I think the underlying idea is a good idea, but I’m pretty pessimistic about actual implementation. My impression is that presidential administrations of both flavours attempt to expand executive power, and “if we do this it might be abused by the other side” arguments have generally not been effective. For example, when I look at recent SCOTUS cases the current administration has generally sided with expanding government/executive power every time (e.g. Chevron, censorship, firearms, debt modification). I’m not sure if this is due to myopia or being much less concerned about future authoritarianism than people often claim.
Unrelatedly, I’m not sure why this post is tagged ‘community’ as it is not really about the EA community.
I think the underlying idea is a good idea, but I’m pretty pessimistic about actual implementation. My impression is that presidential administrations of both flavours attempt to expand executive power, and “if we do this it might be abused by the other side” arguments have generally not been effective. For example, when I look at recent SCOTUS cases the current administration has generally sided with expanding government/executive power every time (e.g. Chevron, censorship, firearms, debt modification). I’m not sure if this is due to myopia or being much less concerned about future authoritarianism than people often claim.
Unrelatedly, I’m not sure why this post is tagged ‘community’ as it is not really about the EA community.
Sorry community tag was an accident. Will remove it.