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> We can always find the shadowy figures that had different intentions, but I think it's safe to say that the popular support which enabled the effort was prett
by redis_mlc 7y ago
> We can always find the shadowy figures that had different intentions, but I think it's safe to say that the popular support which enabled the effort was pretty solidly motivated by protecting people.
Said like a true "useful idiot."
Federal laws are written by people with an agenda: lobbyists, LEO, etc. - seldom by "popular support."
You can see that in the intransigence of Feds to re-schedule substances, and the related divergence of state and federal laws.
- athenot 7y agoYou can also observe this in the opposite form: how hard it is to get laws that people want but special interests oppose. Current example: many individuals are trying to get access to their health records through APIs but the makers of Electronic Medical Records are fighting tooth and nail against it, with FUD. Because they want to keep their lockdown on our data.