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The propaganda echo chamber apparatus killed 3D printing in the womb, when they started harping on bullshit about 3D printed guns. Almost zero nerds gave half
by vacuumator 10y ago
The propaganda echo chamber apparatus killed 3D printing in the womb, when they started harping on bullshit about 3D printed guns.
Almost zero nerds gave half a shit about printing guns. Like, at all.
But news, news, news sites had a story to sell, right around the time of the Silk Road takedown, and poof, nerds received a message, which, in the context of other dubious criminal prosecutions, communicated that an alphabet agency might just destroy you and ruin your life because some abiguous technical detail made for an easy target.
Pirating music and movies, becomes a child pornography felony. Trading in bit coins becomes a Silk Road drug bust. 3D printing becomes weapons possessions with mandatory minimums.
Message received, propaganda apparatus.
Risk total ruin, by buying a 3D printer.
Got it. Nothing to hide, nothing to fear. Move right along.
- atemerev 10y agoWhat's the point of 3D printing a bad gun in a country where in some states you can go to Walmart and buy a nice gun there, for a fraction of a cost? And it's not like you could 3D print ammo.