Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition
by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:23PM
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I don't think you interpreted my comment correctly. I was insulting the legislature by pointing out that they have no problem showing up and voting to curtail people's freedoms for nefarious reasons without a pandemic so there's no good reason they can't vote every few months on whether or not to continue to curtail people's freedoms to mitigate a pandemic.
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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition
by throwawaygh on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:30PM
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I see. That's not at all what I thought your comment was saying.
Well, in a lot of states the legislature can do that today if they want. It's completely within state legislature's capacity to force action from municipalities, either directly or through the purse strings.
Most don't want to because they're publicly supportive of shutdowns. Or because they're publicly courting anti-maskers but privately know shutdowns are necessary and therefore don't want to take responsibility.