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You seem to think I agree with the view. However, you do have to be somewhat blind to see that a large segment of the population, it's the Republican platform
by mhurron 13y ago
You seem to think I agree with the view.
However, you do have to be somewhat blind to see that a large segment of the population, it's the Republican platform for instance, genuinely believe the government can do nothing right. Every failure, no matter how small, supports that position. No amount of facts change that position.
In a more general way, less and less peoples views seem to be swayed by any facts that disagree with their worldview. Everything has become an us vs them, my team is better, right and perfect view of the world.
- barney54 13y agoYou are misrepresenting the R's position. It's not that government can do nothing right, it's that government does things less efficiently than private enterprise.
- crusso 13y agoThe irony there is that his post ranted about people not being swayed by facts while misrepresenting an easy-to-understand fact for anyone not grinding some biased political axe.
- RokStdy 13y agoCoincidentally this view seems to be held most strongly by those actively trying to prevent the government from functioning efficiently (or at all). It's like purchasing a car, never doing any maintenance, and then when it dies saying: "whelp, all Fords are shit! I should have bought a Chevy"