Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most?
by kleinsch on Saturday November 19, 2022 @08:40PM
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Taking the other side - you’d rather live in the society we have today where policies/laws are selectively enforced based on whether cops/supervisors have a good relationship with you, are biased re your race/gender, etc?
Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most?
by jjj123 on Saturday November 19, 2022 @08:58PM
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Perfectly executed laws would also have biased outcomes, likely worse than the current system.
There’s a good quote that goes something like “the law treats all men equally: the rich man and the poor man are punished the same for stealing bread to feed their family.”
Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most?
by plasticchris on Saturday November 19, 2022 @09:52PM
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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
Anatole France
Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most?
by piuantiderp on Sunday November 20, 2022 @03:20AM
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Yes, it'd foster good social relationships. Oh wait, engineers don't need no one....
Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most?
by Negitivefrags on Saturday November 19, 2022 @08:36PM
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If we lived in such a society I would imagine we would be a bit more careful as we drafted laws. It would also be a lot more equitable due to the lack of selective enforcement.
Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most?
by int_19h on Saturday November 19, 2022 @09:41PM
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Even if getting there from the current state of affairs by rigorously enforcing laws to the letter is possible, it would come with a very heavy price on people while the laws get reformed.
Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most?
by tossaway0 on Saturday November 19, 2022 @09:58PM
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That's the difference between living in Munich or São Paulo, or New York and Miami. Different societies have different tolerances for what's on the books and what gets enforced.
Personally, I prefer less on the books and proper enforcement, but many people like a lot on the books and just as many loopholes.
(I know I’m jumping right to where the slippery slope ends.)