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by brador 2y ago
Chestertons fence: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chesterton%27s_fence https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chesterton%27s_fence
- gruez 2y agoThought-terminating cliché: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A... More to the point, vague and lazy arguments should have little, if any weight when it comes to policy debates. If a given policy has provable and material harms (ie. stifling the supply for hair cutters), and the only opposition is a vague "well it must be there for A Good Reason", then the proper response should be to repeal it, not "well I guess we can't conclusively prove that it wasn't there for a good reason so I guess we should keep it".
- amadeuspagel 2y agoIf someone is removing a fence, and you don't know why, don't stop them.
- tim333 2y ago"The principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood." I think we understand the reasoning pretty well. Protectionism. In the UK I don't think we have licensing required for hairdressers or egg sellers and we still have ok haircuts and eggs.