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What issue in society do you think is near impossible to fix? (kbin.melroy.org)

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Alcohol.

Lots and lots of people lean heavily on it and think that alcohol is the spice of their life. When, it contributes to so many problems than it's so-called benefits. We tried, in America anyways, to outright ban alcohol. Problem was that the person who wanted it banned, was too extremist.

Like he didn't think it all through and think just going for the jugular of the problem is what will work. When, it didn't and just made people work around it until eventually the ban was dismantled.

So, since then, we've been putting up with drunk drivers, drunk disputes, drunk abusers and other issues. I still wish we could just slam our hands down at the desk and demand we sit to discuss in how to properly deal with this issue than people proclaiming that it's not a problem.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Our inability to trust anyone foreign or unfamiliar. This legacy of our evolution used to be the safest way to live. No it just holds us all back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I think this one is closer to being solved than we think, because we know the things that can help. Travel and simply meeting other people being the big one. And there are enough people who are accepting of outsiders that we know it's possible on a large scale.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Totally disagree. The rise of populist politicians using xenophobic rhetoric is the proof that this mechanism is still strong.