One of the most important and least recognized virtues of this government is its inability to legislate. The practical impossibility of carrying out major reforms, due to parliamentary fragmentation which prevents the approval of the most ambitious proposals, avoids unpleasant interference that could affect economic prosperity. The absence of changes reduces legal uncertainty and, knowing the bungled antecedents of Spanish legislative production in recent times – from the profusion of nonsense to the unintended consequences of regulation – the best law is the one that is unsuccessful. What is the most positive thing a progressive can say about exclusive Catalan financing? “It won’t work.” The same happens with some aspects of the reform of the law on criminal procedure or with the proposal to ban books that included the law on indirect violence. Surely many think that I wish the same thing had happened with the the law of only yes is yes wave transnational law
Even if it is difficult to find consensus in our country, this should satisfy everyone: the independentists, because it eliminates centralist impositions; to those with an anarchist spirit, because it reduces state oppression; to the supporters of the government, because this is what allows them to remain in power; and the opposition, because if you don’t like Pedro Sánchez you should celebrate the fact that he doesn’t pass laws. Furthermore, this saves the opposition the unpleasant task of legislating: then things are not so easy; Maybe it’s better to complain.
The resistance is melancholic: it means living anchored to norms of times gone by, such as the constitutional obligation to present budgets. Parliament must be taken for what it is: a place that produces content to be commented on on social networks and on television. Some argue that there is an opportunity cost, that if we do not address the challenges of our time we run the risk of “missing out.” But our most important disagreements have always been between us, not with the outside world, and to enhance them we don’t need other laws, loudspeakers are enough.
Freeing itself from the burdensome task of governing allows the Government to dedicate its energies to other things. For example, opening TikTok, traveling, recommending books and albums, being in the front row to have a good view when at a certain point social housing is built, accusing other administrations of problems, or dedicating yourself to commenting on and analyzing judicial processes.
