It could happen this year; legislatures just need to pass laws. The hardest part is people posting comments like yours as a diversion from doing real work (though there are other hard parts too).

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calvinmorrison 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

that's right! if only I wasnt posting snarky crap on HN we'd have a Utopia. Paging Upton Sinclair!

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mmooss 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

We each have power, influence, and responsibility. You're spending yours on cleverness, and wasting others by shifting the focus and undermining their efforts. Cleverness, in the end, doesn't matter.

> Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair didn't waste it.

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calvinmorrison 2 days ago | parent [-]

i certainly don't want to use my cleverness for power or influence, no thank you.

	▲	mmooss a day ago \| parent [-]
		I'm not talking about being power hungry, but pulling our weights in the world.

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giwook 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You say all it takes is for the legislature to pass the laws and seem to assume our government is functioning as expected without any bugs.

And yet we’re talking about an extremely well-connected and powerful industry in PE. Do you really think they won’t lobby intensely against legislation that would cripple their profits? Are the majority of our legislators really immune from considering corporate interests?

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mmooss 2 days ago | parent [-]

That's always been true, bugs and lobbyists, and yet our predecessors have gotten a lot done. People get things done now (including people you don't agree with).

It's not a fairy tale; it is hard; and yet our predecessors moved mountains.

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giwook a day ago | parent [-]

It's the same as it's always been and yet it's different.

The political environment we live in today is not what it was even a few years ago let alone decades.

	▲	mmooss a day ago \| parent [-]
		It is what we make it. The problem is a victim mentality - giving others the power (for example, to define the political environment), which also absolves the 'victim' of responsibility: they're powerless!

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giwook 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I find it interesting that you assume ill intent as the default when I was genuinely asking for actionable steps we could take to address a very real problem.

Perhaps consider giving people the benefit of the doubt instead of projecting your cynicism onto others.