Re:Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by...
by WarmWash on Monday February 23, 2026 @12:16PM
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While you are technically correct, you are neglecting that it would a be a bad idea, because in such a market I would likely answer the door with a shotgun or I would have an agreement with my other neighbor to shoot you if you come to my door brandishing.
This is actually also how global diplomacy works. Either have big guns or big friends.
Re:Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by...
by Xunjin on Monday February 23, 2026 @11:41AM
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I think you have gone in the end of the spectrum, in a sense that even a state law's are being broken, we are talking about rules in the market itself.
Re:Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by...
by SR2Z on Monday February 23, 2026 @11:46AM
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An unrelated market is an oxymoron. You could come to my house and put a gun to my head, but that's not a consensual trade. That's just thuggery; the point of a market is that both sides benefit from trade.
For markets to exist, property rights also need to be respected.
Re:Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by...
by nutjob2 on Monday February 23, 2026 @05:12PM
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The gun was an analogy and the comment satire, but the thuggery is real and the weapon is money.
For markets to exist they indeed need to be regulated and when they aren't you get something other than a market, you get thuggery.
Re:Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by...
by SR2Z on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @03:24PM
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But this is my point. People say "unregulated market" and assume that means reverting to feudalism, but what it actually means is just... less regulation.
Re:Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by...
by nutjob2 on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @05:34PM
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You should try speaking to the Libertarian bros.
Re:Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by...
by SR2Z on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @02:04AM
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The libertarians get a lot of things wrong, but generally they would agree that it's not a real market if people are getting coerced.
I'm not convinced that the system they want to build would actually protect people, though.
Re:Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by...
by shmeeed on Monday February 23, 2026 @01:51PM
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Username checks out
Edit: upvoted because it's true
Re:Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by...
by AlecSchueler on Monday February 23, 2026 @02:12PM
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If you're relying on threats of violence to make your trades then you've become the regulator.
That's one form of trading with your neighbor.