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Welcome to the age of legislating and enforcing everything. This is why I think congress / parliament, in its current form, is a flawed model. It incentivizes

Welcome to the age of legislating and enforcing everything. This is why I think congress / parliament, in its current form, is a flawed model. It incentivizes members to be constantly legislating. We don't need legislation day in and day out. Otherwise we end up with too many unnecessarily bloated laws, just for the sake of supposedly "making society more safe and efficient." The strive by most today is to remove personal choice to ensure "peace and safety." Coincidentally, that's also the phrase used by many dictators. Unfortunately there's nowhere else for people like me to run. Seems most people want safety at the cost of liberty. I lean the other way. And that used to be a popular opinion.

LocalH 4y ago
The same flaw that afflicts much of the rest of society. Nobody can ever be content with maintaining, there always has to be "growth" or "improvement". There is a misguided perception that doing "nothing" is not a good thing, even if "nothing" needs to be done. Capitalism, as practiced worldwide, is infested with this. Annual profits must increase, and not plateau.
MWil 4y ago
Less of a flaw in how Congress / Parliament is formed, more of a flaw in how laws don't require a sunset provision, or absent one operate on a default 15-20 year maximum We know murder should always be illegal - it should be noncontroversial to modify a 15-20 yr default sunset to "500 years" and call it a day Some form of cryptocurrency legislation should probably be treated more like a "well this is new territory" so move the date up and punt it to a future Congress to renew based on how good of a result was able to be achieved
- mwint 4y ago
  I’d argue that it’s a fine use of time to make murder illegal again every 15-20 years. That would help avoid the ridiculous “20 years in prison and a $1500 fine”-type laws that exist everywhere (made back when $1500 was a fortune). In my state, detonating a “weapon of mass destruction” is punishable by life in prison, and/or a $50,000 fine.

LocalH 4y ago

The same flaw that afflicts much of the rest of society. Nobody can ever be content with maintaining, there always has to be "growth" or "improvement". There is a misguided perception that doing "nothing" is not a good thing, even if "nothing" needs to be done. Capitalism, as practiced worldwide, is infested with this. Annual profits must increase, and not plateau.

MWil 4y ago

Less of a flaw in how Congress / Parliament is formed, more of a flaw in how laws don't require a sunset provision, or absent one operate on a default 15-20 year maximum We know murder should always be illegal - it should be noncontroversial to modify a 15-20 yr default sunset to "500 years" and call it a day Some form of cryptocurrency legislation should probably be treated more like a "well this is new territory" so move the date up and punt it to a future Congress to renew based on how good of a result was able to be achieved

mwint 4y ago
I’d argue that it’s a fine use of time to make murder illegal again every 15-20 years. That would help avoid the ridiculous “20 years in prison and a $1500 fine”-type laws that exist everywhere (made back when $1500 was a fortune). In my state, detonating a “weapon of mass destruction” is punishable by life in prison, and/or a $50,000 fine.