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		brightball on Nov 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: France is about to become less free This is a common pattern that I see in US legislation as well. It’s the “we have to do something” effect, even if that something wouldn’t have helped at all.

AnimalMuppet on Nov 24, 2020 [–]

Maybe that's the "we have to look like we're doing something" effect.

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