The real danger seems to be that if people do not expect to get Social Security at all then they will not be upset with any cutbacks in the program. After all, they do not expect to get it anyway.
> Another question is: as politically conscious activists do we want to
> reinforce the antipathy to govt. or somehow bolster the image that "hey,
> it's not as bad as Rush Limbaugh wants you to think. The govt's okay,
> it's just a bunch of disinformation fed to you by people who want to
> control society in the name of a traditional Christian-fascist
> ideology"?
Is it ever o.k. to promote and encourage false conceptions? That seems to be a clear way to lose the potential trust of people.
Micah