With every policy there are people who suffer unjustly. I don't know where you stand on the death penalty but that's another one where sometimes people gloss over the odd guy who suffers unjustly (the politics being reversed), although the consequence is more final.

But to paint the broad brush of "individuals everywhere" being hurt, that pales besides the BASIC problem, which is improvements in technology. I will throw fishing in there too. Pictures of the families who have spent generations logging/farming/fishing only to lose their jobs/farms/boats tug at our heartstrings.

However, the pale truth is we cut as much wood, grow tons more food and suck fish and seafood out of the seas as ever before. It's a hard fact (and don't conservatives pride themselves at looking at hard facts that wooly-headed liberals miss?), many of these people are going to be aced out of their lifelong, nay HISTORICAL, passion by technological and economic change. All these people who claim environmental protection is destroying their livelihoods are getting political mileage out of a side issue.

I don't see anyone crying for all the middle managers and file clerks who are being aced out because of the efficiencies of the computer. But hey, if they ever pass the repetitive stress regulations, we know what will be to blame for THOSE lost jobs too.

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"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch"
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