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Re:The Lonely End: in aging Japan, thousands die alone and u... by Sharlin on Saturday June 27, 2015 @06:35AM (#9789751)
Often "the community" is just a buzzword used by the political right when trying to weasel out of responsibilities belonging to the state.
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Re:The Lonely End: in aging Japan, thousands die alone and u... by adwf on Saturday June 27, 2015 @07:01AM (#9789786)
Yeah, a lot of the local government stuff in the UK is the equivalent of the US saying: "Oh, we believe this is a states rights issue, therefore we're not gonna do anything about it."

It's another way of saying, fix it yourself. Oddly enough though, when we actually have the government step in, then all sorts of people start complaining about the nanny state.

Politics - Damned if you do, damned if you don't!

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