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yukkuri | 2 years ago

There is a trap here of saying "thus we shouldn't do anything about problems" rather than the more reasonable "we should be prepared to iterate on our efforts".

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airejtlij|2 years ago

This forum seems to be filled with (comments by) people who love the "there's no perfect solution so we shouldn't try because trying might infringe on my libertarian liberties". I need to stop reading the comments.

yukkuri|2 years ago

Yeah the stench of that is quite nauseating at times...

jaystraw|2 years ago

you're right. i think that's the difference between cynicism and consideration. one immobilizes, one prepares.

wahnfrieden|2 years ago

It’s more a criticism of top-down hierarchical control of institutions (at any scale) than it is an indictment of humans cooperating around some goal

Cui bono makes that clear

zaik|2 years ago

But note how all the examples were private companies or enterprising individuals who weren't controlled somehow, but simply wanted to protect their profits.

jjjjj55555|2 years ago

Often times there's nothing to iterate on because the original solution was BS.