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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Aug 13

    If the center & left want to fight right-wing anti-govt nihilism, they must defend & improve the public sector, not echo the cynicism. "I said I work in public sector innovation. 'Isn’t that an oxymoron?' he replied." @apoliticalcohttps://apolitical.co/solution_article/i-said-i-work-in-public-sector-innovation-isnt-that-an-oxymoron-he-replied/ …

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      1. CJ‏ @BoxofBeetles Aug 13
        Replying to @sapinker @apoliticalco

        What about far left PC authoritarianism?

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      1. GoBucs!!‏ @BucBall38 Aug 13
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        I'm from the government and here to help.

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      2. FerdRoseboom‏ @FerdRoseboom Aug 13
        Replying to @sapinker @apoliticalco

        And if they don’t, if cynicism has shaded their view of both parties and all politicians more or less the same: “alt centrist”?

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      1. Battaz‏ @Battaz3 Aug 13
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        The Left are busy fighting everybody else, including themselves. To them, the Center is right wing!

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      1. Matt Poot‏ @matthewpoot Aug 13
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        The importance of attracting talent to government agencies cannot be understated -- so I couldn't agree more that everyone needs to stop bashing the institutions which make our lives in developed nations 'developed'

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      1. Pete Peterson‏ @Pete4CA Aug 13
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        And the right can do a better job of differentiating btw "small gov't and "limited gov't", and arguing for citizen engagement over technocracy. @PepPublicPolicy

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      1. Toby T. Churchill‏ @tobytchurchill Aug 13
        Replying to @sapinker @apoliticalco

        Pinker is killin’ it today!

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      2. Cassandra Tully‏ @CassandraMTully Aug 13
        Replying to @sapinker @apoliticalco

        Most stupid thing I’ve read today: “The more material challenge is that most of us are working in organisations that were designed by a small group of men, typically upper-class and white, back in a time when women couldn’t vote.....and the lightbulb hadn’t been invented.”

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      3. Cassandra Tully‏ @CassandraMTully Aug 13
        Replying to @CassandraMTully @sapinker @apoliticalco

        So it’s the white man’s fault that the DMV and the post office suck. No mention that almost every government entity serves its own employees rather than the public

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      1. Jay Oakley‏ @Joakley98 Aug 14
        Replying to @sapinker @apoliticalco

        I think the center would be wise to remain cynical of the public sector. The way to fight right wing anti govt nihilism is to offer pro Constitutional-govt solutions. There’s a simple path that doesn’t involve more govt or no govt. It is having govt do only what it must do.

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      1. Victoriya Volk‏ @reason4vic Aug 14
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        Right wing anti government nihilism?

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      1. Climate Doom‏ @Tav_assoli Aug 14
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        Improving the public sector requires democracy. It isn't feasible within a plutocracy such as the USA.

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      1. Night ⛧ Destiny‏ @WingTransparent Aug 14
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        I wonder if "public sector" innovation means privatization.

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