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by dymk 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence
- Mathnerd314 7y agoA lot of laws were written before the internet and don't really apply now that culture has changed so much. And the rest are so vague that even lawyers argue over what they mean. Newer laws are written by corporate lawyers and passed by corrupt politicians to further protect their monopolies, with no regard as to their long-term effects. Trump has a 5:1 ratio on regulations cut vs passed: https://cei.org/blog/trump-maintains-one-five-out-pace-rules-and-regulations https://cei.org/blog/trump-maintains-one-five-out-pace-rules... tl;dr no point in paying attention to existing laws.
- microcolonel 7y agoI'm more a fan of the inverse: anything that could be reformed in the future should not be proposed without an accompanying explanation of the full context of the decision to enact the policy. If you believe reforms should not be made, publish those arguments to the best of your abilities. Never assume that your reasoning will be obvious to even the next person in your position, let alone the next generation.