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bmn
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| Think Tanks...
Yet another reason I'm thoroughly convinced that there really isn't any thinking going on at "think tanks". Think tanks, such as Reason, Cato, Brookings, etc. more often than not START with a position and find data that supports their position while totally ignoring ANY or ALL contradictory data. Typically there's a lot of messaging of the data before hand as well so that when they run the stats it comes out in their favor.
It is why, for some odd reason, think tanks from different from political bents can always support their argument with numbers and "data" on the same issue.
And this is of course saying nothing about the whole Libertarian political ideology... They are all the same - Republican, Democrat, Libertarian...
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| said by bmn  :And this is of course saying nothing about the whole Libertarian political ideology... They are all the same - Republican, Democrat, Libertarian... HOW are they "all the same"? Are you refering to "Think Tanks", political parties or what? To anyone on the extreme left or extreme right everyone does look the same.
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bmn
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| said by qdemn7 :said by bmn :And this is of course saying nothing about the whole Libertarian political ideology... They are all the same - Republican, Democrat, Libertarian... HOW are they "all the same"? Are you refering to "Think Tanks", political parties or what? Think tanks and political parties both... Think tanks for the reasons I stated above. The all start with their conclusion, a desire outcomed, and try to work toward it while rarely, if ever, acknowledging the weaknesses and problems in their data or the fact that their data does not actually support the desired conclusion or that other data actually directly contradicts them.
As for political parties, while they may not all believe and say the same thing, they are all the same in one important regard... They are driven purely by belief, not an attempt to operate within the realm of objective reality. All three of the parties have beliefs and positions that utterly defy the established facts of world.
To anyone on the extreme left or extreme right everyone does look the same. They would probably appear to be the "enemy."
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