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[–] roastpotatothief@lemmy.ml 207 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

It is useful to have lots of stupid laws. It makes people feel powerless and frustrated. It means the police can always find excuses to persecute you.

The technicalities of the individual laws are not important. It's the psychological effect of the whole body of laws on a people.

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The US does the same thing. People need to push back. Hard.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This isn't as bad as it sounds. Water prevented from reaching the ground in watersheds means groundwater doesn't get replenished. Now maybe a house here and there collecting rainwater isn't a problem, but what about Nestle? The law should allow reasonable rainwater collection by individuals or family households while preventing theft of water from a region.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

means groundwater doesn't get replenished.

To then be extracted by greedy corporation.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Rainwater collection laws in the US are based on conservation and fair allocation of a scarce resource.

In places that don't have scarcity, you actually have the opposite issue, where drainage might be restricted or mandated to prevent issues from harming your neighbors.

I can't build a dam on my property because it might flood my neighbor. People in the southwest can't collect water at will because it might dry out their neighbors.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The rain is scarce. But only 9.99$!

[–] You999@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It is useful to have lots of stupid laws. It makes people feel powerless and frustrated. It means the police can always find excuses to persecute you.

How many laws does the US have again?

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 28 points 2 years ago

Nothing in his comment says that the US is not an example of this strategy 🤔

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well an estimate from 2008 put it at upwards of 4,000 just as federal crimes. Not to even touch on state matters ,tax, civil affronts, etc.

[–] rchive@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

If we don't know the exact number, then it's too high. Lol

[–] cam_i_am@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago
  • me, complaining about the Acceptable Use Policy I had to sign at work.