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Re:DeepSeek open-sources inference optimizations with 60–85%... by dragonwriter on Saturday June 27, 2026 @12:15PM (#48699475)
> Prohibition and The War on Drugs in the US are two good examples of something that had altruistic origins

The War on Drugs had the purpose (not just in its origin but in its perpetuation) of inflicting harm on elite-disfavored subsets of the population that could not be openly targeted for Constitutional reasons, which is about as far from an altruistic reason as it possible to get.

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Re:DeepSeek open-sources inference optimizations with 60–85%... by nozzlegear on Saturday June 27, 2026 @03:38PM (#48701046)
Yes, that's my point. What looks like altruism to one person is not altruism to another, and those causes can be used by bad actors.
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