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		Muromec on March 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Baltimore's Key Bridge struck by cargo ship, colla... But that's what you do with random events -- create policies to prevent them from happening, lowering the incidence rate and minimizing damage once it occurs. Which is exactly what government and laws are all about.

FrustratedMonky on March 26, 2024 [–]

That is a generous reading of the parent comment.

It sounded much more like a common trope, "the do-nothing government just lets things fail, doesn't take action until something fails".

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