"Conservatives *hate* complexity"
a superb post by @pluralistic that distills a core aspect of why right-wing ideas about how to manage things like the economy, immigration and our personal lives collide so rapidly with reality
key passage here, but do read the whole thing
Everybody hates complexity. The difference is that some people recognize that reality is complex and do their best to work with that complexity in as simple a way as possible (but no simpler).
Other people ignore that complexity and assume simplicity. The problem is that this latter attempt fails when it encounters reality. The current right wing just don't care when it fails.
Clive Thompson
Redish Lab