How it Feels to Read Any Political News these Days
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Let's take the example of repeat offenders in a given city causing something like 90+% of the problems.
Why can't we just kill them? Hell, let's just actually incarcerate them for the remainder of their lives or for decades until they're objectively "fixed."
You see, because Bukele did this. It worked without question. It is just one small example of pressing the button.
Seems like we should add "this is peak teenage politics" to the meme.
an often overlooked feature of death penalty was to reduce the impact of the bad strains on the gene pool. yes, sometimes they had already reproduced, but it still lowered their reproductive potential.
That's a perfect example, because there is literally nobody in the US government who could accomplish this as a singular action (aka flipping a switch).
You're talking about flipping the switch like it's easy but the reality is that you need to get some super-majority of politicians to all "flip the switch" at the same time, and THAT is nearly impossible.
You mean like what Bukele did, right? Exactly like I just said, right? What you're referring to is bureaucracy which, by just pressing the switch, you just sidestep. Exactly like Bukele did.
The US political system is designed specifically to prevent unilateral action. Every single politician tries to undermine and get around this constantly, but it's still more or less true. Executive orders are one of the only unilateral actions still available in the US, and even these are often bogged down by the court system.