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A comment on America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it. Parent comment

Re:America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it by polygamous_bat on Sunday September 17, 2023 @11:47AM (#37546328)
Do you also preach everyone to learn self-defense when they propose making mugging illegal?

No, in the best world we do both.

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Re:America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it by lotsofpulp on Sunday September 17, 2023 @12:47PM (#37547011)
Clicking radio button on a website is not at all comparable to learning self defense.

Also, front running is already illegal.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/frontrunning.asp

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Re:America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it by polygamous_bat on Sunday September 17, 2023 @01:17PM (#37547314)
> Clicking radio button on a website is not at all comparable to learning self defense.

However, stealing money is still stealing money.

> Also, front running is already illegal.

Great! Which means there are sometimes legitimate reasons to clamp down on "hyper-efficient" but socially negative actors.

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