I mark the transition back when someone decided that all toilets had to have reduced water usage, which I called at the time the 55 MPH toilet, since they came out about the same time. The Federal rule is 1.6 gallons per flush and older models would use up to 3.5 gallons.
This edict passed through with a minimum of resistance and it paved the way for all the other mandates and rules without citizen input.
The next rule will be rationing of gas and electricity.
“The Federal rule is 1.6 gallons per flush and older models would use up to 3.5 gallons.”
And they work! And nobody now complains about toilets that use only 1.6 gpf. (Now they’re going for FLUSHLESS urinals)
The market delivered on their demand... because necessity is the mother of invention and if the toilet manufacturers wanted to remain in business it became necessary for them to come up with a solution. And guess what? They did!
And what lesson did the decree-ers learn from this?
They learned that they can decree a necessity, and more often than not, if it’s realistically possible, the free market delivers. And every time it delivers they get bolder with their decrees of necessities, which for the left and the econazis is simply their precious sensibilities and desires to implement their version of a “better world”.
Now they are decreeing that no ICE cars are to be sold after 2035. Guess what, the market is responding - every car manufacturer is on a crash program to build electrics.
One more of their “desires” accomplished! On to the next one.
Are there any lessons for conservatives to learn from this?