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How would that work for something like legalize gambling? The default state would be for gambling to be legal (since a law is required to make it illegal). So i
by cortesoft 2y ago
How would that work for something like legalize gambling? The default state would be for gambling to be legal (since a law is required to make it illegal). So in a few years when the `legalize gambling` law was up for review, what would happen?
Which policies would be up for review? Everything? Do we have to re-outlaw murder ever 5 years?
- akoboldfrying 2y agoI don't see a problem with having to re-criminalise gambling every few years -- do you? Regarding murder, I don't have a problem with having to periodically re-criminalise that either, though I think that for cases like this where there's enough of a consensus, the ban could be either permanent or much longer-term (e.g., every 50 years). In fact, having overly frequent votes on such serious crimes might encourage people to try to overturn them as a prank.
- cortesoft 2y agoI don't think I trust our government on this. Look how many times they threaten shut down for routine things like increasing the debt ceiling; I can just imagine representatives threatening to not renew the outlawing of murder unless something else is added to the bill.