Sadly, the only surprising thing about this is that anyone is surprised the bill got 'mysteriously' nerfed at the last minute. This is the danger of centralizing too much power in government. A very good first step would be "one-and-done" term limits for all state and federal elected officials with restrictions on accepting employment with lobbyists or stakeholders with significant government business for five years after holding office.
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#272I am sure the Governors net worth just went significantly up.
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#273Earlier quoted context omitted.
And regulators all the way down.. regulations seldom work without unintended consequences and people finding loopholes or blackmarkets. They do more harm than good.
Personally I think aircraft safety regulations do plenty of good.
Note that the aircraft industry, although state-regulated, almost behaves as self-regulated since airlines are mostly demanding of excellent regulations and high safety standards to reassure passengers. Very different from, say, Dupont (chemicals), who is regulated for OSHA reasons, but who would always find workers even if they dived at Bophal levels of safety.
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#274Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not really; I refuse to vote for evil politicians (it keeps my karma nice and shiny). Unless voting is mandatory, you can simply not vote for anyone. My practice is to vote for someone that won't win, like the Greens, but for whom my vote might save them their deposit.
Refusing to vote doesn't change the outcome if the only choices are bad ones. If anything it means you effectively voted for whoever had the majority in the end and are still guilty of supporting the greater evil if they turn out to be such.
>If anything it means you effectively voted for whoever had the majority in the end and are still guilty of supporting the greater evil if they turn out to be such.
Thats red herring. Our electoral system is completely corrupt. The only way your vote would actuallycount is if all of the politicians we're replaced at once. Then maybe there would be an even playing field where it would matter.
Your statement of "you effectively voted for whoever had the majority" is like living in a state controlled by a two party system of gangsters and telling us that we just voted for the greater evil. Our two party system is corrupt, both parties are corrupt, don't lie to yourself.
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#275Shameless plug, the organization Louis (and I) work for, FUTO, is hosting a fellowship program sponsoring people to work on open-source software for three months for $20k-$80k and free housing in Austin. Applications are due Jan 1st! https://futo.org/fellows
Isnt it fully financed by a crypto bro ala SBF "altruism"?
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#276Sadly, the only surprising thing about this is that anyone is surprised the bill got 'mysteriously' nerfed at the last minute. This is the danger of centralizing too much power in government. A very good first step would be "one-and-done" term limits for all state and federal elected officials with restrictions on accepting employment with lobbyists or stakeholders with significant government business for five years…
This is the vice of every public or private organization ever in existence. The term "politics" likely was created for this behavior.
Checks and balances are needed whenever organizations are formed to avoid these kind of vices.
But that will never happen.
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Many people consider not having election deniers in government to be a “real issue” in and of itself. Having people in office who sow discord and continue to promulgate a fantasy about election integrity actively takes focus away from more important things. The winning at-all-costs attitude is what got us here in the first place: people so concerned with winning and having their people in office they don’t care if th…
It’s about outcomes. If that’s an outcome you care greatly about then that’s your decision to make. For me it ranks low on the set of outcomes I desire, especially when compared to the outcomes the opposition desires. The book “Rules for Radicals” talks about this and it has been a tool of left wing activists for 60+ years. You see it today for instance with various activists groups that plea for “our democracy” on o…
The outcome is not in your control. Its like going to a rigged casino and expected to win big. This ideology is really out of touch with reality.
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#278Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s from the book “Rules for Radicals” and has been a major part of progressive activists strategy for over 60 years. It works.
I didn't say that it doesn't work. It has been a major part of the anti-abortion and pro-gun movements as well and it has been very effective there. However your quality of life in society is much more important than any single issue. Knowingly voting for a candidate who is not competent just because you agree with them on a single issue will not solve any of the larger issues in society.
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#279I don't understand. The bill was passed with an overwhelming, veto-proof majority. Then it sat on the Governor's desk until she made changes (after intense lobbying)? But the NY legislature is not in session, but the bill is signed? So how were the changes approved by the legislature? What is the precise legal mechanism here? Is this legal? My initial impression is that this is an illegal act of tyranny and should be…
One comment on the video a) notes that the legislature approved the changes and b) would not have passed the bill otherwise in the first place, but get to blame the governor.
How can the legislature approve changes when they are not in session?
And WHY would they do that?
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Do not allow corporations to lobby and influence the law. Do no allow politicians to profit from changes to the law (ie playing the stock markets) Companies are not people and do not have rights.
A corporation is a type of association and has rights that are derivative of its member's rights. An association is composed of people. The only reason why a corporation (or other association) has First Amendment rights is because it is exercising the First Amendment rights of its owners and members. The personhood of a corporation is a legal fiction. The personhood of the ultimate members or shareholders of a corpor…
Corporations rights don't trump the rights of people. They are subject to the people for a reason, they are organizations that exist for the people, of the people and by the people. This is why we ALLOW them to exist with charters to operate and the discretion of the people. And by the way that part has also been corrupted, charters essentially don't even matter now.