People aren't interested in solutions. they want to complain.
the price of gas has gone up hugely. I spent saturday listening to some people complain about high gas prices and brag about protesting drilling in ANWAR.
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In a large part of the population, there is only a nodding acquaintance with reality. the sort of relationship where you know it exists but you don't like it much and ignore it.