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> In every law, there should be a requirement that it either gets enforced equally, or it loses power.

The evil twin of this is maximized enforcement where enforcement and punishment have become a strong focus and shaping societal behavior is maybe a justification. It is the point at which we have lost our way.




Which in turn is caused by inflexibility of law change.

If a law in place is found to be overly strict or general, then it should be changed or removed, and doing so should be simple and swift.


> If a law in place is found to be overly strict or general, then it should be changed or removed, and doing so should be simple and swift.

This would be a sweet world to live in. We'd have to change many reward systems to get there.

Pointedly, we'd have to improve public thinking - but most folks have already made their easy, positive changes. What's left are difficult positive changes and easy negative changes.




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