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concindslast Saturday at 8:14 AM1 replyview on HN

Is this some weird variant of the right-wing claim that freedom of association is “censorship”? Why would a government be entitled to free shit?


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tsimionesculast Saturday at 11:33 AM

No one is entitled to free shit, but anyone who says "I'll stop giving you free shit unless you do X" is not giving you free shit, they're engaging in barter. And bartering to try to change a law, just like paying to change a law, is obvious and illegal corruption.