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There’s also a reminder here, if we take a moment, about what it is to be a politician.

Bruce Schneier made a remark to me long ago that really stuck with me. I was rambling about the nonsensical structure of copyright law or somesuch, and said something along the lines of “can’t lawmakers see how factually •wrong• they are?”

He said, “Politicians don’t care about correctness. They care about consensus.”

What really struck me was his lack of malice. Not a dig, just a fact: it’s the job.

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