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    11 months ago

    Tbh, this is really consistent with the modern US way of dealing with problems. I’ve come around to calling it bandaidism, because it’s all about just slapping a non-solution (band-aid) on and “managing” any problem rather than actually fixing it. Others have pointed out that there’s much more money in managing a problem than fixing it, and I think that’s a big part of it. The other half of the equation is that the people who want to fix the problem will never ever get enough money or resources to actually fix the issue, so they’re forced to choose between managing the issue with their best efforts and intentions through non-solutions or doing nothing.