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Re:Washington's governing elites think we're all morons, a n... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday October 06, 2016 @03:49PM (#12655479)
How did America wind up with a "political ruling class" who "have no idea what Americans think and they don't care"? Wasn't America the place you went to leave that kind of arrogant nonsense behind?
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Re:Washington's governing elites think we're all morons, a n... by zigzigzag on Friday October 07, 2016 @05:02AM (#12659152)
I bought the book and read it last night.

Basically it blames the New Deal and the massive expansion of Congressional ambition that accompanied it. Such vast programs of regulation meant it became infeasible for Congress to write the laws entirely by itself, so it created lots of regulators and agencies to do so for it, and then delegated lots of power without much in the way of accountability.

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Re:Washington's governing elites think we're all morons, a n... by oldmanjay on Thursday October 06, 2016 @10:43PM (#12657760)
It's sort of the same reason I keep giving for why I like Rust over other languages - sufficient vigilance is very difficult for humans to maintain, and so unexpected catastrophes happen.

I'm optimistic that there are technological solutions for this particular crisis, although I admit I don't know what they will be.

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Re:Washington's governing elites think we're all morons, a n... by DannyB2 on Thursday October 06, 2016 @05:39PM (#12656349)
As a patriotic American, I'm proud to stand up and say I love the freedoms we used to have!
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