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The unintended consequences are often the point of the law. By being "unintended", the crafters of the law creates a small intellectual barrier to understandin
by narrator 15y ago
The unintended consequences are often the point of the law. By being "unintended", the crafters of the law creates a small intellectual barrier to understanding the ramifications of the law that perhaps half the population fail to overcome. This is enough to get just about anything through without considerable widespread public opposition.
- r00fus 15y agoBingo. The MAFIAA wants to criminalize any sharing of content unless they stamp it with their blessing. This law basically kills youtube and ad-supported blogging. I'm surprised Google isn't all up in arms over this, two potential sources of revenue are greatly impacted by this legislation.
- calibraxis 15y agoYes. Every policymaker knows that the US jails more people than any other country, both in percentage and total. "Unintended" is a sad attempt at a fig leaf. Any action we do can have unintended consequences (not to mention known tradeoffs), and we deal with them by using experience and fixing problems as they come up. But this case is far beyond that.