Edit: looks like HexbearHater got banned. Shoutout to ThatOneCalculator, who posted too close to the sun on main and had their account deleted
Edit: looks like HexbearHater got banned. Shoutout to ThatOneCalculator, who posted too close to the sun on main and had their account deleted
I agree with this but I am not even sure it is a bad thing it is public, I can't really see a good argument why drafting legislation needs to be secret unless I'm missing something obvious here.
The only assumption is that maybe public attention would affect the process but isn't that the point of "democracy"?
Doing it for something intrinsically stupid like this reinforces the norm that we don't expect to be able to freely comment on legislation as it's developed.
Haven't thought about this much, but I suspect using git there's a similar problem that occurs in other public areas:
The cranks with the most free time could be the loudest voice and exercise outsized influence against the public interest. This is what happens in municipal councils all the time.
which is why the good ending is we're all cranks with too much free time and can be equally loud
The only problem with drafting it publicly is its open to sabotage, as seen here.