Oblivious Americans; Complicit Media

A lot of people think that America has had it good, with no mass epidemics and no mass inflation and no invasions and no police state, because ... well, just *because*. They get to thinking that things like the FDA and the Constitution are in the way. They aren't told that America has been so stable BECAUSE of the FDA, the Constitution, etc.

Here's an example of what they say: "We don't need to protect women's reproductive rights and prenatal care, because women aren't having trouble in childbirth and in birthing babies at all." But that's BECAUSE women's care and prenatal care have been provided for.

Here's another: "If government regulated less, then businesses would have better-quality products." These magical-thinkers aren't told that businesses have good-quality products BECAUSE of governmental regulation.

Another: "We don't need social safety nets: people do FINE when they retire." Yeah - that's because they *have* social safety nets. People can't use logic or reasoning, and the Media is not pointing out the logic behind governmental regulation and policies.