Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by noobaccount 2193 days ago
What’s the timescale? What “teeth” do the laws need? How do you manage the phenomenon of psychological reactance?

Asking because while the theory may be sound, translation isn’t a given. And pursuing a policy without regard to feasibility may be counterproductive.

1 comments

I think anything more than a minor citation is probably not achievable, and even that might be bad.

Given the current state of policing in America, the idea of leaning on the police to enforce mask rules is personally unpalatable.

What we really need is a social change on this issue, but that requires leadership from the top that we’re not getting.