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Laws are only valid for the length of the public's attention span. There are countless examples of citizen-friendly laws that were slowly chipped away until the
by idiotsecant 5y ago
Laws are only valid for the length of the public's attention span. There are countless examples of citizen-friendly laws that were slowly chipped away until they were irrelevant.
I'd rather not have to trust my government at all. I'm not sure that I buy the premise that trust is necessary- quite the opposite in fact. I think accountability is necessary. Any system that requires trust or goodwill is doomed to failure.
- webmobdev 5y ago> There are countless examples of citizen-friendly laws that were slowly chipped away until they were irrelevant. And I blame the citizens of that country when such things happen. Democracy survives only if you actively participate in it. A healthy democracy is where people are not apathetic and extremely cynical.