Paul Krugman argues in Send in the Clueless that in order for a Republican to win the nomination, one must either be cynical and fake cluelessness, or actually be clueless. This is in part due to the fact that they must denounce current government policies even though many of those policies have their roots in former Republican policies. He gives as example President Obama’s national healthcare reform which is identical in many respects to Massachusetts’ healthcare reform that Mitt Romney had introduced. They must also attack big government while defending big government practices such as Medicare and Social Security, as older voters were key to Republican success last year. This calls to mind the belief that many Americans hold: there is great social mobility in the US. However, although this may have held true, today the data suggests mobility in the US is actually lower in comparison to Europe. There may be a growing gap between what we hold to be true and what we actually support and what is actually true. In order to affect change, we may have to begin reassessing our current opinions and values so that they align better with reality.
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