Logic Behind the Health Care Protests

I found a great article that describes very well the logic that drives a lot of the protestors of the proposed health care reform. It doesn't apply to all of the protestors and there is for sure a great number of people who are genuinely unsatisfied with the way things are turning in this country.
Needless to say, the amount of misinformation often fabricated by those who have a stake in maintaining the status quo, falls on a fruitful ground and often flourishes on its own. Let's take the "birthers" movement or however you call those gathered around that idea. It has been verified over and over again, that President Obama was born in the United States, and yet the "birthers" are chanting their mantra, like their ears were blocked completely from facts.
The quote that resonates with me after reading the entire article is the following:
"... elites exploit the crazy for their own narrow interests."
The rest is very worth reading.

source: ISN Zurich

category: US domestic | posted by: Norbert | comments: 1