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Re:A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it by eru on Monday August 01, 2022 @06:12AM (#32303958)
Most people are not regulators by trade, yet they see a lot of need for regulation.
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Re:A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it by kortilla on Monday August 01, 2022 @09:49AM (#32305905)
If you live in a representative democracy and vote for politicians that expand regulations, you are effectively regulating.

> yet they see a lot of need for regulation

Of course they do, their ideology reaches for that solution by default. Look at this particular thread just to see how misguided the recommendation for regulation was in this case.

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Re:A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it by eru on Monday August 01, 2022 @10:29PM (#32314526)
> If you live in a representative democracy and vote for politicians that expand regulations, you are effectively regulating.

Yes and No. I have a lot of sympathies for that argument, but also for the view that individual votes don't matter.

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