every innocuous idea morphs into some sort of repressive law
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Why does it seem that every innocuous idea morphs into some sort of repressive law? Take recycling for instance. A noble idea, that we can keep our local environment clean and tidy, and prevent some littering by recycling bottles and cans. It also lessens the impact of mining materials and manufacturing containers. But how do we get everyone to recycle? Their answer was to create a 5cent deposit (that's the carrot ... the incentive is getting your money back), and impose fines backed by rigorous enforcement (that's the stick they'll beat you with .. for not complying). Those deposits are only on beer and soft drink bottles, not on soup cans or other canned or bottled food items; so there are now two streams of waste that are treated differently.
every innocuous idea morphs into some sort of repressive law
every innocuous idea morphs into some sort of…
every innocuous idea morphs into some sort of repressive law
Why does it seem that every innocuous idea morphs into some sort of repressive law? Take recycling for instance. A noble idea, that we can keep our local environment clean and tidy, and prevent some littering by recycling bottles and cans. It also lessens the impact of mining materials and manufacturing containers. But how do we get everyone to recycle? Their answer was to create a 5cent deposit (that's the carrot ... the incentive is getting your money back), and impose fines backed by rigorous enforcement (that's the stick they'll beat you with .. for not complying). Those deposits are only on beer and soft drink bottles, not on soup cans or other canned or bottled food items; so there are now two streams of waste that are treated differently.