I agree on the intractability of the problem. But could it have gone differently?

I'd like to think so.

How could it have gone differently?

Sincerity and honesty from the get-go. Using science and mathematics?

It is the deceit and self-deceit, the avoidance of difficult questions that has marred this bill from the start.

Ambitious social aims need backing up with outstanding technical competence, in computing, law, social sciences....

That didn't happen. Ignoring the advice of experts has been business as usual for our government, at least since Covid.