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gspryesterday at 12:25 PM1 replyview on HN

Anything can be taken away, yes.

But in a free and democratic society, there's an enormous difference between "the democratically chosen state powers may take something from me" and "a private entity takes away something from me on an inscrutable whim with no recourse".

Neither is good if you don't want the thing taken away. But removing the second mechanism is still a laudable goal.


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BryanBigsyesterday at 1:50 PM

I think one is worse than two. Only governments have the power of violence.

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