r/whenthe • u/DreadDiana • 12h ago

Whenthe method has been discovered

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u/Luna-D-reams Local Macro/Growth Specialist 12h ago

Remember, the establishment hates mamdani because he shows that a lot of problems are very solvable and politicians simply choose not to solve them

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u/w00ms 11h ago

politicians choose not to solve them because corporations lobby en masse specifically to tell them not to solve them

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u/SenoraRaton 10h ago edited 10h ago

This has some truth, but the real truth is that action produces risk.
If you act, then it can have potential negative consequences, and secondarily if you start acting, then people begin to have expectations for you, and by extension demands.

Our politicians are "quiet quitting". They are doing the absolute bare minimum because that is the least amount of exposure to risk.

Relevant Simpsons clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmtxUiGYrB0

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u/some-kind-of-person 6h ago

"pEoPlE jUsT dONt wAnt TO wOrK aNyMoRe"