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> If people can't be nice on their own, maybe they need the stick (government regulation) until they learn. Careful now. Governments change, and along with it
by prasadjoglekar 1y ago
> If people can't be nice on their own, maybe they need the stick (government regulation) until they learn.
Careful now. Governments change, and along with it priorities for enformcement.
- triceratops 1y agoThis is a lazy argument. You can say that about any law or any government. We should just stop banning anything bad because the government could accuse you of doing it and throw you in jail.
- jack_h 1y agoThis isn’t a lazy argument at all. It’s based off of millennia of humans questioning the proper role of government and their failure modes. The US in specific took a lot of inspiration from people such as Polybius and John Locke. It’s not that there is no proper role for government, it’s that some paths end up being a Faustian bargain.
- triceratops 1y ago> it’s that some paths end up being a Faustian bargain If enforcing equality of treatment and access in housing, employment, and education is one of those paths, then the government has gone to a very bad place. And literally everything has turned to shit.
- delusional 1y agoYeah? That's what I would want. If I was needlessly harming others by being sexist, racist, or just generally hateful I'd want the government to limit that harm. That's also why I advocate for reasonable punishments that aim to rehabilitate, because I don't believe the people that commit those crimes are really all that different from me.