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webXL · 2016-07-14
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Not in our minds, but these people see others with power and think if only they had that power, preferably centralized (who likes redundancies??? DRY!), they could do something really special. They are The Anointed[1]. They've cracked the code somehow. But they get to the helm only to discover there's 10 other hands on the wheel, and no one can see the effect until well after the next election cycle.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Vision-Anointed-Self-Congratulation-S...
I have to admit you've lost me. What reality are we talking about?
> "The democrats are smug" okay...lets ask the follow-up question. Why? how? please explain?
Thomas Sowell has written entire books about the arrogance of leftism. This one I've read personally: https://www.amazon.com/Quest-Cosmic-Justice-Thomas-Sowell/dp...
This one I would like to find time to read: https://www.amazon.com/Vision-Anointed-Self-Congratulation-S...
From my own personal experience, it takes a certain arrogance to believe in authoritarianism, that a few elite should be making all the decisions for the unwashed masses. This describes the current democrat party to a tee.
Similarly, it takes a certain arrogance to believe you have all the answers, and similarly, to ignore all the evidence that disproves your assumptions. This describes most so-called progressives.
In contrast, it takes humility to be a conservative, recognize that you don't have all the answers, that things are the way they are for a reason, and that the world is complex with more far tradeoffs than pure solutions.