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It's about the societal costs of denial vs. the risks of availability. Restricting gasoline to only certain individuals would cost millions to billions of dolla
by chickenpotpie 7y ago
It's about the societal costs of denial vs. the risks of availability. Restricting gasoline to only certain individuals would cost millions to billions of dollars and would save us from a few fires a year. Restricting access to nuclear bombs costs almost nothing and saves huge risk.
- catalogia 7y ago> Restricting access to nuclear bombs costs almost nothing and saves huge risk. That makes me wonder, if nuclear bombs were deregulated, who would actually be rich and stupid enough to actually construct their own? Larry Ellison maybe? Probably not even him.
- chickenpotpie 7y agoIf John McAfee ever became terminally ill, I could see him building one, driving out into a desert, and going out with a literal bang.
- leetcrew 7y agosome might say that restriction of X, even if X has no "real" value, is already a significant cost. depends on whether you think freedom is merely a means to an end or a value in and of itself.