The actual answer is that this is a valid measure for a sane, responsible government and it would get compliance - but what we have is an insane malicious government. You can't import hundreds of thousands of Afghans *and* believe the next measure isn't done out of malice too.
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You don't get to have your government run by people who gloat about how angry this measure makes people - revealing that their real motive is the anger - and also have people not notice.
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People see things like this - they remember. "Oh, but he doesn't represent the whole side" Does he get pushback then? Of course not.pic.twitter.com/WKboboABwH
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In your bio, you have “the” before Magna Carta. This is profoundly incorrect. Kindly change it.
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Many things mentioned are good at a local level, but were centralised and their intentions perverted Building codes maybe the best example. Locals should be able to stop Chinese developers building a 32 story apartment block in suburbia, but Zingpei just bribes City Hall
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Call it the “italian granma” fallacy: you have eaten half of this 10 pound meat lasagna, why not finish it?
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The actual answer is that the intermediate steps were often insane too.
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I dunno bout "rarely seen". Sounds to me like this has the same energy as "just the tip"
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Even that's not an example - that's "let's take this first step" - not "well, you didn't object until now". You don't usually see someone rub it in that he intended the slippery slope.
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