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alex_suzuki ◴[] No.35413018[source]
Italy really knows how to focus on what’s really important to address challenges like high unemployment and weak economy.
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gordian-mind ◴[] No.35413154[source]
Just because there are other problems that are more pressing or severe doesn't mean that the proposed solution to a particular problem is not worth pursuing.
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1. ryandrake ◴[] No.35413317[source]
I guess it depends on whether the amount of effort applied to solving the problems is proportional to the severity of the problems.

On this side of the Atlantic, we have a catastrophic opioid epidemic, crumbling infrastructure, inflation and recession, failing national and state-level institutions, mass shootings, growing income inequality, race- and class-warfare, and out-of-control policing. But what are ~50% of our politicians currently focusing on? What genitals people have and what bathroom they should be allowed to go in.

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2. 8f2ab37a-ed6c ◴[] No.35413340[source]
Divide et impera. We've yet to develop antibodies to that as a species.
3. gordian-mind ◴[] No.35433370[source]
I would rather that all of your politicians focus on genitals. Maybe that would stop them from agitating for war on the other side of the planet. But thank God that 'America is back,' am I right?

Anyway, the subject was Italy's policies. As for your guess, there is actually a group of people whose role, among others, is to assess the correct amount of effort applied to solving a problem: they're called Italian voters.