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Yes, Congress can spend money. But it seems impossible to change the fundamental rules that govern society. Be it commercial, environmental or social. So the tr

Yes, Congress can spend money. But it seems impossible to change the fundamental rules that govern society. Be it commercial, environmental or social. So the trajectory is a slow erosion through courts.

trimethylpurine 2y ago
I don't think people agree on the rules. Let alone Congress.
voidfunc 2y ago
That's a feature not a bug. Slow is good.
- juujian 2y ago
  Not sure I get the point.
  - brigadier132 2y ago
    The point is most people are dumb and think they are smart. These dumb people think that if they just change everything everyone's lives will be better. Making it hard for these dumb people to make sweeping changes to society without the support of a supermajority is a good thing.
  - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
    We’re a big, diverse nation. The law should follow convention, not lead it. (Not for any high-minded reason. The War on Drugs is the law attempting to dictate convention. Simply put, it doesn’t work.)
- deleted 2y ago
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tw04 2y ago
It’s almost as if social ideals change slowly. 30 years ago gay marriage was unthinkable. Now it’s common practice. To say congress hasn’t accomplished anything in your adult life is to be in denial or intentionally uneducated about accomplishments. While the ACA for instance isn’t perfect, it was a major accomplishment.
- relaxing 2y ago
  30 years ago we had civil unions in Hawaii. 25 years ago in Vermont. It was thinkable, and it didn’t have to wait for Obama.
  - tw04 2y ago
    That’s some revisionist history if I’ve ever seen it. Hawaii had a constitutional ban on same sex marriages in 1999. The fact there were some legal challenges before that doesn’t at all reflect the fact society wasn’t accepting. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Hawaii https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Hawaii
    - relaxing 2y ago
      Nothing revisionist there, everything I said is fact. It was so plainly thinkable, people went from thinking it to doing it.
JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> it seems impossible to change the fundamental rules that govern society. Be it commercial, environmental or social Legalising gay marriage by statute isn’t significant [1]? Or massively subsidising the shift to clean energy and EVs? [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respect_for_Marriage_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respect_for_Marriage_Act

trimethylpurine 2y ago

I don't think people agree on the rules. Let alone Congress.

voidfunc 2y ago

That's a feature not a bug. Slow is good.

juujian 2y ago
Not sure I get the point.
- brigadier132 2y ago
  The point is most people are dumb and think they are smart. These dumb people think that if they just change everything everyone's lives will be better. Making it hard for these dumb people to make sweeping changes to society without the support of a supermajority is a good thing.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  We’re a big, diverse nation. The law should follow convention, not lead it. (Not for any high-minded reason. The War on Drugs is the law attempting to dictate convention. Simply put, it doesn’t work.)
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tw04 2y ago

It’s almost as if social ideals change slowly. 30 years ago gay marriage was unthinkable. Now it’s common practice. To say congress hasn’t accomplished anything in your adult life is to be in denial or intentionally uneducated about accomplishments. While the ACA for instance isn’t perfect, it was a major accomplishment.

relaxing 2y ago
30 years ago we had civil unions in Hawaii. 25 years ago in Vermont. It was thinkable, and it didn’t have to wait for Obama.
- tw04 2y ago
  That’s some revisionist history if I’ve ever seen it. Hawaii had a constitutional ban on same sex marriages in 1999. The fact there were some legal challenges before that doesn’t at all reflect the fact society wasn’t accepting. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Hawaii https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Hawaii
  - relaxing 2y ago
    Nothing revisionist there, everything I said is fact. It was so plainly thinkable, people went from thinking it to doing it.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago

> it seems impossible to change the fundamental rules that govern society. Be it commercial, environmental or social Legalising gay marriage by statute isn’t significant [1]? Or massively subsidising the shift to clean energy and EVs? [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respect_for_Marriage_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respect_for_Marriage_Act