From the book Six Political Illusions A Primer on Government for Idealists Fed Up with History Repeating Itself…
• The Philanthropic Illusion: the idea that government has money of its own.
• The Voluntary Illusion: the impulse to want to believe that government action is not based on force.
• The Illusion of the Frictionless State: the idea that the State can transfer resources with negligible overhead cost.
• The Materialistic Illusion: that money alone buys public-policy results.
• The Watchful Eye Illusion: the idea that the government has greater knowledge and wisdom than the public.
• The Illusion of Government Preeminence: the belief that the government is the only problem-solving institution in society.
I’d say they are alive and well inside the People’s Republic of Boulder.
Giant h/t to Newmark’s Door.
Excellent post!
Regrettably, each illusion is deeply embedded (like a parasite) throughout all of Western Civilization.
And, that is precisely why all of Western Civilization will collapse within the next 20 years or less.
20 years!??
Global warming will get ALL of civilization before then, just ask Algore!
… or 95 out of 100 people within the 24 square miles surrounded by reality.
Chris,
Don't count Steamboat Springs as being in the reality zone.
We may have fewer “Progressive” loons than Boulder. But, we're still sitting at about 60 out of 100.