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> The government is for all people not only businesses. Look like we are talking about robinhood govts now. In practice it never goes well for anyone except politicians and bureauc…

> IMO it's a very good law for the population/nation/citizens. But this is how Govts make enemies in business communities. Actions like these what made China 2nd most wealthy natio…

From the article: > Right to repair bills, which are currently making their way through eight states (Nebraska, New York, Tennessee, Wyoming, Minnesota, Kansas, Illinois, and Massa…

Though this part does suggest some govt strong arming. > be highly encouraged (tax benefits etc) Also note that many (including me) believe that taxes are already non-consensual an…

> Does it matter? Yes there is a pretty big difference. Its not wealth redistribution. You are just spending the money created by natural resource. Its Govt/Peoples wealth to spend…

Here some official fact http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/data... For 2012-13 FY, 12.5 Million (1%) paid any Income tax, averaging Rs 21,000 ($350). The 3 ind…

> "Open source, but licensed under the AGPL.", says the article. There is no "but" here. The AGPL is the very definition of "open source", because it defends openness. If you have …

Thats why most economically obvious thing for a neighbourhood is to own the infrastructure not rent it. If it were not for "i-do-everything" govts, neighbourhoods would have learnt…

And I cant believe I have to type this on HN of all places. No one denies that monopolies are risky. In fact this is the argument against anti-trust regulations, which is basically…

What if jury_of_peers = random12(peers(defendant) + peers(prosecutor)) OR random6(peers(defendant)) + random6(peers(prosecutor)); peers(X) is declared/set by X. num(peers(X)) >= nu…

The worst case is neither worst president nor worst damage possible by a presidential power. But its the worst 51% votes can do. Because there will come someone who will say anythi…

You gotta shout otherwise you would sign the social contract. But seriously I think HN should reconsider no politics week.

NZ embracing what nations like USA forget what made them wealthy. I completely support this wealth/skill migration as the only cure for impeding full blown socialism.

It should only be seen as temporary solution though. The permanent solution would be to reclassify passowrds, fingerprints, blood samples etc as testimony. Making prosecuting the <…

> Trump is a symptom of something that was already there probably decades in the making And the something is: Democratic entitlement. Larger population is feeling the world owe the…

Oh cmon at least be realistic. Are you sure, 5 years from now, Apple is going to be as powerful as today ? Market always tend toword decentralisation. More so in AnCap one.

> while allowing corporations to flourish - institutions where citizens have absolutely no say in Wrong. Corporations are the one of most sensitive organisation types. Stop giving …

This was not about Trump. This was about the state he represents.

> man has been proven by several dozens of studies If so Trump can back his actions by "several dozens of studies", then its ok right ? > If your definition of "freedom" is "doing …

No its not a good thing. Nothing stops people from following people like Stallman. This is a poor execuse for over-interfering statism and it will backfire with event like Brexit/T…

Not american but as an anti-statist, Im enjoying this.

But EC's recent unpridictable behaviour[1] only gives negative hopes. [1] https://www.itic.org/news-events/techwonk-blog/arguing-again...

I have no sympathy Im afraid. People who cheer to rob certain section of society gets to feel the burn in turn. Karma is a bitch as the saying goes. I just hope lessons have been l…

"Dont do somthing that you dont want to be done to yourself." is probably the reason that give birth to every basic human right. So yes its absolutely appropriate. You dont have to…

Everything is a contract including basic human rights. By birth, you have not signed any. You dont have anything that you can lose. But usually you would implicitly sign "right to …