Basically Fineism appears to be a particular problem for liberal democracies, where “I will keep everything the same and Basically Fine” proves to be an unimpressive campaign promise that often loses out to: a) “Ackshually while things seem to be Basically Fine they are not Basically Fine is this arcane and hidden way and you need me to do a lot of crazy destructive stuff to make them Basically Fine again”; or b) “Ackshually things may be Basically Fine over here but they are not Basically Fine  over there so you need me to do a lot of crazy destructive stuff to increase the global quantity of Basically Fineism”