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Re:Most Canadians Are Now Better Off Than Most Americans by acchow on Saturday August 31, 2019 @01:45AM (#20844803)
I think you are unusual.

Even if you don't personally use it, a tunnel in your city will affect the lives of the people you know. It will affect the traffic patterns of you and your friends and family and coworkers. The tunnel as an idea will enter the discourse of your circles. Farm subsidies are far more abstract. The real effects of those are barely felt by urbanites, let alone the people in your specific city.

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Re:Most Canadians Are Now Better Off Than Most Americans by ben_w on Saturday August 31, 2019 @03:50AM (#20845125)
> The tunnel as an idea will enter the discourse of your circles. Farm subsidies are far more abstract.

My friends are mostly the other way around. Local road infrastructure has never been discussed, while Brexit, Bolsonaro, and the Hong Kong riots all are. It is fair to say that we don’t discuss farm subsidies (but then, they are also a very small fraction of our total taxation).

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