For example, the government passed a law in the early 90s that people should use trash bags issued by the government. Of course, the majority of the people refused and had many complaints about it. However, at the end, people came to recycle more and restaurants tried not to use plastic cups and dishes because the more trash they produced, the more money they had to pay. Even though Mr. Quinn was skeptical about politics, isn’t it better to influence the politicians as well?
I didn’t say (and have never said) that politics “should be” the last to change. What I said was that it WILL BE the last to change. This is because politicians are by nature conservative. If they get ahead of the electorate, then they don’t get elected. You won’t begin to see changed minds in politics until the minds of the electorate change — this is why politics will be the last to change.
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