Comment by uzish
1 day ago
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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Just to be clear, I don't think this is useful or good legislation. While the idea that the state is a shady body that's out to fleece an honest and unsuspecting peoples is a great story beat, I just don't think it's particularly accurate to reality and we shouldn't pretend that it is just because it sounds good in a HN comment.
Don't conflate "populace" with "lobbying groups". The populace wants health care and this ain't it.
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Do you have any evidence that any significant number of Americans want this restriction on 3D printers?
I think the representatives pushing for this legislation is evidence that a significant portion of their polled constituents want restrictions on printed ghost guns. Is that more or less believable than a manufacturing lobby pushing legislators in NY state for printer DRM?
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When you vote for people who have a regulatory mentality, you tend to get a government that responds to any problem with regulation.