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PunchyHamsterlast Friday at 7:43 AM1 replyview on HN

That was always the playbook

> Is there a precedent for this before in a democratic country ?

I'd argue US is not very democratic country given how many of what govt does goes against people's wishes. Same as UK


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bilekaslast Friday at 7:48 AM

> I'd argue US is not very democratic country given how many of what govt does goes against people's wishes. Same as UK

That could be argued but the core principle is freedom of commerce and private companies get a lot of runway. This seems completely counter to tha.

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