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What Is Berman's Literal Failure?

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Shady Government, Literal Failure Attempt to Defund Planned Parenthood: In “Republicans Swear This Shutdown Will Be Different” (2015), Russell Berman asserts that Republicans are trying the same strategies that have never worked for them before, most likely to receive the exact same result they have received previously. Berman illustrates his claim by citing examples where “Republicans caved” (2) and by explaining how “they’ve never succeeding in achieving the policy outcome” (2) when they attempt their strategy. Berman even outright argues that “the strategy is a total loser” (3) which reveals that he does not believe it is the best way to achieve the goal of the party. He justifies this further by showing the logical side of the argument …show more content…

On the surface level, one could assume that when a person makes a mistake, they have failed. Most would come to the conclusion that if one does not do something correctly then they will have failed at what they were trying to do, and this shows that the first part of this quote is, essentially, accurate. However, when paired with the second part of the quote, the first part becomes clearer. A person that makes a mistake is not necessarily a failure unless they learned nothing from the mistake. Everyone makes mistakes, but that does not make everyone a failure. Being a failure constitutes so much more than making simple mistakes. Unless someone repeatedly makes the same error and does nothing to improve, they should not be considered a failure. This can be exemplified by a rather simple comparison: if one forgets to turn in one assignment for a class, they will not necessarily fail, however, if they constantly do not turn in their assignments, they will most likely end up failing the class. Repetitious errors demonstrate a lack of ability to improve one’s self which probably shows a lack of caring. This would constitute a failure because the person is doing the same thing over and over again without trying anything new that would warrant a different result. Unless a person does not attempt to correct their mistake in any manner, they should not be considered a failure, but if they have gained nothing from the experience, then they are a failure because the opportunity to learn something new was presented to them and they did nothing with it. One mistake does not define a person, but rather the ability to learn or not to learn from mistakes is what defines a

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