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Wanting a small government and wanting that government to fix your pet issue are not mutually exclusive.
by reitzensteinm 15y ago
Wanting a small government and wanting that government to fix your pet issue are not mutually exclusive.
- reitzensteinm 15y agoThis recent spate of downvoting has really got me down on HN. It's leading more and more into groupthink, as people are using it as a 'I disagree with this' button. I'm not saying it's rational, or defending it, but in my experience it's quite common for someone to believe in small government, but have an item or two that should be exceptions. For me, it's healthcare and education. For many republicans, it's defense. Individually, each view of the government may be intelligent and rational, but if each person has a small amount of input on how government is run, and you end up with a bloated, badly designed government that no single person in the group wanted. IMO, that's a valid and important addition to the GP's point (which I agree with). If anyone wants to argue the point (which I may well be wrong about), my email is in my profile.