The on-going health care reform debate has revealed what many of us suspected: that some members of the party in power obviously believe that they alone, in their infinite wisdom, know what is best for the people. This “trust us” attitude, used in combination with the classic technique of blaming any opposition on “outside agitators” (in this case infiltrating lobbyists from insurance companies), is a classic strategy employed by totalitarian governments to achieve their domestic goals. In What your representatives think of you *UPDATED*, Bookworm Room nails it:

Bottom line: We have a representative democracy in which our elected representatives want us to keep our mouths shut. They think we’re stupid, shrill and easily led.

Sadly, it would seem they really do think this, and it makes me wonder whether some elected representatives will wake up and realize they’re risking their own political suicide?

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