Hmmm... this is literally the intro of the narrative arc in the game that I'm making. Governments confiscating 3D Printers, powerful GPUs, robotic parts to prevent "simple people" the access to "dangerous technologies". For their own good of course.

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Neeek 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Mate, the government is responding to a concern _from the populace_. Your "simple people" are begging lawmakers to restrict access to dangerous technologies in this case.

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HNisCIS 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Don't conflate "populace" with "lobbying groups". The populace wants health care and this ain't it.

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Neeek 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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wtcactus 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Well, the NY populace voted for an openly communist guy. So, yeah, I think that in this particular case, the majority of population might indeed be at fault of specifically wanting idiotic measures like this one - and other that will surely follow.

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KingMob 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Who, Mamdani? He's a democratic socialist, not a communist.

It's like you just confused RAM with SSD because they both involve gigabytes.

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wtcactus 3 hours ago | parent [-]

"If there was any system that could guarantee each person housing, whether you call it the abolition of private property or you call it, you know, just a statewide housing guarantee, it is preferable to what is going on right now.", Mamdani, 2020

"We have to ensure we are unapologetic about our socialism", Mamdani, 2021

"There are also other issues we firmly believe in [...] weather is the end goal of seizing the means of production", Mamdani, 2021

"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.", Mamdani, 2026

It's funny. You people go up in arms calling Elon Musk a fascist because he made a suspicious gesture with his right hand. But, then you have a guy outright telling you he wants to "seize the means of production" and you make excuses on why he is not actually a communist.

	▲	krainboltgreene 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		None of what you said challenges the parent, you do realize that don't you? I feel like this only makes sense if you don't know what communism or socialism are. EDIT: Nevermind I just read the part about the nazi salute lmao, lol even.

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Dig1t 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you have any evidence that any significant number of Americans want this restriction on 3D printers?