Saturday, September 13, 2025

Scary Ideas

At American Thinker, Anthony Matoria notes "five facts too scary to talk about." He then proceeds to list and write about them. Here's the list, see what you think. I believe he's right about several of them.

1. The government is really bad at spending money.
2. People with untreated thought disorders generally cannot function unsupervised in society.
3. Emotions are bad counselors in matters of policy.
4. Not all cultures are compatible.
5. The models that “experts” use to guide policy decisions are often not very good.

I agree that numbers 2, 3, and 4 are scary issues to base policy upon. Likely to trigger violent outbursts.

On the other hand, I take numbers 1 and 5 as givens. Don't most of us believe them?