NancyLebovitz comments on Why is reddit so negative? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 10 February 2011 02:09:11AM 3 points [-]

I prefer to think of drug legalization as long term rather than hopeless.

Comment author: newerspeak 10 February 2011 02:40:01AM 3 points [-]

Agreed. But if Californian baby boomers won't vote to legalize a widespread safe and therapeutically useful drug when it's also a magic wand that will disappear their impending budget crisis...

They say people overestimate what changes are possible in the short term, and underestimate in the long term. Let's hope.