It's sad how people hate gridlock so much

Our very constitution set up a government where it would be a long, tedious, and brokered process for a bill to become a law. Our Founders, the prescient people that they were, understood that kneejerk reactions, populist extremism, and demagoguery were dangers to the foundations of republican rule of law and civil society. I only want bills passed that have gone through months, even years, of committee scrutiny.

Aside from all that, on a more abstract level, the anti gridlock folks who lament the lack of new laws coming out of congress reveal themselves as believers in a more nefarious ideology- which has the following beliefs as its pillars:

1) The belief that society is stagnant and not capable of improving without being subjected to coercion.

2) An utter pessimism about civil society and the voluntary existence of communities. Without more laws, these true believers claim, there will be chaos, violence, poverty, death, etc. Not a very positive outlook on your fellow man if you ask me.


Unfortunately, I don't see this ideology going away any time soon. And that is because once a bunch of laws are passed, folks are warped into believing that the problems caused by these new laws can only be fixed by new laws. It's like an endless spiral into a disastrously powerful state. Instead, we should listen to Mr. Sowell's insights: