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WRT "just get the government to do it" US federal legislation, specifically not that driven by "terrorism" or "protect the children" (and we don't want any legislation under either label) tends to take years to go from initial idea to law. That doesn't count the years which would be added for compliance. Or the charter and formation of the "central authority". If we started today, we might get such a law in action sometime in the mid-2020's, at which point ISPs would have switched to IPv6 just to avoid the legislation. You know, maybe it would be a good idea after all /s My "idealism" is probably better called "pessimism", and is based off a couple of decades watching well-meaning legislation be mangled beyond repair by politicians and corporations, at the city level. People are complicated and irrational. People in politics are even more complicated and seemingly irrational, since even the best politicians have to balance the wants and needs of thousands of people and the businesses who employ those people. Politicians at the federal level are even more complicated, since they have 50 states, a number of territories, and gigantic corporations to consider. Even influencing a completely honest political group to do what everyone agrees is the right thing takes a significant amount of time, money, and effort. And if we're honest, they aren't all completely devoted to their constituents, and won't agree that it's the right thing to do. |
But then the question shifts to: maybe your country is too large to govern effectively - if you can't make changes like this quickly, something is wrong, I think.