King
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« on: January 29, 2013, 03:55:43 PM » |
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Everybody is a rational actor who does the good thing as their perceive it to be, even racists and Nazis.
That's what the National Review, I guess, is trying to say. The only problem is that they don't extend this kind of understanding to everyone. For example, I'm sure many National Review readers believe Palestinians fight the Israelis out of inherit evil and hatred, and not because they feel oppressed by a foreign government stealing their land. Or that gays are interested in pursuing destruction of other families, as opposed to pursuing families of their own.
Rational actors is a truth that politicos only believe when it's convenient for them.
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