the system and its merits incorrectly/inaccurately...Orwellian, like, if you will. And many of those people then naturally don't cast themselves as followers (authoritarian) as adherence to that Belief system entails a great deal of self deception.

[kctim]

24. I see you're point

but I am speaking more of what people want than I am of the material things they desire. It doesn't matter if rich or poor, left or right, these people all want some sort of entity to give them what they want and have no problem with that entity walking over others who disagree with them. They gladly ignore others as long as the entity GIVES them the outcome they desire.
You GIVE them what they want and they follow without question.

[blondeatlast]

13. "Given"? What the hell does that mean? nt

[jody]

6. I don't know what to think of that! n/t

[el_bryanto]

7. Yep. And you can tell those who think deeply - they come up with the same answers that I do.

Life is convenient that way.

Bryant

[SidDithers]

8. Which are you?...nt

Sid

[rocktivity]

9. Actually, there are only three kinds of people

Those who can count to two, and those who can't.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Scuba]

10. These dichotomies simplify things for the gullible and lazy...

Us Vs. Them

Good Vs. Evil


Not thinking required.

[Dont TS Me Brah]

12. and 113 shades of gray in between? nt

[Catherina]

14. And then there are those who are uttlerly lost in the fog

"There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know.
There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now
know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. These are
things we do not know we don’t know. ”

— United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

[Echo In Light]

19. Wasn't that around the time the jerk-offs began using the heady "existential" term...

... alluding to the phony PNAC war$? i.e. 'we're fighting an "existential" war'

Neocons don't strike me as social malcontented book worms who are well read as pertains to the various thinkers of existentialism lol

Guess maybe the handlers thought the dummy might appear a tad brighter if they threw out the term, hoping it may stick

[Tailormyst]

15. Which are you?

[Berry Cool]

16. No, it's people who like Neil Diamond and people who don't. n/t

[NM_hemilover]

23. baby steps Bob, baby Steps...............LOL

[immoderate]

22. Jugglers and Magicians

Jugglers want show you what they do. They're usually happy to instruct. Magicians want to maintain the mystery. They leave you to think.

--imm

[NM_hemilover]

25. I remember you,

you are to one who for my:

"mean spirited, smartass remark" told me to go fuck myself and the horse I rode in on, in a PM. Un-original and weak but very deep.

[jdp349]

27. There are two kinds of people: Ones who think there are two kinds of people and those who don't

[Touchdown]

28. Two kinds. Pilfs, and non-pilfs

:evilgrin:

[hobbit709]

"The human race divides politically

into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort."
-- Robert A. Heinlein

[lumberjack_jeff]

29. There are two kinds of people. Those who are compelled to waste their time reading dumb stuff

... and those who aren't.

I envy the latter.