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rustymonday | 2 years ago

The solution is to do it before it's made illegal.

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ryandrake|2 years ago

Politician 1: We will pass this legislation to make Technology X illegal.

Politician 2: Look! The RustyMondayCo startup already made Technology X!

Politician 1: Drat! Foiled again! Now we can’t possibly outlaw it!

ronsor|2 years ago

The solution is more like making sure Technology X is ubiquitous before they can do anything. That makes it significantly harder to outlaw without undesirable political and economic side effects.