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> The government isn't capable of doing the work it wants to do Debatable. Unless you're just referring to the executive branch the government does not have a
by HDThoreaun 3y ago
> The government isn't capable of doing the work it wants to do
Debatable. Unless you're just referring to the executive branch the government does not have a single goal, and many of the leaders of the government want opposite things.
> Thus "objectively wrong" isn't about which side is right, it is that agreement doesn't exist.
Sure we can agree there. The issue is that there isn't even agreement on whether there's agreement. Kneecapping the government is the meta optimal move for minority parties, they gain nothing from trying to make the government more effective. So even if all the lawmakers secretly agree that congress has work to do, they'll never admit it.
- Guvante 3y agoYou keep saying "someone might want to do a bad thing" as if it is an argument. I never said they would do something, which is what you are arguing against. I said there isn't an excuse to not do anything based on the existing law covering what needs to be covered. Mostly I point it out because the "X government won't do anything" is uninteresting to discuss, it is basically an impossible to defeat argument. > Unless you're just referring to the executive branch the government In this context the branch of the government whose job it is to take this action is taking an action and so I felt specifying Executive was needlessly specific. It isn't like Congress is using this act to go after violators, that isn't their job.