Reasoning about society by infantilizing adults is also a terrible way to reason about policy. Leaders are not parents, states are not families, national budge

Reasoning about society by infantilizing adults is also a terrible way to reason about policy. Leaders are not parents, states are not families, national budgets do not compare to your bank account, and adults are equal partners in our society. I realize you're trying to get at psychological tendencies, but the premise is flawed and leads to applying faulty intuitions in disasterous ways.