ChristianKl comments on LINK: In favor of niceness, community, and civilisation - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 25 February 2014 02:34:48PM 0 points [-]

Obamacare only became law because Obama lied by saying that under the law "If you like your health care plan, you can keep it."

Obama doesn't use truth as a strategy but that doesn't change the fact that Cato was a very successful politician when it comes to people respecting his positions.

I suspect that many on the left knew at the time Obama was lying about this but kept quiet because they really wanted the law to pass. They won.

The didn't lose but they also didn't get the single payer health care they wanted.

I think US politics is ready for someone like Cato to come up and take it over. You don't win in politics by telling a bit less lies than your opponents. On the other hand actually being honest has it's advantages.