Posted on 01/11/2021 6:19:34 PM PST by JHL
We have seen a great deal of civil unrest in America over the past many months, much of it peaceful. But the deadly siege that took place at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was different—both in motivation and response. The audacity of the rioters and the violence they perpetrated should have no place in the political process, although tragically, and all too often, violence finds its home in the United States.
Yesterday's shameful events stem from complex issues, including the accelerating violation of norms, racism, and growing distrust in institutions and the other trends that make up Truth Decay, the diminishing role of facts and analysis in American public life. These roots run deep. Countering them will require hard work, moral courage, and persistence. And repairing these fractures in our civic infrastructure will benefit from increased government transparency, more expertise in the executive branch, more inclusive public institutions, and greater investment in both civic education and civic accountability—ideas political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh and I advanced recently as advice to the incoming Biden-Harris administration. I recognize these are just some of many areas that need attention.
I believe RAND's mission is essential to countering the forces we saw yesterday, revitalizing the health of our democracy, and bolstering our collective well-being and sense of safety in the world—even as the path from research and analysis to sound policy can at times be winding. We are resolute in our efforts to develop solutions to society's most complex challenges by starting with facts and rigorous analysis.
This year did not start off in the way many of us had hoped. But I still believe 2021 will present growing opportunities to demonstrate how the application of facts and analysis can help restore trust in our democratic systems and solve even the most contentious problems.
—Michael D. Rich, President and CEO
No, those events stemmed from having an election stolen in plain sight, and no one addressing the rightful grievances of those whose votes were stolen.
We are resolute in our efforts to develop solutions to society's most complex challenges by starting with facts and rigorous analysis.
Mr. Rich could start by doing some rigorous analysis of the Mr. Biden's statistically impossible election result.
I saw riots in cities across America this summer, I know what they look like.
Wednesday was no riot.
No looting and burning, no riot.
I want a list of Patriotic companies who are resisting this communist takeover and the fantasy of Biden winning this last election.
I want to know who to support. I have a growing list those I will never support again.
So give my company money so i call tell you how to win the revolution. Screw him as well.
What would we do without an official verbal salad from Mr. Rich?
He’s seen many protests the past few months and most were peaceful?
Huh?
What world does this dipshit live in?
What a tool?
The Bernie Schwartz is strong with this one.
he lost me at “mostly peaceful” protests
Erosion of institutional credibility is one of the chief causes of Donald J. Trump's victory in 2016. The stolen election of 2020 won't help restore it.
I don't trust the FBI nor the DoJ. I don't trust the courts. I don't trust major media outlets. I don't trust Big Tech. I don't trust public health officials. I don't trust the AMA. I don't trust the leadership of the United Methodist Church above my local congregation. I don't trust our professional sports leagues. I think that standards of honor and conduct have been undermined at West Point (my alma mater) in the interest of "Diversity."
I don't know how RAND is going to fix all of that.
Poorly disguised sales pitch for huge contracts from Biden/Harris admin.
He’s a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
It was AMAZING how peacefully that burned.
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to help make communities throughout the world safer
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(deep state)
/massive eyeroll.
DC think tank Rand besmirches itself.
Guess not.
“SIEGE”??????????
What siege????
What unimaginable damage has been inflected on this Nation by the Rand Corporation.
“We have seen a great deal of civil unrest in America over the past many months, much of it peaceful.”
CED should consider: “It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”
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