If you have not seen the TED talk by Nick Hanauer, then I highly recommend it.
The thing about this I find fascinating is how obvious this is. The fetishization of businessmen in our society is slightly disturbing. The idea that businesspeople are, somehow, possessed of special knowledge that will allow them to be better run government is just wishful thinking. Or more disturbingly ego stroking of the elite.
This is a belief I wish would change, but it seems ingrained in the body public. Even though most of the times it is actually followed through on, it has disastrous results (last to "business" Presidents, George W. Bush, and Herbert Hoover).
-Cheers
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
On Governance
When people talk about "compromise" and "meeting in the middle". How do you account for this mentality. The modern Republican party is not interested in any governance other then Republican governance. Democratic party rule is illegitimate prima facie.
Steve Benen over at Maddow blog points out how revolutionary this is. How is compromise even possible when the people you are supposed to work with believe things like this:
"I certainly think bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view."So the only way we can work together, is if we do exactly what you want?
These are the sorts of people Republican voters are sending to deal with the problems we face. Is it any wonder that nothing gets accomplished?
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