Sacralizing the Constitution

James Hanley (aka J@m3s Aitch) commenting at his own blog in a discussion of the shutdown: The fundamental difficulty, though, is that Americans aren’t connecting the problems with the institutional design, but just with individuals within those institutions. We are convinced our system is the best ever, so it must just be politicians behaving badly, and if they’d Just Do What’s RightTM everything would be ok. You just can’t persuade Americans otherwise, because we’re indoctrinated from such a young age...

Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - October 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Front Page Source Type: blogs