FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes as Equals

Re:FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes as Equals by quasse on Monday October 08, 2018 @03:40PM (#18170648)

My experience in America is that the "freedom" is usually a word people use for being able to endanger others, pollute, or otherwise cause external harm without repercussion. In short, it's code for "I don't want to take responsibility for the negative externalities of my actions".

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Re:FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes as Equals by syshum on Monday October 08, 2018 @09:03PM (#18172591)

Then you must have very limited experience.

Most of the time "regulators" like the FAA are mainly there to limit the liability of commercial industries, as well as raise barriers to entry ensuring limited competition for those corporations

Why do you think major corporations advocate FOR government regulations of their industries

Why do you think Facebook WANTS the government to regulate them

Why do you think Amazon now WANTS the government to raise minimum wage

Government works for Large Corporations it does not work for the People. People like me, hobbyist that just want to be left in peace to enjoy our lives have are freedom oppressed under the thin guise of "safety" when in reality it is about money...

People like you are naive enough to believe the rhetoric, it is sad people are so willing to give up liberty for the promise safety never understanding that doing so means they lose both

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