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Re:YC Demo Day Session 1 by edgyswingset on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @07:12PM (#8200352)
Care to explain which of those "most laws" exist to extort money? It's common to hear this sentiment parroted around, but never does it come with anything backing it up. Until that point, people like me have to assume that sentiments such as that are purely self-serving.
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Re:YC Demo Day Session 1 by idlewords on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @09:12PM (#8200686)
Worse, this kind of sentiment is undemocratic. The sheeple pass the laws, and the few Nietzschean supermen with the guts (and money) to do it disregard them, to prove they're wrong.
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Re:YC Demo Day Session 1 by Cookingboy on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @09:27PM (#8200722)
Not sure if you are being sarcastic or not. I thought democracy == people rules, but it seems like you are suggesting we discard "sheeple"'s opinion and follow the lead of a few "supermen with guts and money".

Not sure who's being undemocratic here.

Also, whenever someone uses the word "sheeple" in their argument they lose all credibilities in my eyes.

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Re:YC Demo Day Session 1 by idlewords on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @09:41PM (#8200743)
The second sentence is sarcasm.
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Re:YC Demo Day Session 1 by Cookingboy on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @07:24PM (#8200390)
It absolutely is self serving.
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