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Ha it's like saying speed limits are a slippery slope, and we'll trend closer to 0 mph over time. It's not a slope, it's a dial!
by bestcoder69 4y ago
Ha it's like saying speed limits are a slippery slope, and we'll trend closer to 0 mph over time. It's not a slope, it's a dial!
- SpicyLemonZest 4y agoI don’t think it’s tremendously slippery, but I do think it’s a slope. It’s hard to imagine the government ever removing an allergen from the mandatory labeling list - if they did, a lot of people who got used to having it would find themselves in more trouble than if it had never been there.
- savingsPossible 4y agoIf speed limits aren't, it is just because of the distribution of benefits With speed limits, almost everyone suffers and almost everyone benefits. Of course, some people are more likely to be walking, and other driving, but it is not a core part of their identity. Whenever something makes a specific small group much safer and around 100% of the people pay the cost, giving in and making those people safer is a slippery slope. There are infinite such cases, the system points towards more safety because of lawsuits, and careful cost benefit analysis is harder because there is no one person for which cost and benefit are similar -- for some it is just a small cost, for others just a gigantic benefit. You'll get a small percentage doing a lot of activism and a large majority harmed, but not enough to fight it.