Economic Meltdown (seconda parte)

[kandrathe]

This subsidy should of course not be forever. Just to create a change. Smart governments will never subsidize things that will never become a viable alternative.

You said, "Smart governments..." Huh?

Having an informed electorate is more unlikely than having non-egoistic politicians.

It is an imperative for an elected representative to do the work of holding this conversation with their constituency. I see no other viable way for a democracy to work.

But if in most western countries the budgets for schooling are already going down for decades?

The schooling is going down, but not the budgets. Cost per pupil in the US is higher, and the outcomes are lower. I wouldn't assume we use the school systems.

Having a law, and enforcing it actively are two different things. In a 'good' society, just having a law that prohibits something is enough to make to a change....without having to spend money on extra police action.

That is worse. Unenforced law is the path to arbitrary justice.

• A 12-year old girl arrested and handcuffed for eating one French fry on the Washington subway system.

• A cancer-ridden grandmother arrested and criminally charged for refusing to trim her hedges the way officials in Palo Alto, Calif., were trying to force her to.

• A former high-school science whiz kid sent to prison after initially being arrested by FBI agents clad in SWAT gear for failing to affix a federally mandated sticker to his otherwise legal UPS package.

• A 67-year-old grandfather imprisoned because some of the paperwork for his home-based orchid business did not satisfy an international treaty.

• A Port St. Lucie resident faces one count of criminal mischief, a second-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to 60 days in jail, for writing "Color fades and so does hatred" on the sidewalk with sidewalk chalk.

Arbitrary justice makes everyone a criminal, and the State can selectively enforce its power at will.