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Re:People Aren’t Dumb, the World Is Hard by User23 on Thursday July 12, 2018 @11:30AM (#17515562)
Thank you for this lucid description of the authoritarian position.
Re:People Aren’t Dumb, the World Is Hard by dang on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:28AM (#17520715)
Would you please not post ideological battle comments to HN? They're not what this site is for.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:People Aren’t Dumb, the World Is Hard by fucking_tragedy on Thursday July 12, 2018 @11:54AM (#17515792)
Viewing regulation as authoritarianism is an extremist position.
Re:People Aren’t Dumb, the World Is Hard by Nursie on Thursday July 12, 2018 @11:50AM (#17515756)
In the case of individual or small group actions that have the capability to seriously fuck things up for everyone else, what other position is rational?
Re:People Aren’t Dumb, the World Is Hard by User23 on Thursday July 12, 2018 @07:47PM (#17519549)
Local control of communities and migration to an amenable community for your desires instead of trying to force your preferences on others with the barrel of a gun.
Re:People Aren’t Dumb, the World Is Hard by Nursie on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:12AM (#17521515)
There is no such thing as 'local' when we are talking about CFC production.

Try again.

Re:People Aren’t Dumb, the World Is Hard by User23 on Thursday July 12, 2018 @07:45PM (#17519539)
Why was this flagged? Men using violence to enforce a preferred policy is exactly authoritarian. A simple factual description is in no way pejorative.