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nickffyesterday at 7:46 PM1 replyview on HN

If you want a TLDR; style take-away, the last paragraph is a good place to start:

>"Responsible actors in civil society have a mandate to aggressively detect and interdict fraud. If they do not, they cede the field to irresponsible demagogues. They will not be careful in their conclusions. They will not be gentle in their proposals. They will not carefully weigh consequences upon the innocent. But they will be telling a truth that the great and the good are not.

The public will believe them, because the public believes its lying eyes."


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wredcollyesterday at 7:56 PM

Ahh, reminds me of the classic appeal.

"If you don't do <fascist thing> now, the real fascists will take over!"

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