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Every passing day I feel that we are at the social limits of what our existing laws and documents can practically support without a pretty decent refactor. This essay is the perfect supporting argument, and the actions of Google the perfect case study.

What will USA 2.0 look like? Is there a way to work on this without it being a bloody revolution? If we got 2/3rds of the population to green light a refactor of the constitution could it happen? Who would do it? Who are the right people?

Importantly, if we want to preserve the spirit of the USA's founding documents, they need to evolve more formally and officially than supreme court case law and bloated regulatory agencies tied to deeply industry integrated lobbyists. I really wish writing laws was more like the RFC process.

I don't think the solution is to "just run more stuff at home" as much as that tickles my technocratic jimmies.

parent dcow 4 years ago

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