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Then a bunch of employees will have to find new jobs and some people have their retirement savings drained because it was illegal to pay the ransom and the busi

Then a bunch of employees will have to find new jobs and some people have their retirement savings drained because it was illegal to pay the ransom and the business shut down. Society will move on. No long-term loss.

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freedomben 5y ago
Dang man, that is amazingly cold.
- BeFlatXIII 5y ago
  Here are two representative arguments that I got sick of hearing and pushed me into the negative Kelvin: 1. Green energy requires too few employees per gigawatt compared to coal 2. It would be irresponsible to pursue a policy of a sharp correction toward affordable housing prices because it would push too many elderly into poverty
perl4ever 5y ago
That's like a 40,000 foot perspective. As a sibling comment says, what about hospitals? The total value of the stock markets didn't seem to suffer from Covid-19. But people have. Maybe your point is that unrestricted ransomware shouldn't affect GDP? I'm honestly not sure. Doesn't there have to be a limit? Civilization depends on trust. Sometimes there are critical points.
true_religion 5y ago
The same can be said for highway robbery. It happens in my country and people say well it’s just a tax you have to pay for taking that road. Since the victims are businesses handling goods, the robbery fee is priced into imports and we all pay extra. It can’t be priced into exports because we are too negligible of an exporter, so instead workers in that industry are paid less and there is less money left over to invest so our growth lags behind other counties. Overall the whole country suffers, all because of a few thousand bandits sitting in the forest near the border. But hey… our society moved on, so you’re right about that: you can definitely live with it.
- nindalf 5y ago
  Is this Nigeria?

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Then a bunch of employees will have to find new jobs and some people have their retirement savings drained because it was illegal to pay the ransom and the busi

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freedomben 5y ago
Dang man, that is amazingly cold.
- BeFlatXIII 5y ago
  Here are two representative arguments that I got sick of hearing and pushed me into the negative Kelvin: 1. Green energy requires too few employees per gigawatt compared to coal 2. It would be irresponsible to pursue a policy of a sharp correction toward affordable housing prices because it would push too many elderly into poverty
perl4ever 5y ago
That's like a 40,000 foot perspective. As a sibling comment says, what about hospitals? The total value of the stock markets didn't seem to suffer from Covid-19. But people have. Maybe your point is that unrestricted ransomware shouldn't affect GDP? I'm honestly not sure. Doesn't there have to be a limit? Civilization depends on trust. Sometimes there are critical points.
true_religion 5y ago
The same can be said for highway robbery. It happens in my country and people say well it’s just a tax you have to pay for taking that road. Since the victims are businesses handling goods, the robbery fee is priced into imports and we all pay extra. It can’t be priced into exports because we are too negligible of an exporter, so instead workers in that industry are paid less and there is less money left over to invest so our growth lags behind other counties. Overall the whole country suffers, all because of a few thousand bandits sitting in the forest near the border. But hey… our society moved on, so you’re right about that: you can definitely live with it.
- nindalf 5y ago
  Is this Nigeria?