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[โ€“] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

There isn't a universal definition of rationality. How do you expect someone to account for the totality of information? That seems like a high bar.

[โ€“] darkernations@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 32 minutes ago)

How do you expect someone to account for the totality of information?

We can't; we can be rational without that. And they can be rational from their perspective.

If a driver does not understand how his engine works but finds the throttle no longer working he may then push the car from behind out of the petrol pump station in an effort to move the car forward. We could in turn say the low fuel light was blinking and the driver was stupid for not filling up his car with petrol instead. That does not mean the driver did not act rationally because he did not account for the reality of the warning light.

(Yeah that was a stretched analogy. I'm sticking with it)

Edited to add: to clarify - I'm adopting an Hegelian (-esque? Or at least an attempted marxist twist of it) defintion of rationality and very specifically the US ruling class actions are rational and borne of a material reality, not separate from it.