alt Hacker News> Because when you don't do this, people get scammed out of money.
I don't care. Society doesn't exist to keep people safe from their own bad decisions.
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sneak • last Friday at 10:33 PM
I agree with you, but many do not. Lots of people think that is one of the main functions of society.
Regardless, it isn’t a law that you have to buy an iPhone.
One of the benefits or downsides of a government depending on who you ask is that it can help stop people from making bad decisions that hurt people around them. Bad decisions rarely hurt only one person.