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Re:Crony capitalism may be cannibalizing productive capitali... by sfifs on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:28PM (#14620395)
That's because they're what people _believe_ - their politics - an act of faith not dissimilar from religion. The set of econ axioms people espouse demonstrates their own world view - what they stand for.

In a previous age, these would be moral principles and social norms - now it's political beliefs.

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Re:Crony capitalism may be cannibalizing productive capitali... by pm90 on Friday June 23, 2017 @01:27PM (#14620950)
This is an interesting point, and I've been giving this a great deal of thought. The United States is surprisingly religious for a developed Western Nation, and my theory is that if people can be brainwashed into accepting things "on faith", then that can be extended to other things as well, such as facts. Maybe that can explain the huge numbers of climate change deniers, anti-abortionists and other anti-intellectuals in the US?
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Re:Crony capitalism may be cannibalizing productive capitali... by specialist on Friday June 23, 2017 @08:48PM (#14623802)
Beliefs ~= identity. Cite "Democracy for Realists".
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