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I think it's that people are tired. Tired of paying large amounts of money to taxes that don't seem to fix anything in their day-to-day lives. Tired of companie

by squigz 2y ago

I think it's that people are tired. Tired of paying large amounts of money to taxes that don't seem to fix anything in their day-to-day lives. Tired of companies screwing them over at every possible turn. I recognize things won't easily change while people think that, that it's a tricky, vicious cycle. I wish I knew how to fix it, other than - as another commenter points out - doing the 'little' things and pushing ever so slowly for the change we need.

potato3732842 2y ago
>I think it's that people are tired. Tired of paying large amounts of money to taxes that don't seem to fix anything in their day-to-day lives. Tired of companies screwing them over at every possible turn. Tired of hearing these endless debates. Tired of seeing people peddle policy based o11n one set of principals out of one side of their mouth and a different policy based on different principals out of the other. >doing the 'little' things and pushing ever so slowly for the change we need. Sometimes improving things, sometimes creating yet more layers of spaghetti that prevent future change....
- squigz 2y ago
  > Sometimes improving things, sometimes creating yet more layers of spaghetti that prevent future change.... I'm talking about, say, engaging in discussions about politics, trying to understand each other, trying to compromise. I assume you're referring to, for example, enacting more government programs.
  - potato3732842 2y ago
    >I assume you're referring to, for example, enacting more government programs. Or saddling existing ones with poorly thought out requirements and revisions and whatnot. These programs always seem to start decent and go to crap with time as the "older" bits of government sink their teeth in with subsequent revisions because there's no political will to constantly fight the fight you need to to keep it from becoming co-opted or at the very least degraded by other interests. At some point people start noticing the pattern, get tired of it and just saying no to the initial request even if it has merit. It's probably just yet another symptom of how bankrupt our institutions are. <sighs>

by squigz 2y ago

potato3732842 2y ago

>I think it's that people are tired. Tired of paying large amounts of money to taxes that don't seem to fix anything in their day-to-day lives. Tired of companies screwing them over at every possible turn. Tired of hearing these endless debates. Tired of seeing people peddle policy based o11n one set of principals out of one side of their mouth and a different policy based on different principals out of the other. >doing the 'little' things and pushing ever so slowly for the change we need. Sometimes improving things, sometimes creating yet more layers of spaghetti that prevent future change....

squigz 2y ago
> Sometimes improving things, sometimes creating yet more layers of spaghetti that prevent future change.... I'm talking about, say, engaging in discussions about politics, trying to understand each other, trying to compromise. I assume you're referring to, for example, enacting more government programs.
- potato3732842 2y ago
  >I assume you're referring to, for example, enacting more government programs. Or saddling existing ones with poorly thought out requirements and revisions and whatnot. These programs always seem to start decent and go to crap with time as the "older" bits of government sink their teeth in with subsequent revisions because there's no political will to constantly fight the fight you need to to keep it from becoming co-opted or at the very least degraded by other interests. At some point people start noticing the pattern, get tired of it and just saying no to the initial request even if it has merit. It's probably just yet another symptom of how bankrupt our institutions are. <sighs>