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> Almost ALL problems have a technical/legislative solution for them. Legislative solutions should only be considered as a last resort, not the first option. P
by ahomescu1 12y ago
> Almost ALL problems have a technical/legislative solution for them.
Legislative solutions should only be considered as a last resort, not the first option. Pretty much all laws that I can think of come with unintended consequences, and sometimes create larger problems than they solve. Top examples: alcohol prohibition and the war on drugs.
Also, as you yourself pointed out, enforcement is a big issue requiring a lot of resources and placing a lot of responsibility (and also authority, that maybe they shouldn't have) on the police.
- zo1 12y ago"Legislative solutions should only be considered as a last resort, not the first option." I agree with you. I'm not one to advocate more laws or more state as I'm an anarcho-capitalist. But the point I was trying to make is that if people really wanted the state to fix this problem, it would be. Either through more laws, incentives, education, technology, whatever. (Side note: this assumes the state 100% does what the general public wants.)