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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (278375)	9/11/2015 11:11:50 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) of 540746

Todds thinking is even further in the weeds. Everyone is overthinking this. People are just mad at government. Simple. Steve, it is far too simple. Government in our democracy is a reflection of the people in the country. What people really are "mad at" is the fact that we live in a fractured highly diversified society with hugely disparate interests and belief systems. It is both economically and ideologically diverse (I am using the term "ideological" here to cover "religion" as well as "philosophy"; that is, generic systems of belief, overall mindsets) and fractured. The economy used to generate plenty of jobs for people who had many different levels of education. And it used to be the case that people could discriminate against certain groups pretty much with impunity. Neither of these things are true any more and the friction is palpable. People being "mad at government" is really shorthand for saying that people are mad at our current socio-cultural historical situation.

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