[larrywright]

I'm always completely puzzled when people talk in positive terms about opening coal mines back up and revitalizing that industry. I get that there are areas where the economy was destroyed due to coal mines being shut down, but there has to be a better way to address it than putting people's lives at risk.

[toomuchtodo]

People are hard. Who you are as a person (ego, purpose, identity, and belief systems) are at play and at the core of these issues. It’d be a lot easier if this was just about cutting checks to folks every month for the rest of their lives.

[larrywright]

Yeah, I get it. In some places it's part of the cultural identity. It just feels like giving them hope is a bad idea.