I’ve long said there is a minor Ph.D. dissertation in it. Spoofing a late 1960s self-help guide, it’s a phenomenon I labeled, “I’m OK, you’re not.” It’s the tendency to think things are alright in our own spaces but pretty awful elsewhere.
I first noticed it during the health care reform debate of the 1990s. Nearly 8 in 10 Americans were dissatisfied with the nation’s health insurance system, but 7 in 10 were satisfied with their own coverage. People thought their own health insurance was pretty good, but everyone else’s was pretty lousy. …
However, “I’m OK, but you’re not” reaches far beyond any one issue: it’s proven to be a pervasive reality. CONTINUED
Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill
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