What I mean by therapeutic is this: a monster flood hits, a hurricane hits, a tornado hits, and we muster all of our services, all of our help, and we deal with that problem lickety-split. We’re on it fast. But we’re not a prophylactic society. We don’t take steps beforehand to protect against problems that may come up. We wait for the shit to hit the fan, and then we act. We do not act beforehand. And that has always disappointed me about the United States. We have a perfect example of the consequences
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