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Больше ада! Aka, worse is better. The idea here is: reasoning does not work. You reason for good things, against stupid laws, but you have no leverage. We'll h
by guard-of-terra 11y ago
Больше ада! Aka, worse is better.
The idea here is: reasoning does not work. You reason for good things, against stupid laws, but you have no leverage.
We'll have to walk thru pain, "fear and loathing", most of those laws will be passed somewhere, in a few years or decades they'll prove to not work. Then they will be gradually repelled. Now there will be leverage: "this law was tried in a country CCC and it went sour".
We humans actually suck at designing something (like laws). Our only bet is evolution. You can't reason. You can only show. So we'll have to try ideas even when it's obvious they're stupid.
- PebblesHD 11y agoSadly, the notion that 'It was tried in <country name> and didnt work so we should avoid it' doesn't really apply to politics. Consider Australia's current internet censorship and metadata legislation, the same laws have been tried all over Europe, the US, Asia and a host of other countries and proved worthless, and yet the government pushes forward with them. Its simply for appearances, the leadership needs to look like its tough on whatever the hot topic of the hour is.
- guard-of-terra 11y agoThey have to be repelled somewhere in order to be proven worthless.
- PebblesHD 11y agoI would be inclined to argue that their ineffectiveness at achieving their stated purpose combined with their gross violation of the privacy of everyone in the countries affected makes them worthless.
- Kenji 11y ago>Now there will be leverage: "this law was tried in a country CCC and it went sour". Yeah because that worked so well with the example of alcohol prohibition, really taught us a lesson about drug laws ;D
- iopq 11y agoBulk collection of data on Americans doesn't "work", but they sure love being able to do it.