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Meh? This affects those of us that live in this country quite a lot. What is it that you find so odd or different about our politics from the rest of the world?

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not agreeing with the comment you replied to, but what i find different between us and Iceland is:

Their people mobilized aggressively against corruption twice now.

Our people have not, not for the banks, not for the NSA leaks, and we probably will not for this

Occupy Wall Street in fact drew the attention of millions of Americans. It also had practical results by shining the spotlight on the US banking system, as did the broad public anger at Wall Street.

The largest US banks have been semi-neutered, nearly nationalized by the Fed when it comes to control, and are heavily tamped down when it comes to risk. The result of all of that, is that America's banks are now arguably the strongest - and among the safest - in the world (compare Wells Fargo and JP Morgan right now to Europe's banks for example, or see: Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse).

America's banks are now arguably the strongest - and among the safest - in the world

So, nothing changed?

That you can actually stand up for yourself and make a difference.

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