| | The problem is this pervasive attitude of emotional intrinsicism. The idea that whatever feels right must be right, and further deliberation is just not required. It can be observed in almost any cultural context. With healthcare, you concentrate on the feeling of empathy you have for the sick and uninsured, but make no further deliberation on how one could solve the issue that actually accomplishes more quality health care for more people. So long as someone comes along like a politician that says he can do it, well the emotional intrinsicist is just taught to act on any emotional impulse, "He sounds trustworthy, and I don't want people to suffer, so what further thought do I need? It feels right"
Any romance movie is based on falling in love with someone because it just feels right, no further introspection is required, no examination of why one feels the way they do. "I love her" the main character may say, but he won't know why, the emotion is all that is required severed from any rational value. So he will pursue the love interest because one must act on any feeling, even if it is an irrational one.
"Do what feels right" is what we're constantly bombarded with. So the lesson is to just act on any emotional whim.
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No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems-- of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind.
