Comment by ethanbond
2 years ago
No, GP specifically said it “enables” it, not that it contributes to it.
If they meant to say “contributes to,” then the obvious question is: to what degree and for what benefit? Which is a very different conversation than a binary “enabling” of a bad outcome.
When someone says that building ramps enables wheelchair users to get into buildings with stairs, would you be the person who argues that isn't actually enabling because they can just pay someone to carry them up the stairs?
That clearly stupid argument exactly parallels what you are saying. Down to using the word "enables".
It’s clearly not an exact parallel, because there’s an obvious answer to “not building ramps prevents mobility… how exactly?”
Anyway no need to get into the meta argument here. If GP thinks regulation just increases the risk of centralization, I’m more interested in thinking through the pros and cons of that.
If you're interested in that topic, reading through the discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38072218 is a good place to start.