This is democracy at its worst. The tiny fraction of folks who understand what this bill does will be dwarfed by the huge swath of voters who will see “protects

This is democracy at its worst. The tiny fraction of folks who understand what this bill does will be dwarfed by the huge swath of voters who will see “protects children; holds tech accountable” and color in the dot for “yes”. There is no more effective argument against democracy than those little summaries of bills you see in the voting booth. Two sentences to describe 200 pages of law. Performative is a kind way to describe this. Intentionally deleterious is a better one. The biggest issue is that describing a bill the way I just did or the author does immediately causes eyes to glaze over. Upset about a bill to harm tech? Probably in tech. Upset about something happening in CA? Probably a republican. Upset about anything at all? Probably a jerk. California has a malaise that makes politics somehow wildly divisive.