This entry raises a point: it says cognitive dissonance is refusal to intellectually adapt to data which contradict held belief. I thought cog diss was what happened in the mind of a subordinate when commanded to perform two mutually contradicting orders by two valid authorities with equal authority.
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The libs will not be able to deny reality forever. <<
Well, I agree, but not in the way you think. The Germans were not able to deny reality forever either. It resulted in Russian tanks in the streets of Berlin.
IOW, They cannot deny it because the fallout is so unthinkably bad, which is where I VERY STRONGLY believe is where we are headed.
Reminds me of one of my old bosses:
“I’ve already made my decision. Don’t confuse me with the facts.”
None of them NONE have ever done anything in their miserable lives.
The US economy has always been ‘dynamic’. It has it’s business cycles which are ‘typical’.
But this time it really is different. This administration treats those that disagree with them (the producers) with contempt. I’ve never seen that before in my lifetime. Bill Clinton said, “The era of big government is over!” The was the clarian call of ‘all clear’. Even with GW, there was not such a loss of trust or confidence in their motivations towards commerce. We ‘felt’ the fundamentals were at least sound.
We know what Obama’s motivations are, we simply refuse to participate. We need to reestablish the rule of law and respect for private property.
Cognitive dissonance is one explanation, but there’s another. Maybe Obama and those in his administration are not being honest about their goals and plans for the country. Maybe they’re confident that ordinary people will not be able believe what their true aim is, even as it becomes obvious. Maybe they’re confident that the media won’t blow the whistle because it is owned and operated with people who are on board with these goals.
“Cognitive dissonance” is not needed for this explanation.
I remember very well, time after time, Speaker Tip O’Neill saying that President Reagan’s budget was “dead on arrival” to Congress. The Democrats NEVER gave Reagan the spending restraint he wanted, but the supply-side approach still worked in spite of the Rats best efforts.