It’s hard to think of a policy which would have a smaller impact on a smaller fraction of the wealthiest population on earth. And it faces extremely dedicated opposition.
Well, I mean “low-hanging fruit” in that it doesn’t really cost any money to implement. Symbolism is cheap; providing material benefits is more expensive, especially in developed countries.
I don’t know much about the political situation in Scotland; I know about a few miscellaneous stupidities in the U.S. federal government that I’d like to get rid of (abstinence-only sex education, “alternative” medicine research) but I suspect that Scotland and the rest of the U.K. is stupid in different ways than the U.S. is.
It’s hard to think of a policy which would have a smaller impact on a smaller fraction of the wealthiest population on earth. And it faces extremely dedicated opposition.
Well, I mean “low-hanging fruit” in that it doesn’t really cost any money to implement. Symbolism is cheap; providing material benefits is more expensive, especially in developed countries.
I don’t know much about the political situation in Scotland; I know about a few miscellaneous stupidities in the U.S. federal government that I’d like to get rid of (abstinence-only sex education, “alternative” medicine research) but I suspect that Scotland and the rest of the U.K. is stupid in different ways than the U.S. is.