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The idea that people will stop working without the constant threat of total destitution lingering on the periphery, is so totally ingrained into the American ps
by deciplex 10y ago
The idea that people will stop working without the constant threat of total destitution lingering on the periphery, is so totally ingrained into the American psyche that it isn't even worth mentioning.
- ZenoArrow 10y ago> "is so totally ingrained into the American psyche that it isn't even worth mentioning." It's hard to appreciate something you're surrounded by (to use an analogy, it's hard to appreciate the air if you're constantly surrounded by it, would be the same for a fish with regards to water). With that in mind, it can be useful to point out the ingrained parts of a culture. If nothing else it allows us to re-examine deeply held beliefs to see if they stand up to scrutiny.
- deciplex 10y agoI meant it isn't "worth it" for Jason Furman to mention it, because he can assume that virtually everyone listening (or, at least, his intended audience) not only assumes it as a given, but has it so ingrained into how they think about the world that mentioning it in the first place would actually be weird. To borrow your example, if a fish started every argument with "we are surrounded by water, therefore..." I don't disagree with you.