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In reply to the discussion: A shout out to "social issues" [View all]BainsBane
(53,035 posts)Education costs more financially than gun registration. I think what you mean to say is that some issues challenge entrenched interests more than others. Still, the entire GOP is dedicated to eroding the very rights you say don't costs as much. I would submit that issues relating to gender equality are even more intractable than challenging financial interests. Only the wealthy few benefit from Wall Street maleficence. Far more benefit from gender inequality. That is why, for example, there is so much resistance to discussions of feminism and misogyny on this site. I can tell you it would be a lot easier for a politician to come out against Wall Street than patriarchy. We've seen the former, never the latter. In the case of LGBT equality, homophobia goes against economic interests, but LGBT rights still face great obstacles because of conservative social values. Interests need not be financial to be entrenched or powerful.