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> but the legislative counterbalance that is supposed to care for long term effects no longer exists.

In the US. When the inevitable legislations start popping up worldwide, don't be surprised when somehow the American consensus will be to do nothing.

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You have to remember that an American consensus in it's current condition is really just a consensus among the corporate interests that have captured the government.

In the US, yes, and the US is still in the position to boss everyone around.

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