[equalitybeforethelaw]

What did he mean? He specifically mentioned people who think that government is “inherently bad”. This, he said, puts democracy at risk.

No it doesn’t, it puts it in perspective. Only an asshole that thinks Govt is the answer to everything would assert such a thing. Hampton University, some real stunning intellects there.

[GeronL]

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[Tublecane]

“What did he mean? He specifically mentioned people who think that government is ‘inherently bad’”

I guess that includes Thomas Paine, who thought of government as inherently evil (yet necessary). Come to think of it, Tom was prone to extremism, and wasn’t the stablest of thinkers. However good he was for the American cause, he didn’t do Frenchmen any favors. Nor would he do much for any country that happened to adopt his total program as outlined in books not titled “Common Sense” or “The Crisis.”

Still, I wouldn’t want Obama shutting him up.

[airborne]

Sunstein's writing swings wildly between technology utopianism, such as lauding the Hive Mind in his 2005 Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge, and dystopianism. His 2000 book Republic.com (PDF via Google) warned of a world where wider choice of information meant people only read material that only confirmed their own prejudices.

Bunch of liberal BS! The Obama Regime doesn't want us "bitter clingers" trying to educate ourselves.

They want us to let "The Obama" do all of our thinking for us!