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Don't all policies have unintended consequences? Not to make this political but this is partly why I think many people lean right intellectually without knowing
by safgasCVS 8y ago
Don't all policies have unintended consequences? Not to make this political but this is partly why I think many people lean right intellectually without knowing it because at some basic level we know what's good for us. Good intentions often set policies but constantly backfire because we collectively lack the humility to say we don't really know how the world works. People's intentions are so tricky that it's the 2nd and nth order effects that catch you out
- donw 8y agoIt is a shame that we can't seem to take a more iterative approach to public policy. E.g., try a program somewhere, and if it achieves the desired results, scale it up. If not, iterate until the end of a pre-agreed timebox, and if things still fail to deliver, that's how learning happens. Sadly, I doubt that the public at large would be okay with this approach. :/
- safgasCVS 8y agoI like the interative approach - especially if its the local community that has decided to adopt it. But this arrangement undercuts the power of a central authority (especially if its effective)
- AstralStorm 8y agoAnd central authority needs this power because they're actually rebranded aristocracy, right? Generally central action ought to be taken to harmonize local development and fit to super national level norms, not just because - and only when necessary. Anything else is dangerously authoritarian.
- denzil_correa 8y agoThe key question is "What happens to the people who don't benefit from the iteration?" People are not software.
- jstanley 8y agoI would say left and right both equally want to enact policies, just different policies. If you want fewer policies, that is more of a libertarian vs authoritarian distinction.
- glogla 8y agoOnly policies that limit citizens can be called that - only some kind of extreme anarchocapitalist would say that, for example, food regulations are autoritharian.
- chillacy 8y agoBusinesses are run by people too, lots of policies are burdens to doing business with minimal public benefit.
- ramblerman 8y agoYou are basically describing the study of economics.
- fulafel 8y agoEverything that companies and individuals do have unintended consequences too, doesn't mean we should stop all the doing.