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by wpasc 1630 days ago
Laws (in my opinion) are a lot harder to get right than they are to get wrong. Laws are also (IMO) quite sticky in that once they are passed, they are difficult to modify and or adjust. It takes a strong political will to pass any federal law and once that political capital is spent, adjustments can be unpopular.

People may disagree, but I think that the distinction and separation of state/local/federal law is great. one size often does not fit all and having different methods of laws experimented with and seen "in production" is useful despite downsides and the inherent difficulty in having 50 states have a different policy on something.

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You are absolutely right. It's horrifying how often people on the internet just want the government to step in and "fix" everything.