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by altmanaltman 33 days ago
Asking what they should do is literally what they do. Law is not a commonsense topic where asking whaty they should do has any meaningful implications if you do not understanding the underlying theory and precendence which requires deep domain knowledge.
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the concept of democracy is that everyone is entitled to opinions on what should or should not happen.

its a basic distinction between descriptive and prescriptive statements or questions.

While this is true, increasingly we no longer live in a democracy, but rather a bureaucratic technocracy.