I think it's safe to say that political discourse and the possibility of any societal-level discussion (and agreement) has failed. It's the same crap that plagu

I think it's safe to say that political discourse and the possibility of any societal-level discussion (and agreement) has failed. It's the same crap that plagues software development when modelling complex business problems. Political or decision makers never ask explicit questions (like yours), make decisions (laws) on them and then follow through without hesitation. Here we are in 2020 and we've got camps trying to justify how violent protests are a "civil rights" or "free speech" issue instead of just agreeing and everyone saying "yeah - anyone can protest because we agree it's a right, but police can arrest anyone that does violence". We're forever complicating and conflating issues, adding layer upon layer of complexity, instead of simplifying. I think the analogy to software development is quite profound.