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Yeah but we risk “perfect” being the enemy of “progress” if we think that way, and people invested in the status quo will surely co-opt and fund this thinking too.


Usually the pursuit of perfection is FUD.

In my area, a local republican committee is very concerned about the fate of bunny rabbits, birds of prey and riverbank erosion. Amazing and inspirational, except the catalyst is that a bunch of land was cleared to build a factory, in an polluted industrial park, to manufacture wind turbine components.

Even though said turbines will be installed ~200 miles away, windmills attract a lot of ire in some circles.


Yah its a bummer when "tribalism" wins out over consistent ideals (e.g. the pro-business and US manufacturing party suddenly dislikes those things).




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