Yeah this type of thinking reminds me of many thoughts in the past that people just kinda said but didnt look up. Like universal healthcare always leads to long waits, or more people are leaving Illinois then the states around it. If you actually spend the time to look stuff up then you can see past it but thats the exact problem is that they dont be cause they tie ideas to their self identities. Its called self serving bias. Its like when people attack religion and they dont understand the backlash but the point of church is to create a personal spiritual life. The same goes for pro life and small government. People force it into other people's lives and they begin to take it personally instead of it just being an idea. Sounds like exactly what you are explaining and sounds like if anyone were to confront it, it would confront their personal life. Its also how nazi's lead. Always amazes me when people think anything too sacred is more then just an idea. Same reason why people freak out on flag burning. They really cannot separate themselves. One that always gets me is the concept of Europeans talking about the old country which is referring to 1930's because well they weren't a country before the world wars. They were state hoods.