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You're assuming the myriad petty government tyrants will give up the control over our lives that they've seized. Let me know how that works out for you - histo
by dublin 6y ago
You're assuming the myriad petty government tyrants will give up the control over our lives that they've seized. Let me know how that works out for you - history shows that never happens without violence.
- CarelessExpert 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity. > Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents.
- majormajor 6y agoIt's happened in the US in the past after previous crisis. I don't understand the line of thinking that goes that the government WANTS to destroy businesses and economic activity and reduce their own tax base, income, and ability to operate...
- fredophile 6y agoI think there are good reasons to be skeptical. The USA PATRIOT act was rushed through congress in a previous crisis and it took nearly 20 years before it stopped being reauthorized.
- causalmodels 6y agoI think your comparison misses the fact that COVID measures are largely decentralized because they require the agreement and participation of everyday people to be effective whereas the PATRIOT act centralized authority and control. As a result, the COVID measures basically lack enforcement mechanisms that could continue to exists after the pandemic ends.
- pwinnski 6y agoIt's an odd strain of thinking, where everything is compared to Nazi-era Germany except the actual current fascism.
- djbebs 6y agoThey dont want it. But the incentive structure that determines if they get elected or not is set up in a way that makes supporting wealth creation a disadvantage
- unethical_ban 6y agoYou said a lot of wild things without any real assertions.