• kimagure@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Asteroid problem is more solvable than political problem.
        Armageddon solved it like in 2 hours or so.

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        1 year ago

        Is it though?
        CEOs don’t want to risk their profits.
        Politicians don’t want to risk their terms.
        Voters don’t want to lower their living standards.

        No one really wants to do something.

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          1 year ago

          As if the voters are any better. They could vote for policy makers that bring change, or go into politics themselves. But they don’t actually want to be affected by such policy changes. It’s always the others, always just finger pointing.

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            1 year ago

            Are you talking about American voters?

            Only about 35 percent of the eligible voters participated, so yeah. Apathy and complacent comfort is a big player in the game. I’m pretty convinced that a lot of people’s apathy comes from the lack of political agency. When business interests conflict with human interests guess who wins every time.