I think the mess we're in now is due to the combined inertia of the entire society and all its component parts, including but not limited to, corporate greed, environmentalist intransigence, government cowardice, public apathy, consumer ignorance, and geopolitical ambitions, in short, no single cause. But if you did put a gun to my head and forced me to pick just one and only one villain for this mess, I would be forced to say it is the sheer refusal of the private commercial sector to entertain any ideas that might even remotely threaten its future profits.
Okay, there's the anti-business bit at the end, which we can discuss if you want to, but the rest is certainly accurate.
I just get tired of hearing from people like Robert that it's all about Republicans blocking Utopia. There's plenty of blame to go around.
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I don't know. Most of that post I agree with.
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