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Yeah, I'm concerned that what we're seeing around the country is institutional decay. We've been increasingly replacing competence with people who tell us what

by Reedx 7y ago

Yeah, I'm concerned that what we're seeing around the country is institutional decay. We've been increasingly replacing competence with people who tell us what we want to hear. Entertainment over substance. Short-term, feel good solutions over thoughtful long-term solutions. Now the results of that are starting to manifest.

defterGoose 7y ago
Always an appropriate time to remember that Rome didn't fall in a day. We seem to be experiencing the proverbial frog-boil IMHO.
- dickeytk 7y ago
  that frog only exists within proverbs! real frogs jump out!
  - symplee 7y ago
    Mars and beyond anyone?
    - danielrpa 7y ago
      Eventually we'd also turn Mars into California.
beamatronic 7y ago
Is there any place that isn’t like this?
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