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This doesn't sound logical to me. I mean, suppose proponents win once. Stupid protections get enacted. But... can't opponents also get bills proposed, and passed?



I think it's logical because the power to get bills proposed is asymmetric. Take my original comment and replace "proponents" -> "politicians" and "opponents" -> "regular people." Regular people do not have the ability to get bills proposed. So, while the proponents (politicians) can propose the bill over and over until it passes, the opponents (regular people) cannot do the same. They can only constantly threaten to vote out particular politicians.


It is significantly more difficult to remove laws than add them.




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