> I don't think our government leaders have learned anything. The next group of politicians will have "learned" from this - in the sense that people will have

> I don't think our government leaders have learned anything. The next group of politicians will have "learned" from this - in the sense that people will have voted them in based on whatever random views they had that matched with how the will of the people has changed. I doubt existing politicians ever learn anything. Especially when our politicians pride themselves on "not flipping" on views. How are you supposed to learn anything if you never change your mind? We don't elect people who learn. We elect people who we think are always right (charlatans). I skeptical the people we elect in next will have any better ideas, because I don't think "we" learned anything from this either.