• ripcord@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    In how many of those election years had the DHHS finally asked the DEA to reclassify…?

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      10 months ago

      I’ve noticed this vein of irrational cynicism before. Bad things happen, and therefore bad things will keep happening. I told people for years that it was already too late for Disney to extend copyright yet again; it takes too long to get anything through Congress. This Congress can barely elect a Speaker, but people were still arguing there’d be a last minute extension in the final weeks of 2023.

      Point is, cynicism shouldn’t replace clear thinking.

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      10 months ago

      That’s valid, I just don’t know any world other than one manipulated for political gain or profit so I’m solidly in the ‘that would be amazing but I doubt it’ camp. I’d love to be wrong though.

    • prole@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      Maybe not DHHS, but I remember countless articles about X agency recommending it, and nothing ever changed.

      I’m not agreeing with that person, I’m slightly optimistic about this time, but I’m not going to get my hopes up.