September 28, 2011 10:40AM 

# Jon Stewart: ‘Government Is Surprisingly Rigid’ 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Jon Stewart, in [the latest *Rolling Stone*](http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/jon-stewart-compares-daily-show-to-fox-news-were-both-expressions-of-dissatisfaction-20110914):

> Oddly enough, the military has the ability to re-evaluate their own mistakes and make changes. They are surprisingly flexible for a group that is stereotypically rigid. Yet government is surprisingly rigid for a system that is stereotypically populist and bends to the will of the people.

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