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How is it free? London in Victorian and worse in earlier times was a much less safe place than London now and a lot of the credit goes to having an organized p
by kwhitefoot 4y ago
How is it free? London in Victorian and worse in earlier times was a much less safe place than London now and a lot of the credit goes to having an organized police force that takes action to find and apprehend those who commit assault and battery. That police force cost money to create and costs money continuously to maintain.
- sneak 4y agoI didn't say police are free; I am not referring to enforcement. The assertion (by mindslight) is that GDPR is not adequately enforced anyway, so the comparison you make is somewhat apples to oranges. It costs society nothing to not punch people (complying with the laws against physical battery). It costs society a lot, however, in real economic terms, to comply with GDPR. Therefore, if GDPR is not being enforced, it is all cost for little/no benefit.
- mindslight 4y agoIn this analogy, it actually does cost muggers quite a lot of revenue to not be able to punch people and take their wallets.