Ethan Strauss says his political philosophy is how'd-that-work-outism. He was relating it specifically to legalising gambling, and the US not looking at what happened in Europe, with a longer tradition of legalised gambling that seemed to work pretty well when it was highly regulated and not so well once the guard rails were off. The US has gone straight to few restrictions, and there are many more problem gamblers among the young than previously. He thinks we should reduce the aggressive marketing for a few years and see how that works.
It sounds so practical and wise. But government never works that way. Whenever you pass something, you should know that you might have some version of it forever, regardless of whether it works or not. So do what you think is best, don't think you are going to get to run some legislative experiment.
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