This new book by Barbara Ehrenriech chronicles America's obsession with "positive thinking" and the bad outcomes that it has produced. I have long thought that this idea, that positive thinking will always deliver good outcomes, is part of why we keep having to confront disasters that we were unprepared for: Vietnam, Katrina, the banking and Wall Street meltdown, the mortgage and foreclosure debacle and on and on.
When critical thinking and worst-case scenario considerations are ignored, the door is opened for all kinds of chaos. With this being a Presidential election year, it might be a really good idea for both sides supporters to consider the respective downsides that their candidates present and what well-intentioned blunders might follow.
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