Re:The Emperor's New Clothes: a story of motivated stupidity
by toast0 on Saturday November 20, 2021 @04:09PM
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I'm not really sure that we saw anything is broken in the US. There isn't a strong consensus for intervention among the people, and we saw some states with intervention and some states with out, and not a lot of federal intervention. The results of intervention or not don't seem to have convinced many people to change their opinion, either.
This is what I would expect on any issue where there are large groups with strong feelings for and against intervention. Only if there is broad concensus or at least broad apathy would I expect uniform decision making.
It's certainly true that it's hard to make major interventions in such a decision making environment, but that's the system we set up. A benefit is that it's a lot easier to move to a different US state than to move to a different country if you don't like the government.
This is what I would expect on any issue where there are large groups with strong feelings for and against intervention. Only if there is broad concensus or at least broad apathy would I expect uniform decision making.
It's certainly true that it's hard to make major interventions in such a decision making environment, but that's the system we set up. A benefit is that it's a lot easier to move to a different US state than to move to a different country if you don't like the government.