Message from @NativeInterface
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But a litigious society brought about the reign of Attorneys and Insurance.
And now there exists one public pool in about 80 miles.
i personally believe we're seeing the worst combination of attorneys and insurance within the current paradigm
and they had to remove their damned diving boards to accommodate their insurance policy.
I didn't quite realize what was going on until I worked at a summer camp, where their diving boards were removed for insurance reasons.
They were in the process of replacing it with a slide, but that's not the same. Hardly a point to a deep end, then.
so we want more freedoms to take on more risks
to have more personal responsibility
Personal Responsibility. Now that's a damned concept.
I am responsible for what I do.
Provided that the maintenance for what you supply is in good condition
if we signaled to companies that we agree with the terms, maybe they wouldnt need insurance from getting sued by people who dont want to take responsibility
but i get the impression the state doesnt allow us the freedoms to take those risks
It's not your damn fault if I hit my head on the diving board.
Culture's departed from that.
because public safety
I get where you're going with that, and all, but it's a cultural problem. If you could fix Culture towards a stateless society, you could much more easily control the state as it exists.
yeah i agree
The problem is that the state is not beholden to the people, as it was intended to be.
Our governments should be within reach, not three - or more - steps removed as it is.
or trust in state competence
You hear people in the Senate demanding that 'Roe v. Wade' be upheld.
Roe v. Wade is a lot more important for them than abortion.
Roe v. Wade establishes that the federal government can dictate shit to the states.
If Roe v. Wade were abolished as piss poor law, the decision would revert back to the states.
i've always been under the impression that the reason the different states even exist is to reduce central power
I bet that's not something a lot of people consider..
A State is a Nation.
In our current incarnation, the United States is supposed to be 50 nations operating in unison.
This is the entire point of a Federation, from which we get our Federal Government
so they should even have a type of sovereignty?
I mean, we've got 51 constitutions within the Nation as we refer to it.
Each State has it's own Constitution.
this makes washington dc seem even more schizophrenic
It absolutely is.
Congress's job is to balance the budget.
The senate's job is oversight
The Executive Branch's job is to manage negotiations overseas and between states
The Supreme Court's job is to sort out disagreements on the word of law.
It's all spelled out in the Constitution.