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>What explains the gulf between most Americans’ hopeful outlook on areas and institutions they know directly and their despair about the country they know only
by gerbilly 9y ago
>What explains the gulf between most Americans’ hopeful outlook on areas and institutions they know directly and their despair about the country they know only through the news?
The fundamental attribution error[1]
[1] http://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/glossary/fundamental-attribution-error http://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/glossary/fundamental-attri...
- bilbo0s 9y agoYou pretty much summed up what I was thinking the entire time I was reading the article. The average person will say, "Oh yeah... WE'RE doing a GREAT job! We're doing what we need to do to make progress, and things are improving for us." And then they'll say, "It's all those OTHER people and places that are being jerks!" I wish people could better see where other people are coming from so to speak.