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Are people downvoting because the things you mentioned aren't actually very effective? The veterans were possibly expecting a certain level of service (as compe
by galago 11y ago
Are people downvoting because the things you mentioned aren't actually very effective? The veterans were possibly expecting a certain level of service (as compensation) and they haven't received it. This goes back to things like the Bonus Army. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army)
- doktrin 11y ago> Are people downvoting because the things you mentioned aren't actually very effective? If so, they've missed the point of my comment. When the author describes veterans as being "unexotic", the implication is that comparatively few people care about them. It's orthogonal to whether or not veterans causes have been successful in remedying, for instance, the dysfunction of the VA. Last I checked, we haven't been particularly successful at solving - for example - inner city poverty (a cause the author describes as "exotic"). Hence, whether or not a problem is solved is not a reliable barometer for whether or not it's important to the public.