| ▲ | bhawks 10 hours ago | |||||||
The only logical end of this is that they should ban 3d printers and cnc mills to unlicensed individuals. Which, is probably the goal. Things like 3d printers, drones, GPUs, general purpose computers, vpns, encryption, talking to people in private and the like are far too dangerous for the citizenry to be allowed to do without appropriate oversight and approval. | ||||||||
| ▲ | Kerrick 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
> To prohibit a great people, however, from making all that they can of every part of their own produce, or from employing their stock and industry in the way that they judge most advantageous to themselves, is a manifest violation of the most sacred rights of mankind. The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith, 1776 | ||||||||
| ▲ | tigrezno 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
you can buy every individual component and build it yourself, it's absurd (I did some years ago) | ||||||||
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