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Agreed- an "adversarial" system is what makes strong policy. People / corporations will always try and exploit loopholes or flaws in regulation. When this happe
by version_five 5y ago
Agreed- an "adversarial" system is what makes strong policy. People / corporations will always try and exploit loopholes or flaws in regulation. When this happens, the regulation can get adapted to align with its actual objectives. Having flawed laws on the books an expecting actors to behave differently than the laws are written doesnt make any sense
- lnxg33k1 5y agoIt looks like recently our politicians have forgot that it's their duty to create regulations for the wellbeing of the society, or like they're acting like regulators with common populations and youth ministers with the rich
- version_five 5y agoIt's probably always been this way to some extent, bit with the concentration of power in tech companies and few others, it's optimal for people who want to get elected to focus on influencing the powerful and ignoring the masses. I think this effect has just gotten stronger recently.
- fastball 5y agoWell, at least in the US, Congress hasn't been legislating for a while now. They handed over that responsibility to the Executive and Judicial branch a long time ago so that they don't have to deal with unhappy voters because it's always someone else's fault.
- lnxg33k1 5y agoHow much do I agree with you, we can't afford as a society careers politicians, in Italy we've had for a while the five stars movement who said that politicians should be citizens temporarily lent to the common cause, who then go back to being citizens, but if you are a career politicians, then whoever you hit, is a lost vote, so you have no motivation to act, I think congressmen, deputies, 1-2 terms, then home, and I guess in that case, you are subject to the promise of a job from a big corp., I am not really sure how we can fix our society right now, but I think we have to as soon as possible