Just a random observation but it fits in a loose way the right / left split between emphasis on individuals vs the collective. (But I'd note that the left likes anecdotes when it comes to, say, police racial bias, and the right tends to say "show me the stats").
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Right. My observation was about medical issues specifically. I can name Schiavo, Evans, and Charlie Gard, but not an individual medical case the left has highlighted. But I can name Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Philando Castile.
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Well, they've tried. Billy Koehler, for example, as a "guy who died because he couldn't get insurance". But I had to Google it to recall the name. So I agree the right plays the anecdote card more effectively on this topic.
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You're probably familiar with George Lakoff's work. He does a good job of explaining why the left's use of statistics doesn't move voters' choices as effectively as the right's.
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The right appeals to raw emotion, and that translates into action more effectively than statistics. Now, however, the paradigm is beginning to shift with the increased activism of women and young people. Time will tell if it has an effect on the results of the midterm elections.
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That strikes me as excessive generalization. My observation was specifically about medical cases. The left highlights individual cases and plays to emotion on other issues (e.g. police violence), but seems to focus more on stats for arguments about health policy.
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?? Anecdotes from the left about people who need more subsidies for their care are extremely common.
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Without looking it up, can you name one?
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If there was one celebrity case, it could be solved with a quick fundraiser. That wouldn't meet their needs. They want to increase the pervasiveness of the welfare state.
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This may come as a surprise, but there are actual people involved in those stats.
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Obviously. But that doesn't explain why the right highlights individual medical cases and the left both pays little attention to those specific cases and chooses not to focus on individual cases when making arguments about health policy.
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Because it is easier to kill millions when they are mere numbers. Just ask Stalin.
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The simplest answer is the easiest, dude. One side is more comfortable talking stats, because the stats tend to bolster their argument.
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They do this for everything.
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You’ve hit upon the main difference between the left and he right. Whenever I overhear a conversation between the two, one is citing stats and facts, the other is talking anecdotally.
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