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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 18 Nov 2023 \ parent \ on: Meta Econ Takeover Day 32 meta
In short, I view statism through the same lens as any other cult. You can't expect cult members to blame the leadership, no matter how obvious that conclusion is from the outside, because they have Stockholm Syndrome.
That manifests in an interesting way in representative governments though. It isn't the particular politicians who occupy the position of cult leaders, rather it's the offices they hold. When things go wrong people are willing to blame individual politicians, but it won't occur to them that the power exercised by that office is the problem.
No surprise, we agree completely on that. I've found it particularly amusing to go through the exercise of asking statists why their favorite ABC XYZ federal department should be given expanded power or the benefit of the doubt when it's clear their policies have been ineffective. The contortions, mental gymnastics, and straw manning that ensues is hilarious.
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Reason just isn't the right approach. My wife and I actually have close friends who were in a normal cult. There's really not much you can do until they're open to thinking outside of the cult, which usually requires something internal to shake their faith a little.
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