At some point we seem to have devolved into a society that worries more about trivial technical points than about real issues.
Think about the border. The biggest issue on the news seems to be whether it should be called a crisis or not. Well who care what we call it?
I gather the press does and I've seen more about them trying to trip up the White House then about what we are doing to house and help the unaccompanied children.
There are times when declaring something a disaster impacts the aid you get, but I don't think we designate things as crises in the same way. Besides when people arrive at the border they are processed. Seems more like a busy season than a crisis.
However it is something that needs to be handled. There are many things in this country that need to be handled or fixed but very few of them are a crisis, except of course for someone particularly impacted.
The real crisis in today's world relates to climate change. That is already impacting millions and is likely to get worse. We need to try to reduce our emissions even if it looks like the initial goals might be out of reach. Still it is no reason to stop, its a process that will get worse until we turn the corner.
We still have the crisis of Covid 19 and while we know the solution we have resistance.
Some additional immigrants at the border isn't going to flood Florida or kill thousands.
Just something to deal with.
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