Hacker News Reader

The entire country will not starve because of a government shutdown.

What's real special is that this shutdown could be ended in an instant by giving one minor concession and one side really doesn't want to do it, for mostly symbolic reasons.

View on HN

I honestly do not know which side you are referring to as your statement could apply to either and be true.

I carefully worded it so I would not get downvoted to hell. But some people will know what I’m talking about.

The problem is both sides will have to give a little. If anybody just caves it'll be political suicide for them.

Caving used to be called compromise. The current political environment doesn't allow for compromise or changing your mind in light of new, better information. In science that would be the standard. In politics that's called "flip-flopping".

Reply on news.ycombinator.com