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Re:France is about to become less free by brightball on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @12:12PM (#25200461)
This is a common pattern that I see in US legislation as well. It’s the “we have to do something” effect, even if that something wouldn’t have helped at all.
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Re:France is about to become less free by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @01:32PM (#25201406)
Maybe that's the "we have to look like we're doing something" effect.
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