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Soon this will be used to put people critical of corrupt politicians in jail. We've seen time and time again the corrupt oligarchs and politicians bend well mea

• throwaway0a5e 5y ago
  Objections like yours have been raised from the start. How well meaning can these rules and the people implementing them really be if they implemented anyway them despite warnings of this outcome?
  • stuckinhell 5y ago
    You have a very good point. I want to believe many humans essentially want to be nice, but cannot go from first principles (abstract) to results in the real world very well. Though I wouldn't be surprised if politicians and oligarchs are absolutely aware that a being "nice" law, is a weapon that they can use. Ever since Epstein, I've been wondering, how many "being nice" laws are really just a tool for the elite to punish dissidents.
  • coldtea 5y ago
    >How well meaning can these rules and the people implementing them really be if they implemented anyway them despite warnings of this outcome? Well, who said the people who implemented them and the rules they implemented were "well meaning" to begin with? Legislators and politicians are mostly scum, and have been so for most of history. Not to mention that it's trivial (and has been done time and again) for things being implemented by well meaning people to be abused by not well meaning people.