Re:Brits would quite like their private messages to stay pri...
by TulliusCicero on Sunday August 30, 2026 @11:18PM
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> And if a law is so bad that it can't even get more than 1/3rd the people to support it
What? That's not what you wrote. If it only takes 1/3rd to repeal a law, then you need to keep up 2/3rds support indefinitely, not 1/3rd.
Re:Brits would quite like their private messages to stay pri...
by nobody9999 on Monday August 31, 2026 @06:42AM
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>Sadly, I don't think it'd work today. People are too divided, it's too easy to import the votes you need, and people are too lazy to understand a law beyond the headline or what the news tells them about it.
And who and from where might folks "import" such votes? I don't understand what that means. Please do elucidate.
The thinking being if a law isn't good/useful enough to garner 2/3rd support, it shouldn't be law. And if a law is so bad that it can't even get more than 1/3rd the people to support it, it should no longer be a law.
Sadly, I don't think it'd work today. People are too divided, it's too easy to import the votes you need, and people are too lazy to understand a law beyond the headline or what the news tells them about it.