There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing

Re:There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing by _heimdall on Saturday June 13, 2026 @08:35AM (#48516682)

This extreme makes the question meaningless. A government isn't a government if it can't regulate and has no authority.

Its fundamentally different to say governments or individuals should have no power or freedom.

By design, governments have the winning end of a power imbalance and limiting them helps protect those on the losing end. Limiting those already on the losing end makes it worse for almost everyone (assuming the government is a small portion of the population).

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Re:There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing by malfist on Saturday June 13, 2026 @09:32AM (#48517185)

I don't think it does make it meaningless. If governments aren't allowed to regulate they aren't governments, its anarchy. Somebody must have the power to curtail the excesses of the moneied class. If the government is prevented from doing that only vigilantism will.

We've already seen this play out. Government let's health insurance company get away with almost anything. The GOP wants to let them get away with more. One person who couldn't get the health care he was paying for took matters into his own hand

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Re:There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing by inigyou on Saturday June 13, 2026 @08:42AM (#48516725)

We're supposed to be giving governments the winning end because if they don't have it, robber barons will. Supposed to.

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Re:There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing by bombcar on Saturday June 13, 2026 @09:29AM (#48517155)

A huge part of the problem is that we’ve made everything so big that we have a choice between the dragon and the hydra.

Fight for localization.

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Re:There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing by inigyou on Saturday June 13, 2026 @10:11AM (#48517548)

Do you think robber barons will have a problem becoming bigger than local?

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Re:There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing by _heimdall on Sunday June 14, 2026 @04:04PM (#48532034)

Do you propose that we try to robber baron better than them instead?

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Re:There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing by PaulHoule on Saturday June 13, 2026 @08:41AM (#48516721)

There’s a certain argument that people are just in over their heads for a society as large and complex as our and we just can’t cut it. Nothing that won’t be fixed by overshoot.

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Re:There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing by TheOtherHobbes on Saturday June 13, 2026 @10:44AM (#48517833)

Don't worry. AI will fix that.

I repeat - don't worry.

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Re:There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing by PaulHoule on Saturday June 13, 2026 @08:02PM (#48522744)

AI doesn’t have skin in the game

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