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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by Muromec on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @07:55AM (#39826731)
But that's what you do with random events -- create policies to prevent them from happening, lowering the incidence rate and minimizing damage once it occurs. Which is exactly what government and laws are all about.
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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by FrustratedMonky on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @03:46PM (#39832033)
That is a generous reading of the parent comment.

It sounded much more like a common trope, "the do-nothing government just lets things fail, doesn't take action until something fails".

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