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Sorry but this is a false equivalence argument. American's belief on healthcare has nothing to do with their beliefs on climate change.

• vkou 8y ago
  No, but it is a great example of a situation, where: 1. Everyone knows things are broken. 2. Things can only be fixed by collective/government action. 3. The government could take action - but very explicitly, refuses to take action. (Because there are too many monied interests at stake.)
  • Gibbon1 8y ago
    In the US, politicians suffer from learned helplessness.
    • vkou 8y ago
      No, they don't. They will happily spend six years passing the same pointless resolution about how the President is a bad, bad, bad man, or run seven different Benghazi committes, all of which produce the same outcome. But ask them to do something that benefits the public, at the expense of industry, and you'll hear crickets.
      • Gibbon1 8y ago
        You just gave an example of that. When it comes to actually doing anything substantive they have a spaz and start flinging poo. Fix the student loan crisis, can't do it. Reign in Wall Street and it's captive Federal Reserve, can't do it. Implement a working health care system, can't do it. Stop US industries from offshoring real industries? Can't do it. Ad nauseum.