In a prior blog I added a PS about a sharp knife cutting both ways and the fact that Democrats appear not concerned about this fact. In this blog, I will explore why that might be.
I think that most of us understand the fact that a sharp knife can cut both ways, but whether to use a sharp knife for its good aspect is a analog judgement. Now, if you have never heard of an "analog judgement", I will first expand on that concept. It means the answer is not simply a yes or no or just good and bad. Many people only think in terms of yes or no, yet in most cases there are degrees of yes or no. How does this whole thing relate to a sharp knife?
Let's look at giving the central government more power over you so that the central government could do more "good" things for you. It sounds like this would be a good thing and many Democrats agree with this idea, while Republicans are more cautious. One way to look at this difference in reasoning is to look a a "life boat". If you were in a life boat and were not sure that you would survive and you were offered food or water that was contaminated and your choice was to eat it or not, what would be your decision? If on the other hand, you were sitting at a pick nick table and offered the same food, would you eat it? Do you now see how the mental situation of the decision maker can make a big difference in the decision made?
The big difference between voters have more to do with being rural or urban than any other factor. Those in rural areas feel that they are in more control of their personal situation than those who live in urban areas. The people in urban areas have less personal control of their personal situation than do those living in rural areas and thus they see the risk of giving more authority to a central government l ess of a risk than to people living in rural areas.
It is like the life boat where urban people see a powerful government as the only alternative while rural people have confidence in their own personal ability to deal with a situation and do not want to risk their life to a more powerful central government.
This old saying that "a sharp knife can cut both ways" is still well and good today.
