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You're absolutely right. There's a vast potential for very real problems. When those problems manifest, we should deal with them. To try to address problems that don't actually exist is absurd overregulation and government overreach. It certainly is wasteful to expend resources on solving problems that don't need solving because they don't exist, isn't it? Is there evidence of voter fraud by undocumented migrants tha…
> When those problems manifest, we should deal with them I think this is one of the key problems with a hyper-conservative government. If your default position is "don't change it" on every issue, then you have a very difficult time solving problems. More liberal governments that frequently change the rules are like startups vs very large corporations. They are more agile and better able to quickly deal with problems…
Unfortunately, the results of this sometime goes over poorly with people outside the target audience. Such people are often reacting negatively to a framing they find problematic or otherwise objectionable. At times they prefer challenging the framing to advancing a particular position.
This is a very valuable thing to do! It's critically important to a functioning liberal democracy. It's just perhaps not always the most impactful thing to do in a given moment to advance the goal of swaying someone's position.