It's not ridiculous at all, just a blatant and obvious example of populist policy. Just like war on drugs or subsidizing demand to counter real estate price inc

It's not ridiculous at all, just a blatant and obvious example of populist policy. Just like war on drugs or subsidizing demand to counter real estate price increase. With issues where people go emotional politics often goes this way, and the social pressure makes quality research nearly impossible, leading to decades of populism like that with little to no reasonable discussion, not to mention decent scientific inquiry.