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as a child, i was naïve and quasi-libertarian and thought we should follow the rules but let’s not be confused: there is no party for “procedural rule-following.” that’s not how politics works. that’s not how it’s ever worked https://t.co/bStfwT5NwF
roe v wade is broadly considered weak reasoning but to people who know women who died like this, it doesn’t seem to matter. when the stakes are high enough, you do not want to go back. when the winning team in your state is against you, you do not want to go back https://t.co/aWGBMy3iPL
the game Nomic makes this clear. Nomic is a game of self-modifying rules. you start with an initial ruleset, for how to win and modify the rules. then you proceed, voting to change the rules, even how you change the rules https://t.co/Jc0nK7xNs4
in the philosophical introduction, it discusses the paradox of self-amendment can any rule be truly immutable? if the collective just... decides to overturn the rule, is it any longer a rule? https://t.co/Bt045wFSG5 https://t.co/9cbPeQXZg9
the *rules* are not the thing the *collective* is the thing whatever the collective wants, it will do. and the rules exist to “temper” the collective. they provide a bit of the buffer. a bit of complacency too difficult to violate the constitution, without causing a hoo-haa
it is a paradox of the world, but whoever shows up gets to make the calls https://t.co/sB4to0oEdF
if you’re not there to enforce it, the rules have no value https://t.co/JXZFbVepWI
god bless the people who do enforce the rules, though, and care about continuing them and god bless the people who decide they’ve had enough, and it doesn’t make sense, and lives are at stakes—the rules must bend to a new reality