Comment by mistrial9
1 month ago
> asleep at the fucking wheel with regard to any regulation to protect consumers
cursing aside, you are doing them a favor by saying "they are asleep" .. it is not that simple; misaligned incentives for decision makers is a polite phrase
I mean, with regard to tech in specific I think it's a bit of both? Every time anything to do with technology hits the congress and ends up on C-SPAN it is always so fucking embarassing. It's like watching grandma and grandpa try and riddle out a new Smart TV's remote, except there's way more of them, and a subset of them are proud they don't understand a fucking thing about what they're talking about.
If you want to be in the U.S. diplomatic corps you have to pass the foreign service exam. The same requirements should apply to running for national office. That would at least set a literacy baseline. It'll never happen though.