[anon3280]

I agree.

The US Government is pretty impervious to change. For example, people still get arrested for smoking weed. Most o America supports decriminalizing weed.

Why is it still illegal? Shouldn't the government enact policies that most of America agrees with?

I mean... don't most of us agree that if a private company were doing any of this stuff, they would lose all their customers ASAP:

- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/09/judge-child-porn...

- https://www.reddit.com/r/baltimore/comments/5jt6k0/where_the...

- https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/crime/sterling-correct...

- https://www.aufamily.com/forums/topic/156988-obama-nsa-discl...

- https://reason.com/2017/04/25/a-man-died-in-jail-after-getti...

- https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/what-happe...

I believe the burden of proof is on someone who thinks the US Government is a good representative of it's people.

[trthomps]

I was very careful to word my previous comment to say the US Government represents the voting population. In 2016 there were only 157M registered voters, and only 138M voted in the presidential election that year. The population of the US was 321M in 2016 making the US Government represent approximately 43% of the overall population at best, most elections have a far lower turnout.

I didn't say the system was fair, but it's still not a fair to compare a private company to how a government is supposed to function. Governments enforce laws and provide public services. You want things to change? vote for it.