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> If we cannot get our government to help us We are the government. There is no magical "them" out there.

• ISL 6y ago
  Absolutely agreed. The fact that our country is failing is our responsibility. There are multiple timescales involved to effect change. No matter how hard we push, the government we have three minutes from now will be almost the same as the one we have at this moment. At present, I have largely given up hope that the present administration or the present configuration of Congress will take responsibilities seriously. Thus, the minimum timescale for meaningful change is months. Working within that framework, one can imagine an environment in which our federal government cannot provide an improved mitigation strategy until January at the earliest.