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SOPA was not a core issue for many members of Congress so it was possible to keep it from passing. Healthcare reform was a core issue for most Democrats, who ha
by aptwebapps 9y ago
SOPA was not a core issue for many members of Congress so it was possible to keep it from passing. Healthcare reform was a core issue for most Democrats, who had the majority at the time, so it was possible for them to pass something.
I don't think enough people are exercised about this issue for it to have much chance of going anywhere any time soon.
- macawfish 9y agoI think that's what makes stuff like this so daunting... People are ignorant of the gravity of these things, and write them off as technicalities, but really they skew the entire dynamic of our political system so that existing polarizations are more readily exploitable, and so that attempts at working across the isle are unstable. I'm not saying there aren't other elements at play, but the election system needs major reform...