2xfo on Nostr: npub1g0tuf…3tvm4 I've noticed this tendency in the US too. Someone will break a law ...
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I've noticed this tendency in the US too. Someone will break a law and instead of using the existing laws against them a legislator will make a newer more specific law targeting the practice. This does two things in my mind: 1. It gives the impression that the law was not sufficient or that nothing illegal even happened; 2. Passing the new law takes all the attention away from enforcing the existing law, and even the infraction that caused the discussion to start can be obscured by this conversation.
I think the reason they do it is to look like they're helping. "How many bills did you pass" often qualifies as a metric for being good at legislating and usually no one looks closer than that. Maybe bills are their hammers and they just don't know how to use another tool
I've noticed this tendency in the US too. Someone will break a law and instead of using the existing laws against them a legislator will make a newer more specific law targeting the practice. This does two things in my mind: 1. It gives the impression that the law was not sufficient or that nothing illegal even happened; 2. Passing the new law takes all the attention away from enforcing the existing law, and even the infraction that caused the discussion to start can be obscured by this conversation.
I think the reason they do it is to look like they're helping. "How many bills did you pass" often qualifies as a metric for being good at legislating and usually no one looks closer than that. Maybe bills are their hammers and they just don't know how to use another tool