W.F. Nash explores incrementalism: the practice of moving our society, via government and the educational system, toward a goal that most of us would never stand for in one step.
I've noticed a new word creeping into common use lately. Incrementalism: The practice of moving our society, via government and the educational system, toward a goal that most of us would never stand for in one step. We allow tiny bites, or increments, of our freedom to be exchanged for some, usually imaginary, security.
"It can't happen to me," you say? Let me draw you a picture of how easy it is. If you boiled a pot of water and chunked a frog in, the frog would figure out what's happening right quick and hop right back out. But if you set a pot of cold water on the stove, and then chunked the frog in, he'd be happy as a clam in the water. Turn the stove on and, by increments, heat the water. In a few minutes, you've got a boiled frog! The frog never notices that the water is getting hotter and hotter until it's too late. This scenario shows incrementalism at its most basic level.