"Decrees are not rules, they cannot specify 'something will happen,' their greatest function is actually to cross 'limits,' making things that might not have happened, happen with a higher probability, fewer restrictions, and lower consumption..."
Six days of rain in a week, a high probability of hitting someone on the forehead when throwing a punch, encountering surveillance when parking illegally, and meeting traffic police when driving under the influence.
In a sense, this is a low-grade version of making dreams come true, the kind that requires preconditions.
If this still does not illustrate its uniqueness, then the instances of "lowering thresholds" and "reducing effects" are even more obvious.