WhyAsk comments on Open thread, December 7-13, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: VoiceOfRa 16 December 2015 03:15:08AM 2 points [-]

A lot of problems that the establishment has been ignoring for decades, e.g., illegal immigration, out of control PC policing, pensions for government employees crowding out other spending, are starting to become critical and the seasoned politicians don't know how to address these problems. In fact they probably can't be addressed without upsetting established interests to whom the seasoned politicians are beholden to.

Comment author: WhyAsk 18 December 2015 04:45:21PM 0 points [-]

So we are locked into a stable, nowhere-near-optimum equilibrium. :(

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 19 December 2015 02:23:57AM 0 points [-]

It's not stable. The problems I mentioned are getting worse.

Comment author: WhyAsk 20 December 2015 05:00:53PM 1 point [-]

Good point.